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!
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PETA is calling on the University of Washington to end experiments on monkeys after repeated failures have raised concerns for the animals’ safety.
Did you know that more than 20 horses have already died at Belmont Park this year? PETA is calling on New York officials to intervene and stop the bloodbath.
A full-page call to action is appearing in papers across the country. PETA is asking whistleblowers to report instances of animal abuse at roadside zoos.
Experimenter Elisabeth Murray mutilates and tortures monkeys in her taxpayer-funded studies. Here are ten shocking things these animals are forced to endure.
No one should ever pose for a picture with a real tiger. Here’s how to use augmented reality technology from Google to project a 3D tiger into your space.
When PETA supporters called pharma giant Eli Lilly to complain about tests on animals, things got a little testy. Here’s what went down.
See sweet photos of three rats who were rescued from a laboratory and are now loving life in a safe home. Then, take action to help PETA end cruel experiments on animals.
Now is the time to act! Slaughterhouses closed because of COVID-19, but now they’re reopening. If no one wants to buy what they produce, they’ll no longer be profitable.
PETA’s campaign to end the cruel forced swim test is hitting Eli Lilly’s boardroom. Here’s what we’re demanding of the pharma giant as a shareholder.
Canada Goose is attempting to “humane wash” its image and circumvent bans on the sale of fur with its new policy—but fur is always cruelly obtained.
PETA never stops. Follow us on TikTok today and you’ll discover ways to help animals and fight speciesism from your phone any time of day.
A new Virginia law will make public contact with some dangerous wild animals held in captivity illegal. This means an end to cruel cub-petting encounters in the Commonwealth!
Around the globe, there are a number of animal-free experiments already underway aimed at developing a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19. Learn more.
Did you know that March of Dimes still funds cruel and painful experiments on animals? What does that have to do with Easter? Here are some better options.
