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United Nations: We Can’t Halt Climate Change Without Cutting Out Meat

“[T]he evidence is now unequivocal—we need to change our diets if we are to have a sustainable future.”

Imagine the Final Moments of 2.7 Million Animals Who Were Burned Alive

These animals felt their skin boil and their lungs burn just like humans would. Don’t let their deaths be in vain. Go vegan now.

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Paul Novosad

Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan! Join PETA’s #Voktoberfest Challenge

Pumpkin beer, delicious food, and an excuse to wear lederhosen—everyone’s favorite German-themed holiday #Voktoberfest is here!

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Days After Bull Leads Cops on Chase, Another Truck Tips Killing 11 Cows

Every time we see animals on the news who’ve escaped from transport trucks, gone running, and dodged traffic, we root for them.

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Female Pigs Are Dying From Prolapses Because We Breed Them to Death

Female pigs are dying from prolapses at an unprecedented rate, and in many cases, they aren’t euthanized but are left to suffer until they die.

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After Millions of Animals Die in Florence, PETA Offers Escape Plan

More than 5,500 pigs and 4.1 million chickens and turkeys died during Hurricane Florence, many of them trapped inside filthy sheds.

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Kelly Guerin | We Animals

13 Grim Photos Reveal the Tragedy of Animals Abandoned in Hurricane Florence

Countless animals were left to fend for themselves, or worse, trapped inside barns and sheds with no chance of escaping rising floodwaters.

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Jo-Anne McArthur | We Animals

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Feces and Corpses of Pigs Used for Food Could Cover North Carolina Post–Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence could cause North Carolina’s thousands of pig-feces cesspools to overflow—just another reason we should all go vegan.

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PETA’s Pro-Vegan Ad Says, ‘There Won’t Be Blood, but There May Be Tears’

PETA’s ad aims to encourage everyone to protect animals, the environment, and their own health by embracing bountiful vegan meals.

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Video: Songwriter Diane Warren Helps 4-H Student Save Lamb From Slaughter

A 4-H student chose the right stranger to ask for help saving his lamb. PETA member and Grammy and Golden Globe winner Diane Warren refused to give up.

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Meet Your ‘Happy’ Meat: 46 Cruelty Charges for Owner of ‘Happy’ Farm

Here is further proof that animals suffer on farms labeled “happy,” “family-owned,” “small,” and “free-range.”

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3,000 Animals Die for 1 Pound of Silk—Reasons Not to Rock It

Imagine resting while completely vulnerable, awaiting a magnificent metamorphosis, only to be violently boiled or gassed alive.

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PHOTOS: New PETA Billboard Hits LA Fresh Poultry Close to Home

LA Fresh Poultry—a slaughterhouse selling chickens’ corpses on site—has some fresh PETA signage nearby to persuade onlookers to go vegan.

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Lawsuit Prompts Delivery of Delicious Vegan Gift Baskets

Sham ham, soy cracklins, and other savory fare added to millions awarded in farm waste lawsuit.

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Why PETA Is Warning Pig Farmers to ‘Get Out’ While They Still Can

China has imposed new tariffs on U.S. pork imports, so we’re urging pig farmers to learn from tobacco farmers’ mistakes—before it’s too late.

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