In a historic win for PETA, free speech, and government accountability, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated the First Amendment by blocking criticism of animal testing. The decision comes in response to a lawsuit brought by lawyers at the PETA Foundation, … Read more »
Based on overwhelming evidence gathered during a PETA undercover investigation, former Plainville Farms worker Jason Kyle Turner pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals in the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. PETA’s investigator documented that workers kicked turkeys, including birds who were sick, injured, and unable to walk. Turner joined eight other former Plainville Farms … Read more »
Antibodies serve as essential research tools, but many researchers produce them using animals instead of adopting modern non-animal technology. As experts in the field, PETA Science Consortium International e.V. was invited to publish a paper in a scientific journal focused on advancing the use of animal-free antibodies.
After hearing from PETA and more than 13,000 of our supporters, watchmaker Bulova—which is owned by industry giant Citizen Watch—confirmed that it no longer sources wild-animal skins! Animals in this industry are inflated with water or air, shot, stabbed, and abused in other ways. Buying accessories, including watches, made of wild-animal skins is just as … Read more »
After PETA asked Multnomah County Animal Services to investigate the Portland Pickles—a collegiate summer baseball team in Oregon—for allowing an alligator to be displayed on “Animal Appreciation Night,” in apparent violation of a local ordinance, the agency sent the baseball team and Newport Discovery Zoo (the exhibitor that apparently supplied the alligator) a letter warning … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that endangered macaques are chained, whipped, and forced into a lifetime of labor picking coconuts in Thailand, coconut milk producer Chef’s Choice Foods Manufacturer Co. stopped sourcing coconuts from farms in Thailand and switched to importing them from other countries. It makes the brands Chef’s Choice and Nature’s Charm, both of … Read more »
In a huge win for animals and government transparency, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in PETA’s favor and ordered that Louisiana State University (LSU) can’t keep public records about Christine Lattin’s deadly experiments on sparrows hidden. The university has fought PETA to keep Lattin’s records secret since 2019, saying that it had no records or … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, global accessories retailer Claire’s confirmed that it would no longer source real feathers! Feathers used in fashion come from terrified birds who may be painfully live-plucked and killed for their flesh and skin. By banning feathers from its nearly 3,000 stores worldwide, the company will spare birds a lifetime of suffering. … Read more »
After pressure and complaints from PETA, a sleep fragmentation experiment that University of Massachusetts–Amherst experimenter Agnès Lacreuse had moved to the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin National Primate Research Center ended. UW-Madison had received approval to subject 32 marmosets to 24 nights, over two months, of loud, blaring noises to wake them repeatedly. Instead, six marmoset … Read more »
After learning from PETA that capuchin monkeys experience fear and anxiety when strapped to dogs who are forced to race at high speeds in exploitative events like the Banana Derby, amusement event coordinator and Avon (Ohio) Summer Festival host KevaWorks told PETA that it “values the ethical treatment of animals” and pledged that it wouldn’t … Read more »
Following complaints submitted by PETA, NJ Fish & Wildlife—a division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection—sent SeaQuest Woodbridge a 32-page notice of violations, listing dozens of examples of animals who were diseased, injured, or mistreated. The agency ordered SeaQuest to immediately change its practices, including ceasing all unauthorized interactions, and pay a $2,500 … Read more »
Following outreach from PETA, KevaWorks—an amusement industry consulting and managing service that has coordinated more than 5,000 events as of the time of this victory—compassionately pledged to no longer book Banana Derby at future events that it manages. Banana Derby is an inherently cruel traveling act that ties capuchin monkeys to the backs of dogs … Read more »
Following pressure from PETA, high-end outerwear brand SAM. confirmed that it no longer uses real animal fur! This exciting news means that fewer animals are being 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 extreme stress and … Read more »
In a major turning point in how the government funds scientific research, one of the biggest funders of sepsis experiments on mice announced at a recent conference that it would stop funding the most common types of these experiments on animals and instead shift resources toward superior, human-relevant methods. The move by the National Institute … Read more »
Michele Basso was removed as director of the Washington National Primate Research Center just two months after we provided the University of Washington Board of Regents with evidence of her failings and called for her dismissal. As the face of the primate center, Basso embodied the inhumanity, arrogance, and sheer incompetence of the institution. She … Read more »
