PETA: Breaking the Species Barrier
In much the same way people once thought the sun revolved around the Earth, many humans seem to think they’re the center of the universe. Copernicus set us straight with his heliocentric model, and PETA entities are showing the world that it’s speciesist – and nonsense – to think that only humans matter.
PETA has always spoken up for all living, feeling beings – including those who aren’t popular or “cute.” If humans can recognize that even the most misunderstood animals are sentient – and that it’s only our own prejudice that allows us to be unthinkingly cruel to them – then we can’t possibly justify taking a cow’s beloved baby away just so we can have dairy cheese or exploiting elephants for rides and tawdry circus tricks. PETA was the first to expose the commercial slaughter of crustaceans, revealing how workers at Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster ripped fully conscious crabs and lobsters apart and boiled crabs alive. That place eventually shut down.
A first-of-its-kind PETA investigation in Florida revealed alligators confined to tanks inside dark sheds before being bludgeoned with baseball bats. PETA entities’ investigations into “exotic” skins have persuaded Burberry, Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg, HUGO BOSS, and Tory Burch to ban them.
Thanks to relentless campaigning, the UK’s Home Office is closer to getting near-drowning experiments on mice and rats ended and universities and pharmaceutical companies around the world have ditched the hideous, scientifically flawed test.
And after hearing from PETA and tens of thousands of our supporters, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, stopped treating sentient beings as merchandise, ending its sales of live fish. We’ve achieved many such victories for animals of every stripe. Andy Warhol once remarked, “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” That’s just what we’re doing. Join us!
