Following years of work by PETA, Keith Wilson, the owner of Wilson’s Wild Animal Park in Winchester, Virginia, was charged with 46 counts of cruelty to animals. These charges come after state officials inspected the facility and seized more than 100 animals found in squalid and inadequate enclosures, including bears, tigers, lions, primates, and many … Read more »
After PETA alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a video posted on Facebook showing Zootastic Park owner Scottie Brown exhibiting an apparently distressed juvenile tiger at a public event, the agency cited the North Carolina roadside zoo for two violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Ingredion Incorporated—a multibillion-dollar global ingredients provider and “one of The Coca-Cola Company’s biggest suppliers of corn syrup”—has implemented a new policy banning all experiments on animals for basic research and to establish health or nutritional claims for marketing ingredients, none of which is required by law. Ingredion previously funded or donated to numerous disturbing animal … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that circuses tear baby animals away from their mothers, confine them to cages, shackle them with chains, and subject them to violent training sessions, Central Michigan University committed to not hosting any more circuses with animals! The university hosted Jordan World Circus for the last time earlier this month at its … Read more »
Luxury clothing brand Jil Sander banned exotic-animal skins after learning from PETA that in the exotic-skins industry, workers violently handle ostriches, electrically stun them, and slit their throats, as well as cutting open alligators’ and crocodiles’ necks and jamming metal rods down their spines. Jil Sander joins Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg, Vivienne Westwood, and Victoria … Read more »
The Lawrence County Circuit Court in Alabama dismissed an appeal by Hugo and Franciszka Liebel, who sought to overturn an order that granted custody of Nosey the elephant to a Lawrence County animal control officer. The dismissal means that Nosey remains safe from the people who had chained, exploited, and neglected her for years. At … Read more »
After less than a year of intense pressure from PETA and more than half a million activists, Pfizer—the world’s third-largest pharmaceutical company—has banned the forced swim test. In this experiment, small animals are dropped into inescapable beakers of water and made to swim for their lives, supposedly to gauge the effectiveness of drugs to treat … Read more »
Victory! The sale of foie gras, a dish made from the diseased, fattened livers of ducks or geese who’ve been force-fed and then slaughtered, has been banned in New York City. From our first foie gras farm investigation decades ago to our recent, nearly year-long effort in which we sent out e-mail alerts and attended … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. published a paper on a project that it’s working on with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a non-animal testing laboratory, and personal-lubricant companies to replace the use of rabbits with human skin cells in FDA-required tests for personal lubricants. In these tests, rabbits are restrained and lubricant … Read more »
After learning from PETA that badgers used for their hair are physically and psychologically tormented before experiencing a terrifying death, NARS Cosmetics agreed to ban badger hair! Badgers in China—the world’s top producer of badger hair—are trapped in the wild using snares, which are primitive wire nooses that tighten around an animal’s neck and slowly … Read more »
Following discussions with PETA, Takasago International Corporation—Japan’s largest flavor and aroma company—is banning all animal tests to establish health claims for marketing ingredients, including tests funded through universities and third-party research organizations. Before adopting this public policy, Takasago funded an experiment in which mice’s skulls were removed with an electric grinder, chemicals were injected into … Read more »
Following colorful PETA-led protests dating back to the 1980s—when PETA members made Macy’s our prime target for Fur-Free Friday protests and activists were arrested for blocking doors at its Herald Square store in New York and disrupting its Thanksgiving Day Parade—PETA is toasting a new fur-free era at the department store, which has announced that … Read more »
Dunkin’ is going national with the Beyond Sausage sandwich on November 6, making it available at over 9,000 locations. Both the patty and the biscuit are vegan. PETA has been working with Dunkin’ and its sister brand Baskin-Robbins on vegan options for over five years, and we hope to see even more from the brands … Read more »
Following dismal ticket sales and years of campaigning by PETA and the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, the Bahia Shrine has finally heeded the public’s call for an end to cruel and dangerous animal acts by nixing its annual circus! The Shriners had contracted with some of the cruelest animal exhibitors in the business—including Carson … Read more »
