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!
Recent graphic footage of a whale calf swimming without a tail shows the devastating depths of our abandoned fishing net crisis.
PETA’s ad aims to encourage everyone to protect animals, the environment, and their own health by embracing bountiful vegan meals.
“We can cure cancer in mice pretty effectively, but the agents don’t work in humans in most cases. … [E]volutionarily we are far apart.”
The push for complete animal liberation has skyrocketed in Israel—and in the global Jewish community in general—so what’s going on?
PETA renews our call to shut down the primate torture camp after two monkeys were killed when their cage was run through a high-temperature washer while they were trapped inside.
Imagine resting while completely vulnerable, awaiting a magnificent metamorphosis, only to be violently boiled or gassed alive.
Big victories can come in small packages. Nabisco’s change is in line with the public view that animals don’t belong in circuses.
Since PETA’s inception, we’ve campaigned to shut down all experiments on animals. And now, the tide is turning like never before.
After Scales Restaurant liberated Blue Betty, PETA suggested that the eatery honor the lobster by adding a vegan lobster entrée.
PETA won’t stand for these actions that threaten the move away from animal testing and toward superior, humane research methods.
From punk to pop and everything in between, check out PETA’s Spotify channel for the best music to motivate the animal liberator in you.
TAMU refuses to release documents related to a deceased spaniel and the births of dogs it uses in cruel muscular dystrophy experiments.
More than 1,000 SeaWorld employees have been laid off since “Blackfish.” Had the park laid off the orcas instead, its business wouldn’t be sinking.
To new and seasoned vegans alike, Boca is a household name for delicious vegan burgers. We can’t wait to try this new vegan turkey one.
KFC has established restaurants in 119 countries around the world, but only one nation landed these new delectable vegan options.
