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Check It Out: Chained Dogs Seen Through Google Glass

Would you like to see what our fieldworkers see? Well, you can, with our new Google Glass video.

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Sochi’s Shame: Thousands of Strays Killed

Sochi’s stray dogs are getting a helping hand. But they could use one more: yours.

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Man Who Starved Pit Bull Gets Jail Time

A year after PETA volunteers made a gruesome discovery while out delivering straw bedding, a judge has sentenced a man for cruelty to animals.

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PETA Protests Westminster Dog Show With ‘Master Race’ Posters

PETA protestors let Westminster Dog Show organizers know that it’s wrong to breed unhealthy purebred dogs while millions of animals die in shelters every year.

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A Glimpse Into the World of Forgotten Dogs

PETA’s social media team went out into the field to help some of the saddest animals in the world: forgotten “backyard dogs.”

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PETA Helps Bust Alleged Rat, Mouse Torturer

After someone alerted PETA to videos showing a man torturing a rat and a mouse, we tracked down the guy … and helped get him busted.

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Meet We Are the Fallen’s Carly Smithson—and Her Dog

We Are the Fallen’s Carly Smithson introduces her rescued pup and explains why she wants every dog to get a chance to be loved.

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WATCH: Condom Bowl XLVIII
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Starving Pit Bull Escapes Becoming Another Winter Weather Statistic

Based on evidence provided by PETA, a judge has forbidden the owner of a starving pit bull from having another dog—ever again.

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PETA Asia Busts Porn Ring

Philippine animal abusers meet their match in PETA Asia.

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Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
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PETA Remembers Esther the Wonder Pig, an Internet Ambassador Who Inspired Millions

In October 2023, after more than a decade inspiring humans to be kinder to our fellow animals, Esther the Wonder Pig passed away.

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Pink Nose? Check. Pink Toes? Check. New Home? Cheeee …

Ricky the rat is auditioning prospective caretakers. Do you have what he’s looking for?

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Dogs Saved in the Nick of Time From Record Cold

PETA has been working feverishly to help animals left outside in frigid temperatures.

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Update: RoboRoach—There’s NOT an App for That

Good news! After inquiries from PETA, Google has confirmed that the cruel RoboRoach app is no longer in the Google Play store.

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Which PETA Department Saved 1.5 Billion Dogs and Cats This Year?

It doesn’t take magic, just determination.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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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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