PETA’s Victories and Accomplishments

January 1, 2015 The notorious exhibitor Mobile Zoo was hit with a formal complaint from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is facing legal consequences for its long history of Animal Welfare Act citations, many of which were issued during inspections prompted by PETA complaints. The violations alleged in the federal complaint include multiple … Read more »

January 2015 After years of communication with CBL Associates & Properties, Inc.—the fourth largest shopping mall real estate investment trust in the nation, which manages 130 properties, including 79 malls and open-air centers—PETA finally persuaded the company to ban the sale of sugar gliders! CBL was the last of the big mall owners to still … Read more »

December 2014 Citronella bug sprays were scheduled to be phased out in Canada by the end of 2014 unless manufacturers provided Health Canada with additional safety data derived from toxicity tests on animals. After PETA sent letters informing the agency that citronella bug sprays are considered safe by the U.S. government and not required to … Read more »

December 2014 After hearing about the cruelty behind angora production, high end retailer Adolfo Domínguez made the compassionate decision to ban angora.

December 2014 Upon hearing that the toy and board game company Hasbro was airing a commercial featuring a baboon to advertise its Connect Four toy, PETA contacted the company to explain the physical and emotional distress that animals forced to perform in the entertainment business endure. Hasbro agreed to pull the commercial, which was airing … Read more »

December 2014 When PETA U.K. learned that the agency responsible for overseeing the largest animal testing program in the world had failed to investigate numerous cases in which seemingly avoidable animal testing had been conducted, PETA U.K., with the help of PETA U.S. scientists, submitted a detailed official complaint. After two years of filing amended … Read more »

December 2014 PETA successfully helped persuade a prominent restaurant in Edmonton to stop using glue traps immediately and permanently.

December 2014 Thanks once again to the generosity of friend to animals Sam Simon, PETA has rescued two Himalayan black bears who were illegally imported into Tennessee by the owner of the Three Bears General Store—a notorious tourist trap in Pigeon Forge that confines bears to a concrete pit. The bears are now living at The Wild … Read more »

December 2014 World Travel Guide, which logs more than 1 million unique visitors each month and is considered one of the most comprehensive travel guides on the planet, removed all references to SeaWorld after hearing about the failing park’s cruelty to animals.

December 2014 After PETA and other concerned groups weighed in with California wildlife authorities, cruel coyote, fox, and bobcat killing contests—in which the participant with the most kills wins cash and other prizes—were banned.

December 2014 Lacoste made the compassionate decision to ban angora wool products from its inventory.

December 2014 After hearing from PETA supporters, online retailer Boohoo made the compassionate decision to ban all angora items from its collection.

December 2014 The Kasper Group, which sells clothing to Macy’s and Dillard’s as well as in its own 47 stores, banned angora after hearing from PETA.

November 2014 PETA persuaded officials at an elementary school in Hawaii to make the humane choice to end their more-than-a-decade-old practice of using koi fish as contest prizes in their annual fundraiser.

November 2014 After PETA filed numerous complaints with Nye County officials, big-cat abuser Karl Mitchell—who has been operating illegally for more than a decade—has been ordered to remove all the big cats he has been keeping from Nye County, Nevada. The court’s decision specified that the removal should be undertaken “immediately.”