People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals

PETA’s life-size, hyperrealistic turkey transport truck, covered with images of birds crammed into crates on their way to slaughter, circled the headquarters of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at 520 Eighth Ave. while broadcasting actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries.

PETA’s Community Animal Project worked tirelessly throughout the holidays, from delivering essential doghouses to providing emergency medical care—all completely free of charge. Baby was just one of many neglected dogs we helped transfer to a reputable shelter, but not before giving her a long-overdue makeover!

Travelers at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport got an eyeful when PETA supporters caused a ruckus around the Ethiopian Airlines departure terminal, alerting passengers to the airline’s reckless transport of endangered long-tailed macaques to the U.S. for experiments.

On Black Friday, PETA made Coach stores across the country deal with a series of vibrant, dramatic demonstrations that called out the company for selling animal- and planet-killing leather.

Christmas shoppers in London got an eyeful when a gorgeous “goat” urged everyone outside the Burberry store to show “Goodwill to Goats” by leaving them in peace and never buying clothes made from animals.

Three animal defenders dressed as elves and an “elephant” Santa were pursued by police and detained for nearly two hours after dumping three wheelbarrows full of coal onto the front lawn of Shriners’ CEO to urge Shriners to get off the “naughty” list by making their circuses animal-free.

The controversial dairy industry-funded Every Woman’s Marathon was thrown into chaos, as a cadre of mother-led PETA supporters dropped “dead” in front of the starting line to slam the race for using women’s empowerment as a façade to promote cow’s milk.

“Don’t Buy While Animals Die!” That’s the message a group of PETA supporters sent outside of a PetSmart store in Dayton, Ohio following the release of damning video footage provided to PETA showing bearded dragons shaking and twitching uncontrollably as a result of a suspected virus and suffering with severed limbs and tails.

To demand that SeaWorld release Corky—the longest-held captive orca in the world—into a seaside sanctuary, a pack of PETA supporters spent an entire weekend running from Los Angeles to SeaWorld’s home turf of San Diego.

Four animal defenders were arrested in Rome following a dramatic demonstration to push the Pope to cut the Catholic Church’s ties to bullfighting