PETA’s Victories and Accomplishments

The SGA at University of North Carolina-Pembroke is compassionately drafting a policy that will ban the use of any live animals as prizes (on or off campus).

BB&T, one of the top 25 financial institutions in the country, with more than 1,800 locations, is the 17th bank that PETA has convinced to stop using glue traps!

Georgetown University, the third most vegan-friendly small college in the U.S., has extended its compassion to even the smallest of animals by halting the use of glue traps for rodent control.

Following a meeting with PETA, the Ad Council pledged to leave wild animals out of its future ads.

April 2012 After PETA wrote to the City Council about the circus’s past violations, the notorious Carson & Barnes Circus was denied a permit that would let it perform in a Nebraska city. The council voted to reject the permit and stated that it was concerned about the risk to the community.

DOT finally published new guidance on its website that clearly instructs companies to use approved non-animal replacements wherever possible and removed the outdated guidance.

After several meetings with PETA, ad agency Campbell Ewald signed the Great Ape Humane Pledge.

After meeting with PETA, PUMA opted to enact a new policy against the sale of fur, exotic skins, and wool from mulesed sheep.

Wells Fargo is the 16th bank that PETA has convinced to stop using glue traps!

After eight months of pressure from PETA and our supporters, China Southern Airlines announced that it will no longer transport primates to the United States for use in experiments.

After PETA contacted CertifiKid, the deal-of-the-day company got rid of their circus deal!

After a complaint filed by PETA about a monkey who was strangled to death, the USDA has found that Bristol-Myers Squibb has violated the Animal Welfare Act.

After more than two years of urging from PETA, the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) confirmed that it completely replaced its cruel use of ferrets for pediatric intubation training!

A cruel “donkey basketball” event scheduled to be held at Mona Shores High School has been replaced with a humane alternative.

PETA convinced Brazil’s TAM airlines and China’s Hainan Airlines to stop transporting primates for cruel experimentation!