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!
We can no longer be surprised when captivity ends in death. Pinky is just the latest victim.
It’s hard to imagine how terrifying it must have been as, one by one, the dogs succumbed to the heat.
The horrific footage surfaced in southern India just weeks after a man was filmed throwing a dog off a third story roof in a different city.
This is the thoughtlessness that wild animals are up against.
You can’t make this stuff up.
The dog may have been alive when he was zipped inside. PETA is offering up to $5,000 for info leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.
One more reason to stay away from aquariums.
The man seen in the video is believed to be a medical student. Would you want him responsible for saving your life?
What NOT to do when you see a baby wild animal all alone.
Dolphins, sharks, and now sea turtles—people are torturing ocean animals for pictures of themselves.
Yes, AGAIN.
It wasn’t just a reduction in blood sugar levels that excited researchers in a new study.
Another animal used for human entertainment is dead.
“One worker began diving on the tightly packed piglets, as though at a children’s ball pit.”
“Nobody can claim they didn’t know this was happening—the exporters knew, the department knew and the minister knew.”
