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Beam Me Up! PETA’s Brand-New Virtual Reality Experience Has Launched

Ready for an out-of-this-world trip? PETA’s new virtual reality experience, “When They Came For Us,” reveals what every Earthling deserves.

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Globe on fire next to text "Dairy Is Milking the Planet Dry" to show how dairy amplifies the climate catastrophe
Why Ditch Dairy? Because Cheese Is Melting the Planet

Why should everyone ditch dairy? PETA points out how humans’ obsession with bovine mammary secretions amplifies the climate catastrophe.

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Tennessee State Trooper Nabs PETA Award for Rescuing Stray Dog in Traffic and Rain

A Tennessee state trooper spotted and rescued a stray dog wandering in traffic during a torrential downpour. PETA reveals how this kind action unfolded.

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rescued dog dave before and after
VIDEO: Dave the Rescued Dog’s Touching ‘Tail,’ From Neglect to Adoption

There’s no such thing as an “outdoor dog.” In a new video, learn how PETA fieldworkers helped Dave the rescued pup go from chained neglect to loving adoption.

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PETA's ad urging families not to go fishing or hunting, which reads "Does your daddy kill animals? Celebrate a cruelty-free Father's Day!"
Provocative Ad Puts Father’s Day Activities on Blast: ‘Does Your Daddy Kill Animals?’

Fishing and hunting destroy other animals’ families. PETA’s ad blitz urges your family to choose kind activities this Father’s Day.

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PETA basket with vegan crab cakes and a shot of whiskey, sent to CEO of bankrupt Red Lobster
Since Red Lobster’s Super-Pinched, Why Not Give Vegan Seafood a Shot?

Red Lobster sank and went bankrupt, but the pinched chain has a chance to restructure in a far kinder way. PETA reveals how.

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Oscar Mayer vegan hot dogs and sausages, launching in spring 2024
Chasing Wienermobiles: PETA’s Role in Creating Oscar Mayer’s Vegan Hot Dog

Wait—Oscar Mayer announced vegan options?! Find out PETA’s role in the good news as we relish applauding the company for this compassionate move.

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Kolbie the dog resting on an orange blanket after being rescued from The Veterinarians' Blood Bank
VIDEO: How PETA Found a Home for a Hound Exploited by a Blood Bank

The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank is under fire following a damning PETA undercover investigation. Discover Kolbie the dog’s rescue story.

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mother chicken with baby chicks, to show the birds in a more natural state and encourage researchers not to meddle with chicken genetics
Why Editing Chickens’ Genes Is a Cockamamie Idea

Wait just a wing flap—scientists think messing with chicken genetics will hinder disease?! PETA’s got five reasons why that’s a no.

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White rat emerges from pink peony, to help show why the term 'lab rat' should be deleted from our vocabulary
Empathy Over Experimentation: The Case Against the Term ‘Lab Rat’

The term “lab rat” only perpetuates speciesism and condones cruel experiments on animals. Let PETA increase your compassion for rats.

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two Kodiak bears on rocks by water in the Kodiak Archipelago
After 2 Kodiak Bears Escaped From a Florida Facility, PETA Penned a Letter

Allegedly unlawful activity led to the escape of two Kodiak bears from a Florida property. Find out how PETA’s urging authorities to take additional action.

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lamb lying on grass with the number 52 marked on their back, to show that we need to respect each animal as an individual, not a number
To Label or to Liberate: Why Animals Aren’t Numbers

You’re not a number—you’re someone. The same goes for every other animal. PETA adds up key reasons to stop labeling living, feeling beings.

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Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault in front of hanging snakes that will be killed for their skins
How Has Cruelty to Animals Funded the World’s Wealthiest Person? PETA Spills the Dirt

Did you know that the world’s wealthiest person built his fortune on animal suffering? PETA reveals how Louis Vuitton’s CEO got filthy rich selling exotic skins and fur.

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an upright groundhog in grass and yellow flowers, to represent how Punxsutawney Phil should get to live at a reputable sanctuary
Swap the Groundhog for Our Flippin’ Gift, Says PETA to Punxsutawney

Check out PETA’s massive plan to swap out Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog. Learn how you can help chuck this cruel and tired tradition.

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a peaceful PETA demonstration at a Whole Foods Market in Vancouver on November 29, 2023, protesting coconut milk obtained from Thailand monkey labor
Cruelly Obtained Coconut Milk at Canadian Whole Foods Stores? PETA Speaks Up

There’s nothing wholesome about Whole Foods’ support of forced monkey labor. Find out how PETA called out a Vancouver store.

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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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