November 2014 PETA works hard to keep track of where the circus is headed and appeals to city officials and venue operators in attempts to keep Hugo Liebel—who continues to force Nosey the elephant to travel and work—out of their towns. Four Texas cities, including Decatur, Denton, Gainesville, and Terrell, have canceled performances by the ailing … Read more »
November 2014 In a groundbreaking decision, following years of campaigning by PETA—including letters, e-mails, and complaints from PETA, military and civilian medical experts, and concerned citizens—the Department of Defense (DOD) determined that “suitable simulation alternatives can replace the use of live animals” in six major medical educational areas, including for certain trauma and other surgical … Read more »
October 2014 PETA had spent years trying to get paper and cleaning products company Seventh Generation to stop lobbying for legislation that would result in tens of millions of animals being poisoned in new chemical tests and instead support reforms that would require animal tests to be used only as a last resort. When Seventh … Read more »
October 2014 After intensive efforts led by PETA India’s science policy adviser, and with support from PETA U.S. and the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd., the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare officially banned animal-tested cosmetics and their ingredients from being imported into India. PETA India, with the help of PETA entities worldwide, challenged … Read more »
October 2014 After hearing from PETA, the agency agreed never to host big-cat exploiter Dirk Arthur again. Arthur has a long history of violating the Animal Welfare Act, including an incident in which he kept the animals in metal cages with no protection from the scorching sun when temperatures reached 127 degrees.
October 2014 Following a meeting with PETA, AlexandAlexa, a U.K.-based children’s clothing retailer that sells high-end labels worldwide, agreed to stop selling angora. The company put its new commitment into action by immediately removing angora products from its website and by agreeing not to sell the angora products that it had planned to market in … Read more »
October 2014 Students at New York City’s Clinton School for Writers and Artists will no longer dissect animals, thanks to a software donation from PETA. After hearing from a concerned student and discussions with school administrators, PETA donated virtual dissection software to fully replace archaic animal dissection at the school.