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Danny Prater

Danny Prater

Danny spent the formative years of his life in rural Ohio, living among corn stalks and log cabins in the shadow of a ghost town that burned to the ground in the 1840s. Fittingly, you can often find him wearing plaid and sporting a burly beard. With a communications degree in hand from The Ohio State University, he moved to Los Angeles in 2012. In his free time, Danny likes to go for “long-ish” jogs, maintain his self-appointed title as the greatest Dr. Mario player on Earth, and dote upon his two feline companions and numerous succulents.

Bearadise Ranch cited after news crew pets, feeds bear
Feds Take Aim at Bearadise Ranch After TV Crew Feeds 300-Pound Bear

After receiving a tip from PETA, the USDA slapped Bearadise Ranch owner Monica Welde with a critical citation and an official warning.

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Mice and Rats Force-Fed Pesticides in Cancer Tests—PETA Scientists Have a Better Plan

PETA scientists have coauthored a paper that will help reduce the number of mice and rats used in tests to see if pesticides cause cancer in humans.

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Evil Bidding: Triple W Exotic Animal Auction Cited by Feds Again Over Welfare Issues

Triple W and other exotic-animal auctions are nightmarish for animals, who are confined to cramped cages and denied necessary veterinary care.

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Week of Action to Take Down Exotic Skins
PETA Leads the Charge: Inside the Global Effort to Take Down Exotic Skins

PETA’s latest week of action is a multifaceted approach to ending the exotic-skins industry. See how folks are getting involved.

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PETA Aims to End Injustice With a Surprise Auction Bid on RBG’s Old Fur Coat

PETA hopes that RBG’s fur coat can teach the next generation that ending speciesism—a human supremacist worldview—is crucial for social justice.

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PETA Calls On Feds: Cut Funding to Monkey Laboratories Amid Chagas Disease Risk

In addition to being cesspools of suffering, monkey breeding and experimentation facilities have failed to address or even admit the potential public health threats that they pose.

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Why Should You Avoid Houston Interactive Aquarium? The List of Reasons Is Growing

Animals at Houston Interactive Aquarium have endured malnourishment, freezing temperatures, and unsafe direct contact with members of the public. Learn what you can do to help.

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PETA Hands Out 10,000 Vegan McPlant Burgers, and Cows Are Lovin’ It

Ordering a vegan McPlant at a McDonald’s drive-through is no biggie to us, but it’s a matter of life and death for cows and perhaps for the buyer.

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PETA Scientists to Give, Receive Prestigious Awards at 2022 Society of Toxicology Meeting

PETA scientists will attend the 2022 Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting in San Diego. At the conference, PETA scientists will both give and receive prestigious awards.

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VIDEO: Watch PETA’s Animal-Friendly Tips for ‘Elden Ring’ and Its New DLC

From taking your dog for a walk to persuading mercenaries to show horses respect, watch PETA’s viral guide to an animal-friendly Elden Ring run.

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Cruelty Reigns at U. of Minnesota: Rogue Surgeries, Amputations, Death

As the bodies continue to pile up in the laboratories of the University of Minnesota, PETA demands a criminal investigation.

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Animal Companions
PETA Statement on Sentencing of ‘The Monkey Whisperer,’ Chris Brown’s Monkey Dealer

Many animal advocates alerted PETA to Chris Brown’s illegal possession of a capuchin monkey, and they helped us take down a cruel and criminal breeder.

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3 Ways PETA Entities Combat Speciesism and Advocate for Primates

Right now, thousands of monkeys are locked in cages, living in fear, and being denied the opportunity to engage in behavior vital to their well-being.

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Animal Companions
Pit Bull and Chihuahua Besties Go From Freezing to Freedom, Thanks to PETA

Chihuahua mix Charlie and pit bull mix Diamond were huddled together, shivering and scared, when PETA fieldworkers found them locked in a wire crate.

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Elephant Encounter at Endangered Ark Foundation Leaves Visitor Disfigured, Disabled

The Endangered Ark Foundation, a shoddy roadside zoo in Oklahoma, puts people at risk every time it promotes public contact events with stressed elephants.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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