Zachary Toliver

Zachary spent most of his life bouncing around various rural Midwestern towns before finally settling down in the Pacific Northwest—largely because of the region’s phenomenal vegan food. If he’s not writing or playing banjo for a captive audience (aka “the two dogs who live with him”), you can assume he’s hiking in the Cascade mountains, rock climbing, or reading about the complex social lives of fish.

‘Westworld’ on Blast: PETA Says HBO Must Stop Exploiting Wild Animals

PETA has received complaints from HBO viewers, and with good reason. We’re calling on the network to do away with all animal exploitation.

Baboons Escape Lab Infamous for Neglecting and Killing Primates

History has shown time and again that this hell-on-Earth facility is a danger to the public and the animals it imprisons.

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How You Can Continue Saving Animals After ‘Be Kind to Animals Week’ Is Over

Our actions are vehicles for compassion. Here are nine super-easy ways you can be kind to animals for the other 51 weeks of the year.

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PETA Urges Derby Owners to Donate $15,000 to Save Horses from Slaughter

The audiobooks company has donated a 2nd time to save Thoroughbreds from slaughter. PETA is asking all owners of the horses running in the Kentucky Derby to pony up.

Photos: PETA’s Poochella Event Rocks Norfolk as Dogs Find Loving Homes

Beyoncé couldn’t make it, but Poochella was still a tail-wagging good time that featured vendors, food, and dozens of awesome dogs from local shelters.

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See the Airplane Banner PETA Is Flying Near SeaWorld San Antonio

We timed the overhead orca offensive to coincide with San Antonio’s largest annual celebration, Fiesta, which more than 350,000 people attend.

Bold PETA Activists Protest Seal Slaughter, Take Public Showers, and More

PETA demos are full of head-turning hijinks that save animals. Check out some of the latest rallies that have stopped folks in their tracks.

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Outraged Internet Agrees With PETA: Chaining Monkey Is Disturbing and Cruel

We’ve shown that animals are hanged from their necks and beaten into performing, but this spectacle is just as creepy as it is cruel.

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Harvard Physicians, PETA Call for an End to Medical Training on Animals

PETA and experts from Harvard University argue that injuring animals in order to practice human medical skills is fraught with cruelty, financial waste, and inferior outcomes.

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PETA Kicks Off World Week for Animals in Labs With Provocative Protests

PETA activists—human and dog alike—are challenging animal abusers who choose to breed, hurt, and kill dogs for cruel experiments.

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Necropsy Shows Dog Made to Pull Sled Inhaled Vomit, Died of Pneumonia

Jack Daniels, Iditarod sponsor, take note: Another dog has just died, and the 2018 race is around the corner. When will this bloodbath end?

PETA and Postmates Team Up to Save Ducks, Do Right by Animals

Ducks and geese have a new advocate in on-demand delivery service, thanks to a collaborative effort between Postmates and PETA

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Is Leonardo da Vinci the Forefather of the Animal Rights Movement?

Leonardo da Vinci was known just as much for his extraordinary artwork as for his scientific genius, but did you know he was also an animal rights pioneer?

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PETA Calls On U.S. to Eat Tofu, Save Farmers From Chinese Trade War

PETA is calling on all red-blooded Americans to do their civic duty by consuming more tofu, soy lattes, and other soy-based foods!

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Top Military Journal Prints PETA Letter Slamming Trauma Drills on Animals

AMSUS journal Military Medicine has opened up a fierce debate on “live tissue training” by printing a first-of-its-kind critique.