A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office credited PETA scientists with working with federal agencies to promote the use of non-animal test methods and urged federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health to evaluate and let the public know how well they’re doing in reducing animal tests—something PETA has been calling on … Read more »
After PETA and more than 96,000 people urged Fodor’s to update its travel guides to include information about the cruelty inherent in elephant rides—including how elephants used for them are beaten into submission and forced to spend much of their lives in chains—its website now reflects the truth: “Riding elephants is cruel.” The travel guide … Read more »
Following a spirited protest by members of PETA and Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) against animal exhibitor Wild World of Animals at the Bellmore Street Festival, the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores in New York agreed not to host animal acts again at the fair or any of its other events! During PETA … Read more »
After PETA urged Trader Joe’s to redesign the packaging of several products that showed animals performing circus tricks—including its toilet paper, its Bamba snacks, and some of its peanut butter jars—the company updated all the imagery to be animal-free. This compassionate decision is a victory for elephants, tigers, bears, and other animals who are carted … Read more »
As a result of a paper coauthored by scientists from the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPA has drafted a policy that will allow companies to submit a waiver for a test in which birds are fed pesticide-laced food for days before being killed. The peer-reviewed paper, … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Robertet S.A.—the world’s ninth-largest flavor and fragrance company—banned animal testing and included the new policy in its official Charter of Ethics. Prior to taking this progressive action, it had participated with another company in a joint experiment on mice in which Robertet S.A. chemically analyzed a flavor compound while other experimenters … Read more »
Following intense pressure from PETA, 500 physicians, many scientists, a number of celebrities, and hundreds of thousands of activists, the canine muscular dystrophy (MD) laboratory at Texas A&M University (TAMU) has stopped breeding dogs to develop the crippling disease in its useless effort to find a cure for humans with MD. So there will be … Read more »
Following pressure from PETA and its supporters, French luxury fashion house Balmain has announced that it’s going fur-free. Balmain follows in the footsteps of the hundreds of compassionate designers and retailers around the world—including Armani, Burberry, Coach, Gucci, Prada, and Versace—that have banned fur, most of which comes from animals who spend their entire lives … Read more »
After 20 years of PETA protests, campaigns, and dedicated science work, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would stop funding and requesting tests on mammals by 2035. The EPA also committed to shorter-term goals such as providing millions of dollars in funding to advance non-animal testing, reducing funding and requests for mammalian … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Pernod Ricard, the world’s second-largest wine and spirits company—whose major brands include Absolut Vodka, Chivas Regal, Seagram’s Gin, Jameson Irish Whiskey, and Malibu—established a new policy banning animal testing. Pernod Ricard is also requiring that all its supplier companies (numbering more than 1,600 at last count) abide by the same policy … Read more »
Following talks with PETA, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has dramatically reversed its stance and confirmed that it no longer has plans to support or fund animal testing. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation—the country’s eighth-largest philanthropic foundation, which focuses on the advancement of children—was founded in 1930 and has more than $7.6 billion in assets. This sea … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. presented on its work to replace the use of rabbits, birds, mice, and rats in painful and deadly pesticide tests at a North American Free Trade Agreement meeting that included high-level government officials from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Notorious tiger handler Doug Terranova’s exhibitor license was finally revoked. In 2016, it was suspended for 30 days, but a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) judicial officer decided that a suspension was not enough, permanently revoking Terranova’s license and fining his company $64,700 in civil penalties. PETA had been monitoring Terranova for years and submitted … Read more »
Kathy Stearns, owner of the roadside zoo Dade City’s Wild Things, was arrested on three felony charges related to her alleged fraudulent fundraising and theft of donor funds. The charges were prompted by a PETA complaint that also led to a state civil lawsuit against Wild Things.
After PETA pointed out to Swilled Dog Hard Cider that the apple pomace (a byproduct of cider production) that it had donated to a West Virginia University experimenter was being used in cruel tests—in which baby rats were fed a diet with or without the substance, starved overnight, killed by suffocation, and dissected—the West Virginia–based … Read more »
