The penchant for tormenting and killing animals in U.S. laboratories isn’t limited to mice and rats. Every year, more than 42,000 dogs circle endlessly in small, barren cages, their ears tattooed with ID numbers. Each one awaits the whim of an experimenter for the next round of torture. Almost none make it out alive. Experimenters … Read more »
Approximately 20 million non-native birds are currently kept in cages in American homes. Most of these birds come from animal traffickers or “caged bird” trade shows and expos. Multiple investigations, including PETA’s breaking investigation into Creekside Birds, a breeder tied to PetSmart, Petco, and others, have shown that breeders confine birds to crowded, dirty cages … Read more »
After much campaigning from PETA supporters and other animal rights organizations, Washington State University has announced the cancellation of its planned horse-killing laboratory in the veterinary curriculum, sparing eight healthy and adoptable horses from certain death! But the fate of the horses is still in limbo with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). We must … Read more »
Mobile, Alabama’s City Council pays a private contractor $13,000 or more to slaughter hundreds of beavers annually, allegedly because the city experiences flooding of streets and historical sites. The contractor traps, drowns, and crushes 300-400 beavers to death, then stacks their lifeless bodies in wheelbarrows. These sick raids result in the traumatic abduction of multiple … Read more »
How do rescue dads celebrate Father’s Day? With cute photos of dads with their adopted animals, of course!
Tell Hawks Cay Resort, The Kahala Hotel & Resort, and Hilton Waikoloa Village to end their cruel “swim with dolphins” encounters and not to permit the breeding or acquisition of more animals on their premises.
Luxury and comfort are things many of us enjoy and aspire to have more of, but not many people aspire to support companies that knowingly profit from animal suffering. Dior has the power to lead with compassion, but despite knowing of the cruelty inherent in the production of angora wool, they continue to sell it. … Read more »
Self-care shouldn’t come at an animal’s expense. The FDA still requires tests on animals for everyday products—including sunscreen ingredients, menstrual products, and toothpastes. Animals are exposed to chemicals, sometimes over multiple generations, for sunscreen ingredients, and are subjected to painful procedures that ignore years of existing human safety data and state-of-the-art non-animal testing methods. What … Read more »
To produce foie gras (which literally means “fatty liver”), workers shove tubes down the throats of male ducks or geese and pump as much as 4 pounds of grain and fat into their stomachs, causing their livers to swell to up to 10 times their normal size. The animals are packed into sheds, where they … Read more »
SeaQuest and other seedy aquariums have deprived animals of veterinary care and subjected them to stressful and dangerous situations. Tell these facilities to end the exploitation!
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SeaWorld enslaves and confines animals to small tanks at marine parks around the country, where they are forced to perform unnecessary tricks for “entertainment.”
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Urgent Alerts
Urge the owner of Lost & Found bar to stop this cruelty.
Urge these fairs and festivals to stop featuring acts like A Grizzly Experience that exploit wild animals.
Ask venues to stop hosting Sea Lion Splash, a business that thrives on animal exploitation and abuse.
Urge venues to stop hosting Okha and other elephant acts.
Urge the Teton County Fair Board of Commissioners to cancel all “pig wrestling.”
