A high-pressure PETA campaign has convinced the National Watermelon Promotion Board to stop starving, suffocating, killing, and slicing open animals in experiments to promote the sale of watermelons. In letters to its leadership, PETA called out the board for bankrolling the deadly tests on mice and rats. PETA supporters sent 18,000 e-mails urging a ban … Read more »
Global candy maker Ferrero International—owner of Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, Tic Tac, and more—and North American dairy giant Agropur Cooperative are abandoning cruel experiments after hearing from PETA. The companies made the compassionate commitment by signing PETA’s new Eat Without Experiments pledge, assuring that they “[do] not and shall not conduct, fund, commission, or allow any … Read more »
The 9th Circuit Court issued a landmark decision holding that members of the University of Washington’s animal experimentation oversight committee have no constitutional right to keep their identities secret. The decision in favor of PETA and the Northwest Animal Rights Network reverses a preliminary injunction granted by a Seattle-based United States District Court. This marks … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, the Midwest-based department store chain Von Maur has made the compassionate decision to stop sourcing fur! This exciting news means that fewer animals will be forced to live on fur factory farms in cramped cages, where they frantically pace back and forth, gnaw on the bars, and mutilate themselves out of … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, Tailored Brands – which owns Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Banks, Moore’s, and K&G Fashion Superstore – committed to no longer selling shoes made from alligator, ostrich, or any other wild-animal skin. In this industry, alligators are packed on top of each other in dank pools before being slaughtered for their skins, … Read more »
After hearing from PETA supporters about the serious welfare issues with using reindeer at holiday events, the Payette Chamber of Commerce in Idaho canceled its plans to host an event featuring live reindeer. Learn more about how reindeer suffer for holiday displays and take action at PETA.org/Reindeer.
After learning that Pilot Flying J was selling grisly “souvenirs” made from the body parts of alligators, PETA contacted the company’s CEO to inform him that alligators are confined in filthy pools before being slaughtered so that these “trinkets” can be sold. The company readily agreed to discontinue the sale of such cruel “items.” PETA … Read more »
Drake’s company, October’s Very Own, banned fur! This exciting victory comes after PETA—and more than 65,000 PETA supporters—let it know that the fur industry confines, poisons, gasses, electrocutes, and skin gentle animals for fur jackets and coat trim. Hundreds of designers, brands, and retailers have banned fur, but some final holdouts still continue to sell … Read more »
After 18 months, PETA won its campaign against Whole Foods—not thanks to the company but to our own investigators and negotiators. We found forced monkey labor in the supply chain for Whole Foods’ 365 brand coconut milk years ago, and while the company failed to take any action to prevent the injustice, we took charge. … Read more »
After a push from PETA, five prominent food and beverage companies—PepsiCo. Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, Campbell Soup Company, Fresh Innovations, and Sensient Technologies—are closing their checkbooks and refusing to fund cruel and deadly experiments on animals. The move comes after PETA contacted company leadership, informing them that their money was being used to kill animals … Read more »
A Colorado venue host quickly decided against using live reindeer in a holiday event this year after PETA explained that the scheduled supplier, Colorado Reindeer Ranch, was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for allowing young reindeer to suffer and die because they kept incompatible animals together. A one-year-old reindeer named Zero was rammed … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and receiving nearly 150,000 e-mails from our supporters, American Airlines—the world’s largest airline by daily flights—agreed to offer a vegan creamer option on its in-flight beverage menu, starting in November 2024! Demand for dairy-free foods and beverages is soaring, as consumers increasingly want options that are kind to animals, better for … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Albanese Candy, Smarties, and Colombina agreed not to partner with SeaWorld in the future. When we learned that the abusement park was hosting a Halloween Spooktacular event, we reached out to all the participating candy companies and asked them to reconsider. Both Albanese and Smarties sympathized. More than 40 orcas and … Read more »
H&M—the second-largest clothing retailer in the world—confirmed to PETA that it would no longer source new down for any of its brands worldwide, a move sparing ducks and geese a lifetime of misery and a painful and frightening death. As part of a process taking flight to eradicate the use of all down, no matter … Read more »
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi confirmed that it no longer subjects animals to the cruel and useless forced swim test. The announcement follows a campaign by PETA entities worldwide that included outreach from our scientists and more than 440,000 e-mails from members and supporters. The statement on the company’s website reads, “Sanofi does not use the Porsolt … Read more »
