PETA’s Victories and Accomplishments

When concerned residents alerted us to a private rodeo involving horse tripping and running animals to exhaustion, we helped to get officials on the scene, and the event was promptly shut down.

Following PETA’s efforts to end dehorning in the dairy industry, in which calves have their horn buds burned off with no pain relief, companies have begun to pressure their suppliers to stop this cruel mutilation.

PETA and compassionate citizens sent letters to Glendale officials urging them to protect the safety of animals and the public, and this year, Glendale prohibited Ramos Bros. from bringing exotic animals into the city!

Public Storage—the number one self-storage company in the nation—agreed to discontinue its use of glue traps indefinitely!

November 2013 After receiving information from PETA about Serenity Springs—a roadside zoo in Colorado with a long history of tiger deaths—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied the facility’s application for a permit to breed more tiger cubs and various other species because of its record of violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.

As a result of the fund’s lobbying, Swedish government agencies must now publish their strategies for replacing animals in experiments.

Carnival operators have made the lawful and compassionate decision no longer to give animals away as prizes.

Illinois carnival operators made the compassionate decision no longer to give live animals away as prizes.

A Tampa festival has made the compassionate decision no longer to give live animals away as prizes!

Following more than a year of discussions with PETA as well as an online advocacy campaign, the Smithsonian Institution’s Science Education Center amended its science curriculum to remove a live animal lesson.

The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban cruel bullhooks after a three-year phase-in period.

The outdoor retailer agreed to urge Macy’s to cancel the SeaWorld float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Platinum Storage agreed to ban glue traps in all its facilities!

After an activist notified us that Cat Cora’s Kitchen at the San Francisco International Airport was arranging live lobsters on ice for patrons to view while eating, PETA convinced the restaurant manager to discontinue the cruel and unnecessary display.

Following talks with PETA, online coffee retailer Kojava.com officially agreed to remove kopi luwak, or civet coffee, from its website!