RKD Group—a marketing and fundraising services provider for nonprofit organizations—became the latest company to commit to leaving pugs, bulldogs, and other breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) of dogs out of its future ads, joining the Ad Council, Ogilvy, Wieden + Kennedy, Wunderman Thompson, and others! BIBs are deliberately bred to have distorted and restricted airways, and millions … Read more »
Following a PETA complaint triggered by our 2023 eyewitness investigation, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated South Dakota roadside zoo Bear Country U.S.A. and issued it a hazard alert warning, finding that conditions there were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees who entered enclosures to abduct newborn cubs from … Read more »
PETA Science Consortium International e.V. awarded Dr. Jens Kurreck, a professor of applied biochemistry at Technische Universität Berlin, funding to help him create a laboratory that introduces students to the practice of using cells that aren’t reliant on animal-derived ingredients. A scientist in Belgium also received the Science Consortium’s Early-Career Scientist Award for her work … Read more »
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has finally listened to the calls of PETA scientists and committed to promoting non-animal research, including opening up funding and training opportunities for animal-free science. This welcome, long-overdue development also follows a powerful bipartisan letter to NIH from members of Congress—led by Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Ted Lieu … Read more »
After PETA filed numerous formal complaints with federal and state authorities detailing egregious animal welfare issues and injuries to customers at SeaQuest Littleton in Colorado, the notorious shopping mall petting zoo closed its doors. The infamous animal-exploiting hellhole will no longer force animals into stressful interactions, put them and the public in danger, or confine … Read more »
Following multiple requests for investigations from PETA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued tiger exhibitor Lisa Lopez, operator of All Things Wild, a $16,000 civil penalty for illegally exhibiting tigers without a license and offering dangerous public feeding opportunities at the Alabama and Georgia state fairs in 2020.
After PETA contacted Tory Burch and explained that animals in the exotic-skins industry are crudely bludgeoned with hammers, inflated with water or air, stabbed, and abused in other ways, the mid-luxury women’s fashion label confirmed that it had banned exotic skins! Please always choose fake snake, mock croc, and other animal-friendly options—and help us urge Gucci, … Read more »
The Colombian environmental agency Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca fined experimenters Sócrates Herrera and Myriam Arévalo—the owners of the Colombian organizations at the center of PETA’s 18-month investigation—more than $281,000 after it found them responsible for lacking the required permits to capture, confine, and experiment on monkeys. The agency’s ruling also established that … Read more »
PETA Science Consortium International e.V. coauthored a paper with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other collaborators on methods that can replace the use of live rabbits to test the effects of chemicals on human eyes. Building on this work, the EPA office that regulates industrial chemicals released a document encouraging companies to employ … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, Hill Holliday—one of the largest ad agencies in the U.S.—joined the Ad Council, Leo Burnett Chicago, Ogilvy, Wieden+Kennedy, Wunderman Thompson, and many other major ad agencies in not using images of pugs, bulldogs, or other flat-faced dog breeds in newly produced ads! These dogs are purposely bred to have deformities that … Read more »
The National Institutes of Health approved a plan to invest in and study animal-free, human-relevant research methods. Many of the recommendations formally and repeatedly made by PETA were included in the plan, some nearly verbatim. The program is expected to fund $35 million to $40 million a year to “significantly advance understanding of human health … Read more »
After being prompted by PETA, home design company Jagoe Homes confirmed that it would join Polyram Plastic Industries, paint manufacturer PPG Industries, and health and nutrition company DSM in pulling financial support of the Hadi Shrine Circus in Indiana—one of the last shows still exploiting elephants and other animals for entertainment. Jagoe Homes’ owner compassionately … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Kravet Inc.—a home furnishings leader in the interior design trade—banned cashmere! The company made this compassionate decision, which applies to its brands Brunschwig & Fils, Donghia, GP & J Baker, Kravet, and Lee Jofa, after learning that goats scream as workers pin them down by their legs and horns and violently … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, a U.S. Army–funded brain damage experiment on ferrets ended more than six months ahead of schedule at Michigan’s Wayne State University. Ferrets will no longer be purposely bombarded with radio waves, killed, and dissected in this gruesome experiment, which ridiculously purported to model Havana syndrome in humans. PETA is urging the … Read more »
Following talks with PETA, Polyram Plastic Industries—which had previously sponsored the Hadi Shrine Circus in Evansville, Indiana—made the compassionate decision to support only animal-free entertainment going forward! The company decided to separate itself from the cruel circus after learning that it’s among the last remaining shows still exploiting wild animals, who are confined to small … Read more »
