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.
Follow Along With PETA News
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!
Preventing dogs and cats from becoming mothers (or fathers) is the kindest thing that we can do for them this Mother’s Day—and every day of the year.
Macey and Brooklyn had rough starts in life, but now these formerly hard-luck “pups” are up for adoption and hoping for their “happily ever after.”
HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ calls foul on greedy breeders for sacrificing dogs’ health to win at dog shows.
After the Boy Scouts of America blacklisted one troop for having a gay leader, PETA is offering the Scouts a chance to earn our “PETA Pride” merit badge.
Canadian sealers have again taken to the ice to shoot and bludgeon baby seals. But with virtually no market remaining for seal fur, we have to ask: Why bother?
A phony wildlife photography operation declawed a tiger and is now trying to renew its breeding permit. PETA is calling on authorities to issue penalties.
After a Boy Scout leader bludgeoned and killed rabbits in front of his troop, PETA is calling for a policy change that will protect animals and kids from violence.
Pet stores in Chicago will soon no longer be allowed to sell commercially bred animals. Instead, all animals must come from shelters!
Ride along with a PETA fieldworker as she delivers straw to keep a sweet momma dog warm and rescues a puppy named JoJo. Warning: extreme cuteness ahead!
Horrific video footage released by PETA has prompted the Coast Guard to cut its deadly use of animals in medical training exercises by more than half.
Men’s dress shirts are having a major moment. Build your own vegan button-down with Proper Cloth.
Toys and treats are nice enough, but the “gift” that dogs want most of all is to spend the holidays—and every day—indoors with the rest of the family.
Enlisted star Angelique Cabral wants YOU to adopt a homeless dog or cat. See her exclusive PETA interview here.
Put the blame where it should be: on breeders who continue to churn out puppies and kittens and on negligent and uncaring people who treat their animals as disposable objects or who don’t spay or neuter them, instead allowing them to breed.
A cat was found in the back of someone’s garage, emaciated, anemic, and suffering in the final stages of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), which attacks cats’ immune systems much like HIV does in humans. Several people in the neighborhood had been feeding her and noticed that she was eating less and losing weight, but no … Read more »
