PETA’s Mission Statement
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal liberation organization in the world, and PETA entities have more than 10.4 million members and supporters globally.
PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in laboratories, the food industry, the clothing trade, and the entertainment business. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of rodents, birds, and other animals who are often considered “pests,” as well as cruelty to domesticated animals.
PETA works through public education, investigative newsgathering and reporting, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.
Since its inception in 1980, PETA has continually won groundbreaking victories on behalf of animals. Explore some of our most significant milestones and our latest victories.
PETA’s Current Campaigns for Animals
PETA is known around the world as a force to be reckoned with, thanks to our determined and creative campaigns. Explore our current campaigns and join one today to help us achieve more victories for animals.
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PETA’s news page is your source for information about PETA’s campaigns, breaking news about animals, and animal liberation information from around the globe.
How You Can Help Animals Today
Participating in PETA’s action alerts is one of the easiest and most effective online ways to help animals. It just takes a moment—get started now!
PETA brings together members of the scientific, corporate, and legislative communities to improve animals’ quality of life and prevent their deaths.
PETA’s uncompromising, unwavering views may be controversial, but they are always true to our driving mission: to stop animal abuse worldwide.
PETA is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation funded almost exclusively by the contributions of our members.
Wherever animals are in need, PETA is there, giving a strong voice to those who can’t speak for themselves.
When an animal is in need, Community Animal Project fieldworkers do everything in their power to help. Learn more about their groundbreaking work near our Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters.
You Can Help Animals Too
PETA and the PETA Foundation are looking for smart, compassionate, hardworking people to join our teams, and you might be a great match!
PETA provides a variety of opportunities at headquarters for those in the Hampton Roads area who are interested in volunteering for animals.
Interning at PETA is an exciting and demanding opportunity – learn all you need to become an advocate for animal rights and apply today!
Obviously, you and I think that the New Year’s Eve “Opossum Drop” in Brasstown, North Carolina, is cruel, but what do the experts say?
Meet some gridiron greats with a soft spot for animals.
PETA’s “Wheel of Torture” takes Nebraska State Fair visitors by surprise.
PETA asks a prison to provide a Buddhist inmate with vegetarian meals, citing his right to religious freedom.
PETA urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate Theater of the Sea after a visitor reports that a dolphin is being kept in solitary confinement.
The leader of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect is calling on Hasidic Jews to stop wearing real fur hats (shtreimels).
Rain, snow, hurricanes, sweltering summer heat waves, sub-freezing temperatures during winter cold snaps, and floodsyou name it, and Itchy has survived it all.
PETA has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calling on it to investigate the Colorado-based Serenity Springs Wildlife Center.
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that spaying/neutering and releasing feral cats could increase incidences of human rabies exposure.
PETA U.K. is the first animal rights organization to fund a validation study of a non-animal testing method, which is a truly exciting step forward—for science, ethics, and, of course, animals.
Instead of focusing on the end result—euthanasia—we need to focus on how so many animals get to this point in the first place.
Findings published by the Study for Future Families showed a significant link between eating chicken during pregnancy and smaller penis size in male infants.
Studies have shown that attacks on animals are a classic precursor to domestic violence.
As Courtney’s slim physique amply illustrates, vegetarians’ consciences aren’t the only things that are lighter.
Bruno will surely continue to shed pounds by going on regular “play dates” at the dog park and taking long daily walks, one of his favorite pastimes.
