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PETA India's Most Influential Vegan Acharya Prashant receives award
Who’s the Most Influential Vegan in India? Watch PETA’s New Video to Find Out

Who was named PETA India’s “Most Influential Vegan” of 2022? PETA President Ingrid Newkirk chats with him in this video.

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two gamecocks are forced to battle in a cockfight
PETA Explains What Happens to Roosters Used in Cockfighting

A cockfight takes place when two roosters fight—often to the death—for the entertainment of onlookers. Learn how to help birds used in cockfights.

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NY Fashion Week PETA sheep dress promoting wool-free designs with image of sheep on green grass
A PETA ‘Sheep’ Baaantering With Faaashionistas? Find Out Why

Curious why a Schiaparelli-esque “sheep” popped up at New York Fashion Week? PETA’s got the answer, plus other reasons to go wool-free.

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happy alligator among plants smiling about Macy's victory banning exotic skins with pink bubble saying WE DID IT!
Macy’s Makes Fashion More Compassionate by Shedding Exotic Skins

Which department store ditched products made of exotic skins, favoring compassion for animals? Macy’s! Learn how PETA helped make it happen.

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PETA Kids Valentine's Day cards
For Kids: Share Your Love for Animals This Valentine’s Day—Here’s How

Looking for an animal-friendly Valentine’s Day craft? PETA Kids has your back with these FREE printable cards your young ones can customize and share with loved ones.

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PETA CAP worker with Midnight, a black dog
Share Compassion With a PETA Present
With a PETA Present, you can send a beautiful e-card and help animals.
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cat rescued after earthquake
PETA Saves Animals in the Aftermath of Syria, Turkey Earthquakes

From perilous food shipments to Syria to miraculous recoveries in Turkey—don’t miss the latest updates on the earthquake aftermath and how you can support PETA’s Global Compassion Fund.

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Fur Farming Could Start the Next Pandemic: Mammal-to-Mammal Bird Flu Transmission

A fur farm in Spain has documented bird flu spreading from mammal to mammal. If you’re sick of global pandemics, help PETA urge fashion houses to ban fur.

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PETA's top Iditarod Facebook and Twitter and Instagram posts with two dogs forced to pull sled through freezing Alaska terrain for Iditarod race
PETA’s Top Iditarod Social Media Posts: ‘Like,’ Share, and Get Active for Suffering Dogs

Want to learn quickly about and take action against a notorious dog-abusing sled race in Alaska? Click PETA’s top Iditarod Facebook and Twitter posts.

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American Alligator Swimming in Everglades
Victory! NHL Drops Cruel Alligator All-Star Weekend Plans After Push From PETA

After hearing from PETA and over 37,000 supporters, today the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Florida Panthers confirmed scrapping plans to incorporate live alligators during All-Star Weekend.

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PETA's top Iditarod Facebook and Twitter and Instagram posts with two dogs forced to pull sled through freezing Alaska terrain for Iditarod race
Damning Video Shows 2023 Iditarod Winner’s Greed and Cruelty to Dogs

PETA received damning footage of the 2023 Iditarod winner, Ryan Redington, dragging his visibly exhausted dogs during the race.

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Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
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Breeding breathing-impaired cats for sale is cruel, including all flat-faced breeds like this cream-colored Persian, and any other Persian, Himalayan, exotic shorthair, or Burmese cat
Animal Companions
The Blatant Cruelty of Breeding and Buying Breathing-Impaired Cats

Do you think cats deserve to breathe? We do, too. Find out why breeding flat-faced cats for sale is so cruel.

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monkey with baby with bingo chips in the background
Play PETA’s New Game, ‘Bad Logic Bingo,’ B-4 You Trust an Animal Experimenter

Grab your bingo cards and markers: Primate experimenters’ self-contradictory logic and flimsy excuses for torture are so predictable that we’re calling them out ourselves.

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Capuchin monkey temporarily escapes dismal roadside zoo called Suncoast Primate 'Sanctuary'
Monkey Escape! Feds Slap Suncoast Primate ‘Sanctuary’ With Critical Citations

Curious what came of a capuchin monkey’s temporary escape from a sleazy roadside zoo? Learn how PETA got the feds to hit Suncoast with critical citations.

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‘Aliens’ Feast on ‘Human Flesh’ as Part of PETA’s Veganuary Push
5 Ways PETA Is Controversial … to Animal Exploiters

PETA wrote the playbook on courting controversy for a cause, with strategies that range from going nude to exposing the naked truth about cruel industries.

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PETA exposes animal suffering in labs, offers tips to help monkeys
MIT Experimenter Goes Home, Leaves Monkey Restrained for 18 Hours

PETA is calling for the immediate termination of the MIT experimenter who left a monkey restrained for more than 18 hours.

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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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