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Why We’re Calling Foul on the Elephant Slam Dunk Stunt

A video of an elephant named Chuck who stands on two legs and dunks a basketball with his trunk is making the rounds. But what’s the story behind it?

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No, These Elephants Aren’t Dancing

The spin put on “dancing” elephants at the Circus World Museum is … well, maddening.

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Why Pam Isn’t Taking the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’

Pamela Anderson takes the ALS Association’s “Ice Bucket Challenge”—adding a challenge of her own: Stop experimenting on animals!

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Jared Leto: You Look Like You Need a Hug

Jared Leto hugged a tree, and a meme was born. Who’s he been hugging lately?

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See Our ‘Weapon of Mass Compassion’ in Action

Watch as a peta2 volunteer tests our “Meat Stinks” app on an unsuspecting shopper.

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Creative Chimpanzees Use Log to Bust Out of Kansas City Zoo

Chimpanzees share 98 percent of our DNA. And sometimes they prove to be even more creative than we are.

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Peter Dinklage, Wendy Williams, and Other Notable New Yorkers Appear in PETA Video Condemning Horse-Drawn Carriage Trade

“Thrones” actor Peter Dinklage joins Wendy Williams and other stars in a rousing video pointing to the end of NYC’s horse-drawn carriages.

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Apple Offers Free ‘Seals Hero’ Game, Turns Down Seal-Hunting App

A free new iPhone app allows users to “save seals” in Canada.

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Top PETA Facebook Posts of 2013

Thanks to these top 13 PETA Facebook posts, more than 34 million people saw an animal-friendly message this year.

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Top 10 PETA Tweets of 2013

Sometimes 140 characters is all it takes to motivate people to help animals.

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Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
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How 550,386 Stickpins Got People to Stop Wearing Fur

Art imitates life when a top advertising agency creates an anti-fur art installation in which what you get is more than what you see.

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The 17 Funniest ‘Onion’ Headlines of All Time

As if we needed another reason to love ‘The Onion,’ here are 17 articles about animals that are so clever, we wish we’d thought of them first.

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Top 10 Completely Crazy Things You Never Knew About Chicken and Eggs

Halloween is over, but some truly scary things could still be lurking in your refrigerator.

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PETA Asks University of Oregon to Honor Photobombing Pigeon With New Video Spoof

Our tongue-in-cheek “Attack of the Pigeons!” video warns people to be nice to pigeonsor else.

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Chicken Gets Star Billing in Quirky Short Film

A plucky chicken tells of life on a factory farm. Will she get out alive?

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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