After 18 months, PETA won its campaign against Whole Foods—not thanks to the company but to our own investigators and negotiators. We found forced monkey labor in the supply chain for Whole Foods’ 365 brand coconut milk years ago, and while the company failed to take any action to prevent the injustice, we took charge. … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and receiving nearly 150,000 e-mails from our supporters, American Airlines—the world’s largest airline by daily flights—agreed to offer a vegan creamer option on its in-flight beverage menu, starting in November 2024! Demand for dairy-free foods and beverages is soaring, as consumers increasingly want options that are kind to animals, better for … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, top U.S. airline JetBlue Airways Corporation added oat-based creamer on its flights! The company quickly confirmed the news to us after it received over 10,000 e-mails from our supporters. Cows are gentle, sensitive individuals—and those exploited by the dairy industry are eventually violently killed. Calves are ripped away from their mothers … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that endangered macaques are chained, whipped, and forced into a lifetime of labor picking coconuts in Thailand, coconut milk producer Chef’s Choice Foods Manufacturer Co. stopped sourcing coconuts from farms in Thailand and switched to importing them from other countries. It makes the brands Chef’s Choice and Nature’s Charm, both of … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that endangered macaques are chained, whipped, and forced into a lifetime of labor picking coconuts in Thailand, national plant-based meal kit delivery company Purple Carrot decided to end its contract with its Thai coconut milk supplier and switch to using coconut milk from the Philippines and Sri Lanka. In thanks, PETA … Read more »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit handed an important win to PETA and our co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s “ag-gag” law, ruling that conducting undercover investigations and whistleblowing are considered newsgathering activities protected by the First Amendment. PETA and a coalition of public interest groups had filed the lawsuit challenging … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and tens of thousands of concerned shoppers, Walmart has ended its sales of Chaokoh brand coconut milk, for which monkeys are chained, caged, and forced into a lifetime of labor picking coconuts. The company joins over 45,000 stores that have rejected coconut products linked to monkey labor in Thailand.
Following communications from PETA, national wholesale food distributor Performance Food Group has stopped selling the Chaokoh brand across its more than 150 distribution channels. Performance Food Group joins over 33,000 companies that have rejected coconut products linked to monkey labor in Thailand. This action will help phase out the use of monkeys in this industry. … Read more »
PETA released a disturbing whistleblower report of suffering ducks at Culver Duck Farms, a so-called “humane” company in Indiana. The whistleblower’s video footage and photographs showed injured and dying ducks, others who were suffocated and buried alive, and dozens of ducklings who were ground up while fully conscious. After hearing from PETA, Southeastern Grocers (the … Read more »
PETA Foundation lawyers and co-counsel won a precedent-setting victory in court when a motion to dismiss the class-action lawsuit against Texas-based Vital Farms Inc.—whose eggs are sold at Whole Foods, Target, Kroger, and other major grocers nationwide—was denied. The judge’s decision meant that the case—brought by consumers who were misled into buying eggs at a … Read more »
Less than 48 hours after PETA supporters started contacting Mr Kicco Coffee & Wine to ask it to stop selling kopi luwak—a coffee sourced from the excrement of caged-for-life Asian palm civet cats—the store’s owner removed it from his online listings, threw out his remaining supply, and pledged never to sell it again, saying that … Read more »
Following prior talks with PETA, a D grade in our ice cream rankings, and pressure from us on social media, Bruster’s Real Ice Cream added coconut milk–based vegan ice cream. However, some locations may not carry it, so be sure to ask the manager to start selling it if you don’t see it.
