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UPDATE: Lion-Killer Dentist Caused Cecil to Suffer for Up to 12 Hours

To hunters like Walter Palmer, beloved wild animals are merely targets to kill, decapitate, and hang up on a wall as a trophy.

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Rigged Kentucky Derby Prompts Horse Racing Lawsuits
Racing Officials Agree to Pay Up in Long-Simmering Drugging Case of Triple Crown Winner

It can’t end here. Justify tested positive for a banned substance and must be stripped of his Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown titles.

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Repeat Offender: Deer Haven Mini Zoo Cited Again After PETA Alerted Feds

Eyewitness video footage proves that animals at the roadside zoo continue to languish in filthy, ramshackle cages. PETA is stepping in, and you can, too.

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PETA Calls for ‘Exclusion Riders’ to Protect Animals Used in Films

Frances McDormand just taught the world what an inclusion rider is. Now PETA wants Hollywood to go a step further with “exclusion riders.”

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New PETA India Jallikattu Investigation Proves Regulation Doesn’t Stop Cruelty

The events inevitably inflict excessive mental and physical abuse on animals and endanger animals and spectators.

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Three Years Ago Today, Ringling Announced It Would End Elephant Acts

Since then, PETA hasn’t slowed down. We’ve pushed for similar progress in other circuses and advocated for bans in states and countries—and we’re winning.

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PETA’s February Was Proof That Love (for Animals) Is a Battlefield

Valentine’s Day wasn’t all hearts and smiles. PETA spiced things up with some “tough love” for animal abusers around the world in February.

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PETA’s February Victories for Animals

Vegan frats, jailed animal abusers, funding cuts for animal tests—check out some of PETA’s notable triumphs from February.

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Explosive New Video: Trainers Shove, Whip, Jab, and Shake Animals

PETA is calling for federal law-enforcement action in the wake of the shocking video.

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Seriously? Tod’s Models Sport Dead Sheep and Live Puppies on the Runway

If the fashion company really wanted to honor the Year of the Dog, it’d nix the cruelty from its catwalk.

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Announcing the PETA Oscats: These Were 2017’s Best Films and Stars for Animals

Did your favorite flicks do right by animals?

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Selfie-Obsessed Beachgoers Use Shark Dragged From the Water for a Photo Op

According to the shark activist who filmed the incident, this endangered hammerhead will be dead in weeks because of these people’s thoughtlessness.

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8 Things That You Should Be Doing in the Year of the Dog

This year belongs to the dogs. If you’re not doing these things already, 2018 is a great time to start!

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Photos: From Jack Daniel’s to Canada Goose, PETA Protests to Save Lives

Who else spreads the good vegan word as effectively as PETA?

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More Explosive Allegations: Iditarod Champ Kills Dogs ‘in Fits of Anger’

Weeks before the start of the 2018 race, PETA calls for another investigation into the alleged killing of dogs raised for the Iditarod.

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PETA’s Milestones for Animals: 1980 to Now
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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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