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GOING VIRAL: Chloe the Rescued Beagle and Her Spiky Coyote Vest

Don’t wait until it’s too late! Learn how a spiky Coyote Vest, like the one seen on this sweet rescued beagle, could save your dog’s life.

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Couple Adopts Pig From Shelter, Kills and Eats Her

For one sweet pig and the shelter that rescued her, adoption day was little more than a betrayal.

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Dog Given Up for Being ‘Too Puppyish’

This dog is so cute, his owner couldn’t handle it—literally.

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Animal Companions
PETA’s Position on Cloning Dogs

After the media reported on celebrities who are having dogs cloned, we’re sharing our perspective on cloning companion animals.

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Selfie-Obsessed Beachgoers Use Shark Dragged From the Water for a Photo Op

According to the shark activist who filmed the incident, this endangered hammerhead will be dead in weeks because of these people’s thoughtlessness.

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PETA CAP worker with Midnight, a black dog
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Suspected High School Shooter Has Reported History of Animal Abuse

The deadly violence taking place in schools in recent years has, in many cases, begun with cruelty to animals.

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8 Things That You Should Be Doing in the Year of the Dog

This year belongs to the dogs. If you’re not doing these things already, 2018 is a great time to start!

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Photos: From Jack Daniel’s to Canada Goose, PETA Protests to Save Lives

Who else spreads the good vegan word as effectively as PETA?

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More Explosive Allegations: Iditarod Champ Kills Dogs ‘in Fits of Anger’

Weeks before the start of the 2018 race, PETA calls for another investigation into the alleged killing of dogs raised for the Iditarod.

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James Brooks
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Animal Shelters Ban Canada Goose Coats After Hypocrisy Complaints

It’s time for all animal shelters to enact policies that discourage volunteers and employees from wearing fur.

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Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
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Black cat with small elephant toy
Edgar Is in Search of a Home Nevermore

Edgar’s days of wandering along the “Nightly” shore are now behind him.

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Dog Meat Is Being Served Outside the Olympic Games

South Korea is offering monetary incentives to restaurants to stop serving dog meat during the Games. Nearly all have refused.

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Rob Sheridan
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Animal Companions
Dogs Treated as Breeding Machines in Chinese Puppy Mills

PETA Asia’s latest exposé found that, as in the rest of the world, dogs and puppies in China’s puppy mills are confined to filthy cages.

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Don’t Let the Peter Rabbit Movie Spark Bunny Fever

Caring for a rabbit is no small commitment, so stick to admiring them onscreen in the new Peter Rabbit movie.

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Victory! Here Are 13 Ways PETA Crushed December and January

From demonstrating at football games to winning in the courts and rescuing bears, we won’t stop until all animals are liberated.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
PETA’s Milestones for Animals: 1980 to Now
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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