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Exposés and Undercover Investigations

PETA entities’ undercover investigations expose animal abuse in laboratories, farms and slaughterhouses, the clothing industry, the pet trade, and more.

two sun bear cubs forced with a tether to stay standing, with one reaching toward the other
Bear Cubs Hit, Chained, and Deprived in the Chinese Circus Industry

Throughout China, circuses, traveling shows, and roadside zoos force animals—including bears, monkeys, tigers, lions, dogs, and others—to perform for the public.

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Chicks Dropped Live Into Mincer at Chicken Supplier of Kroger, Arby’s

PETA’s eyewitness video shows how chicks suffer before they are killed at a chicken supplier to Kroger, Arby’s, and others. Take action now!

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Live Hermit Crabs’ Shells Crushed, Hundreds Dead at Pet Supplier

Hermit crabs can live for decades in their natural habitat, but at Brelean, hundreds of dead crabs were found every day.

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Chilean Officials Take No Action to Stop Sheep From Being Skinned Alive

Sheep are likely still suffering in similar ways on farms. Find out how you can help stop this kind of cruelty.

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Exposed: Despite ‘Responsible Down Standards,’ Farms Still Live-Plucking Geese

“Humane” down suppliers to Eddie Bauer, L.L.Bean, and Hollander Sleep Products are linked to live plucking of geese.

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Bigotry begins when categories such as race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or species are used to justify discrimination.
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Reptiles Suffer, Left to Die at Another Massive PetSmart Supplier Mill

Eyewitnesses found that reptiles were denied basic care, left to suffer with gruesome injuries, and cruelly killed at a PetSmart supplier. Sound familiar? It is. Act now!

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Exposed: Juvenile Ostriches Butchered for Hermès and Prada ‘Luxury’ Bags

Soon after exposing the slaughter of alligators and crocodiles for Hermès Birkin bags, eyewitnesses capture video of Hermès and Prada suppliers butchering young ostriches.

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Rabbits Hit, Hung Up, and Skinned Alive in the Chinese Fur Trade

PETA Asia found that rabbits are forced to live in urine-encrusted cages before finally being strung up and skinned—sometimes while still alive. Act now!

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Pet Store Supplier’s Manager Charged With Cruelty

After PETA documented animals being frozen alive, preyed on by cats, and more, the manager of a Pennsylvania animal dealer is charged by the local police.

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Victory: Angel’s Gate Dissolved

The hellhole formerly known as “Angel’s Gate, Inc.,” has been shut down for good.

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Calves Torn From Their Mothers, Sick and Struggling to Breathe

Video shows calves yanked from the womb into a world of suffering, where milk was forced into their lungs. Say NO to the dairy industry’s systematic cruelty today!

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NEW Exposé: Lambs Mutilated, Sheep Kicked and Hit on Argentine Wool Farm

What it would take for a company that supplies wool to retailers around the world to cut ties with a farm it had trusted for years?

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Whole Foods ‘Happy Meat’ Supplier Exposed

Watch this video from a “humane farm” and ask Whole Foods to stop misleading people!

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Patagonia Stops Buying Wool After Supplier Exposé: Lambs’ Tails Cut Off, Throats Slit, Skinned Alive

Eyewitness video shows workers plunging knives into the throats of conscious lambs and starting to skin them while they’re still alive and moving.

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PETA’s Investigation Inside Japanese Horse Slaughterhouse

Urge your legislators to co-sponsor bills which would prevent horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the transport of American horses to slaughterhouses in Canada, Japan, and Mexico.

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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?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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