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Universal Studios Hollywood to End ‘Animal Actors’; PETA Hopes Orlando Will Follow

The end of “Animal Actors” at Universal Studios Hollywood reflects the fact that audiences no longer find the use of animals in live shows acceptable or entertaining.

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Pope Asked by PETA LAMBS to Excommunicate Catholics for Eating Animals
Amid COP27, PETA Asks Pope to Excommunicate Meat-Eating Catholics

What if the pope announced that any Catholic eating animals would be excommunicated? PETA has urged him to do just that—and more—to combat the climate catastrophe.

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Victory! American Greetings Ends Sales of Demeaning Chimpanzee Cards After PETA Campaign

American Greetings, the second-largest greeting card company in the world, has confirmed that it no longer sells greeting cards with demeaning images of chimpanzees.

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Chaos and Cruelty: Inside Margaret Livingstone’s Harvard Laboratory

A baby monkey strangled to death on a “surrogate mother”—after being taken from her real one.

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Video: Dolphin Left Bleeding After Reported Attack at SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld confines approximately 140 of these highly intelligent marine mammals to just seven small tanks and then feigns surprise when they lash out.

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Courtney Stodden Grants Pardons for Reformed Turkey Eaters

Why would a turkey need a pardon? This year, Courtney Stodden is offering pardon certificates to those who really need them: humans who have eaten turkeys.

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Anti-Wool Spot to Haunt Viewers During ‘Walking Dead’ Finale

PETA is calling on everyone to think for themselves, not be a zombie, and shun wool in favor of soft, cozy vegan options that leave sheep in peace.

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Animal Companions
‘No-Kill’ or ‘No Admission’? Limited-Intake Shelter Policies Implode

As communities experience the disastrous results of misguided “no-kill” policies, PETA urges shelters to make animals, not statistics, their priority.

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Meet Bua Noi and Kat—Two Great Apes Languishing in Barren Concrete Cages at a Thai Department Store Zoo

Located in a Bangkok department store, Pata Zoo is “one of the worst zoos in the world.” Watch PETA’s video to see the way animals suffer at this crummy hellhole.

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VICTORY! Finished! Done! Over! Texas A&M to Release the 9 Healthy Golden Retrievers for Adoption!

We did it! We never gave up on the dogs from the canine muscular dystrophy lab. Now they’re going home.

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30+ Bull Defenders Speak Out for Lima’s Bulls

These kind people want to make sure this is the last bullfighting season in Lima. Learn about their performance outside the city’s famous bullfighting ring.

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Holes Drilled in Her Skull, Her Body Threaded With Wires—This Is Xena’s Story

They opened up her abdomen and sewed a transmitter device into her flesh—and that was only the beginning. Help end her torment today.

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PETA Latino Día de los Muertos Vigil for SeaWorld Victims
PETA Latino Holds Día de los Muertos Vigil for SeaWorld’s Victims

Check out PETA Latino’s provocative vigil for SeaWorld victims and the group’s three “ofrendas” for 500+ dead dolphins and whales this Día de los Muertos.

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Phil America Launches Animal-Friendly Streetwear Collection With PETA

Animal-friendly streetwear style has never been easier, thanks to vegan artist Phil America’s brand-new streetwear capsule collection with PETA.

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Animal Companions
Meet the ‘Bertie 5’ and Other Animals Helped by PETA Fieldworkers

When an animal is in need, PETA fieldworkers do everything in their power to help. Learn more about their groundbreaking work.

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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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