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PETA Vice President of Laboratory Investigation Cases, Dr. Alka Chandna
Facing Lawsuit, NIH Apologizes for Barring PETA VP From Public Meeting

A PETA vice president was pleased to receive an apology from NIH over its alleged viewpoint discrimination. Now she looks forward to advocating for animals at future public meetings.

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PETA Exposes the Monkey-Importation Industry’s Darkest Secrets

Hungry for profits, the monkey-abduction industry condemns its victims to misery in laboratories—and risks public health and global biodiversity to do it. Help us shut it down.

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PETA Gets Monkey-Torture Papers Scrubbed From Scientific Record

After action by PETA and renowned bioethicist and Animal Liberation author Peter Singer, papers describing monkey torture have been scrubbed from the scientific record.

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PETA Calls Out UMass Support of Bloody Monkey Torment in New School Seal

The University of Massachusetts–Amherst, home of marmoset tormentor Agnès Lacreuse, is looking for help redesigning its school seal. PETA was happy to oblige.

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PETA Files Complaint After Top-Tier School’s Incompetence Causes Suffering, Death

PETA demands that University of Michigan officials finally crack down on the culture of cruelty in its laboratories and hold its staffers accountable for their actions.

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PETA’s Investigation Is Victorious in Colombia; Not Even a Ripple From U.S.

Colombian officials move to dismantle the hellhole lab that PETA exposed. Is the National Institutes of Health still sending it checks?

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UW Now Accepting Applications for Spin Doctor at Notorious Primate Center

The University of Washington is looking for a new PR manager to put a happy face on its notorious primate center, a vile and inept monkey prison.

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Play PETA’s New Game, ‘Bad Logic Bingo,’ B-4 You Trust an Animal Experimenter

Grab your bingo cards and markers: Primate experimenters’ self-contradictory logic and flimsy excuses for torture are so predictable that we’re calling them out ourselves.

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Victory! Following Pressure From PETA, Cruel Navy-Funded Tests on Sheep CANCELED

After PETA urged the Navy to end useless decompression experiments that cause sheep crippling pain, they were stopped years early. Now let’s push the Navy to ban all such tests.

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The Feds Almost NEVER Do This—See What Prompted Them to Act on the Dog Lab PETA Exposed

After filing seven inspection reports documenting denial of veterinary care and dilapidated living conditions for dogs, the USDA brought a complaint against Blue Ridge Kennel.

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We Did It! European ‘End Animal Testing’ Initiative Validated With 1.2 Million Signatures

Signed, sealed, and delivered! A total of 1.2 million people banded together to protect rabbits, rats, and others. Find out what’s next for the European citizens’ initiative to end tests on animals.

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MIT Experimenter Goes Home, Leaves Monkey Restrained for 18 Hours

PETA is calling for the immediate termination of the MIT experimenter who left a monkey restrained for more than 18 hours.

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The Year of the Rabbit Is Here—Leap for Joy Over PETA’s Progress for Rabbits in Labs

Lunar New Year on January 22, 2023, ushered in the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. Leap for joy reading these PETA victories for rabbits in laboratories.

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PETA Science Group Funds Breakthrough Study That Will Expand Human Lung Slice Accessibility for Research

A new paper coauthored by PETA scientists is poised to revolutionize the field of inhalation research and reduce the number of animals used in toxicity tests.

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What Makes Goats So Great? Check Out These 8 Amazing Facts!

When we talk about “the goat,” we don’t mean Tom Brady. Learn more about gentle, curious goats with these eight amazing facts.

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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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