PETA’s Victories and Accomplishments

Idaho high school drops deadly fish experiments.

University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac conference drops dissection.

Polk State College allows students to opt out of dissection.

NASA’s monkey radiation experiment halted.

After food giant ARAMARK was approached by PETA regarding its sales of foie gras, the company decided to pull the item from its product offerings and let all its suppliers and operators know the reason—because foie gras is inherently cruel!

When Samsonite released an ad featuring bullfighting images, PETA contacted the company, which kindly agreed to include a disclaimer stating that it does not condone bullfighting.

O’Charley’s implements a purchasing preference for crate-free pork, cage-free eggs, and poultry killed using the more humane method known as “controlled-atmosphere killing”!

After speaking with PETA and testing wool from nonmulesed sheep, Talbots decided to phase out mulesed wool from Australia.

PETA’s urgent plea led to the Nebraska State Patrol confirming that the company would comply with industry standards for killing its chickens.

When approached by PETA, Heartland Payment Systems not only agreed to pull its new chimpanzee commercial but also pledged never to feature great apes in any of its future ads.

EPA accepts PETA-provided information in place of additional experiment on rats.

International Organization OECD agrees to reduce number of animals used in toxicity testing.

Puerto Rico town says ‘no’ to monkey prison.

PETA convinced McCann Erickson, the largest ad agency in the U.S., to sign the Great Ape Humane Pledge on behalf of its offices worldwide, vowing never to use great apes in advertising again!

After being approached by PETA, Leo Burnett North America, the eighth largest ad agency in the U.S., signed our Great Ape Humane Pledge.