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Why the Drugs? PETA Seeks Investigation Into Horse’s Death at Belmont

PETA is calling on the New York State Gaming Commission to investigate whether Helwan really needed Lasix, the drug he was given prior to his fatal breakdown.

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Alan Cumming: Ending the Carriage Trade Makes Horse Sense

The Good Wife star and Tony-award winning actor Alan Cumming on why it’s time for New York City to rein in the cruel horse-drawn carriage trade.

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The Belmont Racing Story You Didn’t Hear

After a horse dies at the Belmont Stakes, sports writers expose the cruelty of the racing industry.

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New Lawsuit Points Out Dangers of “Opossum Drop” Exemption Law

PETA says the law is a constitutional bust that may override North Carolina’s new ‘ag-gag’ law. 

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All Chimpanzees Now Protected by Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has issued a final rule that officially extends the full protection of the Endangered Species Act to captive chimpanzees.

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Surfer Kelly Slater Prevented From Submitting Question During SeaWorld Meeting

Slater was prevented from confronting SeaWorld during the company’s online meeting.

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Four-Year-Old Horse Helwan Dies While Racing at Belmont

Even on one of the most elite days of racing, the horses aren’t safe. Four-year-old Helwan, a French horse, was racing on Lasix for the first time—something that is not allowed in Europe—and like more than 1,000 horses a year in the U.S., he died on the track. U.S. racing is about drugs, breakdowns, and … Read more »

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Death at the Racetrack: It’s a Safe Bet

What you need to know before the Belmont Stakes: 942 horses died on U.S. racetracks in 2014.

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Eyewitness Exposé: Pain, Fear, and Death at Primate Products, Inc.

You’ve never seen anything like this before—and much of it is being paid for by U.S. taxpayers’ dollars!

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See the Thought-Provoking PETA Ad That Just Won a Telly Award

This hard-hitting anti-circus PSA has been recognized as one of the best.

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Emergency Ban Stops Wild Cat Exploiters in Their Tracks

Authorities slam the door shut on animal exploiters.

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Watch: At Least Three People Seriously Injured at Bullfight

Several people were gored by a bull at Peru’s Festival of the Crosses.

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Go Underwater With PETA’s New Virtual Reality Experience, “I, Orca”

In PETA’s stunning new empathy-building experience, viewers will go underwater to swim with a grieving mother orca.

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The Corpses Are Piling Up at Carson & Barnes

Elephants run amok—did Carson & Barnes Circus run afoul of the law?

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Why Are the Feds Licensing Animal Abusers?

Why bother having laws to protect animals if they aren’t enforced?

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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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