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!
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or student, you can help end cruel, archaic, and pointless dissection.
From rescuing animals from hurricane-ravaged Texas to trolling the University of Pittsburgh, check out what PETA and our dedicated supporters accomplished in September.
“[M]inks live here in pairs. If one of them dies, then the other eats it. Foxes are also eating each other.”
New Yorkers have proved that they don’t want to see sensitive and complex elephants chained and beaten for circus shows.
Every time that animals used for entertainment defend themselves, they’re sending a message loud and clear: “I don’t belong here.”
Save the Chimps’ 20th Anniversary Gala was as an epic night dedicated to saving animals.
More than 620 venues across the country have prohibited archaic animal exhibits.
When a ban on wild-animal acts came to a vote in Portland, Maine, every single city council member did right by animals.
Santa Feans demanded a more compassionate city, and their leaders have delivered.
It’s as baffling as it is horrible.
After roughly two years of court battles, the cutting-edge lawsuit that sparked an international conversation about expanding fundamental animal rights has been settled.
Some 30,000 activists took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel for the largest animal rights march in the country’s history.
Dr. Ensley confirmed what PETA has known for years: Libby and Bunny are suffering immensely.
Eating vegan is the gift that keeps on giving.
PETA’s “seal” proudly proclaimed, “I’m ME, Not MEAT.”
