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.

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Victory! Another Pharmaceutical Giant Bans Forced Swim Test

Score yet another victory for small animals forced to swim for their lives. Boehringer Ingelheim just banned this cruel test after working with PETA.

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Victory! United Airlines Grounds SeaWorld Ticket Sales

United Airlines confirmed that it has stopped selling SeaWorld tickets and removed all mentions of the park from its United Vacations website.

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Disturbing Photo Shows Elephant Hacked Apart With Chainsaws by Hunters

A drone camera has captured a disturbing image of the hunting crisis: Lying dead on the ground in Botswana is an elephant cut apart for ivory by hunters’ chainsaws.

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PETA Hits Back As Excelsior Hog Farm Dodges Charges

This is what “high standards of animal care” really look like.

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Food

Good Luck Choosing From All the Vegan Options at Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Whether you want to eat healthy or indulge, you’re going to have a tough time choosing from among all the vegan options at Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

Victory! Virgin Holidays Cuts Ties With SeaWorld, Whale and Dolphin Parks

The travel giant has said that it will end its partnership with notorious animal “abusement” parks such as SeaWorld and Discovery Cove.

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Trophy Hunter Darren Carter Disowned by His Daughter in Viral Video

In a brave video, Sydney Carter tells her estranged father, “[K]nowing you trophy hunt beautiful animals like lions who are slowly getting endangered is just, it’s too much.”

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Hollywood Animal Trainer Settles Baseless Lawsuit Against PETA, Pays Up!

After a baseless lawsuit, animal trainer Paws for Effect settles by paying PETA and agreeing not to exhibit wild animals, who suffer the most for film and TV.

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Victory! Top 10 Pharma Company Roche Bans Forced Swim Test

Roche joins fellow top 10 pharma companies Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie in getting rid of this abusive and pointless test.

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Doctor Starts Cruelty-Free Medical Training Program to Save Animals

There is always a way to avoid hurting animals. Dr. Bryan Webb found a great one of his own.

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Johns Hopkins Experimenter Scrambles Barn Owls’ Brains—Help Stop Him

Shreesh Mysore pokes electrodes into owls’ brains, mutilates the tissue so severely that the birds become “unusable” to him, and then kills them.

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PETA Calls Out Animal Experimenter During ‘The Bachelorette’

We figured out a way to beat the prime time censors and expose what Colorado State University is doing to wild birds in its laboratory.

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Video: When Life Tried to Dull Her Sparkle, Crystal Kept Shining

Even being tossed outside and having an embedded collar couldn’t dull Crystal’s shine. She was rescued by PETA and adopted—now she’s positively sparkling.

Poachers Arrested After They Post Pictures of Mountain Lion Kill Online

The social media trail made it easy for authorities to track down three Montana men who shot a mountain lion a reported eight times before finally killing him.

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PETA Demands Investigation of Serial Horse-Beater Jockey Ramon Vazquez

Video footage shows jockey Ramon Vazquez whipping filly Special Trip dozens of times until her skin broke.