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Animal Companions
PETA’s Global Compassion Fund Helps Ukrainian Cat Who Jumped From Fourth Floor to Escape Gunfire

Animal Rescue Kharkiv—backed by PETA’s Global Compassion Fund—found this cat with a wounded jaw. Watch this video to see his remarkable transformation!

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Rooftop Romance: A Devoted Stork Couple’s Epic Love Story

How far would you go for love? PETA President Ingrid Newkirk shares how one stork’s devotion to his disabled partner takes him from Croatia to Africa and back every year.

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Animal Companions
Rockdale Cruelty Case Is Closed, but PETA Will Continue to Work for Dogs

Dogs belong safe indoors with their guardians, not confined in stifling heat. Learn how to help dogs in your area.

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She’ll Wow You With Fantastic, Real-Life Rescue Adventure Stories!

Attend PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s free virtual event to listen to the thrilling behind-the-scenes details of famous animal rescue stories that started a movement—save your spot now!

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After PETA’s Push, Chris Brown’s Monkey Dealer Gets License Terminated by Feds

Following a push from PETA, the USDA terminated the federal Animal Welfare Act license of exotic-animal dealer Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, aka “The Monkey Whisperer.”

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Moolah Shrine Drops Elephants From Its Circus—Other Shrines Should Follow Suit

The Moolah Shrine Circus has finally announced an end to using elephants in its acts. Learn why PETA is going to keep advocating for elephants.

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Entertainment
VIDEO: Trainer Attacked While Forcing Tigers to Perform at Italian Circus

A video of a tiger attacking a trainer during a live circus show is yet another cautionary tale that no one should have needed.

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Will This Birthday Gift Push Lewis Hamilton to Speak Out Against the Iditarod?

Lewis Hamilton is a well-known defender of the underdog, and one word from him could be all it takes to persuade F1’s owner to stop giving a financial lifeline to the deadly, shameful Iditarod dog-sled race.

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Science Suffers as NIH Funds Scofflaw Monkey Supplier for Dubious Tests

Monkeys escape regularly from Alpha Genesis, a supplier of laboratories nationwide, where they also often die due to neglect and incompetence. But NIH keeps giving it money anyway.

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Victory! Shady Monkey Transporter Shuts Down

PETA documented and EXPOSED the violations—and the feds acted on our complaints.

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Video: Bulldogs Not Covered Under ‘Lifetime Warranty’ but Win ‘Best in Show’?

VIDEO: A pet shop employee explains why the store won’t offer a “lifetime warranty” on breathing-impaired dogs.

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Think You’ll Never Go Vegan? This PETA Ad Reminds You Never to Say Never

Check out PETA’s new ad, which shows what changed many now-vegans’ thinking from “I’ll never go vegan” to “I’ll never eat animals again.”

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PETA Gives Publisher of ‘Stray,’ Annapurna Interactive, Two Paws Up

The publisher of the viral video game Stray, Annapurna Interactive, won PETA’s Company of the Year award for its aMEOWzing game.

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James Cromwell Is PETA’s 2022 ‘Person of the Year’

James Cromwell is PETA’s 2022 Person of the Year after he—at the age of 82—superglued his hand to the café counter at a Starbucks store and took other actions for animals.

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French fashion group SMCP bans down and feathers in Fall-Winter 2023, a victory for geese and ducks
Personal Care & Fashion
Down With Down and Feathers: French Fashion Group SMCP’s Ban

Cruelty is never in fashion! SMCP Group told PETA France it will stop using birds for their down and feathers by the fall–winter 2023 season.

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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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