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.

Dogs Eating Each Other, Others Dying in the Cold: This Is ‘No-Kill’

Having a low euthanasia rate but a sky-high rate of cases in which animals die in freezing temperatures, fight and injure each other, or suffer without vet care is not success. It’s cruelty.

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Animal Companions

Huge PETA Win! World’s Largest Retailer, Walmart, Ends Live Fish Sales

In a monumental win for often-overlooked animals, and following a decade-long PETA effort, the world’s largest retailer is ending the sale of live fish!

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PETA Breakthrough! NIH Embraces Modern, Human-Relevant Sepsis Research

After years of PETA efforts, NIH is finally pushing applicants seeking grant money to focus on modern, superior methods of sepsis research instead of on flawed animal experiments.

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Personal Care & Fashion

Vegan Fashion Takes Center Stage for PETA-Hosted Sustainability Week

Are you an eco-fashionista? You can be, with cruelty-free, planet-loving fabrics. Designers are making them easy to find as fashion embraces ethical, sustainable clothing.

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Japan’s Largest Flavor Company Ends Crude Animal Tests!

You wouldn’t think that flavors and aromas added to foods would be tested on animals. And with PETA’s efforts, fewer and fewer of them are.

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‘Sit. Stay. Beg for Mercy.’ See PETA’s Bold New Blow to TAMU.

PETA is igniting a media firestorm in the Lone Star State in our latest blow to Texas A&M University’s abusive and deadly dog lab.

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Humane Home

Easiest-Ever Ways to Have a Beautiful, Wildlife-Friendly Yard

Even if you can’t keep a succulent alive, you can make your yard look great and encourage some pretty visitors to drop by.

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Victory! California Bans Sales of Lizard, Hippo, and Caiman Skins

California’s new law will protect often-overlooked animals who want the same thing all of us do: to live their lives in peace.

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Food

Be Our Guest! Try the 400+ Vegan Items on Disney World Menus

At Walt Disney World, please remember to keep your hands and arms within reach of delicious vegan food at all times. Thank you—and enjoy the ride!

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Another Pharma Company Bans Swim Test After Talks With PETA!

Now even an antidepressant drug company agrees: Trapping small animals in inescapable containers of water teaches us NOTHING about human depression.

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Hunting Outfit Has Buy-One-Get-One-Free Deal on Lions—Help PETA End It

If the group comes across a jackal or baboon, hunters are welcome to gun them down as well, for no additional charge.

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Arrests Made After Elephant Is Shot 70 Times and Mutilated by Hunters

Malaysian officials arrested six men in the case of an endangered pygmy elephant who had been shot 70 times and whose tusks had been hacked off.

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Win! Orangutan Sandra Gets to Retire to an Accredited Sanctuary

An Argentinian court has decided that Sandra is a “non-human person” deserving of rights—and now she’s on her way to her new home at an accredited sanctuary.

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HISTORIC: TripAdvisor Denounces SeaWorld, Marine Mammal Captivity

The world’s largest travel site is once again taking a stand against animal abuse after working with PETA.

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Victory! Ball Corporation—of Mason Jar Fame—Stops Animal Spinal Injuries

The multibillion-dollar packager for Coke, Pepsi, Budweiser, Coors, and many other major brands agrees to stop funding experiments on animals.