After hearing from PETA about how dogs suffer and die in Alaska’s grueling Iditarod, the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska, confirmed that it had no intention of featuring the dog-sled race in its exhibits in the future! More than 150 dogs have died during the 1,000-mile race—and this number doesn’t even include the countless other … Read more »
After learning from PETA that goats scream in pain and fear as they’re tied down and their hair is torn out in the cashmere industry, Genesco—which owns the brands Johnston & Murphy, Journeys, Little Burgundy, schuh, and others—confirmed that it no longer uses cashmere! We weren’t surprised that the company made this compassionate decision, given … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and thousands of our members and supporters, the Apache Rattlesnake Festival in Oklahoma dropped a vendor who sews snakes’ mouths shut—a crude procedure that leaves the animals unable to hydrate or take in any form of nourishment for days—so that people can pose with them for “scary” photo ops.
After hearing from PETA, Plunkett’s Hallmark in Tucson, Arizona, was quick to pull cruel “EcoAquariums” containing frogs from its shelves and commit to not selling any live animals. PETA pointed out that animals sold in tiny, inhumane enclosures are routinely deprived of adequate care and often die prematurely. Plunkett’s Hallmark followed the lead of Hallmark … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Walgreens made the compassionate decision to ban great ape greeting cards, which contain unnatural, demeaning images of endangered chimpanzees and hinder conservation efforts. Walgreens joined the rest of the Walgreens Boots Alliance brands, including Boots, Duane Reade, Benavides, and Ahumada, in banning them. Now, please help us urge Hallmark to stop printing these … Read more »
Following a PETA campaign lasting over 17 months, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), which oversees the College of Medicine (UTCOM), wrote to us announcing that UTCOM would stop using live animals in surgical and emergency medical residency training programs on its Chattanooga campus. The decision came after more than 97,000 PETA supporters … Read more »
Four chimpanzees—April, Anna, Lucy, and Cash—were rescued from the Union Ridge Wildlife Center in Ohio, a roadside zoo formerly operated by notorious animal exploiter and convicted felon Cy Vierstra, who had recently pleaded guilty to multiple felonies relating to his theft of more than $287,500 in public funds. The chimpanzees were transferred to the accredited … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about the cruelty of Alaska’s Iditarod dog-sled race and of notorious musher Lance Mackey—which were promoted in a recent documentary—the Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA) made the compassionate decision not to allow film submissions that endorse or glorify cruelty to dogs or any other animals in the future. With its new … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, AARP removed all dog-sled listings from its website and made the kind decision to avoid promoting dog-sledding in the future! AARP is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has a membership of nearly 38 million members and offices in all 50 states. Please help us urge Liberty Media, Discover Holidays, and other companies … Read more »
Local authorities seized 180 mice—the only remaining animals still imprisoned at the Caucaseco Scientific Research Center, the filthy, ramshackle torture facility that PETA had exposed. The mice, who would have been used in experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are now recovering at the Animal Welfare Center in Cali, Colombia. Witnesses say … Read more »
PETA recognized bedding company Pillow-Fight (formerly GoodPillow) with our Compassionate Business Award for using only synthetic down in its products. PETA entities have released nine exposés of the down industry, and each one has shown that intense suffering, unsanitary conditions, and horrific violence and killing are what the down industry is all about—even at so-called … Read more »
Notorious animal dealer Tonia Haddix, who faked the death of Tonka the chimpanzee, was ordered by a federal court to pay nearly $225,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to PETA after she repeatedly committed perjury and submitted false information to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Following pressure from PETA and grassroots activists, department store chain Hudson’s Bay confirmed that it no longer sells products made from animal fur, making the company’s entire portfolio of brands—including Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5TH—completely fur-free! Gone are the days when Hudson’s Bay Company, a former fur trader, supported the fur industry, which … Read more »
As a direct result a 2022 PETA investigation, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Yellowstone Bear World, a roadside zoo in Idaho, for two serious violations. The agency found that the facility had put its employees at risk of potential attacks from bears and exposed employees to hazardous chemicals in the form … Read more »
PETA Science Consortium International e.V., in partnership with Epithelix, awarded a researcher at Trinity College Dublin $15,000 in redeemable Epithelix tissues to test the effects of cigarette smoke and bacterial infections in lung diseases. Epithelix’s three-dimensional human tissue models reconstruct different regions of the respiratory tract and can be used to test cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, medical … Read more »
