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Bombshell Announcement! PETA’s 2024 Company of the Year is An Angel for Animals

PETA’s 2024 Company of the Year had us tickled ‘PINK’ when it chose to be an ‘angel’ for animals in its catwalk comeback.

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Here’s How YOU Helped Make PETA’s 2024 Victories Possible

By using PETA’s innovative action alert system, supporters like you have made meaningful changes in the lives of countless animals this year.

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PETA France Protest Takes Flight on Dior’s Feather-Laden Runway

It’s a myth that ostriches bury their heads in the sand, but Dior is guilty of doing just that to willfully ignore the suffering of birds.

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Mall Staple Claire’s Confirms That It Will No Longer Buy Feathers

PETA applauds Claire’s compassionate decision to get feathers off its shelves and urges Forever 21 to follow suit.

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UGG Drops Humane-Washing Claims After PETA Sends Cease and Desist

PETA sent UGG a cease-and-desist letter over misleading claims the retailer has made about the treatment of animals used for wool and down.

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Duck Defenders Flock to Global Fashion Summit to Ruffle H&M’s Feathers

Duck defenders descended on the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen with an important message for H&M’s CFO: Let ducks and geese keep their feathers!

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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Wins National Award From PETA for Saying NO to Down

PETA is celebrating Wyndham’s compassionate choice and urges other hotel chains to follow its example by choosing only down-free bedding.

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5 of the Top Animal Exploiters PETA Has Shut Down

Why isn’t PETA shut down? We wish we were—as it would mean that we had met our goal and that animals are no longer being exploited for human desires.

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Drop the Down! PETA Calls Out Target Execs on Bird Welfare Hypocrisy During Annual Meeting

Love shopping at Target but wish it would stop selling down products? Learn how a Target shareholder ruffled feathers at the company’s annual meeting.

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Think You Know Everything About Vegan Fashion? Take Our Quiz to Find Out!

You won’t look at a pair of gloves the same way again after you take this quiz. Can you get more than three questions correct?

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Workers Hack at Terrified Birds for ‘Responsible’ Down—PETA Calls Out Gap Inc. for Bogus ‘Ethical Sourcing’ Claims

Gap Inc. claims to sell “responsible” down, but investigations by PETA entities reveal that there’s no such thing. Here’s what we said to the company at a shareholder meeting.

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Ann Taylor and Other Brands Earn PETA Props for This Animal-Friendly Policy

Learn more about why PETA is praising ascena—owner of Ann Taylor and other popular brands—for its animal-friendly policy.

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You’ll Duck Out of H&M When You See What PETA U.K. Is Protesting

What’s going on behind H&M’s down-filled clothing? PETA U.K. and other protesters are making sure customers know what a rip-off these items are.

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There’s Something Rotten at Red River Farm—Will You Dare to Sing Along?

Harry Potter actor and vegan Jessie Cave and a group of singing “animals” put on a show you’re not likely to forget.

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Photos: H&M’s Devilish Down Sales Summon PETA U.K. ‘Angels’ to Shareholder Meeting

To push H&M to stop peddling cruelly obtained down, PETA tried a new angle—or “angel,” rather—at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

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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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