People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

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PETA’s Ad Running Before a Highly Anticipated Disney Sequel Shows ‘How Far We’ll Go’ to Protect Turkeys

Make way, make way! Toby the Turkey is hitting the big screens at theaters across the U.S. just in time for the holidays. Catch this touching tale here first.

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PETA Podcast: Scientist Unravels a Snack Food Snafu

Oreos may be vegan, but are they cruelty-free? In this episode, a PETA scientist explains how we can end the food industry’s ridiculous experiments on animals.

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1,000 Days of War: Find Out What It’s Like to Rescue Animals in Ukraine

It’s been 1,000 days of war in Ukraine, and Igor Sobko’s team is still rescuing animals thanks to PETA support. Learn how you can help!

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If HSUS and the ASPCA Care About Animals, Why Are They Supporting Factory Farms?

PETA is calling on the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the United States to stop being apologists for animal abusers and factory farms. Learn more.

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Experimenter Claims There’s a ‘Monkey Shortage’—Then Kills 10 Monkeys

Inglorious University of Massachusetts–Amherst experimenter Agnès Lacreuse killed nearly half the marmosets in her lab in a single month. Help stop another UMass killing!

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Victory! Drake’s Clothing Brand Bans Fur After Push From PETA

Drake’s clothing and lifestyle brand, October’s Very Own, confirmed some major animal-friendly news following a push from PETA.

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James Cromwell Wants You to Watch THIS Damning Exposé of Egypt’s Tourism Industry

Empty promises aren’t enough. Here’s why Cromwell is calling on the Egyptian government to put abuse at tourist sites “Six Feet Under.”

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PETA IN ACTION

PETA’s ThanksVegan Message Lands in Times Square

Ahead of Thanksgiving, a sky-high appeal landed in New York City urging everyone to have a delicious “ThanksVegan” meal that leaves turkeys and all other animals off the menu.

Protesters Push Crate of Shrieking ‘Monkeys’ in Front of Ethiopian Embassy

PETA U.K. members delivered a shipping crate of shrieking “monkeys” in London to represent the primates Ethiopian Airlines transports for deadly experiments. Take action at PETA.org/Ethiopia.

Protesters Urge the Pope to Denounce Bull Torture

Concerned animal protectors gathered outside the Blessing of the Animals service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston to call on the pope to stop blessing bullfighters and bullfights.

Chicken or Chaffinch? PETA U.K. Points Out There’s No Difference

A PETA U.K. supporter served up songbird “wings,” urging anyone horrified by the thought of eating them to extend compassion to all birds, including chickens, and not be an animal-eater.

Coco Is Sweet on Her New PETA Doghouse

PETA fieldworkers delivered a sturdy, custom-made doghouse for Coco to replace her useless plastic “shelter” after her free spay surgery.

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PETA Latino Calls For End to Monkey Exports to Labs at COP16 Conference

Primate defenders in Colombia urged government leaders to keep monkeys out of experimenters’ clutches and shift to human-relevant, animal-free research methods. Learn more at PETA.org/RMD.

PETA Protester Arrested at Humane Society Gala Over Factory Farms

In New York, a “pig” protested the Humane Society of the United States’ support of a humane-washing scheme that promotes factory farms. Learn more at PETA.org/GAP.

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Racing ‘Monkey’ Urges University to Sprint Toward Better Science

PETA supporters joined the Alaska Airlines Dawg Dash held at the University of Washington, reminding attendees about the hidden horrors monkeys face in the school’s underground primate prison. Take action at PETA.org/Seattle.

PETA Interrupts Neuroscience Summit to Demand End to Absurd Experiment

Protesters interrupted a speech at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, calling for Michael Platt to stop tormenting monkeys in an experiment that doesn’t advance human health.

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‘Screaming Turkey’ Truck Confronts Thanksgiving Shoppers Nationwide

PETA’s hyperrealistic “turkey transport” truck showed Los Angeles shoppers that behind every trussed-up turkey is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death.

Big Win! Truck Stop Chain Says ‘See Ya Later’ to Cruel Alligator Trinkets

10-4, good buddy: Pilot Flying J gets the message that animals’ body parts belong to them, not collecting dust on a shelf.

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Mothers Dragged Away as PETA Storms the Starting Line at Milk-Sponsored Every Woman’s Marathon

Every woman should run screaming from an industry built on exploiting and killing other females.

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Animals in Overseas Labs Have a Defender in This Battlestar Galactica, Mayans M.C. Star

See his passionate video plea urging Congress to end a taxpayer-funded travesty.

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Kindness Is Always in Season: Learn How to Celebrate ‘ThanksVegan’ 

Prep your vegan menu and learn how to buy all your holiday favorites with PETA’s ultimate guide to hosting “ThanksVegan.”

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Urgent Alerts

Change the World for Animals—Take Action Now

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Urge Rural King to Stop Selling Cruel Glue Traps!

Contact Rural King now and demand that it stop selling cruel glue traps.

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Rabbits Violently Killed for Fur—Tell Mud Bay to Stop Selling Fur Toys!

Act now to protect rabbits exploited and killed for their skin by urging Mud Bay to stop selling fur!

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Animals Force-Fed Feces and Sliced Open—Urge Oreo Maker to End Cruel Experiments

Urge Mondelēz International to stop testing on animals and join PETA’s Eat Without Experiments program.

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43 Monkeys Made a Run for It: Help Them Reach Happily Ever After

They escaped, ran, and hid. They deserve to live the rest of their lives free from Alpha Genesis torment. Urge the feds to send the monkeys to sanctuary today!

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Bears Have Died in This Concrete Pit—Help Young Bears Before It’s Too Late

Urge Three Bears to close the pit and send the bears to an accredited sanctuary where they could get the space and high-quality care that they need and deserve.

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Zanzibar Turtles Returned to the Ocean!

Join PETA in urging the hotel to do the right thing by ensuring the rehabilitation of these turtles with a local group and doing away with the exhibition of animals altogether.

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WHAT PETA STANDS FOR

People

I am you, only different

Ethical

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Treatment

Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.

Animals

We are all animals.

‘Monkey’ Haunts Primatologist Conference

Feds Roll In, Cite UW Laboratory; PETA Urges School to Ban Experimenter

Keep her away from animals! PETA urges the University of Washington to bar an experimenter who caused the radiation overdose death of a monkey from harming other animals.

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Christspiracy Is What Compassionate People of Faith Have Long Waited For

Christspiracy provides compelling, evidence-backed revelations about “the biggest cover-up in 2,000 years.”

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5 Showstopping Ways That SeaWorld Could Thrill Guests Without Harming Corky

By listening to the demands of conscientious people around the world and releasing Corky, SeaWorld could usher in a new era.

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PETA Acts When Whole Foods Won’t, and Now its Coconut Milk Is Monkey Labor-Free!

While Whole Foods failed to take action after PETA notified the company that monkeys were being exploited for coconuts in Thailand, we went straight to their coconut milk suppliers.

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Create a ‘ThanksVegan’ Menu to Remember With These Recipes

Let these delicious recipes inspire you to create a show-stopping "ThanksVegan" menu that's comforting and compassionate.

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Oreo-Oh No! Are Your Favorite Foods Tested on Animals?

Some food and beverage companies are paying for deadly and useless tests on animals. Here’s what PETA is doing to stop them.

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Need to Defuse Holiday Tension With Carnivorous Kin? Share PETA’s Reimagined 'Romeo and Juliet'

What happens when a member of the plant-powered Montalegumes falls for a carnivorous Cholesterolet? Watch to find out!

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A New Low in Monkey-Laundering: Importing Primates Piece by Piece

Infamous monkey importer Charles River Laboratories is so desperate to keep its cruel business afloat that it’s trafficking stolen body parts.

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Chaos at Coach! PETA Supporters Disrupt Annual Meeting in Push to End Leather Sales

The writing’s on the windows: Leather kills. See PETA’s eye-popping takeover at the leather peddler’s HQ.

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Ethiopian Airlines Tears Families Apart for U.S. Labs—See How PETA’s Increasing the (Cabin) Pressure

Packed into dark cargo holds, monkeys on Ethiopian Airlines flights face near-certain death in labs in the U.S.—but protesters are speaking out. Learn how you can help stop this cruelty.

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Hamster ‘Fight Club’? PETA Stopped These 5 Twisted Animal Experiments

You’ll never think of Mr. Potato Head dolls, “Fight Club,” or NASA the same way. Here are five twisted animal experiments that are history, thanks to PETA.

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