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Category: Empathy for Animals

VIDEO: Animals Locked Up and Put on Display at a Shopping Mall

A monkey, a meerkat, and other animals are deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them, all so shoppers can stop and stare.

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Imagine the Final Moments of 2.7 Million Animals Who Were Burned Alive

These animals felt their skin boil and their lungs burn just like humans would. Don’t let their deaths be in vain. Go vegan now.

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Twitter’s Stand Against Hate Speech Wins PETA’s Anti-Speciesism Support

Calling other people “pigs” and “dogs” as an insult belittles animals’ talents and abilities too.

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The Powerful Moment This Activist With MD Condemns TAMU’s Dog Lab

Muscular dystrophy patient Johnathon Byrne confronted Texas A&M President Michael Young about the university’s cruel and deadly experiments on dogs.

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8 Big Victories You Won for Animals in September

Every month, PETA, our more than 6.5 million members and supporters, and other PETA entities win lifesaving victories for animals.

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VIDEO: Harness Racing Driver Viciously Whips Horse AFTER Race Is Over

Kyle Husted—a driver with a history of abusive behavior—can be seen violently whipping a horse after finishing in second place.

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VIDEO: Horse Pulling Carriage Collapses Amid Heavy NYC Traffic—When Will This Abuse End?

The heartbreaking footage reminds us again how cruel and dangerous horse-drawn carriages are. Here’s what you can do to help the horses.

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Days After Bull Leads Cops on Chase, Another Truck Tips Killing 11 Cows

Every time we see animals on the news who’ve escaped from transport trucks, gone running, and dodged traffic, we root for them.

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13 Grim Photos Reveal the Tragedy of Animals Abandoned in Hurricane Florence

Countless animals were left to fend for themselves, or worse, trapped inside barns and sheds with no chance of escaping rising floodwaters.

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WATCH: PETA’s Team Saved These Animals From Hurricane Florence Floods

These powerful photos and videos show just some of the animals our Emergency Rescue Team saved. Find out how you can support our vital work.

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Save the Fish: Swimming Creatures Deserve Our Sympathy and Protection

National Fish Amnesty Day is the ideal time to start, so let’s show compassion for fish and all other animals by refusing to catch or eat them.

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Forget Hunting and Fishing Day—for Real Nature Fans, It’s Fish Amnesty Day

We could have fishless oceans by 2050. These animals don’t deserve extinction—they deserve preservation. So let’s celebrate Fish Amnesty Day.

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PETA Rescued James From Hurricane Florence—Now He Needs a Loving Home

After being chained outside 24/7 and abandoned by his evacuating owners, James is now safe in a foster home and available for adoption.

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Feces and Corpses of Pigs Used for Food Could Cover North Carolina Post–Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence could cause North Carolina’s thousands of pig-feces cesspools to overflow—just another reason we should all go vegan.

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Video: Songwriter Diane Warren Helps 4-H Student Save Lamb From Slaughter

A 4-H student chose the right stranger to ask for help saving his lamb. PETA member and Grammy and Golden Globe winner Diane Warren refused to give up.

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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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