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Category: Empathy for Animals

10 Brainy Animals Who Can Help You Ace Your Studies

While PETA doesn’t condone copycatting, these brainy animals would be great cats to copy this school year.

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These Shopping Malls Aren’t Selling Out Animals

Mall-management company Macerich puts animal welfare first.

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‘Give Peas a Chance’ Banner Proposal Revisited Following Rejection

Even a tiny banner Is better than none to deliver the universal message that kindness is the best religion of all.

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PETA’s Walter Palmer Halloween Costume Lets Cecil the Lion Win

The costume features a plush lion taking a bloody bite out of the real-life killer.

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Video: This Injured Turtle Will Make You Think Twice About Plastic

Littering is not only bad for our planet, it can also mean death for animals

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Video: How Does PETA President Ingrid Newkirk Really Feel About Walter Palmer?

In an interview with CNN, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk calls out Cecil the lion’s killer and all trophy hunters.

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Dangerous Pairings, Cruelty, and Exploitation—Behind the Scenes of Viral ‘Unlikely Friends’ Videos

If you see content featuring “unlikely animal friends,” don’t share it. Here’s what really happens behind the scenes of these videos.

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Woman Protests Dog Chaining by Wearing Fur Coat in Sweltering Heat

A PETA supporter chained herself to a cinderblock to call on government officials to outlaw tethering.

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Biggest Gathering of People on the Planet Sees Animal Rights Message

Here’s how PETA India is reaching 30 million people all at once.

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Can You Make These Rescued Cats’ Dreams Come True?

These cats lived through a nightmare—abandoned, starving, and sick. Now, they need someone to give them the life they’ve dreamed about.

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Petland Cruelty Exposed—Again!

A former Petland employee’s Facebook post went viral this week for exposing neglected animals with open sores who were forced to live in cramped conditions.

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Dogs Found Burned, Skinned, and Beheaded

PETA and other animal advocates have come together to offer a combined $17,000 reward for information.

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Video: Watch These Cows Outsmart a Bunch of Humans

You’ll never look at cows the same way after watching this video.

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The Real Suffering of That Free-Range Chicken

PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk explains the disconnect that allows people to exclude animals from empathy and how to close the gap.

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Bold Street Art Installation ‘Imprisons’ Baby Monkeys Across D.C.

PETA Joins Dan Witz in Spreading Message that NIH’s Maternal Deprivation Experiments are Unacceptable.

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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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