After PETA spent years campaigning for and promoting non-animal testing methods, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act was signed into law in 2016. By modernizing the American system of chemical toxicity testing and requiring, for the first time, that the Environmental Protection Agency reduce and replace the use of animals, … Read more »
PETA continues to encourage racetrack operators to add more vegan options to their menus—and now, Richmond International Raceway, which hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series, introduced a vegan Thai noodle salad with tofu.
After PETA engaged with ALDI U.S., the grocer—which operates more than 1,500 stores in 33 states—updated its animal-welfare policy to include its support for polled (hornless) breeding: “[W]e support the development of breeding programs for polled (hornless) cows, which would eliminate the need for [dehorning and disbudding].”
PETA partnered with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to rescue more than a dozen bears who were relinquished to the agency after their keepers failed to comply with Ohio’s tough new exotic-animal ownership laws. The bears were retired to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, where they’ll have acres to roam in a naturalistic environment.
The Tarzan Zerbini Circus wasn’t allowed to bring elephants into Canada to perform in another show that it owns, the Royal Canadian Circus. The circus’s owner, Tarzan Zerbini, needed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) permit to transport the elephants across the border—but its permit was suspended by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) following … Read more »
April 19th, 2016 After intensive campaigning by PETA and tens of thousands of activists who sent e-mails, Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) told PETA that it is ending the transport of monkeys to laboratories! This announcement comes one week after PETA urged Amazon—which recently partnered with ATSG—to ask the air carrier to end this cruel practice. … Read more »
March 18, 2016 Following appeals from PETA India and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has amended its regulations to prevent testing on animals for new drug registrations when complete data already exist for drugs approved abroad. Because of the vast physiological and biochemical differences between humans and the rats, … Read more »
In late 2015, PETA released a video exposé revealing the cruel training practices of the Bowmanville Zoo and its owner, Hollywood trainer Michael Hackenberger. PETA provided the Ontario SPCA with the evidence, and Hackenberger was charged with five counts of cruelty to animals for offenses including viciously whipping the young tiger in the video and … Read more »
A loophole in federal regulations allowed animal abusers to harm, export, and sell endangered tigers without federal oversight if they were considered “generic” (a mixed subspecies). Now, according to an FWS announcement, “generic” tigers will be subject to the same permitting requirements under the ESA as “purebred” tigers—such as those used in zoo breeding programs—are. … Read more »
