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.

After Redskins Enjoy Meaty $22,000 Dinner, PETA Asks Them to Pay It Forward

After the Washington Redskins’ veteran players were treated to a $22,000 dinner, PETA asks them to treat homeless women and children to dinner.

Bacon-Wrapped Cancer

The World Health Organization’s findings ought to bring the annoying, unhealthy bacon craze to a screeching halt.

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Disturbing Torture Devices Uncovered at Daisy Farms

What PETA and a whistleblower uncovered at Daisy Brand supplier Daisy Farms is part of a real-life horror movie for the animals who live there.

Something Stinks at SeaWorld … and It’s Not Dead Fish

How far will SeaWorld go to get its way?

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Popular lokai Bracelets Are Now Animal-Friendly

Popular jeweler lokai is helping animals “stay hopeful,” too.

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PETA Wants Clayton Stoner to Take the Michael Vick Empathy Course, Too

The furor over trophy hunting has been ignited anew as NHL player Clayton Stoner faces charges and protests in the killing of a popular grizzly bear.

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Researchers Are Beating Breast Cancer … and Cruelty to Animals

Researchers in the U.K. have received more than $600,000 to save women’s and animals’ lives.

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Congressperson Receives PETA’s First Courage in Leadership Award

U.S. Congressperson Lucille Roybal-Allard is a voice for those whose voices often go unnoticed.

California Laboratories Must Try to Find Homes for Animals

Dogs and cats who’ve survived experiments in California university laboratories will have a chance at finding homes, thanks to a new law.

World’s Largest Clothing Retailer Donates 31,000 Angora Items to Refugees

After PETA released its angora wool exposé, Inditex banned angora from all its brands and found a great use for the wool it had in stock.

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PETA’s New Tactic to Combat Whole Foods’ Lies? Buy Its Stock!

It’s time for Whole Foods to stop marketing meat as “humane,” “humanely raised,” and “raised with care.” Here’s what we’re doing about it.

44 Celebrities to Ringling: Retire All Exotic Animals NOW

Three years is too long for Ringling’s elephants to go on suffering, and the circus isn’t retiring its other animals at all. See the petition that 44 celebrities have signed.

We Won’t Win the War on Breast Cancer With Rose-Colored Glasses

Companies are bombarding the market with pink products for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but the best way to beat cancer is to skip the pink and go green.

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Win Ed Sheeran’s Guitar, Stella McCartney’s Bag, Kelly Slater’s Board & More

In PETA’s 35th anniversary online auction, you can bid on prizes from Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Daniel Tosh, Black Sabbath, Russell Simmons, and many others.

Scientists Learn About Human Memory by Studying Humans, Not Animals

Researchers at Ohio State University are making strides in understanding memory loss by studying how memories are processed in the human brain.

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