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Exposés and Undercover Investigations

PETA entities have conducted more undercover investigations than any other animal group. They undertake investigations to expose animal abuse in laboratories, on farms and in slaughterhouses, in the clothing industry, in the pet trade, and elsewhere.

Their efforts have led to significant victories, including the closure of abusive laboratories and farms as well as the seizure and rescue of suffering animals.

PETA has been launching investigations since 1981, beginning with the exposure of the suffering of the Silver Spring monkeys in a Maryland experimentation facility. This investigation resulted in the first-ever police raid on a laboratory, the first confiscation of abused animals from a laboratory, and the first U.S. Supreme Court victory for animals used in experiments.

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Israel’s Chief Rabbi Forbids ‘Shackle and Hoist’ Kosher Slaughter

PETA’s recent undercover investigation of the largest slaughterhouse in Uruguay exposed that the facility was using the primitive and cruel “shackle and hoist” method for kosher slaughter. This slaughterhouse is the largest foreign supplier of kosher meat to the U.S. and a major kosher meat exporter to Israel. Thanks to the PETA investigation, the Chief … Read more »

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PETA Investigations Reveal Taxpayer-Funded Torture at UNC Laboratory

PETA’s undercover footage showed that animals were living and dying in misery in the laboratories of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Oklahoma Pseudo-Sanctuary: Shelter From Danger or Dangerous Shelter?

Undercover investigation at G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park reveals extremely crowded conditions and neglected and abused animals.

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PETA Reveals Extreme Cruelty at Kosher Slaughterhouses

Kosher slaughter is intended to minimize animals’ suffering. But undercover PETA investigations have revealed that Agriprocessors, the world’s largest glatt kosher slaughterhouse, has been ignoring both the Jewish commitment to compassion and federal law—and animals endure prolonged suffering and nightmarish deaths as a result. What Happens in Kosher Slaughter All slaughter is terrifying for the … Read more »

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Undercover Investigation: George’s, Inc.

During an investigation at a KFC “Supplier of the Year” in Missouri it was documented that birds were being thrown by workers and crushed by metal dumping machines.

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Undercover at Pilgrim’s Pride

In 2004, PETA revealed the results of an investigation into a KFC-supplying slaughterhouse, where workers were caught stomping on chickens, kicking them, and violently slamming them against floors.

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Stella McCartney’s Fur Farm Investigation

Take a look inside a fur farm—watch PETA’s public service announcement, narrated by top designer Stella McCartney.

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Mepkin Abbey: Hell for Chickens

Mepkin Abbey is a Christian (Trappist) monastery in South Carolina that runs an egg factory farm to make money.

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Crestview Farm Investigation

PETA conducted an undercover video investigation into Crestview Farm, which is based in Minnesota, the number one turkey-producing state in the U.S.

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PETA Investigation Uncovers Cruelty on Chinchilla Fur Farm

PETA investigators witnessed unimaginable cruelty on a chinchilla fur farm in Midland, Michigan.

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Further Abuses of Australian Animals Exposed in Gruesome Investigation

Australian sheep are beaten and abused in this PETA undercover investigation of treatment of exported sheep.

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Cruelty Revealed at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

PETA received evidence of numerous potential violations of federal regulations at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center from a whistleblower who worked inside.

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Undercover Footage From Seaboard Farms, Narrated By Rue McClanahan

The late “Golden Girl” Rue McClanahan narrates PETA’s investigation of a pig factory farm that is sure to have you saying, “Pass the Fakin’ Bacon

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Covance: Undercover Investigation in Virginia

PETA’s investigator was hired by Covance as a technician and worked inside the company’s primate testing lab in Vienna, Va., from April 26, 2004, to March 11, 2005.

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Inside Biosearch

A PETA investigator uncovers more than 100 violations of federal and state anti-cruelty laws at this Philadelphia testing laboratory.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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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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