When PETA received footage from activists showing tiger exhibitor Adam Burck—whose license to exhibit animals had been canceled only weeks earlier by the USDA—illegally performing with tigers at the Hadi Shrine Circus in Indiana on Thanksgiving night, we rushed a complaint to Evansville Animal Care & Control. By 9 a.m. Friday, Burck had been sent … Read more »
PETA scientists intervened in a legal case in which the European Chemicals Agency was requiring a company to conduct tests on animals even though such tests contradicted the agency’s own requirement that animals be used only as a last resort. In this major victory for animals, PETA scientists provided evidence that helped win the case, … Read more »
Just days after PETA wrote to the North Dakota attorney general reporting that SeaQuest CEO Vince Covino’s bid to open a cruel operation in a former Grand Forks department store was based on lies, Covino backed out of his plans to add this North Dakota location to his chain of petting zoo aquariums. No animals … Read more »
Following discussions with PETA, Swire Coca-Cola Taiwan—one of Taiwan’s leading soft-drink manufacturers and the Taiwanese bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company—banned animal tests not required by law. The company previously conducted or funded experiments on hamsters—purportedly to make human health claims about its green tea products—in which the animals were starved, killed, and dissected.
Following pressure from PETA, including e-mails from nearly 60,000 of our supporters, Uni-President Enterprises Corporation—the largest food company in Asia—banned animal tests not required by law. The company previously conducted or funded at least 17 animal experiments—including one published in 2021—that involved mutilating and killing almost 1,000 animals in attempts to make human health claims … Read more »
Following pressure from PETA, including e-mails from nearly 60,000 of our supporters, Yakult Co., Ltd.—known for its probiotic drinks in Taiwan—banned animal tests not required by law after being formally included in its parent company’s (Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.) newly updated policy banning such tests. Yakult Co. previously conducted or funded experiments in which nearly … Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finally canceled Adam Burck’s license! After PETA discovered that the Jordan World Circus tiger exhibitor had moved to Oklahoma without alerting the agency—and didn’t have a facility to house tigers—we repeatedly urged it to investigate and terminate his license. When the USDA finally conducted an inspection, it found Burck … Read more »
Following five years of pressure from PETA and after hearing from hundreds of thousands of our supporters, travel giant Expedia has stopped selling tickets to SeaWorld and cruel “swim with dolphins” encounters! This is a victory for all the dolphins who are forced to perform meaningless tricks and are harassed by humans who touch and … Read more »
After PETA spotted disgraced animal exhibitor Lance Ramos Kollman exhibiting animals at an influencer’s party, we called for agencies to crack down. After hearing from us, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission cited Kollman’s partner, circus exhibitor Jennifer Walker Caudill, for importing animals to Florida and possessing a spider monkey without the proper permits.
PETA won another victory in our successful federal Endangered Species Act lawsuit against Tri-State Zoological Park and its associates: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted our motion to be awarded attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in conjunction with Tri-State’s appeal, which it lost earlier this year. The court’s order included the … Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) filed a formal complaint—which could result in fines and license suspension or revocation—against Oswald’s Bear Ranch over an incident in which two bear cubs escaped from their enclosures, leading to one of them being shot and killed, among other concerns. The roadside zoo’s owner, Dean Oswald, provided false information … Read more »
MoxieLash made the compassionate decision to ban fur eyelashes after learning from PETA that the mink fur used to make false eyelashes comes from animals on factory farms who suffer inside cramped, barren wire cages before being electrocuted or gassed. We applaud MoxieLash for joining Sephora, Velour, and many others that refuse to sell mink eyelashes. … Read more »
In a big victory in the march to animal liberation, Kering is ending fur sales across all its brands, starting with the fall 2022 collections. This means that former holdouts Saint Laurent and Brioni are joining fellow Kering brands Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, and Balenciaga in going fur-free. The move follows long and hard … Read more »
After PETA discovered that deadly animal experiments on at least 172 mice had used products provided by Blommer Chocolate Company— “the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America”—even though its parent company, Fuji Oil Holdings Inc., banned animal tests, we immediately called on the subsidiary to adhere to the policy. Following the … Read more »
