Following discussions with PETA, General Motors (GM) announced its upgraded formal policy that now prohibits the automaker from conducting or paying for any animal testing: “GM does not conduct or commission the use of animals in tests for research purposes or in the development of our vehicles, either directly or indirectly and GM does not … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about how monkeys suffer when forced to pick coconuts in Thailand, wholesale food distributor Performance Food Group stopped selling Thai coconut milk across all its brands, which include Performance Foodservice and Reinhart Foodservice. Performance Food Group is based in Richmond, Virginia, and has a total of 150 distribution centers in the … Read more »
After learning that Oswald’s Bear Ranch is a death trap for bears and has even had to pay a fine to settle federal animal welfare violations, the Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Association quickly removed promotions of the roadside zoo. Join us in urging the facility’s owners to stop treating bears’ lives as disposable and … Read more »
PETA and The Wild Animal Sanctuary rescued the remaining nine animals—one llama, two North American black bears, and six emus—held at Waccatee Zoo in North Carolina, dubbed “the worst roadside zoo in America” by PETA, following a lawsuit filed against the facility and its operators by us and two concerned citizens. The rescued animals now … Read more »
PETA Science Consortium International e.V. presented on human cell-based approaches for testing the effects of inhaled chemicals at the Association of Inhalation Toxicologists conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. The event attracts the world’s leading experts in inhalation toxicology from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. While the conference used to primarily focus on animal testing, many … Read more »
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 »
