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Behavioral Traits of Czech German Shepherds Czech German Shepherds are working line dogs with an impressive work ethic and natural guarding instincts. They’re highly sought after by law enforcement and military agencies as well as serious dog enthusiasts. They have a calm and affectionate temperament that makes them great family pets. They’re also incredibly intelligent
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3 min read Following news that yet another bird flu outbreak is sweeping the nation and that nearly 2 million chickens have been killed in 2024 by Texas-based egg seller Cal-Maine Foods Inc., PETA is hitting cities across the country with a multipronged campaign warning of the dangers of continuing to eat meat, eggs, and
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For Immediate Release:April 5, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Nashville – A pair of PETA supporters dressed in fashionable police outfits will be “reporting for duty” on Tuesday to bust fashion felons on Broadway and issue “tickets” to anyone caught wearing leather. The action is part of PETA’s campaign to call attention to the suffering of
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For Immediate Release:April 5, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – Below, please find a statement from PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch in response to BluePearl Pet Hospital and VCA Animal Hospitals’ confirmation that they are no longer purchasing blood products from The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB) in Indiana. The decision follows a PETA
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2 min read It looks like Jason Bateman is playing a new role, starring as a deceptive cheese shill. On a recent episode of the podcast Smartless, Bateman endorsed Organic Valley, prompting PETA lawyers to send him a letter regarding the company’s false marketing claim that its products are “ethically sourced”—a claim he propagated in
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For Immediate Release:April 5, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Following news that yet another bird flu outbreak is sweeping the nation and nearly 2 million chickens have been killed by Texas-based egg seller Cal-Maine Foods Inc., PETA is hitting cities across the country with a multipronged campaign warning of the dangers of continuing
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For Immediate Release:April 4, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 New York – Lawmakers around the world are introducing bills that would ban the breeding of dogs who are the victims of “torture breeding”—bred to have such malformed noses and shortened faces that they endure a lifetime of breathing problems or bred to have dangerously lengthened spines—so
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For Immediate Release:April 4, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Amarillo, Texas – Following the news that Cal-Maine Foods Inc. killed almost 2 million chickens at an egg factory in Parmer County due to a bird flu outbreak, PETA plans to place a sky-high warning near the plant, reminding everyone that slaughterhouses and filthy, severely crowded sheds
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For Immediate Release:April 3, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Washington – In a letter sent today, PETA calls on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to stop spending taxpayer dollars on experiments that force animals to endure prolonged agony and distress without pain relief. They’re called “Column E” experiments. Despite the well-documented fact that pain and
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3 min read “Bullfighting Is a Sin.” That message is the wake-up call that Catholic authorities need, and PETA Latino is making sure they can’t hit the “snooze” button. Before the First Meeting of Bullfighting Chaplains and Priests in Zamora, Spain, PETA Latino brought the message—imposed on an image of Jesus protecting a bull from
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For Immediate Release:April 2, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Hattiesburg, Miss. – Diners on their way into Buffalo Wild Wings are in for an earful on Thursday, when “Hell on Wheels”—PETA’s life-size, hyper-realistic chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to slaughter—will bombard them with actual recorded sounds
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Upon hearing that Ottawa Comiccon hosted a booth last September that was peddling geckos like trinkets, PETA implored organizers to do away with this kiosk moving forward, apparently to no avail. We need your help today! Geckos are complex beings who have their own preferences and needs. They belong in the wild, where they can
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For Immediate Release:April 1, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Craig, Colo. – Following a disturbing pattern of violations at Fitch Ranch Artisan Meat Company in Craig—e.g., a worker dragged a disabled pig by her ears and employees have repeatedly shocked or electrocuted animals—PETA rushed a letter today to 14th Judicial District Attorney Matt Karzen urging him
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6.06.025 – Tethering dogs. (1) Any dog tethered on the property of the owner or custodian shall be restrained by means of a chain, leash, or rope that is: (a) A minimum of eight feet long; (b) Attached at the anchor point by means of a swivel in a manner that prevents twisting or entanglement;
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For Immediate Release:March 29, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 San Diego – This morning, 52-year-old San Diego resident Carolina Roberts and another animal ally were arrested and forcibly removed from San Diego International Airport after posing peacefully on a baggage carousel wearing little more than black-and-white bodypaint and shackles to urge people to stay away from
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4 min read The heat is on for the wool industry, and its members are sweating. Consumers are ditching wool at a fevered pace, and they’re more aware than ever before that sheep farmers are driving one of the cruelest, most environmentally damaging fiber industries. The wool industry is now trying to greenwash its image
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For Immediate Release:March 28, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Concord, N.H. – Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to New Hampshire lawmakers’ decision to table HB 1102-FN, a first-of-its-kind bill proposed by Rep. Ellen Read that would have banned the breeding and sale of brachycephalic dogs and cats—those
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USA SUCCESS! Army Stops Brain-Damage Test Following pressure from PETA, the US Army stopped funding a cruel brain-injury test on ferrets conducted on taxpayers’ dime at Michigan’s Wayne State University. Dozens of curious, once-playful ferrets had been bombarded with radio waves, purportedly to study whether a directed-energy weapon could induce the effects of Havana syndrome
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For Immediate Release:March 27, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Armed with damning U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports revealing that dogs were denied veterinary care at a puppy mill near Grovespring operated by Marjorie Walker, PETA rushed a letter today to Wright County Prosecuting Attorney John Tyrrell asking him to investigate the facility—which
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2 min read Broadway’s newest sensation, Water for Elephants, takes center stage not only for its wonderful performances but also for its exceptional portrayals of animals through the use of lifelike puppets and captivating special effects. As the curtains rise on this innovative musical, PETA is proud to present its prestigious Pony Award—the organization’s play
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2 min read Renowned Mexican mixed-martial artist Irene Aldana teamed up with PETA for a powerful ad, delivering a compelling message about how imperative it is to keep cats indoors. In this knockout campaign, she emphasizes that cats are integral members of the family and should reside indoors, ensuring their safety while simultaneously protecting wildlife.
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For Immediate Release:March 26, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Phoenix – PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction on cruelty charges of the person(s) responsible for burning an elderly dog to death on the morning of March 5. The 16-year-old pit bull–mastiff mix, Duke, was
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For Immediate Release:March 25, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – To celebrate her 56th birthday on March 30, Baywatch actor, model, and outspoken vegan Donna D’Errico is going back to basics in a bold new campaign for PETA urging everyone to stick to wearing one skin—their own—and leave animals in peace and in one
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After PETA contacted Adams Fairacre Farms and explained that the glue traps its stores were selling torture and slowly kill animals, it agreed to ban and remove them from its shelves! We urge everyone never to buy glue traps, because animals who get stuck to them tear off their fur or skin, break their bones,
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We are taught the Golden Rule as young children, and all major religions teach principles of nonviolence and kindness. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ethical treatment—the Golden Rule—must be extended to all living beings: reptiles, mammals, fish, insects, birds, amphibians, and crustaceans.
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For Immediate Release:March 22, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Seattle – Michele Basso, director of the Washington National Primate Research Center at the University of Washington (UW), has a decades-long record of conflicts with the veterinary staff at the two universities where she previously worked. At issue were the surgeries on monkeys’ skulls that she performed
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For Immediate Release:March 22, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Austin, Texas – “Thai Monkeys Never Have a Happy Birthday, Jason.” That’s the message that will be delivered on a birthday cake, complete with a picture of a screaming, chained monkey, by an 8-foot crying “monkey” to Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel at his lavish high-rise condo
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For Immediate Release:March 22, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Miami – Please see the following statement from PETA primate scientist Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel regarding the “not guilty” verdict in the U.S. Department of Justice’s prosecution of Cambodian government official Masphal Kry in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida: Regardless of the verdict,
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Every year at Natural Products Expo West, companies gather to show off new and exciting vegan products that will hit store shelves soon. This year, PETA staffers had a chance to try some of these items and get a sneak peek into the future of animal-friendly foods. Here’s a recap of the products we spotted,
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2 min read Ahead of Mexico City’s last bullfight of the season, PETA Latino attempted to air a public service announcement (PSA) urging viewers to reject the gruesome violence inflicted on bulls in the bullring but was rebuffed by TelevisaUnivision and TV Azteca—even though both stations broadcast bullfighting content. The PSA features footage from real bullfights
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It’s beyond time to make dissection animal-free! Cats, frogs, pigs, rats, rabbits, mice, and other animals who end up on a dissection tray were once living beings with thoughts, feelings, and families—but most teachers don’t even tell students that millions of them are killed specifically for cruel lessons in the classroom.
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“Rattlesnake roundups” are barbaric, misguided events that are sometimes held at carnivals, beauty pageants, and festivals. They typically involve forcing rattlesnakes out of burrows using gasoline fumes and hooks, dumping them into cramped crates or pillowcases without food or water and keeping them in there for a month or longer leading up to the events,
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For Immediate Release:March 19, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 East Haven, Conn. – With Easter just around the corner, a group of PETA pig pals will hand out free Tofurky plant-based ham slices and roasts outside the Hagaman Memorial Library, just down the road from a sky-high message reminding viewers that pigs are thinking, feeling individuals
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PETA Asia’s investigation into the cashmere industry in Mongolia—where Ralph Lauren obtains the fiber used in its products—revealed egregious cruelty to goats. Workers pinned down the gentle animals, twisted their sensitive legs, and ripped out their hair with sharp, rake-like metal combs. This violent process left some goats with bleeding wounds, and an investigator even
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3 min read Talk about a class act! California legislators have just proposed a PETA-backed bill that could modernize science education and empower students to opt out of cruel classroom lessons. Assembly Member Ash Kalra (D–San Jose) introduced Bill 2640—the CLASS (Compassionate Learning Advancements for Science Students) Act—sponsored by PETA, Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL),
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For Immediate Release:March 15, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Englewood, Colo. – “Greg Maffei Has Dogs’ Blood on His Hands!” That’s the message PETA supporters will bring to Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei’s Englewood home on Monday in the wake of the Iditarod deaths of Bog, George, and Henry, three young dogs who collapsed and died
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2 min read Dr. Frans de Waal, the primatologist who proved through his research that the cognitive abilities of other species not only rival those of humans but often surpass them, has died. At a time when scientists overwhelmingly dismissed theories in favor of animals’ sentience, he persisted. It would be difficult to overstate his
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For Immediate Release:March 15, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Vashon, Wash. – A Compassionate Fire Department Award is on its way from PETA to Vashon Island Fire & Rescue in recognition of rescuers’ bravery and determination in saving a dog who had fallen 100 feet down a cliff and become trapped on a small ledge near
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2 min read A kind Ukrainian named Eldar brought his birthday plans to a screeching halt when he discovered a little dog freezing to death in a snowdrift near his home. He scooped up her listless body and rushed Manya inside to a warm shower, soon discovering she was in shock due to the excruciating
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We are taught the Golden Rule as young children, and all major religions teach principles of nonviolence and kindness. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ethical treatment—the Golden Rule—must be extended to all living beings: reptiles, mammals, fish, insects, birds, amphibians, and crustaceans.
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For Immediate Release:March 15, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – PETA is urging Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) to end a study in which live babies were repeatedly cut out of five pregnant baboons—in violation of federal law—and to release its surviving victims to a reputable sanctuary. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which
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3 min read PETA has a message for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass: Strays in L.A. are your fault. Countless animals are suffering because her mismanagement allows Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS) to continue its disastrously failed pursuit of “no-kill” status. L.A. shelter staff have refused to accept stray animals and instructed residents to abandon
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For Immediate Release:March 13, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 West Palm Beach, Fla. – PETA supporters confronted University of Massachusetts–Amherst (UMass) Chancellor Javier Reyes over the school’s horrific menopause experiments on marmosets during an alumni gathering at West Palm Beach Marriott on Okeechobee Boulevard yesterday evening. While attendees chatted under palm trees, PETA supporters carried signs
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For Immediate Release:March 12, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Nome, Alaska – Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to Dallas Seavey winning the 2024 Iditarod today: Dallas Seavey, who literally wrote the book on abusing dogs, may have finished first, but he cemented his legacy as a champion
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3 min read The fate of an entire species of monkey could be influenced by the outcome of a trial set to start in a U.S. district court in Florida as the federal case against Masphal Kry—a Cambodian citizen and deputy of Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries—gets underway on Monday, March 11. Kry
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3 min read Hot dawg—victory! Following years of PETA campaigns, Oscar Mayer will be releasing vegan wieners and vegan sausages. NotHotDogs and Italian- and bratwurst-style NotSausages—from a collab between TheNotCompany (NotCo) and Oscar Mayer—will be available nationwide in grocery stores this spring. The products consist of ingredients like pea protein, bamboo fiber, and mushrooms. PETA
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For Immediate Release:March 11, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Ocala, Fla. – Diners on their way into Brick City Southern Kitchen & Whiskey Bar are in for an earful tomorrow, when “Hell on Wheels”—PETA’s life-size, hyper-realistic chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to slaughter—will bombard them with
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For Immediate Release:March 10, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves; 202-483-7382 Anchorage, AK – Anchorage, Alaska — Today, a 2-year-old dog named Bog, who was forced to race in the Iditarod by musher Isaac Teaford, collapsed near the Nulato checkpoint and died. Three of Teaford’s other dogs had already been pulled from the race due to exhaustion, illness,
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For Immediate Release:March 8, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Miami – PETA supporters will gather outside the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for the trial of Masphal Kry, a deputy director in the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, who is facing federal monkey-laundering charges beginning Monday. Supporters will demand that the U.S. Fish
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For Immediate Release:March 8, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Winter Garden, Fla. – Earlier today, a 13-year-old PETA supporter named Evan was arrested for peacefully protesting Starbucks for charging extra for the vegan milks that it agrees are better for the planet. Evan and his family were joining other PETA members in a sit-in at the
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PETA is pulling back the curtain on taxpayer-funded animal experiments at George Mason University (GMU) to reveal violations. Official Animal Welfare Concerns at GMU GMU, which includes the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, has used an untold number of animals—including elephant shrews, mice, and rats—in experiments. Unlike most publicly funded animal testing facilities in Virginia,
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PETA is pulling back the curtain on taxpayer-funded animal experiments at George Mason University (GMU) to reveal violations. Official Animal Welfare Concerns at GMU GMU, which includes the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, has used an untold number of animals—including elephant shrews, mice, and rats—in experiments. Unlike most publicly funded animal testing facilities in Virginia,
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For Immediate Release:March 8, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Bluffton, S.C. – PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for fatally shooting two cats outside the Belfair Towne Village shopping center this month. Credit: Bluffton Police Department According to the Bluffton Police
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For Immediate Release:March 7, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President of Laboratory Investigations Kathy Guillermo regarding the subpoena that PETA just received from the attorneys representing Cambodian government official Masphal Kry, who will go on trial next week for his role in an alleged
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For Immediate Release:March 7, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – Could Jennifer Aniston be any more awesome? At a time when animal shelters from coast to coast are overwhelmed, she uses her huge online platform to encourage people to adopt—and that’s why PETA is honoring her with the “I’ll Be There for You Adoption
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For Immediate Release:March 5, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 London – Days after disrupting Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week show, PETA U.K. is calling on the mother of four to consider how calves are stolen from their loving mothers to be slaughtered for their skin and to ban leather from her namesake brand with the release
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The Home Office is one step closer to banning the forced swim test. Lord Sharpe of Epsom, parliamentary under secretary of state for the Home Office, has accepted the Animals in Science Committee’s advice to ban the use of this cruel and scientifically flawed test as a model of human depression or for studies of
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For Immediate Release:March 5, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Xenia, Ohio – After learning that locally based reptile mill Reptiles by Mack—which sells reptiles to pet stores across the U.S.—keeps thousands of snakes in small, barren plastic tubs without room to fully stretch out, PETA fired off a letter today to the business’s founder and CEO,
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For Immediate Release:March 5, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Point Pleasant, N.J. – Mason Melito, a 19-year-old Point Pleasant native, never misses an opportunity to advocate for animals, humans in need, or the planet—whether it’s dressing up as a giant carrot to encourage presidential candidates to go vegan or encasing his feet in cement outside Liberty
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2 min read If a photographer asked you to say “cruelty” before snapping your photo, would you flash a toothy smile? In PETA’s new thought-provoking public service announcement, codirected by Christian Carl and Jon Walley with Philadelphia-based production company Format, we’re reminding everyone what “Say ‘cheese’” really means for cows who suffer and die in
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4 min read SeaQuest is making national headlines amid a series of damning ABC News investigations into its facilities, bringing widespread attention to many issues—animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to staff and the public—that PETA has been covering and working to end for years. The Nightmare Laid Bare by Former Employees and Disturbed Visitors
Read More“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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“With wisdom and eloquence, Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone remind us of what we’ve always known, but too often forget: animals are deserving of our care.” — Jonathan Safran Foer, New York Times bestselling author of Eating Animals “We share this planet and the same kingdom with the animals and although we feel superior to them, they have
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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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For Immediate Release:March 1, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Amarillo, Texas – With the Smokehouse Creek fire extending to nearly 1.3 million acres—becoming the largest wildfire in Texas history and the second largest in U.S. history—and conditions expected to worsen this weekend, PETA warns that animals are likely to die if abandoned during an evacuation. This
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4 min read Welcome, fellow travelers of Arrakis! In a universe filled with sandworms, spice, and intrigue, one might wonder, Can one still uphold compassionate values amid the tumultuous sands of Dune? Fear not, for we shall embark on a journey through the desert, armed with stillsuits and spice, to uncover the secrets of being
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Today, as Victoria Beckham’s brand held its highly anticipated show at Paris Fashion Week, three PETA activists burst onto the catwalk with signs reading, “Viva Vegan Leather” and “Animals Aren’t Fabric” and “Turn Your Back on Animal Skins” written on their shirts. While the former Spice Girl’s brand has banned the use of fur and
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For Immediate Release:February 29, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Beaumont, Texas – To encourage empathy for animals suffering in university laboratories, peta2—part of PETA’s youth division—is visiting Lamar University today and tomorrow with Abduction, a unique virtual reality experience landing on college campuses across the country. In this eerie experience, visitors will enter a mysterious truck
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For Immediate Release:February 29, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Rock Island, Ill. – PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the death of a cow—who was killed in a fire authorities believe was deliberate—at the Rock Island Livestock Auction Barn on
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Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way. That’s why PETA works year-round to end speciesism—the human-held belief that other species are inferior—and reminds people that every animal is someone. 2024 is a leap year, meaning that we all have an additional 24 hours this
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For Immediate Release:February 28, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Miami – Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to the reported impending resignation of the sole attending veterinarian at the Miami Seaquarium, which was cited in November for, among other animal-care failures, having only one veterinarian responsible for the
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For Immediate Release:February 27, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Seattle – Starbucks saboteur! People visiting the local Starbucks Reserve Roastery—and executives working in the company’s headquarters—will be served a venti shot of disgust at the chain’s disgraceful vegan milk upcharge, courtesy of geofencing technology and PETA. For up to a month—and even after they’ve left the
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For Immediate Release:February 27, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Atlanta – Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding a slew of citations posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture against Emory University after staffers at the school’s Whitehead Biomedical Research Building violated the federal Animal Welfare Act numerous times. PETA has
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2 min read Although many residents of Taos, New Mexico, are up in arms over the construction of a new slaughterhouse funded in part by taxpayer dollars, PETA fired off a letter to the city’s mayor, Pascualito Maestas, in support of the project—if the facility is built with a glass wall and broadcasts livestream video
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For Immediate Release:February 26, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Taos, N.M – Many residents are angry over the proposed construction of a slaughterhouse in Taos funded in part with taxpayer money, but PETA sent a letter today to Taos Mayor Pascualito Maestas expressing its support for the project—if the facility is built with a glass wall
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4 min read We wanted a vegan guide to Palworld, and Aden Carter from Game Sandwich delivered, showing us his best attempt at a vegan run of the game—it ends at Level 28 and consists entirely of collecting berries. Berries are great and all, but PETA now proposes that with just five updates, Palworld would
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3 min read Destroyed homes, gruesome untreated wounds, and a constant search to find enough food to survive—these are a few of the daily struggles dogs, cats, and other animals in the war zones in Ukraine face two years after the country was invaded, and their numbers grow with each day of the bloody conflict.
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For Immediate Release:February 23, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Sacramento, Ca. – A troop of PETA “monkeys” dressed in prisoner garb will make a splash outside a local Whole Foods store on Sunday as they dump fake blood from spoof Thai coconut milk cans emblazoned with “Cruel Foods” labels to call out the grocery giant for
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For Immediate Release:February 23, 2024 Contact:Rachel Hershkovitz 202-483-7382 Stuttgart, Germany – Earlier today, in an action to mark PETA Germany’s 30th anniversary, dozens of PETA members and supporters descended on the New Palace in Stuttgart—dressed in formal attire, carrying briefcases, and wearing animal masks—as they called on the country’s parliament to change the constitution to
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For Immediate Release:February 23, 2024 Contact:Rachel Hershkovitz 202-483-7382 Stuttgart, Germany – While the U.S. is still the land of rodeos, trophy hunters, NRA “sportsmen’s clubs,” bounties on wildlife, and many other archaisms that reduce other species to their utility to humans, Germany’s parliament may just take the lead by recognizing who these “others” are and
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4 min read It’s been flapping around in the news that some experimenters think changing chickens’ genes will fend off avian influenza (bird flu). How about having respect for these remarkable birds rather than tampering with their DNA in order to keep using them for food? Editing chicken genetics, which only might make the birds
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For Immediate Release:February 22, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Georgetown, S.C. – PETA’s bipartisan mascot Chris P. Carrot is on the campaign trail in South Carolina, where he’ll give attendees and presidential hopefuls some food for thought as he holds an “EAT ME!” sign and urges them to go vegan for three good reasons: to stop
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For Immediate Release:February 21, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Orlando, Fla. – To encourage empathy for animals suffering in university laboratories, peta2—part of PETA’s youth division—is visiting the University of Central Florida (UCF) today and tomorrow with Abduction, an award-winning virtual reality experience landing on college campuses across the country. In this eerie experience, visitors will
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For Immediate Release:February 21, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Kansas City, Mo. – Please see the following statement from PETA Vice President Dr. Alka Chandna regarding two separate citations posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture against MRIGlobal, a contract testing laboratory in Kansas City, Missouri, after staffers failed for hours to monitor an anesthetized “minipig”
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The release of videos showing former Olympic dressage rider and trainer Cesar Parra apparently abusing horses has sent shockwaves through the equestrian community, but it’s yet another graphic example of horses being harmed for the show ring. In the video above, Parra can be seen whipping horses, including what appears to be on one horse’s
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As PETA Germany celebrates its 30th anniversary, its supporters proudly reflect on decades of victories for animals. To mark the occasion, dozens of uniformed PETA Germany supporters carrying briefcases swarmed Stuttgart’s New Palace today, and they meant business. Animals Have Always Been People—Here’s How the Law Can Recognize That PETA Germany sent a letter to
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PETA-supported animal rescuers in Ukraine are scouring the war-torn streets of Avdiivka, Ukraine, for traumatized dogs and cats who desperately need their help. Watch as a drone attack threatens to thwart their mission and hits their vehicle. Rescued in Ukraine: How PETA is Helping Animals Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, PETA Germany
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For Immediate Release:February 19, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 What: The failed veterinary care, derelict enclosures, and suffering animals found by federal inspectors at the Miami Seaquarium will bring PETA supporters to a fiery protest outside Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s office on Tuesday, demanding that officials shut down the marine park now. The
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For Immediate Release:February 18, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Tyler – “There’s nothing noble about exploiting animals!” That’s the loud message that a PETA member delivered when she descended on the Nobility Ball at the Sharon Shrine temple last night to shame the Shriners for continuing to force elephants and other animals to perform in old-style
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Victory! Following a bold PETA campaign, Hallmark, the world’s largest greeting card company, has stopped producing and selling cards featuring harmful and degrading images of chimpanzee infants who were torn away from their mothers. Hallmark’s action comes after PETA held lively demonstrations near the company’s headquarters, ran creative ads, and enlisted the help of celebrities,
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For Immediate Release:February 16, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. – Federal officials just confirmed that fishing gear traced back to Maine’s lobster industry has been linked to the death of a young North Atlantic right whale—a critically endangered species with fewer than 70 reproductively active females—found washed up on Joseph Sylvia State Beach
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For Immediate Release:February 16, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Miami – Today, in an ironic move mirroring that of the wrongful detention of marine mammals inside the Miami Seaquarium, PETA supporter Juan Endara was wrongfully detained by Miami-Dade County police during a demonstration urging Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to shut down the Miami Seaquarium
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Federal officials have confirmed that gear from Maine’s lobster-fishing industry was a factor in the January 2024 death of a young North Atlantic right whale—a critically endangered species—who washed up on Joseph Sylvia State Beach in Edgartown, Massachusetts, with a rope deeply embedded in her tail. In response, PETA will share a striking message in
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Federal officials from multiple agencies failed to act on overwhelming evidence that horses were electroshocked and injected with street drugs–including cocaine and methamphetamine–at unsanctioned races, where illegal gambling and other violations are rampant, The Washington Post revealed today. PETA responded to the feds’ abandonment by seeking local prosecutions and the enactment of regulations to offer
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For Immediate Release:February 15, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 West Palm Beach, Fla. – West Palm Beach diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to
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For Immediate Release:February 14, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner Nashville – Starting next Wednesday, PETA will show its eye-opening exhibit “Without Consent,” which explores the troubled history of experiments on animals and challenges institutions to rethink this cruel and archaic concept of science, at Centennial Park—a stone’s throw from Vanderbilt University, an institution with a troubled history
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Seedy exhibitors should sleep with one eye open, because PETA is always keeping tabs on roadside zoos that subject animals to miserable exploitation. Laws meant to protect animals at roadside zoos are alarmingly inadequate—but as we have seen, many of these abysmal facilities can’t even meet the bottom-of-the-barrel minimum standards of care. We make sure
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UN LAB Middleware Label: Title Begins UN LAB Middleware Label: Title Ends UN LAB Middleware Label: Description Begins UN INT Intro Text w/ Responsive Image – *Important Note* You must UNLINK this shared library component before making page-specific customizations. In two undercover investigations, PETA Asia has revealed the rampant cruelty toward (and the violent killing
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RKD Group—a marketing and fundraising services provider for nonprofit organizations—became the latest company to commit to leaving pugs, bulldogs, and other breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) of dogs out of its future ads, joining the Ad Council, Ogilvy, Wieden + Kennedy, Wunderman Thompson, and others! BIBs are deliberately bred to have distorted and restricted airways, and millions
Read More“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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For Immediate Release:February 12, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 New Orleans – PETA has a message for Mardi Gras revelers in the city known for its meaty po-boy sandwiches: Geaux vegan this Fat Tuesday and beyond. Located just a few feet from several meat-centric eateries, the group’s new appeal reminds everyone that cows are intelligent, self-aware
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Last year, PETA was alerted to the proposed rezoning of land along W. Arkansas Highway 12 in Highfill, Arkansas, which is reportedly a well-established nesting area for bald eagles. After hearing from PETA supporters, town officials voted against issuing permits that would allow billion-dollar development company D.R. Horton to bulldoze and build on the land.
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For Immediate Release:February 11, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Miami – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a new report revealing another slew of federal Animal Welfare Act violations at the Miami Seaquarium—including a dolphin found with a 2-inch nail in his throat—so a large pod of PETA supporters and anti-captivity demonstrators will dump a
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For Immediate Release:February 9, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Kansas City, Mo. – Ahead of the big game on Sunday—one of the biggest days of the year for cheese consumption—a team of PETA supporters, accompanied by a giant inflatable baby armed with a sign that reads, “If You Can Read This, You’re Too Old for Breast
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For Immediate Release:February 9, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Detroit – With overnight temperatures expected to drop back below freezing in the upcoming week and because the city’s three-hour limit on tethering dogs is reportedly not being enforced—leaving many dogs chained outdoors 24 hours a day—PETA has rushed a code blue alert to the Motor City,
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Vietnamese cuisine is full of bright, fresh flavors that revolve around vegetables and rice. Common ingredients include lemongrass, ginger, mint, cilantro, chili peppers, and limes—and many of the dishes are naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan. It’s super-easy to make your favorite Vietnamese dishes animal-friendly by choosing vegan fish sauce (or omitting it altogether) and swapping
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Today, PETA sent a letter to Aaron Landrum, president and CEO of Chance Rides, the largest manufacturer of amusement rides in the country, asking that the company end the production and sale of animal-themed carousels that normalize the use of animals as conveyances and amusements and instead produce carousel figures in the shape of cars,
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For Immediate Release:February 8, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 McLean, Va. – After a new PETA undercover investigation exposed that BluePearl Pet Hospital and VCA Animal Hospitals, both subsidiaries of locally based Mars Inc., reportedly obtain blood from a facility in Indiana that confines more than 900 dogs and cats to barren cages and severely crowded
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For Immediate Release:February 7, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Miami – A just-released U.S. Department of Agriculture report reveals that the Miami Seaquarium was cited following an October inspection for yet another slew of violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, including such serious failures as not having the basic equipment needed to provide animals with
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For Immediate Release:February 7, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Miami – Diners in Miami and Fort Lauderdale just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a
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For Immediate Release:February 6, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Kansas City, Mo. – Kickoff may still be days away, but Kansas City has already scored. Ahead of National Pizza Day (February 9) and Super Bowl LVIII (February 11), one of the biggest days of the year for pizza sales, PETA has drafted its picks for the
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For Immediate Release:February 6, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Since the area remains under a state of emergency, with more rain expected in the coming days, PETA is sending a reminder to stay vigilant as the storm drags on, never leave dogs tethered or penned outside, and always take their animal companions with
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We’re all unique individuals, not numbers. Labeling and numbering have long been default modes of human behavior and organization. Relegating inanimate objects to the realm of numbers is one thing, but we should never do that to other species. An animal is not a number—and the lives of Samson the beagle, Ricardo the steer, and
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After you read this, you’ll leave IcyHot, Rolaids, Selsun blue, Gold Bond, Allegra, Nasacort, Aspercreme, and other over-the-counter Sanofi products off your shopping list. The forced swim test is a widely used experiment that’s as cruel as it is worthless. In this test, experimenters put mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, or gerbils in inescapable containers
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The music industry’s biggest names were making some noise for Noize vegan leather jackets at the GRAMMY®Gift Lounge this year! PETA partnered with Noize to dress stars in animal-friendly jackets, making them cool without the cruel. Every year, the global fashion industry kills billions of animals and wreaks havoc on the environment. Vegan jackets and accessories—which
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For Immediate Release:February 2, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Please see the following statement from neuroscientist and PETA Director of Scientific Advancement and Outreach Dr. Emily Trunnell regarding the National Institutes of Health’s release of its new “Statement on Catalyzing the Development of Novel Alternative Methods”: NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli’s plan to prioritize
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For Immediate Release:February 2, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Bryan, Texas – In honor of the birds who burned to death in a massive fire that broke out at Feather Crest Farms in Kurten on Monday, PETA plans to place a sky-high memorial in the area pointing out who’s responsible for their deaths: everyone who isn’t
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For Immediate Release:February 2, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Oklahoma City, Okla. – Rep. Jim Olsen has introduced a bill in the Oklahoma House of Representatives that would require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all Oklahoma public school classrooms, so today PETA sent him a letter proposing that he file similar legislation to request
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“Eat a chicken and the penguin gets it!” Sounds like something straight out of a movie, right? But this isn’t some corny Hollywood scenario—it’s a real-life hostage situation. Penguins in Antarctica are suffering and dying from a superspreader disease that Big Meat helped propagate in what scientists think could be one of the worst ecological
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In Avdiivka, a city in Ukraine that has experienced some of the worst destruction since the war began, animals are in desperate need of help. One brave couple living on the outskirts of the city has helped PETA-supported teams find injured and abandoned animals there. Watch as a team rescues nearly 20 dogs and cats
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Why do bulldogs, boxers, pugs, Cavalier King Charles spaniels, and other flat-faced dogs struggle to breathe? Breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) have been intentionally bred to have deformed skulls and unnaturally flattened faces, which prevents them from breathing properly. But what does a bulldog skull look like? Is it really that different from those of dogs who
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For Immediate Release:February 1, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Provo, Utah – Following the arrest of a teenager who allegedly duct-taped fish to ATMs and other objects across Provo, TeachKind, PETA’s humane education division, sent Provo City School District Superintendent Wendy Dau an urgent letter today, along with kindness-to-animals materials for teaching empathy and its new
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Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Birmingham, Ala. – Beginning on February 5, PETA will bring its eye-opening exhibit “Without Consent” to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on one of the final stops of its national tour. The traveling exhibit explores the troubled history of experiments on animals and features almost 200 stories about animals used
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For Immediate Release:January 31, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Craryville, N.Y. – PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction on cruelty charges of the person(s) responsible for abandoning a terminally ill dog on Route 23. The canine, a cane corso later named Barney, was spotted
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On Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and every other day of the year, thousands of animals are chained or penned outside 24/7 in all weather extremes, and many of them are hungry, sick, and lonely. Fortunately, PETA fieldworkers are there to help. We provide sick and injured animals with veterinary care, organize or participate in community events
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For Immediate Release:January 30, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Pine Bush, N.Y. – Today, New York State Police informed PETA that they’ve arrested a harness racing trainer for allegedly beating a horse so violently that the animal had to be euthanized. Trainer Frederick Bourgault was reportedly angry at the horse, Finish Line, for accidentally stepping on
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Sec. 6.7. Tethering. No person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain an animal, or cause such restraining of an animal to any object except as provided in subsection (b) below. Exceptions for lawful tethering.Lawful tethering shall be temporary in nature and shall not be misconstrued to permit the practice of continuous tethering of a
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For Immediate Release:January 26, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Detroit – “Would you like some vegan cheese with that victory dance?” Attendees of the Detroit Lions watch party at Ford Field on Sunday will get a tasty treat from a pair of giant bouncy “babies,” who’ll hand out free Babybel Plant-Based cheese snacks, reminding people that
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For Immediate Release:January 26, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Littleton, Colo. – After PETA filed numerous formal complaints with federal and state authorities detailing egregious animal welfare issues and many injuries to customers at SeaQuest, the notorious shopping mall petting zoo announced that it’s permanently shutting down its Littleton location. Last year, the U.S. Department of
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For Immediate Release:January 27, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Grant County, Ind. – Please see the following statement from PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Welfare Debbie Metzler in response to reports that a trailer hauling animals for Mizpah Shrine Circus caught fire this morning. The Shriners have been repeatedly warned that it’s already terrifying for
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Victory! SeaQuest Littleton, the slimy shopping mall aquarium in Colorado that doubled as a death trap for animals, is finally shutting down. Soon, the infamous animal-exploiting hellhole will no longer force animals into stressful interactions, put them and the public in danger, or confine them to filthy, dilapidated enclosures. SeaQuest Littleton Was a Failure From
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PETA has just been alerted to the plight of a horse who has reportedly been downed and unable to get up for at least four days in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Horrifically, when we called the local sheriff’s office to report the situation, we were told that that the situation was known and that the animal
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PETA has uncovered yet another cruel and deadly experiment on animals funded by Ajinomoto Co. Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of the food seasoning monosodium glutamate (MSG): forcing small mice into cages with larger, more aggressive ones and allowing the larger animals to attack the smaller ones. Experimenters then deprived the smaller mice of food
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For Immediate Release:January 25, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Rome – This evening, PETA U.K. activists wearing T-shirts reading “Stop Blessing Corridas” disrupted a prayer service at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls attended by Pope Francis, pleading with His Holiness to cut the Catholic Church’s ties with bullfighting and condemn the despicable blood
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PETA’s fieldworkers visited dozens of dogs in just one weekend as temperatures hit dangerous lows across North Carolina. Many dogs left outside were emaciated, with little or no shelter and their water bowls frozen over. PETA fieldworkers persuaded some owners to bring the animals inside and, when unable to convince others, did everything in their
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People experiencing menopause and perimenopause may benefit from taking a holistic approach to their health, including examining what they eat and how it may affect their bodies. Going vegan, eating a low-fat diet, and getting regular exercise can help manage hot flashes, mood swings, unexpected weight gain, and a variety of other symptoms. Here are
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As the Home Office reviews its policy on the forced swim test (FST), over 400 scientists, academics, and medical and veterinary professionals from around the world – including prominent bioethicist Peter Singer – sent an open letter today to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Office Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE urging him
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What: In a dizzying display, PETA supporters wearing monkey masks will descend on Harvard University’s campus tomorrow as “experimenters” in lab coats torment them with strobe lights. The bizarre scene is meant to mimic Harvard experimenter Margaret Livingstone’s latest cruel test, in which she permanently separates baby monkeys from their mothers and forces them
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Carvel is bringing Oatly vegan ice cream to more than 300 of its stores across the U.S. The new oat milk–based options are available in Carvel’s classic soft serve, iconic Flying Saucer Sandwiches, creamy shakes, ice cream scoops, and frozen dessert cakes. Flavors include Oatly Strawberry, Chocolate, Mint, and Cold Brew soft serve and Cookies
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After a years-long PETA campaign that included lawsuits, celebrity ads, letters to county officials, and lively rallies, including this month at the Miami-Dade County Mayor’s Office—along with a decade of weekly protests by local activists—the county has finally announced that it’s moving to revoke the Miami Seaquarium’s lease, marking the beginning of the end for
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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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For Immediate Release:January 18, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Lake Worth Beach, Fla. – His depiction of a family of turkeys gathered around a table with a human on the serving platter went viral on X (formerly Twitter), and now visionary vegan artist Choice has nabbed PETA’s first-ever Advocacy Through Art Award for creating an immersive
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For Immediate Release:January 19, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Georgetown Charter Township, Mich. – A Compassionate Fire Department Award is on its way from PETA to the Georgetown Township Fire Department in recognition of rescuers’ bravery and determination in saving a dog who had fallen through the ice into Cedar Lake East on Monday. The dog,
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If you’ve ever endured a sleepless night or pulled an all-nighter to study, you know how miserable it feels to be sleep-deprived. Roadside zoos and other tourist traps inflict this torment on some animals all the time. Nocturnal animals, who are most active at night, and crepuscular animals, who are typically active at dawn and
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For Immediate Release:January 19, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Olympia, Wash. – State representatives have just introduced a landmark bill that would require transparency at the publicly funded University of Washington (UW) Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC), which has received hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the past 10 years alone. The Publicly funded
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For Immediate Release:January 19, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Woburn, Mass. – Stray kittens as well as dogs and cats seeking good homes and found through online ads and Facebook posts have ended up caged and repeatedly bled at a facility that says it supplies blood to locally based Ethos Veterinary Health, a breaking PETA undercover
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For Immediate Release:January 18, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Cape Coral, Fla. – Diners in Fort Myers and Cape Coral just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their
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For Immediate Release:January 17, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 South Windsor, Conn. – A whole lot of monkey business is going on at Whole Foods’ grand opening at The Shops at Evergreen Walk as PETA supporters draped in chains and wearing monkey masks and prisoner garb dump humanely picked coconuts outside the store to condemn the
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TVBB kept dogs in small, barren, deafeningly loud kennels for more than 23 hours a day. Staff only let dogs outside into concrete “play yards” while they cleaned. Dogs like Jovi are kept in barren, deafeningly loud sheds for more than 23 hours a day—and all day on Sundays. On Sundays, when nobody was scheduled
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On grassroots tours that leverage three of PETA’s virtual reality (VR) programs—“I, Orca,” “I, Chicken,” and “I, Calf”—animal advocates help the public see the world through another species’ eyes. The best part? For “I, Orca” and “I, Chicken,” anyone with access to an Android phone and Google Cardboard can bring these powerful experiences to their
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Picture this: Rural North Carolina. Christmas Eve 2023. Three PETA fieldworkers are wrapping up a heartrending but fruitful day. It’s dark, they’re hungry, and tomorrow’s a holiday—but this all means nothing when a call to the local emergency pager comes through about a sick newborn kitten with a possibly broken leg. The fieldworkers, perhaps a
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Who among us wouldn’t agree that abuse and oppression are wrong? Racism is wrong. Sexism is wrong. Speciesism is wrong. But what are we doing about it? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asked, “What are you doing for others?” and gave a reminder that “[a] time comes when silence is betrayal.” By rallying for civil
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For Immediate Release:January 12, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Brownsville, Texas – Residents of the town recently designated as the “unhealthiest city” in the U.S.—in a state that holds the record for the most Dairy Queen locations—will get some serious food for thought as PETA launches a messaging blitz on city buses urging residents to steer
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For Immediate Release:January 12, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Gillett, Ark. – In advance of the Gillett Farmers and Businessmen’s Club’s annual Gillett Supper—for which dozens of trapped and hunted raccoons are cooked—PETA fired off a letter to event organizer Gabe Holmstrom today, urging him to give the event a sorely needed update and offering to
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For Immediate Release:January 12, 2024 Contact:Amanda Hays 202-483-7382 Decatur County, Ga. – A PETA scientist will join local residents at the Bainbridge City Council meeting on Tuesday, urging council members to reverse course and stop a plan to build the largest monkey warehouse in the U.S., capable of holding 30,000 monkeys—twice the human population of
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PETA was recently alerted to the plight of four dogs reportedly kept chained 24/7 at a residence on Rabbit Hill Road in Eldon, Missouri. The “shelter” provided to these animals is shoddy at best; the “house” for at least one of them has no front wall, leaving the dog completely exposed to the elements. Witnesses tell PETA that a litter
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Update (January 12, 2024): The rabbit was brought inside and will remain there for the duration of this cold spell, and his owner has agreed to provide an insulated shelter moving forward. THANK YOU to everyone who spoke up for this animal and to St. Clair County officials for taking action! Click here to speak
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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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For Immediate Release:January 11, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Prompted by Mark Zuckerberg’s out-of-touch announcement that he and his family, including his young children, have begun raising cows to be killed for their flesh on his ranch in Hawaii, PETA is rolling out a nationwide platform that empowers people not to think of
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Beaverton, Oregon, is a small city with a big secret. Tucked between hills and farmland outside Portland and nestled amid wineries and boutiques, it hosts one of the largest taxpayer-funded monkey prisons in the world, the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). The ONPRC, affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), is one of
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For Immediate Release:January 9, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Seattle – Wearing giant macaque monkey masks and holding signs that read, “UW: Stop Experimenting on Endangered Monkeys!” PETA supporters will rally inside the University of Washington Board of Regents meeting on Thursday, urging the school to close the failing Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC), where
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Teachers know better than anyone how difficult it can be to capture and hold students’ attention, but TeachKind has something that can do just that. PETA has teamed up with executive producer Bill Maher to create The Failed Experiment—a shocking six-episode docuseries that takes a deep dive into the vivisection (animal experimentation) industry. This is
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Imagine you’re a common shell parakeet—also called a budgie—in constant danger of being crushed to death or badly injured by humans. Bred into existence for entertainment and confined to a crowded cage, you’re forced to endure a repetitive struggle for survival every day. Parakeet aviaries in roadside zoos and at fairs often subject birds to
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A PETA undercover investigation revealed babies violently ripped from their mothers and sick animals languishing in pain were just part of business as usual at Bear Country U.S.A. in South Dakota. The investigation at this shoddy roadside zoo exposed workers admitting to tormenting mother bears and their newborn cubs with fireworks, a fiberglass pole, and
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For Immediate Release:January 4, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Sarasota, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.-17) has signed on as a cosponsor of the bipartisan H.R.4757, Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas (CARGO) Act, which would bar the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from funding animal tests in foreign laboratories. This follows PETA’s 18-month investigation into
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For Immediate Release:January 3, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Seattle – Alaska Airlines has landed a Compassionate Business Award, courtesy of PETA, for the oatstanding addition of oat milk coffee creamer to its in-flight menu—a move PETA has pushed for, as it will help spare cows miserable lives in the dairy industry and decrease the airline’s
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For Immediate Release:January 3, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Kingwood, Texas – Damning U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports just obtained by PETA reveal that local animal breeder and pet store Animal Ark has been cited for multiple violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act after an inspector found animals confined to cages filled with accumulated
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For Immediate Release:January 2, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Queens, N.Y. – On Wednesday, a troop of PETA supporters will cause a ruckus outside the EGYPTAIR departure terminal at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport over the airline’s ongoing importation of hundreds of endangered long-tailed macaques for use in the animal experimentation industry despite the company’s previous
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For Immediate Release:January 2, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Brazoria County, Texas – PETA has uncovered plans by Charles River Laboratories, the largest importer of monkeys used for laboratory experiments, to build the largest monkey-holding facility outside Asia—capable of housing 43,000 primates—and the company is pursuing construction on ecologically sensitive land in Texas despite the objections
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Known for her popular business, extraordinary creativity, phenomenal makeup skills, and standout performance on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Kim Chi pushes the boundaries of traditional beauty standards and inspires everyone to embrace their true self. Now the drag superstar has also teamed up with PETA, starring in a beautiful ad campaign that encourages people to unleash
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Legendary drag queens Alaska Thunderf*ck and Heidi N Closet have teamed up with PETA for a striking ad campaign that celebrates beauty by advocating for cruelty-free cosmetics. This dynamic duo sends a powerful message: Beauty should be cruelty-free, fabulous, and a force for positive change. Some U.S. companies agree to allow their cosmetics ingredients to
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For Immediate Release:December 27, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – Oh no she better don’t wear makeup that hurts animals! As everyone prepares to glam up and go out for New Year’s Eve, Alaska Thunderf*ck, Heidi N Closet, and Kim Chi are starring in a pair of PETA campaigns that urge everyone to turn
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An article in The New Yorker by bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen is lifting the veil on how “no-kill” policies at animal shelters—even those funded by taxpayer money—are causing cats and dogs to suffer. How ‘No-Kill’ Policies Are Harming Animals As Franzen explains in the article, many shelters prioritize “save rates” over spay rates. Facilities are
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For Immediate Release:December 27, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Lebanon, Pa. – After learning that Lebanon plans to host the Lebanon Bologna Drop, PETA fired off a letter today to Mayor Sherry Capello pointing out that cows are gentle, curious, and clever animals who don’t want to be ground up into bologna to be used as
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PETA celebrated many massive victories this year after blowing the lid off cruelty to animals on farms, at racetracks, and at roadside zoos all over North America and rallying our supporters to help end it. These four PETA investigations revealed shocking animal abuse in 2023: 1. Exposed: Anheuser-Busch Amputated Budweiser Clydesdales’ Tailbones PETA investigators went
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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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“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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When kind Ukrainian soldiers discovered a pregnant dog searching for safety near the front lines, they gave her refuge in their bunker—where she later gave birth to eight puppies. Watch as a PETA-supported team goes on a mission through the destroyed village to rescue abandoned animals, including the new mom and her tiny babies! Rescued
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If helping animals is your 2024 resolution, you may want to pick up a new cookbook to help you enlighten your taste buds and end the exploitation of animals used for food. There are a lot of cookbooks to look forward to, from those focused on simple time-saving recipes to ones with inspiring dishes that
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Another damning revelation has further underscored the rampant abuse of migrant children in the meat industry. Duvan Pérez, who was only 16 years old when he died on the job at a Mississippi slaughterhouse in July, was reportedly hired illegally using the identity of a man twice his age—a discovery that points to the apparent
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In a first-of-its-kind study, TeachKind’s animal rescue stories were shown to boost reading comprehension and help students score higher on Common Core State Standards assessments. The study involved nearly 200 middle school students and looked at whether reading about compassion for animals would have an effect on student motivation and interest and if that would
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Parents, beware: What you put in your kids’ cereal—or on their plate—could be a matter of life and death. A new study has identified cow’s milk as the leading culprit of food-related fatal allergic reactions in children under 16 in the U.K. This finding comes from a study published in the British Medical Journal, which examined
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Eager to help your fellow animals? Each PETA action alert is a great way to accomplish this goal. Below, we reveal how we get things done when people like you take action using our innovative systems. Then, to celebrate, we share our top 10 victories by PETA supporters in 2023. How to Quickly Take Action
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