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.

PETA Scientists Show Some Skin to Save Animals From Labs

To save animals, we advocates use every tool at our disposal. PETA scientists have decided that it’s time to show some skin.

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McDonald’s Finally Agrees to Use Less Cruel Slaughter Method … in 2024

PETA’s McCruelty campaign ambassador, Chrissie Hynde, says the move “will help reduce some horrific suffering” but urges the company to do more.

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Personal Care & Fashion

Introducing Real Leather, Completely Cow-Free

PETA gets a look at Modern Meadow’s hotly anticipated real leather that was grown in a lab, no cows needed.

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Chickens Have One Protection. The Meat Industry Wants to Remove It

There is no federal law to protect chickens killed for their flesh. Now the National Chicken Council wants to take practically the only protection they have.

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The New ‘Dynasty’: All the Drama, None of the Fur

While the new Dynasty delivers all the greed, power struggles, backstabbing, drama, and cliffhangers of the original, one thing is noticeably absent: fur.

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Update: Four-Time Iditarod Champ Implicated in Dog-Drugging Scandal

Here’s how you can help dogs who are forced to run with bloody paws, strained muscles, stress fractures, ulcers, and lung damage.

Animal Companions

7 Times Black Cats Saved People’s Lives Like It Wasn’t a Thing

The foolish superstition about black cats being “bad luck” dates back to the Middle Ages. Isn’t it time for us to move on?

Listen as These Real Mice Sing to Each Other

Move over, Michael Bublé—there’s a new crooner in town.

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Yale’s President Planned to Make a Speech. PETA Had Other Plans

As Yale University President Peter Salovey started his alumni presentation, he definitely wasn’t expecting a PETA protestor to take over the stage.

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Meet Hal, the Guy Who’s Getting Cut Open So That Animals Don’t

Ladies and gents, meet Hal. He’s smart, rugged, resilient, and devoted to his country—and he even saves animals. He’s also technically not an actual person.

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Tiger Forced to Live at a Gas Station Dies

The truck stop’s owner, Michael Sandlin, said that he plans to have Tony “stuffed, mounted and displayed” and wants to purchase another tiger.

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Tests Confirm That Dogs Forced to Run the Iditarod Were Doped

Help PETA shut down this spectacle in which dogs are treated like equipment, abused, and killed.

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Animal Companions

Five Short Videos of Pigs Being Adorable That Will Make You Smile

There are few things in life that can’t be made better with a pig.

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Sheep Being Used as Punching Bags—You Can Help Stop This

Sheep are being beaten bloody. Here’s what you can do about it.

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Duh: Taxes Fund Marmoset Test That ‘Finds’ Having a Good Dad Is Good

The findings weren’t exactly earth shattering.

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