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Cherry, a chicken rescued by PETA Asia, enjoying a Year of the Chicken feast.
Rescued Chicken Celebrates Year of the Chicken With a Feast

Meet Cherry, a rescued chicken in whose honor PETA Asia hosted a grand luncheon for the Year of the Chicken.

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Help Penguins Imprisoned for Diners’ Entertainment In Jakarta Mall

This publicity stunt is disrespectful, out of touch, and tragic.

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Video: Skeletal Bears Beg for Food From Visitors at Indonesia’s Bandung Zoo

In a horrifying scene captured on camera, emaciated sun bears desperately beg for food scraps from visitors at Indonesia’s notorious Bandung Zoo.

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VIDEO: Ballet Dancer Sylvie Guillem Raises the ‘Barre’ for Animals

Iconic dancer Sylvie Guillem shows how anyone can jump-start the new year by switching to healthy and compassionate vegan meals.

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Considering Doing a Chick-Hatching Project? Please Don’t.

For educational value, chick-hatching projects miss the mark. Thankfully, there are several programs that meet curricular objectives and save chickens.

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Sir Roger Moore to PM: The Day Has Come to Ban Animal Circuses

Sir Roger Moore has a message for British Prime Minister Theresa May. The actor, humanitarian, and animal advocate urges her to introduce legislation banning wild-animal circuses.

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Victory! India Prohibits Import of Reptile Skins and Certain Furs

After hearing from PETA India, lawmakers banned the skins of reptiles as well as many from chinchillas, minks, and foxes from entering the country.

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PETA UK vegan tube station takeover
The UK’s First-Ever Vegan Tube Takeover

Just in time for resolution season, a PETA UK ad blitz urges commuters to skip meat-based burgers and drumsticks.

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Dutch Government Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Safety Testing by 2025

A government report outlines how the Netherlands can best work toward the historic goal of replacing animal experiments.

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Update: Wool Industry Workers Charged for Abusing Sheep

In a landmark ruling, a shearer has pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals charges for the first time in history.

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Save 200 Animals Every Year by Going Vegan
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Animal Companions
Pamela Anderson Delivers the Pleas of Thousands to Mauritius’ High Commission

How can people enjoy a vacation on your “Paradise Island” while knowing that such horrors are taking place near their hotels?

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Vivienne Westwood Presents PETA VP With 2016 Winq Activism Award

PETA US Senior Vice President Dan Mathews receives the Winq Activism Award 2016.

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‘Christmas’ Penguins Dressed Up, Exploited as Photo Props in Japanese Park

A disturbing video showing a group of penguins dressed in Christmas outfits and being corralled for photo ops has gone viral.

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Man Who Punched Kangaroo Being Investigated

The RSPCA are investigating after a video of a man punching a kangaroo recently went viral.

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Victory! German Pet Stores Scale Back Reptile Sales

Pet stores in Germany have agreed to end or reduce reptile sales following investigations that revealed massive suffering at trade wholesalers.

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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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