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Cruelty on Campus: 10 Ways to Help Animals in University Laboratories

Animals didn’t enroll in these universities, and they’re not able to drop out. Here are PETA’s top 10 actions to take for animals abused in university labs.

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‘I Am You but Different’: PETA President’s Video Calls for Nonviolence

In her video address, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk appeals for an end to violence for all—including our fellow animals—based on understanding and empathy.

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Edward James Olmos: A Champion of Compassion for All Species

PETA honors actor Edward James Olmos with a Humanitarian Award for his unwavering commitment to animal rights advocacy for all species.

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‘Pig’ Urges Everyone to Go Vegan After Supreme Court Prop 12 Verdict
Whether Critics Think PETA Is Good or Bad, We’ll Always Do Right by Animals

PETA will always vigorously defend animals and do everything we can to end speciesism, even if naysayers think we’re “bad.”

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Not ‘Mushroom’ for Debate: Mushroom Council Needs to Stop Killing Animals

For National Mushroom Day, learn more about the powerhouse food that experimenters are killing animals for.

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Primates implanted with organs taken from pigs—like this baboon at the University of Alabama–Birmingham—suffer painful and debilitating consequences from the invasive surgery.
Organ Swaps Between Species Is Not the Future of Science

A monkey endured two years of unending pain and misery after receiving a surgical implant from a genetically modified pig. This is nothing to celebrate.

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230 Animals Spayed or Neutered, Thanks to PETA Latino

PETA Latino’s spay/neuter event in Cancún, Mexico, prevented 230 animals from contributing to the overpopulation crisis.

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‘Vegan’ or ‘Plant-Based’? A Kind Way of Life Versus a Misleading Label

Why favor the term “vegan” over “plant-based”? PETA leaves through the differences between them to help you show compassion for our fellow animals.

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How a Dog Named Victory Escaped Defeat in Ukraine—and More!

Thanks to your donations, PETA-supported rescuers are able to answer the call when animals, like Lada and Victory, in Ukraine need help.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Was a Champion for Big Cats, Horses, and Other Animals

Throughout her long career, Sen. Dianne Feinstein supported legislation to protect animals and spoke out against cruelty, including cub-petting operations and the carnage to horses who are forced to race.

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Animals Scalded to Death, Starved as These 5 Universities Rake In Taxpayer Cash

A new PETA study exposes the worst five violators of animal welfare guidelines among the top publicly funded university laboratories.

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VICTORY! The North Face and Related Brands Confirm: No More New Cashmere

After hearing from PETA, The North Face, Supreme, and other brands confirmed no more cashmere. Read why kindness to goats is always in fashion.

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How to Make a Disaster Survival Backpack Kit for Animal Companions

Do you have a plan in place in case of an emergency? Discover tips for safeguarding your animal companions during earthquakes, fires, floods, and more.

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Sink Any Appetite for Fish Through Empathy—Replace Statues of Humans Fishing

SHELLebrate fish and other sea life by cultivating empathy and never eating them. Also, find out PETA’s FINtastic idea to replace a California Fisherman statue.

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PETA Scientist and Colleagues Show How Experimentation Is Pushing Monkeys to Extinction

Primate scientists, including PETA’s, have coauthored a new article in the “American Journal of Primatology” showing how the laboratory experimentation industry is emptying the world’s forests of monkeys.

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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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