PETA scientists highlighted non-animal testing approaches at the 60th annual Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting, the largest toxicology conference in the world, attracting thousands of attendees each year from government, industry, and academia. In the weeks leading up to this year’s virtual meeting, PETA scientists hosted five webinars through an SOT specialty section on modern … Read more »
After learning about PETA Asia’s exotic-skins investigations—which revealed that snakes in Vietnam are confined and then killed by being inflated with compressed air and that crocodiles are electroshocked, stabbed with a metal blade, inflated, and then likely skinned alive—the Samuel Hubbard Shoe Company confirmed that it no longer buys or uses exotic skins. Raising and killing exotic animals for … Read more »
The Chinese government announced that it has created a new pathway for cruelty-free cosmetics to be sold in China. As of May 1, 2021, it will allow companies to market most imported “general cosmetics”—like shampoo, body wash, lotion, and makeup—without the usually required animal testing, once those companies take a number of steps and apply for … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and viewing undercover footage from our investigation into the alpaca-fleece industry, outdoor retailer Lands’ End has banned alpaca fleece! It joins the growing list of companies and designers who have made the compassionate decision to stop sourcing this vile material. Please urge Anthropologie to join Lands’ End and drop alpaca fleece … Read more »
After PETA shared a first-of-its-kind investigation into the alpaca-fleece industry, L Brands confirmed that it has banned alpaca fleece from its Victoria’s Secret brand—the only clothing retailer it owns. Victoria’s Secret joins UNIQLO, Overstock, Valentino, Marks & Spencer, ascena retail group, and many other brands in banning alpaca fleece. Please urge Anthropologie to follow suit … Read more »
Following a complaint from PETA, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission cited Monica Welde, owner of Bearadise Ranch and the notorious traveling show Welde’s Big Bear Show, for violating state wildlife laws by allowing a news crew to enter an enclosure with a 300-pound bear. The crew was allowed to interact with and feed … Read more »
Following recommendations from PETA India, the Bureau of Indian Standards—the national standards body of India—has replaced a lethal test on guinea pigs used to detect anthrax in animal feed with a modern, non-animal one, which will spare the lives of countless guinea pigs.
Following a complaint from PETA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited backyard animal exploiter Larry Wallach for multiple violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. We notified the agency of Wallach’s Facebook videos showing him electroshocking a juvenile tiger named Sheba, keeping her in a run-down enclosure, and handling her in a harmful and inhumane … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and more than 85,000 of our supporters, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB)—one of the major agricultural commodity research and promotion boards that’s overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture—has adopted a new public policy stating that it “does not support, fund, or conduct animal research.” HAB previously sponsored experiments on animals … Read more »
Just days after ExxonMobil announced an end to its decades-long $250,000-per-year sponsorship of Alaska’s deadly Iditarod dogsled race, Craft Sportswear wasted no time in rejecting cruelty to dogs by pulling the plug on its only days-old sponsorship and, after hearing from more than 58,000 PETA supporters, Medical Park Family Care in Anchorage confirmed that it’s … Read more »
After more than a decade of pressure from PETA, the urging of nearly 185,000 of our supporters, and help from our friends at the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade, retailer Alice + Olivia banned fur and removed fur items from its website! We’re pleased that the company will no longer fund the cruel fur … Read more »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was granted a preliminary injunction in its litigation against Jeff Lowe, his wife, and two businesses associated with the Lowes. The United States was then permitted to promptly transfer all tigers, lions, and tiger/lion hybrids who are 1 year old or younger, along with their mothers, from the Lowes … Read more »
For years, Grant Kemmerer frequently provided talk shows with bears, primates, big cats, and other wild animals and allowed prohibited direct contact between the animals and members of the public, including Robert and Bindi Irwin, Jimmy Fallon, George Stephanopoulos, and Wendy Williams. However, after PETA alerted New York authorities to these violations, they denied Kemmerer’s … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and nearly 80,000 of our supporters, personal-care brand Baxter of California banned badger hair. And now, its parent company, L’Oréal Group—the largest cosmetics and beauty company in the world—has banned badger, goat, and all other animal-hair products from its global brands. L’Oréal Group is among the nearly 100 cosmetic, paintbrush, and … Read more »
American Vintage has banned angora! This great news for rabbits comes after almost two years of campaigning by PETA entities worldwide against its use of angora wool. We bombarded the company’s social media posts with comments, urged supporters to call its headquarters and customer service line with complaints, protested outside its stores in major cities … Read more »
