Churchill Downs Refuses Even to Report on Feasibility of Safer Track

As a shareholder, PETA is calling on Churchill Downs racetrack to do more to help horses. Find out what you can do to help change the deadly racing industry.

Natural Bridge Zoo Cited Over Dangerous, Unsupervised Elephant Rides

PETA has alerted the USDA numerous times about elephant Asha’s mistreatment, as she’s suffered at Natural Bridge Zoo for decades after being abducted from her natural habitat as a baby.

Orangutan Father Swings Into Action to Look After His Daughters

Single parenting can be tough, but this widowed orangutan is nurturing and caring for his daughters.

PETA: Birth of Beluga Whale at SeaWorld San Antonio Is Nothing to Celebrate

Workers violated Luna, forcibly impregnating her to create a living prop for the park’s shows. She rejected her first baby. Now this one, her fourth, is doomed to a life of suffering.

Meet 17 Animals Who Suffered or Died Horrifically at SeaQuest

At SeaQuest aquariums, animals have drowned, been crushed to death, and suffered in other horrific ways. YOU can help us shut these facilities down.

12 Iditarod Mushers Who Have Skeletons in Their Closets

These Iditarod mushers have allegedly committed criminal acts, but even those with clean records may force dogs to run to their deaths. Help PETA call the Iditarod out.

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How COVID-19 Could Make This Deadly Dogsled Race Even Worse

We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, and the Iditarod is still scheduled to take place in two months. Here’s why the deadly dogsled race must be canceled.

WATCH: ‘Some Traditions Truly Deserve to Die’—Powerful Video Slams Rodeos

“Bucking Tradition,” a video by Action for Animals Oakland, is showing people everywhere why they should never go to a rodeo. Check it out now.

The Best Part of 2020: 8 HUGE Animal Rights Achievements

From monkeys to horses to sheep to whales—2020 was a great year for animal rights. Don’t miss these eight huge victories that were the result of PETA’s and its affiliates’ work around the world.

Huge Progress! PETA’s Horse-Doping Investigation Changes Racing as We Know It

The first-ever federal oversight of medication dosage in horse racing just passed, and it all started with one PETA investigation.

Native American People Push to Rescue Lolita: “She Was Stolen”

Lolita was abducted from her homeland more than 50 long years ago. Here are the historic efforts from Native American elders to bring her home.

40 Years, 40 Wins—How PETA Helped Animals in Circuses and Roadside Zoos

For PETA’s 40th anniversary, join us in celebrating 40 major ways we’ve helped animals exploited by circuses and roadside zoos over the past four decades.

Lila the Tiger and 9 Others Who Deserve So Much Better Than Waccatee Zoo

Tigers are known for their unique coat patterns, which (in nature) help them camouflage themselves. But at Waccatee Zoo, Lila no longer looks like a tiger—she’s almost bald.

Why Biden’s Agriculture Secretary Nominee Tom Vilsack Could Be Disastrous

PETA challenges Mr. Vilsack to prove his many critics wrong by committing to enforcing animal protection laws as if lives depended on it—because they do.

SNL: Jason Bateman Introduced Us to Mikey—Here’s the Chimpanzee’s Real Story

Thanks to PETA and other animal rights activists, if “Saturday Night Live” filmed its “monkeys throwing poop” skit today, exploiting Mikey or other chimpanzees wouldn’t be an option.

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