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!
PETA placed an attention-grabbing, pro-vegan billboard near the Hilton hotel in Québec, where the pork industry’s 2014 convention is being held.
PETA has asked officials to investigate a top SeaWorld veterinarian who made a false and misleading claim about the health of the animals at SeaWorld.
Virgin America airline removed SeaWorld from its points-based reward store after learning from PETA that marine mammals suffer in captivity.
It’s been more than three decades since PETA investigated a laboratory in Silver Spring, Maryland, and changed the course of animal rights history.
With a couple facing charges for caging a child, PETA plans to place a billboard reminding people that no one—child or dog—belongs in a crate.
The new series 7 Deadly Sins featured the Heart Attack Grill and prompted PETA to place an ad to remind people that eating meat stops a beating heart.
Following reports that a N.M. man killed and marinated his then-girlfriend’s dog for dinner, PETA plans to erect a billboard questioning eating any animal.
A new study concluded that your protein source can lead to an early death. But the key to a long, healthy life is simple.
Compassionate teen reality-TV star Courtney Stodden served wieners at PETA’s Congressional Veggie Dog Giveaway, which was timed to coincide with National Hot Dog Day.
Fans can score tasty vegetarian fare at many MLB stadiums, including AT&T Park, which tops PETA’s 2014 list of vegetarian-friendly ballparks.
“Cowspiracy” could just do to the meat and dairy industries what “Blackfish” is doing to SeaWorld.
This month, in honor of Father’s Day, let’s all give the men in our lives an extra push.
PETA members—led by a “bloodied,” bandaged “elephant”—protest Circus World’s cruel partnership with Carson & Barnes Circus.
PETA has produced shocking artwork showing promgoers the rest of KFC’s disgusting chicken corsage.
“Tiffany Tuna” gives out faux fish near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco to call attention to PETA’s newest “Try Vegan” ad.
