People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

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Victory! Wicked Watermelon Experiments on Tiny Animals Have Ended

The National Watermelon Promotion Board’s rotten experiments on animals have ended. See what PETA did to make it happen.

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‘Green Energy’ Farm Gives No Green Space to Cows: Eyewitnesses Expose Dirty Dairy

At “farm of the future” Oakridge Dairy LLC, workers deny cows access to the outdoors so that their milk and feces can be used to turn a profit.

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WATCH! PETA’s Top 2024 Moments Are Here

Animal-free science, compassionate clothing, and vegan coffee—how PETA proved that every animal is someone in 2024.

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If HSUS and the ASPCA Care About Animals, Why Are They Supporting Factory Farms?

PETA is calling on the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the United States to stop being apologists for animal abusers and factory farms. Learn more.

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Humane Scam! Why the ‘Better Chicken Commitment’ Is a Factory-Farm Promotion

Find out which “animal protection” groups are promoting animal suffering by supporting the “Better Chicken Commitment” and other humane-washing ploys that sucker kind consumers into financing factory farms.

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8 Actions YOU Can Take for ‘Help Animals Hanukkah’

Celebrate the “Festival of Lights” by doing “mitzvahs” for animals. Here are eight actions you can take on each day of Hanukkah!

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Zooming With the Family for the Holidays? Use These Festive Animal Rights Backgrounds!

Check out these free Zoom backgrounds with vegan and cruelty-free messages that you can download for all your video chats.

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PETA IN ACTION

Ethiopian Airlines Faced Turbulence at JFK Airport Over Cruel Monkey Imports

Travelers at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport got an eyeful when PETA supporters caused a ruckus around the Ethiopian Airlines departure terminal, alerting passengers to the airline’s reckless transport of endangered long-tailed macaques to the U.S. for experiments.

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‘Skinned’ PETA Supporter Strung Up Outside Coach in Grisly Black Friday Anti-Leather Displays

On Black Friday, PETA made Coach stores across the country deal with a series of vibrant, dramatic demonstrations that called out the company for selling animal- and planet-killing leather.

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PETA’s Spaymobile Rolls Through Norfolk’s Holiday Parade

With the holidays just around the corner, PETA’s mobile clinic joined Norfolk’s annual Grand Illumination Parade decked out with snowflakes, costumed volunteers, and a message encouraging everyone to act with compassion.

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PETA Allies Disrupt Start of ‘Every Woman’s Marathon’ to Decry Anti-Female Dairy Spectacle

The controversial dairy industry-funded Every Woman’s Marathon was thrown into chaos, as a cadre of mother-led PETA supporters dropped “dead” in front of the starting line to slam the race for using women’s empowerment as a façade to promote cow’s milk.

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Turkey Truck Ruffles Feathers at This Year’s ‘Turkey Pardon’

Equipped with real prerecorded bird cries, PETA’s hyperrealistic “turkey truck” caused a ruckus at the White House on Monday during the annual egregious “pardoning” fiasco—this year involving two turkeys named Peach and Blossom.

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‘Gorgeous Goat’ Pleads for a Cashmere-Free Christmas Outside Burberry

Christmas shoppers in London got an eyeful when a gorgeous “goat” urged everyone outside the Burberry store to show “Goodwill to Goats” by leaving them in peace and never buying clothes made from animals.

From Chained to Cherished!

Formerly chained “outdoor dogs” Abigail and Copper spent their first Thanksgiving in a real home after officially being adopted this week!

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PETA Supporters Swarm PetSmart After Suffering, Death Exposed

“Don’t Buy While Animals Die!” That’s the message a group of PETA supporters sent outside of a PetSmart store in Dayton, Ohio following the release of damning video footage provided to PETA showing bearded dragons shaking and twitching uncontrollably as a result of a suspected virus and suffering with severed limbs and tails.

150-Mile ‘Run for Corky’s Freedom’ Pushes for Orca’s Release from SeaWorld

To demand that SeaWorld release Corky—the longest-held captive orca in the world—into a seaside sanctuary, a pack of PETA supporters spent an entire weekend running from Los Angeles to SeaWorld’s home turf of San Diego.

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PETA U.K. Supporters Arrested as They Beg Pope Francis to Denounce Bullfights

Four animal defenders were arrested in Rome following a dramatic demonstration to push the Pope to cut the Catholic Church’s ties to bullfighting

Winter Wanderers: Top 12 Facts About Reindeer

No, they can’t fly like Rudolph, but real reindeer (a.k.a. caribou) are magical in many other ways. Here’s how you can make the holidays merry, not scary for them.

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URGENT: Ask Congress to Save Animals, Pass the FDA Modernization Act 3.0!

Time is running out! The FDA must implement a plan for superior, animal-free science. Urge the U.S. House of Representatives to pass this bill before Congress adjourns. Act NOW!

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Elf Arrest?! VIDEO: Police Detain PETA Supporters for Dumping Coal on a CEO’s Doorstep

Even the Grinch wouldn’t approve of the way animals are abused for Shrine circuses.

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PETA Has a Message for Trump: Slash $23 Billion From NIH’s Budget

As the incoming administration looks to trim government spending, PETA strongly suggests that President-elect Trump slash NIH funding of pointless animal experiments in a mobile billboard at Mar-a-Lago.

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Urgent Alerts

Change the World for Animals—Take Action Now

Join PETA’s Holiday Action Challenge

Say goodbye to 2024 by taking action on 24 of PETA’s most urgent campaigns.

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Urge City of Valley Officials to Retire K-9 Sonic for the Holidays!

Please contact City of Valley officials and ask them to to retire and immediately return Sonic to Deemer.

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Urge Peet’s to Stop Upcharging for Vegan Milk!

Peet’s makes the ethical, healthy options less accessible and encourages the consumption of dairy from exploited cows by charging more for vegan milk. It must follow Starbucks’ lead and end the upcharge for non-dairy milks.

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Tell Liberty Media/GCI to Stop Sponsoring Cruelty to Dogs!

Please ask Liberty Media to drop GCI’s Iditarod sponsorship.

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Urge SMU to Retire Peruna the Pony and End Live Mascot Program!

Please join PETA in urging SMU to permanently end the use of “Perunas” so that no more ponies will be made to suffer in the name of entertainment at SMU.

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Animals Force-Fed Feces and Sliced Open—Urge Oreo Maker to End Cruel Experiments

Urge Mondelēz International to stop testing on animals and join PETA’s Eat Without Experiments program.

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WHAT PETA STANDS FOR

People

I am you, only different

Ethical

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Treatment

Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.

Animals

We are all animals.

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Exposed! Harvard’s Creepy Connection with Alpha Genesis

PETA has discovered that a Harvard Medical School experimenter is jetting down to South Carolina’s Alpha Genesis, a prison notorious for monkey escapes and violations.

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This ‘Delicacy’ Requires Bodies to Be Hacked Apart: Why Never to Buy Frogs’ Legs

PETA Asia’s latest investigation of this violent industry must be seen to be believed.

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One of These PETA Staffer Favorites Could Be Your New Go-To Holiday Recipe

At PETA, we’re passionate about delicious, animal-friendly food. That’s how you know these vegan holiday recipes are the real deal.

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Surprise! This Leading Brand Is PETA’s 2024 Company of the Year

PETA’s 2024 Company of the Year had us tickled ‘PINK’ when it chose to be an ‘angel’ for animals in its catwalk comeback.

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Students Were ‘Traumatized’ After This Egyptian University’s Teaching Method

Whistleblowers say that a veterinary school in Cairo, Egypt, torments animals and uses them as teaching tools in painful trainings.

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Don’t Ever Buy Thai Coconut Milk: Here’s Why

“As a veterinarian, I am disturbed and horrified by these conditions. But as a mother, my heart is shattered.” Watch PETA’s new video of the Thai coconut industry, and then take action.

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Captain Paul Watson Freed From a Danish Prison After Five Months in Custody

The Japanese whaling industry advocated for his arrest and extradition, but Denmark finally refused and let Watson free.

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Stink, Stank, Stunk! Will THESE Roadside Zoos Grow a Heart After Getting a Lump of Coal From PETA?

Find out which roadside zoos got a “Ho, Ho, Horrible” Award from PETA and why you shouldn’t go near them with a thirty-nine-and-a-half-foot pole.

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Move poster for Christspiracy showing Jesus holding a knife to a sheep. The image is layered on top of a blurred poster colored orange to match the tag on the sheep's ear.

Christspiracy Is What Compassionate People of Faith Have Long Waited For

Christspiracy provides compelling, evidence-backed revelations about “the biggest cover-up in 2,000 years.”

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Will Dog Food Company Eat Up PETA’s Mutt-Friendly Name Change Request?

It's barking up the wrong tree with an outdated name like Pedigree...

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A Lifeline for Donkeys in Petra

Thanks to PETA’s Global Compassion Fund, hundreds of exploited animals receive veterinary care for colic, lameness, and other ailments every week— all at no cost to the owners.

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