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!
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A zoo has repeatedly denied access to records about a joint-venture exhibition involving SeaWorld that led to the death of 54 stingrays.
Three poachers were reportedly mauled to death by a pride of lions after sneaking onto a nature reserve to kill rhinos for their horns.
Images of exploited apes and monkeys in the media cause animal suffering, harm conservation efforts, and bolster the illegal wildlife trade.
Tania Roth has force-fed babies booze, electroshocked them, and taken them from their mothers—all for tests that are utterly useless to humans.
PETA went hard in the paint in June. Check out how we won for animals imprisoned in laboratories, traveling sideshows, and elsewhere.
In the series finale, an interesting dialogue took place between Anthony Bourdain and PETA friend, vegetarian, and filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
Australia’s biggest sheep exporter is currently banned from loading any sheep on to ships.
In the video, the crowd can be heard laughing at the animal as a circus handler berates the giant bird. The laughs don’t last long, however.
The “Jurassic World” sequel contains elements that all animal rights activists can get behind and reminds us that real animals need our help today.
Montréal successfully banned this spectacle, but horses continue to escape, collapse, or die on other Canadian and U.S. streets. Help PETA change that today.
Global fur trading continues to die as Luxembourg becomes the 10th nation in the European Union to ban fur farms!
The Oscar-nominated director joins PETA in demanding that the university end its cruel and senseless muscular dystrophy experiments.
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is in theaters now, but did you know that Mister Rogers—a cultural icon of kindness—was a devout vegetarian?
According to Elon Musk, two Tesla vehicles, including the anticipated Model Y, will boast leather-free interiors. Learn more about this exciting progress.
