Procter & Gamble’s iconic Herbal Essences brand has been added to PETA’s Beauty Without Bunnies list of cruelty-free companies! And even though Herbal Essences is sold in China, where tests on animals are required for many products, the brand has worked within Chinese regulations to make sure that such tests will not be done on … Read more »
The new season of Garden Bros. Circus is off to a rocky start, as the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, California, has already decided to skip the cruel show, which was set to feature camels and horses. Other venues across the country—including in Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Vermont, and Virginia—have canceled Garden Bros. … Read more »
A whistleblower reported to PETA that for decades, during the annual Pediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy Postgraduate Course taught at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), physicians inserted cables into the throats and lungs of hundreds of live cats in an attempt to practice the way to perform this medical procedure in human patients, despite the … Read more »
After fierce campaigning by PETA—including protests outside Coca-Cola’s headquarters and its annual meeting as well as e-mails from more than 205,000 of our members and supporters—the company ended its sponsorship of the Iditarod, which has killed more than 150 dogs since it began. Coca-Cola joins Costco, Jack Daniel’s, Maxwell House, Pizza Hut, Rite-Aid, Safeway, State … Read more »
When chocolate giant The Hershey Company provided cocoa ingredients and data analysis for an experiment in which mice were killed, it violated its own policy—which had been put in place after earlier discussions with PETA—not to conduct or fund animal testing in order to make health claims about its products. After PETA contacted the company … Read more »
The L.A. County Fair just committed to leaving wild and exotic mammals out of this year’s fair! This compassionate and business-savvy decision came after organizers met with PETA and were informed about the cruelty inherent in traveling animal exhibits as well as the public’s growing opposition toward exploiting animals for entertainment. PETA encourages residents and … Read more »
Restaurant chain 800 Degrees added vegan chorizo to some of its locations following a request from PETA for vegan meats in addition to the vegan cheese that it already offers for its pizzas. If your local location doesn’t have it, be sure to ask that it start offering it! You can also take action to … Read more »
After learning from PETA about the systemic abuse in the global wool industry—in which sheep are beaten, kicked, thrown, cut, and mutilated and often die horrifically—clothing company Alternative Apparel stopped selling wool. PETA entities worldwide have now revealed extreme violence and cruelty to sheep at 99 operations on four continents around the world. Tell Forever … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, GRAMMY Awards organizer the Recording Academy has agreed to make this year’s after-party menu vegan-friendly! Attendees can expect to feast on a variety of delicious, plant-based dishes, including crisp salads using seasonal ingredients, spaghetti di zucca with mouthwatering zucchini blossoms, and vegan desserts.
After hearing from PETA that animals suffer when they’re used in television and film productions, Xero—a global small-business accounting software company—made the kind and business-savvy decision to pull an ad that featured a dog who’d been dyed purple. The company also committed to not using animals in future promotional materials—with the exception of animal companions … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and our members and supporters, Juniper Village at Mount Joy has canceled a cruel act featuring a monkey named Django that had been scheduled for Valentine’s Day. The company has also pledged to keep such archaic acts off its community calendars! This victory for Django comes just one month after a … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and more than 155,000 of our members and supporters about SeaWorld’s sordid history of animal mistreatment—including that the company crams orcas into barren tanks in which they gnaw on metal gates and concrete walls and routinely die decades short of their natural life expectancy—Sunwing stopped selling tickets to the cruel parks. … Read more »
