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Companies Scramble After PETA Asia Exposes Down Industry Cruelty

After PETA Asia exposed cruelty behind “responsible down,” companies have scrambled to do damage control.

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It’s Easy to Shop Vegan on Black Friday—PETA Kids Tells You How

Shop ’til you drop and make your kids’ closets a winter wonderland this Black Friday with PETA Kids’ guide.

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Personal Care & Fashion
A Message to Montréal From NOIZE and PETA: Have Compassion in Fashion

Fashion brand NOIZE has teamed up with PETA for a new display in Montréal’s Eaton Centre. Together, we’re calling on shoppers to choose compassionate fashion.

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Inside PETA’s Shareholder Activism for Birds Used for Down at RH Annual Meeting

PETA is rallying RH shareholders to demand transparency in how birds are treated and killed for the decorative pillows that the retailer sells.

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PETA and Crayola Release ‘Little Animal Rights Activist’s First Paint-Throwing Kit’ so Kids Can Make Activism a Blast

Ready, aim, fire! PETA and Crayola teamed up to bring you the Little Animal Rights Activist’s First Paint-Throwing Kit. It’s a blast!

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Friends, Not Fabric! Parents, Check Out PETA Kids’ Free Coloring Activity

Are you looking for ways to encourage kids to be kind to sheep, cows, snakes, and other animals whose skin is stolen to make clothes and accessories? Check out this free coloring sheet.

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Human Skin Is In: Check Out PETA’s Killer Collection at Urban Outraged

Urban Outraged is a killer shopping experience by PETA that brings new meaning to the question “Who are you wearing?”

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Keep Urban Outfitters on the Hook for Using Leather, Wool, and Down

Join Students Opposing Speciesism in using hanger tags to show Urban Outfitters the true cost of animal-derived clothing.

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Animal Companions
PETA and Save the Duck Gift GRAMMY® Stars Feather-Free Vegan Coats

PETA and Save the Duck are urging music’s biggest stars to strike a note of compassion for birds by gifting them high-tech, down-free vegan coats!

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PETA fur stickers
Students: Your Art Can Help Us ‘Stick It’ to Urban Outfitters!

Are you a student who loves to get creative for animal rights? Submit a design for Students Opposing Speciesism’s next sticker and help end Urban Outfitters’ sale of clothing made from materials that were stolen from animals.

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Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
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PETA Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Award with a logo of a burning pair of pants against a blue background
PETA’s ‘Pants on Fire’ Awards—10 Companies That Deceive Consumers

These companies are master manipulators, but PETA’s turning up the heat on each and every one of them with this year’s “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire” Awards.

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Joanna Krupa Tells Urban Outfitters to ‘Get With the Program’ and Go Completely Vegan

Former “Real Housewives” star Joanna Krupa speaks up for animals in PETA’s anti-wool video against Urban Outfitters.

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PETA Will Protest the Toronto Film Fest Until Canada Goose Is Dropped

On the opening day of the Toronto International Film Festival, attendees came face to face with PETA’s anti–Canada Goose message.

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Don’t Be Fooled by Canada Goose’s New Fur Policy

Canada Goose is attempting to “humane wash” its image and circumvent bans on the sale of fur with its new policy—but fur is always cruelly obtained.

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Save the Duck
PETA’s 2019 Company of the Year Is Taking Down the Down Industry

This company is inching us closer to a day when billions of ducks and geese are no longer killed to satisfy anyone’s need to stay warm. Which is it? Click to find out.

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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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