Texas A&M University has confirmed that it will release the nine healthy golden retrievers it had betrayed by transferring them from its notorious canine muscular dystrophy laboratory to the veterinary school. This momentous news comes after PETA’s hard-fought campaign that began with our shocking exposé of the school’s horrendous laboratory. Our relentless pressure ended its … Read more »
PETA told Overstock.com that goats in the cashmere industry suffer—and often sustain deep cuts—when workers restrain them and use sharp metal combs to rip out their fleece. In response, Overstock made the kind decision to add cashmere to its list of prohibited materials, which includes angora, alpaca wool, badger hair, exotic skins, fur, and mohair. … Read more »
After PETA wrote to the city council and rallied local residents in support, New Braunfels became the 14th city in Texas to prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs and cats from commercial breeders. Legislation like this is key to reducing the number of unwanted and abandoned animals who flood our nation’s shelters, and it’s … Read more »
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously (5-0) to prohibit “wild cow milking” contests—timed competitions in which frantic, lactating mother cows are released into an arena to be chased down, roped, wrestled to the ground, and forcibly milked. Thank you to everyone who spoke up for these animals. The new law is set to … Read more »
PETA scientists received multiple awards for the advancement of non-animal testing methods at the Society of Toxicology annual meeting, the largest toxicology conference in the world, drawing thousands of scientists each year. Dr. Amy Clippinger, vice president of regulatory toxicology testing for PETA and president of PETA Science Consortium International e.V., won the 2022 Society of Toxicology … Read more »
A King County Superior Court judge ordered the University of Washington (UW) to pay PETA $539,902.45 in fees and penalties following our public records lawsuit. This came after the court found that UW had improperly withheld records detailing financial and leadership crises as well as the deaths of monkeys at its Washington National Primate Research … Read more »
In the largest PETA-led rescue of animals held at a roadside zoo, 72 animals were saved from the deplorable Tri-State Zoological Park in Maryland, one of the worst roadside zoos in America. The doors on this decrepit facility, dubbed “fetid and dystopic” by a federal judge, have closed forever. This rescue marks an unprecedented effort … Read more »
Michael Bossert pleaded no contest to cruelty-to-animals and possession charges stemming from PETA’s complaint and video showing him slamming a shark against the side of a boat and apparently carving out chunks of the animal’s flesh to use as bait. Bossert received 12 months of probation, a fine in addition to court costs, and community … Read more »
PETA Science Consortium International e.V. gives essential training opportunities to scientists to ensure that they have the skills needed to pursue careers in animal-free science. Thanks to these awards, an undergraduate student at North Carolina Central University attended the 2022 Society of Toxicology (SOT) conference. The award to attend the SOT conference was established to … Read more »
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art confirmed that it had removed and banned glue traps! This great news comes after PETA contacted the museum and explained that animals caught on glue traps suffer, sometimes for days, before eventually dying from blood loss, suffocation, exhaustion, injury, shock, or dehydration. Please never buy glue traps, and click here to … Read more »
Hats off to Talbots! After hearing from PETA that gentle alpacas are kicked, hit, and slammed onto tables—some even while pregnant—then shorn so quickly and violently that many are left bleeding from deep wounds, the retailer made the compassionate decision to eliminate all alpaca fleece from its merchandise by the end of 2022. Please urge … Read more »
Following discussions with PETA and our partner organization in Taiwan, Kindness to Animals, Microbio Co. Ltd.—a maker of health-food products in Taiwan—has banned animal tests on products for which such tests are not explicitly required by law. The company had previously conducted or funded at least five animal experiments from 2005 to 2016 that involved … Read more »
PETA sued the South Dakota Animal Industry Board over its refusal to release identifying information in certificates of veterinary inspection, which are key documents used to track the movement of exotic wild animals among roadside zoos, circuses, and breeders. The court ruled in our favor, finding that the state agency didn’t have a legal basis … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, PETA Australia, and Humane Research Australia, Macquarie University in Sydney decided to prohibit the forced swim test. The school’s Animal Ethics Committee reviewed the scientific literature on the test and reached the same conclusion as PETA scientists: The forced swim test is bad science. In 2021, Macquarie University experimenters published a … Read more »
