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

Category: Animal Experimentation

Marmoset experiments at UMass
Holes Drilled in Her Skull, Her Body Threaded With Wires—This Is Xena’s Story

They opened up her abdomen and sewed a transmitter device into her flesh—and that was only the beginning. Help end her torment today.

Take Action
Obtained by PETA through public records law
mother and baby long tailed macaque
VICTORY! After Uproar From PETA, Plans Scrapped for Huge Monkey Warehouse in Florida

We got wind of this company’s plan to build a dangerous facility to house imported lab-bound monkeys—and we jumped into action.

Take Action
© iStock.com/ittipon2002
Cruelty Causes Cannibalism in Columbia University’s Laboratories

Federal records document that Columbia University labs are lawless hellholes, in which experimenters perform unapproved surgeries and mice eat each other to survive.

Take Action
two mice grim reaper costumes in front of the University of Bristol red background
How Did a Trip to the Big Apple Go for One British University’s President? Watch the Video to See

After the University of Bristol’s president crossed the pond, PETA delivered a loud-and-clear message regarding who the school needs to get out of the water.

Take Action
She’s Tormented Cats and Monkeys and Lied About It—Here’s the Truth

Margaret Livingstone downplays the cruelty of her experiments, but her papers document that she’s tormented and killed baby monkeys, cats, and other animals.

Take Action
Figure 1 in Triggers for Mother Love
Margaret S. Livingstone
CC BY-NC-ND
PETA CAP worker with Midnight, a black dog
Share Compassion With a PETA Present
With a PETA Present, you can send a beautiful e-card and help animals.
SEND AN E-CARD TODAY
Guinness in cage at NIH
The Agony-Filled Lives and Miserable Deaths of Monkeys in Murray’s Lab

Solitary confinement, constant thirst, infections, hair loss for more than a decade—this is life for monkeys in Elisabeth Murray’s lab.

Take Action
Christine Lattin climate change experiments illustration showing the experimenter with a pile of dead birds
The World Is on Fire—Christine Lattin’s Plan? Scare Birds With Pink Puffs

While others do real science to address the climate catastrophe, Christine Lattin dithers away in her laboratory, piling more birds’ bodies onto her ever-growing mountain of carcasses.

Take Action
Lambs with mothers
PETA Files Complaint With Feds After a Sheep Bleeds Out in Cornell Lab

PETA is calling for accountability after incompetence in a laboratory at Cornell University caused a sheep to bleed out after an experimental surgery was botched.

Take Action
‘Abduction’ Moving Beyond Campuses: Get Ready for a Home Invasion!

The premium, bone-chilling experience touring the nation just landed at the Meta Quest store. Download it FREE today!

Take Action
Daisy Ridley next to marmosets in cage
Actor Daisy Ridley Urges UMass to End Deadly Marmoset Experiments

Best known for her powerful portrayal of Rey in the “Star Wars” franchise, actor Daisy Ridley is lifting a pen instead of a lightsaber to defend marmosets at UMass.

Take Action
© StarMaxInc.com
Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
Pledge to Go Vegan
coronavirus prompts killing spree on college campuses
PETA: Prosecute JHU Over Botched Alcohol-Poisoning Experiment on Rats

PETA wants criminal charges to be filed against Johns Hopkins University experimenters who let alcohol-poisoned animals suffer for weeks.

Take Action
monkey in shipping crate
Monkeys Stuffed Into Cargo Holds, Shipped Illegally to U.S. Labs

Since the USDA isn’t interested in doing its job, PETA is looking for a federal agency that is. Next up: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Take Action
two super hero kids
Animal-Friendly Costume Ideas for Kids to Get Their Ghostly Glamour On

This Halloween, create a SCAREtacular vegan costume for your kids with help from brands that don’t make their cosmetics or accessories with monstrous methods that harm animals.

Take Action
© iStock.com/RichVintage
sen. booker, monkey at WaNPRC
Sen. Cory Booker Urges Secretary Becerra to Investigate $13 Million NIH Grant for Monkey Lab

The senator describes the Washington National Primate Research Center as a “deeply troubled facility” and questions why NIH continues to fund it with millions in taxpayer dollars.

Take Action
PETA Science Group Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
PETA Science Consortium International Celebrates 10 Years of Saving Animals

PETA Science Consortium International is celebrating 10 years of saving animals! Look back at its 10 biggest accomplishments to date.

Take Action
The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
PETA’s Milestones for Animals: 1980 to Now
See them all
More Posts
GET PETA UPDATES
Stay up to date on the latest vegan trends and get breaking animal rights news delivered straight to your inbox!

By submitting this form, you’re acknowledging that you have read and agree to our privacy policy and agree to receive e-mails from us.

Get the Latest Tips—Right in Your Inbox
We’ll e-mail you weekly with the latest in vegan recipes, fashion, and more!

By submitting this form, you’re acknowledging that you have read and agree to our privacy policy and agree to receive e-mails from us.

“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?” READ MORE

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

Read More