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Video: PETA Saves Tangled Dolphin From Drowning in Crab Trap Line

The frantic call came in to the PETA office: A dolphin was entangled in a crab pot line, unable to get free and near drowning.

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Tiger Collapses From Seizure Moments After Being Forced to Jump Through Fire

Moments after being forced to jump through fire, the animal collapsed and started convulsing— mere feet from the front row of the crowd.

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Stranded Cat Spotted on Last Pass Through Flooded NC Town (Video)

After surviving Hurricane Florence flooding by finding refuge on a swamped porch, this cat is seeking a sunny future in a loving home.

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PETA Rescued James From Hurricane Florence—Now He Needs a Loving Home

After being chained outside 24/7 and abandoned by his evacuating owners, James is now safe in a foster home and available for adoption.

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badger in tiny cage
Groundbreaking Investigation: PETA Asia Exposes Extreme Cruelty in Badger-Brush Industry

PETA Asia’s investigation into Chinese badger farms found injured badgers confined to tiny wire cages and violently killed. Please, won’t you help these animals?

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BREAKING: Los Angeles Becomes Largest U.S. City to Ban Fur Sales

When Los Angeles speaks, the world listens—and it’s now the largest and most notable city to tell the world that “fur is dead.”

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VIDEO: Camel Forced to Give Rides During Shrine Circus Panics—at Least Six Children Injured

Had the Shriners left animals out of their show, this camel and these children would have been spared this terrifying experience.

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You Won’t Believe This Rescued Bear’s Stunning Weight-Loss Transformation

UPDATE: After being rescued by PETA in 2016, Lily has only gotten happier and healthier at her new sanctuary home. Learn more and take action for other bears now!

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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 Calls Out Patagonia for Secrecy Around New Wool Source

PETA calls for truth and transparency after the brand’s supplier proves previous “humane,” “above and beyond” wool standard was a farce.

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Adidas Bans Mohair, 50 Million Students Could Learn Empathy, and Other PETA Wins for August

PETA kept the heat on animal abusers everywhere in the last month of summer. Check out these huge victories PETA won for animals in August.

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PETA Reveals: Everybody’s Got a Story (VIDEOS)

From locking eyes with pigs headed for slaughter to participating in eyewitness investigations, speakers recall eye-opening experiences that changed their lives in this new video series.

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Canada Goose protest at Toronto International Film Festival
PETA Crashes Canada Goose–Sponsored Film Festival With a Film of Our Own

Canada Goose is sponsoring the Toronto International Film Festival. So PETA is showing organizers and attendees a film they’ll never forget.

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White dog with severe mange in one photo, and happy and healthy in the newer one
One Year Later: Dog Rescued After Hurricane Maria Is Unrecognizable

Camo was painfully thin and disfigured by mange when PETA rescued him in the wake of Hurricane Maria a year ago, but just look at him now!

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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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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
PETA’s Milestones for Animals: 1980 to Now
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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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