Category: Students
TeachKind Hosts ‘Meet the Author’ Events With Stewart Mitchell, Author of ‘Liberation Summer’
Author Stewart Mitchell visited five schools in New York to help kids learn about the importance of having empathy for animals.
Shark Hung From School Rafters Prompts PETA Push for Empathy Lessons
A group of high school students reportedly hung a dead shark from the rafters of their high school as an alleged “senior prank.” PETA’s urging empathy lessons.
PETA and Crayola Release ‘Little Animal Rights Activist’s First Paint-Throwing Kit’ so Kids Can Make Activism a Blast
Ready, aim, fire! PETA and Crayola teamed up to bring you the Little Animal Rights Activist’s First Paint-Throwing Kit. It’s a blast!
Students Are Dismantling Speciesism, and You Can Join Them—Find Out How
Are you between the ages of 13 and 24? People like you are leading the way to animal liberation—and you can, too. Follow Students Opposing Speciesism on Instagram to stay in the loop!
Teacher’s Guest Kills Rabbits Before Dissecting the Animals at a Canadian Elementary School
After students at a Canadian elementary school witnessed a gruesome dissection of rabbits, PETA offered animal-free dissection methods.
Students: Help Your School Take a Leap in the Right Direction
© iStock.com/freebillyEvery year, millions of animals are killed for classroom dissection. Order FREE stickers and leaflets to help us end it!
SeaWorld Isn’t a Party Venue—It’s a Prison
If your school is planning to hold an event like prom at SeaWorld or another marine park or dubious aquarium, here are the steps you can take to get it moved to a different location.
This Student Helped PETA Thwart Funding for Texas Primate Lab
For her work against the Southwest National Primate Research Center, this Texas student is receiving PETA’s Hero to Animals Award.
Gen Z Is Ready to End Speciesism: SOS Launches New Campaign
Members of the youth-led activist movement SOS are ready to end speciesism and change the world for all animals. Will you join them?
Register Now to Join the SOS Summer Summit: Level Up and Liberate
SOS’ virtual summer summit has guest speakers, presentations from PETA experts, games, and more. Register today for FREE to secure your spot now!
WATCH: Students Make Some Noise for Animals at Stores That Sell Fur
Students across the country are putting pressure on Neiman Marcus to end the sale of animals’ stolen fur. Learn how to add your voice to their cause!
VIDEO: Hers, Not Yours: Help SOS Speak Up for Exploited Mothers
If it’s made from dairy, it comes from cows like Dawn. See how students across the country are sharing Dawn’s story to show the world that milk belongs to mothers like her.
Help Students Urge the University of California to Stop the Slaughter
Join California Students Opposing Speciesism hubs in pushing for a ban on serving meat, eggs, and dairy as well as on supplying animal-tested products to students, teachers, and staff on UC campuses.
From Coast to Coast, Students Call On SeaWorld to ‘Empty the Tanks’
With protests in Orlando, Florida; San Antonio; and San Diego, the youth-led group Students Opposing Speciesism let SeaWorld know it’s in deep water for keeping animals in lockdown for life.
Students, Level Up Your Activism—Sign Up Now for SOS’ Spring Retreat
Now’s your chance to network with other student activists and brainstorm, strategize, and plan ways to end speciesism. Register now—the first 100 people to sign up will get exclusive freebies!
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE
— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind