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Category: Empathy for Animals

Clumsy Rangers Pitcher Kills and Eats Bull out of Spite; PETA Responds

PETA has shamed Rangers pitcher Martín Pérez after learning that the ballplayer with two left feet killed and ate a bull over a petty disagreement.

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Dog Dies After Allegedly Being Forced Into an Overhead Bin on a United Flight

This never should have happened. Animal companions belong where their guardians can see them and reassure them during flights.

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Idaho Teacher Accused of Feeding Live Puppy to Snapping Turtle (VIDEO)

TeachKind—PETA’s humane education division—will urge this school district to teach kids that violence of all kinds is wrong.

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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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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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Get Ready to Be Inspired by This 11-Year-Old Activist and TEDx Speaker

On her own, she went vegetarian at age 4 and vegan at 6. Now Genesis Butler is on a mission to change the world.

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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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Children interacting with "Fish Have Feelings, Too" display in TeachKind's Destination: Empathy exhibit
Destination Empathy at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh: Adventures in Compassion

Children are the explorers in Destination Empathy—a unique exhibit that brought the Golden Rule to life.

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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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Watch: Firefighters Risk Their Own Lives to Save Animals

When animals were in danger, these firefighters and other first responders stepped up and put their own lives on the line to save them.

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Animal Shelters Ban Canada Goose Coats After Hypocrisy Complaints

It’s time for all animal shelters to enact policies that discourage volunteers and employees from wearing fur.

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Valentine’s Day: What Do Animals Love?

This Valentine’s Day, teach kids that animals deserve our affection, too! TeachKind’s holiday activity sheets for classrooms highlight wonderful things that all sentient beings love.

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Rejoice at This Happy Ending After Jerks Leave Lizards to Die on Glue Trap

“It takes a real garbage person to do this to an animal.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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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