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.

Pamela Anderson Gives Kim Kardashian the Perfect New Year’s Resolution

Will this be the Christmas that Kim’s heart grows three sizes?

After Just 120 E-Mails From PETA Supporters, Puppy Mill Bites the Dust

What victory will just 120 of you win next?

USDA Cites Breeders for Abuse, Then Gives Them a Ton of Business

The USDA finds a decomposing, headless animal and decides that the best thing to do is give the breeder your money.

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17 Pictures That Sum Up ‘Humane Meat’

What do labels such as “humane,” “family-run,” “free-range,” “organic,” and “small-scale” mean? PETA will show you what “humane” farms won’t.

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Science Consortium Awards Student for Advancing Animal-Free Testing

Good animal-free science is its own reward, but it’s sweeter when it comes with an award. Just ask Brett Winters, a toxicology doctoral student.

Is That a Cow Under Your Arm? PETA’s Mall Displays Help People Get Real

PETA’s mall displays show holiday shoppers WHO they’re really buying.

Landowner Who Hosted Military Mutilation Training on Pigs in $ Trouble

The Pentagon should end trauma training drills on animals now.

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Get the Tissues: Watch Dog Rescued from Lab Flourish With a Lot of Love

Libby’s transformation is a thing of beauty. This new video of her with her adoptive family says it all.

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Animal Companions

Victory! Greyhound Industry Adopts Blood Bank Policy After PETA Exposé

Victories keep coming for greyhounds following PETA’s exposé of the filthy, abusive Pet Blood Bank in Cherokee, Texas.

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Dolphins Noel and Rioux Dead at the Miami Seaquarium

Their deaths bring the total number of cetaceans who have died in marine parks this year to 53.

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Iggy Pop and Biggy Pop Have Had It With Yale’s Experiments on Birds

A rock icon with a bird best friend isn’t about to tolerate Yale University’s cruel experiments on songbirds.

PETA’s 8 Animal Wins for October

Gucci is fur-free, the dog blood farm is closing, and no one wants to ride on elephants. Here’s all the animal rights news that you need to know now.

One Dairy Farm’s Manure Runoff Just Wiped Out 60,278 Fish

Iowa residents can thank a single dairy farm in New Vienna for spoiling miles of their waterways and killing more than 60,000 fish.

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Morrissey to Tell Fans at Concerts, ‘Holidays Are Murder on Turkeys’

It’s not a Morrissey tour without an animal rights message.

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See the ‘Blackfish’ for Elephants Free Online This Weekend

Filmmaker Sangita Iyer is receiving death threats as she fights a well-funded industry desperate to protect its secrets. But her story has to be told.

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