PETA’s Victories and Accomplishments

After receiving a complaint from a student, PETA contacted a college that was giving students failing grades for refusing to kill mice in a training course.

PETA worked with local legislators and activists to address the suffering of chained dogs in Hampton, Virginia, and the city council voted unanimously to ban the cruel practice.

BIOQUAL has ended cruel labratory tests on chimpanzees after PETA purchased stock in the company, hoping to introduce a shareholder resolution on the topic.

The group responsible for the live goat mutilation incident caught on video has been charged, and the location where these disgusting acts took place has been warned that any further acts will result in criminal charges.

A fraternity who was using live goldfish during rush events, compassionately decided to no longer use live fish in official or unofficial events!

The USDA has taken evidence and research done by PETA into consideration with its latest guidelines, and requests that drug manufacturers must be trained to reduce animal suffering.

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of PETA, TELUS, Canada’s third-largest telecom service provider, agreed to ban the use of nonhuman primates in its future ads.

Thanks to PETA, Citigroup, the third largest financial institution, is officially glue-trap-free!

A humane law-enforcement officer convinced church officials to open an improperly installed bird deterrent net, releasing trapped and dying birds.

In response to complaints filed by PETA and a series of significant animal welfare violations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined the Oregon National Primate Research Center nearly $12,000 for repeated violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.

An apartment complex who was removing active swallows’ nests from dryer vents agreed to halt any further dryer vent cleaning until October (when nests are no longer active).

A Nebraska school pledged to stop participating in an activity in which young children stick their hands inside a hole cut into the abdomen of a living cow.

A car dealership in Florida compassionately decided to stop giving away hamsters as a promotional prize with new car purchase after talking with PETA!

A trucking company who was illegally dumping and storing hazardous chemicals, a huge danger to wildlife, has been cited and being forced to clean up the site.

PETA advised Comcast about how to deal humanely with wild birds who nest inside cable boxes, and the company made the compassionate decision to issue a nationwide protocol for its staff to this end.