Michelle Reynolds

Michelle first learned about the cruelty of factory farming while pursuing a degree in journalism at the University of Kentucky. She signed up for an agriculture course as an elective simply because it filled a hole in her schedule. That class, chosen by chance, precipitated her “aha” moment: She immediately stopped eating animals and started learning everything she could about animal rights. When not writing for PETA, she enjoys traveling, listening to The Beatles, spending time on the water near her home in Florida, and doting on her guinea pigs, Duke and Bogart, who were rescued during one of PETA’s PetSmart investigations, and her dog, Capone, whom PETA rescued from a chain.

In ‘Pet’ Cemetery, Artist Creates Monument to Unmourned Animals

In the middle of Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, stands a memorial unlike any other.

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Video: Canada Goose–Approved ‘Humane’ Trap Breaks Everything It Touches

Canada Goose is trying to convince people that it uses “humane” killing methods. Watch PETA’s powerful new video and decide for yourself.

Food

Vegan Jell-O? Here Are PETA’s Top 8 Ways to Enjoy Vegan Gelatin

If you enjoy eating sweets without boiled tendons and ligaments, sink your spoon into some of our favorite kinds of vegan gelatin.

More Than 2 Million Animals Thrown Into the Trash in Chicken Recall

Tyson has recalled almost 12 million pounds of chicken flesh—the equivalent of more than 2 million birds’ lives.

Outraged by the ‘Live Puppy Claw Machine’? Here’s What You Can Do.

A video making its way around Twitter purports to show live puppies trapped in a claw machine arcade game.

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Victory! California’s ‘Lab-Gag’ Bill Is Gone

PETA members win again! After receiving your e-mails, calls, and tweets, the California Assembly member who introduced the dangerous “lab-gag” bill has pulled it.

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SeaWorld Ordered to Pay Out $11.5 Million to Patrons It Bilked

In a settlement, SeaWorld will have to pay out $11.5 million to patrons who say that the company made fraudulent charges to their credit cards.

Video: PETA Dumps 44,000 Petitions at Texas A&M President’s Office

Were you one of the 44,000 PETA members who sent in a signed petition to Texas A&M to shut down its deadly dog laboratory? Watch as we deliver it for you.

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Johns Hopkins University Is Tormenting Owls

Experimenters in Johns Hopkins’ owl lab cut into owls’ skulls, implant electrodes in their brains, and kill them. Help PETA shut it down now.

Animal Companions

See Elle, Penny, and Other Animals Whose Lives We Changed in April

These are just a few of the hundreds of animals PETA was able to help in April, thanks to donor support.

Here’s Why the Video of the Instagramming Chimpanzee Isn’t Cute

Chimpanzee Sugriva was torn from his mother as a baby, has been denied any semblance of a natural life, and is forced to do stupid stunts for human amusement.

PETA Exposes SeaWorld’s Purported ‘Data Release’

This “data release” is SeaWorld’s latest PR flimflam. And like practically everything the company does relating to animals, there are problems with it.

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Midwest Floods Kill More Than 1 Million Trapped Calves

Calves, most of whom were being raised for the beef industry, were swept into freezing floodwaters and have been washing up dead along the banks of rivers.

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Video: Dog Saved From Iditarod Musher Lost Her Voice but Not Her Spirit

After a PETA eyewitness rescued Maggie during an investigation of dog yards owned by Iditarod mushers, she went from chained to cherished.

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Personal Care & Fashion

Save Animals Like It’s Your Job in Leather-Free Vegan Work Boots

If your 9-to-5 involves actual ladders instead of just corporate ones, here’s PETA’s quick, easy guide to vegan work boots.

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