November 25, 2015 When PETA learned from a whistleblower that government contractor SIMMEC Training Solutions was regularly trucking in military personnel to shoot and kill pigs on the property of a San Diego County horse ranch, we investigated the allegations and discovered that the cruel courses likely violated local zoning ordinances. We quickly filed a … Read more »
November 25, 2015 When PETA learned from a whistleblower that government contractor Assessment and Training Solutions Consulting Corporation (ATSCC) had regularly been shooting and killing pigs for military training courses in Suffolk, Virginia, we investigated the allegations and discovered that the cruel courses likely violated local zoning ordinances. We quickly filed a complaint, and after … Read more »
November 19, 2015 Following years of campaigns by PETA and other animal-advocacy groups, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced its decision to retire all federally owned chimpanzees from laboratories and make plans for them to spend the rest of their lives in reputable sanctuaries. NIH previously had announced a much-criticized plan to keep 50 … Read more »
November 17, 2015 Following a month-long PETA campaign that included more than 100,000 e-mails and numerous critical social media posts, scathing media stories, and phone call blitzes to the company’s U.S. offices, Kikkoman—the most popular soy sauce company in the U.S. and Japan—ended its long-standing practice of force-feeding mice, rabbits, and other animals soy sauce … Read more »
November 17, 2015 Following the release of PETA’s shocking military-training exposé—which documented the stabbing, shooting, and mutilation of live animals and uncovered allegations of sexual abuse and drugging of soldiers and illegal experimentation on them by Deployment Medicine International (DMI), the self-proclaimed “largest trainer of US military forces in operational medicine”—the federal government banned DMI … Read more »
October 30, 2015 Truth or Consequences Municipal Schools are now cruelty-free, thanks to a software donation from PETA. The kind decision to replace crude animal dissection will spare the lives of countless frogs, save the school money, and provide students with a more effective and humane learning experience. Studies have repeatedly found that interactive software … Read more »
October 30, 2015 Bataan Military Academy’s science department is now cruelty-free, thanks to a software donation from PETA. The kind decision to replace crude animal dissection will spare the lives of countless frogs, save the school money, and provide students with a more effective and humane learning experience. Studies have repeatedly found that interactive software … Read more »
October 8, 2015 Following meetings with PETA, letters from more than 120,000 concerned PETA members and supporters, and a protest involving several hundred people, the California Coastal Commission did right by orcas by requiring, as a condition of approval for SeaWorld’s Blue World Project, that the abusement park stop breeding them—which would ultimately end captivity … Read more »
Following a shareholder resolution by PETA and resulting engagement, Roundy’s set a position statement that includes its support for polled (hornless) breeding as a solution to dehorning. The company operates about 160 grocery stores under different brands and does approximately $4 billion in sales.
When White Castle first tested vegan burger patties with nonvegan buns and a dairy-based sauce, we contacted the chain and started a great dialog. When the veggie burgers officially launched, the fast-food giant was sure to include a Sweet Thai sauce as a vegan option—and now, after months of testing, it has switched to a … Read more »
September 30, 2015 Following a PETA complaint and e-mails from thousands of our supporters, the University of Georgia announced that it will no longer conduct surgical training courses in which dozens of healthy beagles and other animals have holes crudely cut into their throats, chests, and limbs.
September 30, 2015 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) programs throughout China, Cyprus, Greece, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates stopped cutting apart and killing animals in their courses following a PETA donation of 40 state-of-the-art TraumaMan surgical simulators. In 2014, PETA donated 67 TraumaMan models to end animal use in ATLS programs … Read more »
September 30, 2015 Following PETA’s eight-month eyewitness investigation of Primate Products, Inc. (PPI), a company that imports monkeys and sells them to laboratories, federal authorities cited it for more than 27 serious animal-welfare violations related to inadequate veterinary care, neglect, violent handling, unsafe and unsanitary conditions, and monkeys’ physical and psychological suffering. The damning evidence … Read more »
September 16,2015 Following complaints filed by PETA, a brief public campaign, and criticism from international media, the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, the University of Otago, and the University of Auckland announced that they’ll no longer use live pigs for crude forensics experiments in which the animals were repeatedly shot in the head at … Read more »
After PETA engaged with the company on the treatment of cattle in the dairy industry, Harris Teeter updated its Animal Welfare page to include the following: “We discourage dehorning of cattle. … [A]nd we support farmers in developing successful programs for breeding polled, naturally hornless cows.”
