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Video: How the PETA International Science Consortium Saves Animals

Follow the PETA International Science Consortium inside laboratories and boardrooms, and see how a team of scientists is saving millions of animals.

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Opinion: Zika Response Should Not Include Animal Experiments

As scientists try to stop the spread of the Zika virus, they must embrace humane, relevant research methods, not archaic experiments on animals.

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PETA’s Work to End Tests on Animals Could Win Prestigious Award

PETA is working with scientists and regulators all over the world to end the use of animals in experiments.

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NIH Releases Plan to Retire All Government-Owned Chimpanzees

PETA urges NIH to act swiftly and retire the chimpanzees as soon as possible.

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As Zika Spreads, ‘Pregnant’ Protestors Demand Monkey Prisons Shut Down

Facilities that import and breed monkeys for laboratories confine thousands of monkeys to outdoor cages, making them breeding grounds for Zika.

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Covance Fined After 13 Monkeys Bake to Death

Covance demonstrates once again that it is incapable of complying with laws that stipulate absolute minimum animal welfare standards.

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Poll Finds That Supermajority of Americans Oppose Tests on Animals

A recent opinion poll shows that a supermajority of Americans are ready to see experiments on animals relegated to the history books.

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Victory: Monkey Supplier Must Release Records

Now we may be able to find out what happened to monkeys like Loretta, who plucked out her own hair after she was attacked by other monkeys.

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‘My Soul Shall Never Be the Same,’ Says Distraught Laboratory Insider

After an insider reported animals suffering at a laboratory, PETA files complaints with the Feds.

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Victory: A Ban on Killing Animals for Veterinary Training in India!

Thanks to PETA India and Indian lawmakers, countless calves, frogs, rats, guinea pigs, and rabbits will never have to endure the horror of life in a lab.

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Testing on Animals Is Shameful, Says Tobacco Industry Editor

Countless animals will suffer and die in newly required testing for nontraditional tobacco products, and one tobacco industry expert isn’t pleased one bit.

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‘A Sea Change’: A PETA Scientist on Toxicity Testing Without Animals

Tormenting animals in toxicity tests may soon be a thing of the past, a PETA scientist explains in this exclusive interview.

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Florida County That Harbors Monkey Breeders Faces Legal Repercussions

Local landowners take Hendry County to court over primate-breeding facilities that abuse animals and potentially endanger public health.

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Like Dogs, Goats Bond With Us—but the Military Has Declared War on Them

Goats form emotional relationships with humans—but the military continues to stab, mutilate, and kill these trusting animals in barbaric training exercises.

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Yale Professor Says Experiments on Animals Are Wasteful

Another day, another scathing indictment of experiments on animals.

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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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