A cat was found in the back of someone’s garage, emaciated, anemic, and suffering in the final stages of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), which attacks cats’ immune systems much like HIV does in humans. Several people in the neighborhood had been feeding her and noticed that she was eating less and losing weight, but no … Read more »
Update: Joshua Moore has been indicted on five felony counts of animal torture, five felony counts of aggravated cruelty, and one misdemeanor count of depicting animal torture. PETA presented the Chicago Police Department’s Animal Crimes Team with a Hero to Animals Award for its swift work in seizing the abused dogs—five dogs and five puppies—and … Read more »
A primate at a Covance primate testing lab. Update: After receiving PETA’s request for an investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that Bristol-Myers Squibb was to blame for the hanging death of the monkey and cited the company for violating the Animal Welfare Act. As if being locked inside a laboratory and treated like … Read more »