After decades of pressure from persistent grassroots activists and PETA, Neiman Marcus Group will stop selling fur at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. “It is clear the future is fur-free, and that includes the ultra-luxury space,” said the group’s CEO, Geoffroy van Raemdonck. By closing down its 22 fur salons, the company will prevent many … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about the egregious cruelty and threat to public safety inherent in all animal circuses—and specifically, Loomis Bros. Circus—the Elberton County Fairgrounds in Georgia prohibited the notorious circus from forcing animals to perform during its shows from June 25 to 27. Brian Franzen—who frequently supplies animals for Loomis Bros.’ elephant and big-cat … Read more »
Following years of campaigning by PETA entities and countless activists around the world, Canada Goose is going fur-free. PETA kept the pressure on by holding dozens of demonstrations around the globe, running ad campaigns, working with celebrities who wanted to speak out, becoming a shareholder to push the company from within, and much more. PETA … Read more »
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)—a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—has canceled funding for a racist experiment at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Experimenters were imposing “episodic aggression” on mice—a euphemism for forcing them to fight or making a larger, stressed mouse attack a smaller one—to mimic … Read more »
The Southern District of Indiana awarded fees and costs to PETA against Tim Stark and Wildlife in Need as a result of its prior Endangered Species Act (ESA) victory totaling $733,997.70. Because we were already owed $19,234.40 in unpaid fee awards, we’ll seek to recover $753,232.10. The award to PETA follows our groundbreaking and successful … Read more »
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ordered Tim Stark and Wildlife in Need (WIN) to pay PETA fees and costs totaling $733,997.70 in relation to our victory under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Because Stark and WIN already owed us $19,234.40 in unpaid fee awards, we’ll be seeking to recover $753,232.10. … Read more »
In a historic victory for animals, Israel became the first country ever to ban the sale of fur. The ban, which goes into effect December 2021, follows years of persistent campaigning by local activists, PETA, and PETA Honorary Director Pamela Anderson—who personally lobbied government officials in Tel Aviv and appealed to then–Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, Vince Holding Corp.—which owns high-end brands Vince, Rebecca Taylor, and Parker—will no longer use alpaca fleece! The fashion retailer joins Genesco, UNIQLO, Express, Valentino, and many other brands worldwide in banning alpaca. Please urge Anthropologie to follow their lead.
Genesco’s brands Johnston & Murphy, Journeys, Little Burgundy, and Schuh have banned alpaca fleece. The parent company made the decision after PETA showed it how terrified alpacas scream and desperately struggle while workers pin them to large tables and violently shear them. Even though more than 50 brands worldwide have banned alpaca fleece, some companies, … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Standard Foods Group—the largest health food company in Taiwan and a licensee of PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats Company there—has become Taiwan’s first major food and beverage company to ban animal tests not required by law, which it previously conducted or funded to make human health claims for marketing its products. This lifesaving … Read more »
After PETA shared our groundbreaking investigation into the alpaca-fleece industry with Express, the fashion retailer made the savvy and compassionate decision to stop using alpaca fleece in the production of its apparel. It joins Genesco brands, UNIQLO, Marks & Spencer, and many others in banning alpaca fleece. Please urge Anthropologie to follow their lead.
PETA played an integral role in a major victory when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) seized 69 protected big cats from Lauren and Jeff Lowe, operators of Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma, named after the Netflix docuseries that made the Lowes (and their exploitation of tigers) infamous. The DOJ’s search and seizure warrant … Read more »
Amgen confirms no more forced swim tests! This follows PETA scientists’ outreach to the biopharmaceutical company to urge it to enact a policy prohibiting the use, commission, or funding of the tests, in which small animals are often dosed with a test substance, dropped into inescapable beakers of water, and made to swim for their … Read more »
Bearadise Ranch in Myakka City, Florida, carts bears from fair to fair in cramped transport cages and forces them to balance on ladders, pull hoops over their heads, and perform other demeaning tricks. But after hearing from PETA following a past performance by Bearadise, Florida’s Rattlesnake Festival has agreed to leave all wild animals out … Read more »
After more than a decade of campaigning—including protests and runway disruptions—by PETA entities worldwide, Valentino has announced that it will ban fur starting in 2022. Cheers went up at PETA’s headquarters at the news that even the fashion house that had sewn mink fur on sneakers is changing with the times. Valentino joins hundreds of … Read more »
