Beyond Headlines Into Insight
As we stand on the cusp of a new year, the promise of a fresh start invites us to reflect on the impact of our daily choices, not only on our own lives but also on those of our fellow animals. What better way to kick off 2024 than by committing to resolutions that extend
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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:December 21, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 West Palm Beach, Fla. – Last-minute holiday shoppers visiting the bustling businesses at The Square on Saturday will be met with a heavenly sight outside H&M: A PETA “angel” bedecked with huge faux-feather wings, knee-high boots, and a halo will urge passersby never to buy products made
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For Immediate Release:December 20, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 San Francisco – X marks the spot … for PETA’s anti–animal testing Elon Musk ad! With big brands, including Disney and Apple, having ditched X (formerly Twitter) and despite Musk’s message to fleeing advertisers to “go f*** yourself,” PETA offered to step up and cover some of
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For Immediate Release:December 20, 2023 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Naugatuck, Conn. – 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 dog found at the Naugatuck Industrial Park on Saturday. Desmond’s Army Animal Law Advocates, a Connecticut-based
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Iranian-American model, actor, and fitness trainer Sam Asghari joined PETA to show off his big heart (and big muscles) for dogs and spread the important message to adopt and always get your animal companions spayed or neutered. Around 70 million dogs and cats are homeless in the U.S. at any given time. Every time a
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For Immediate Release:December 19, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 New York – Pushing coal-filled wheelbarrows, a bevy of PETA “elves” will descend on Radio City Music Hall on Thursday to make a pointed appeal for the Christmas Spectacular to stop using live camels, sheep, and donkeys in its Nativity scene, a practice that began before people
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Stress can often feel unavoidable amid the hustle and bustle of our fast-paced lives. This is especially true during the holiday season, so it’s essential to find moments of relief as we balance the demands of work, relationships, activism, and personal well-being. And doing so shouldn’t cause more stress for others, including animals. That’s why
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In cities across the U.S., PETA is decking the halls with a dash of compassion. This holiday season, we’re spreading good cheer in the form of a Christmas ad blitz-en to inspire empathy for all our fellow animals. Our festive ads serve as reminders that no animal wants to be exploited and killed for their
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Following requests by PETA and Animal-Free Science Advocacy (formerly Humane Research Australia) starting in 2020, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has now finalised its advice on the forced swim test, an experiment in which small animals are dropped into beakers full of water and made to swim for their lives. In its
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For Immediate Release:December 15, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Portsmouth, Va. – This week, PETA presented Portsmouth Fire Rescue and Emergency Services with a Compassionate Fire Department Award for saving an elderly man and his dog from a burning garage in the Park Manor neighborhood on the morning of December 5. According to reports, the man
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For Immediate Release:December 15, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Savannah, Ga. – Holiday shoppers will be met with a disturbing sight on Tuesday outside the H&M store on Broughton Street: fake dead ducks hung by their feet on a clothing rack alongside a row of “bloody” jackets. The action comes courtesy of PETA, whose supporters will
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After captivating East Coast commuters with his daring trot down New Jersey Transit train tracks, this rogue steer is getting his own Christmas miracle. NJ TRANSIT rail service is subject to up to 45 minute delays between Newark Penn and PSNY, due to Police activity near Newark Penn Station. NJ TRANSIT rail tickets and passes
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For Immediate Release:December 15, 2023 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Little Rock, Ark. – Hundreds of Thousands of Chickens to be Suffocated; PETA Demands Action, Accountability Following reports that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture has started killing hundreds of thousands of young chickens because Cooks Venture doesn’t want them—by suffocating them with foam, an agonizing death that
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For Immediate Release:December 15, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Hardin County, Ohio – Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to reports of avian flu outbreaks at the Trillium Farm Holdings LLC egg farms in Union and Hardin counties and the Hardin County facility’s plan to kill more than
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All About Animals It’s super-easy to help animals, no matter how old you are. Learn all about why you should help animals used for food, clothing, entertainment, and experimentation, plus how to protect companion animals and wildlife! Food Clothing
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For Immediate Release:December 14, 2023 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 New York – For the busy holiday travel season, PETA has erected a sky-high appeal on the Long Island Expressway (heading into the city), reminding drivers that mother cows form strong bonds with their babies and that families don’t wish to be separated, killed, and reduced to
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For Immediate Release:December 13, 2023 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Vancouver, British Columbia – The demand for ethical consumerism with an emphasis on animal- and environmentally friendly fashion continues to skyrocket, with the market for vegan materials projected to surpass $11 billion in 2027—yet lululemon is a holdout, continuing to sell products made of down, wool, alpaca
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For Immediate Release:December 13, 2023 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 San Angelo, Texas – Today, PETA sent a letter to San Angelo Mayor Brenda Gunter and the San Angelo City Council urging them to reject the Public Art Commission’s misguided denial of PETA’s application to display a statue of a sheep—called “E(n)d Shearin’” after the singer Ed
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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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Without its own license to exhibit animals, Jordan World Circus gets away with exploiting elephants and other animals in its shows by partnering with outside exhibitors to do its dirty work. The notorious Carson & Barnes Circus—whose head trainer was once caught violently striking elephants with a bullhook—is one of these seedy suppliers. Pictured above
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According to news reports, Shaker Heights, Ohio, K-9 Igor has been part of Chad Hagan’s family since the two were partnered together when the dog was only a year old. They have hardly spent any time apart over the past five years, forging a powerful bond that no doubt made them an efficient team on
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PETA-supported teams have repeatedly risked their lives since the beginning of the war in Ukraine to deliver food and other vital supplies for the thousands of horses, donkeys, dogs, cats, and others who rely on it to survive. When abandoned animals sought refuge at an orphanage in Mykolaiv, the team began providing them with dog
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For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Nashville, Tenn. – A choir of PETA supporters wearing “ugly” Christmas sweaters featuring bloodied stuffed sheep protruding from the front and back will serenade shoppers in downtown Nashville on Tuesday, urging them to purchase only vegan clothing and gifts and never buy wool. Audiences will be treated
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PETA’s 2023 Company of the Year is the apple of our eye! Apple Inc. clearly recognizes that today’s conscious consumers want to support sustainable brands—in the past five years, global searches for sustainable goods have increased by 71%, and surveys indicate that a vast majority of shoppers care about the environmental impact of the products
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For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Cincinnati – While recognizing that there are more delicious vegan cookies this year than Santa could fit into a supersized sack, PETA made a list (yes, we checked it twice) of its Top 10 Favorite Festive Vegan Cookies—and the scrumptiously spiced Ginger Pine-Apricot Cookie from local bakery
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For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 New York – After someone blew the whistle, telling PETA that Forever 21 seems to be mislabeling items made with real feathers while advertising them to kind customers as faux, the group’s legal counsel fired off a letter today to the retailer’s CEO, Winnie Park, calling on
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For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Houston – PETA is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today to suspend all monkey imports after the agency revealed in an online seminar this week that from 2021 to 2023, there was a shocking increase in imported shipments of monkeys with tuberculosis (TB),
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For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – For using impressive and stunningly well-crafted CGI animals to inspire tens of millions of moviegoers—who flocked to theaters to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3—to have compassion for the millions of animals killed by experimenters in laboratories, director James Gunn is PETA’s 2023
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Those of you who have been paying attention will understand that this announcement isn’t coming out of Knowhere. For compassionate work in championing animal rights, this guardian of the galaxy—and of three rescued companion animals—is PETA’s 2023 Person of the Year! PETA is honoring DC Studios’ co-CEO James Gunn for speaking up for animals in
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PETA has been alerted to the proposed rezoning of land along W. Arkansas Highway 12 in Highfill, Arkansas, which we’re told is a well-established nesting area for bald eagles. We urged town officials to deny permits that would allow billion-dollar development company D.R. Horton to bulldoze and build on this land, but we haven’t received
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What are we looking forward to most in 2024? It has to be the chance to try all the new animal-friendly products that will be hitting store shelves. Companies are always experimenting with new ways to make flavorsome new vegan foods that are free of meat, eggs, dairy, and honey. These items will help spare
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TeachKind’s tour team has inspired over 100,000 young students at elementary schools, after-school programs, and summer camps across the U.S. to practice empathy for all animals. By leading 30-minute educational presentations alongside one of TeachKind’s animatronic animals—Ellie the elephant or Carly the cow—you could teach the next generation the importance of having compassion for all
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A certain beloved singer-songwriter better watch out—there’s a new “Queen of Christmas” in town, and all she wants for Christmas is you. Santa, won’t you bring Mariah the one she really needs? Like her namesake, Mariah Catney didn’t start life with GRAMMY nominations and multimillion-dollar contracts. This playful tabby was just one of many cats
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Published December 5, 2023 by Rebecca Libauskas. TikTok is an amazing place for people to share information, build communities, and promote positive change. We have our own TikTok page for all things PETA, vegan, and animal rights. And there are so many other vegan content creators to discover. From scrumptious recipes to animal sanctuary stories,
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For Immediate Release:December 4, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Madison, Wis. – Dane County Judge Nia Trammell has declined to reconsider her refusal to appoint a special prosecutor, despite finding probable cause to believe that personnel at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) committed cruelty to animals in their mistreatment of Cornelius and
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For Immediate Release:December 4, 2023 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – For urging fans to adopt from animal shelters, promoting vegan clothing and cruelty-free products, and advocating for food justice, Millie Bobby Brown, Madelyn Cline, Katy Perry, and Ashley Jackson are winners of peta2’s 2023 Libby Awards. “Libby” is short for “liberation,” and each year
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For Immediate Release:December 1, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Sioux Falls, S.D. – The largest shopping district between Denver and Minneapolis will be lit up this holiday season with sky-high appeals from animals to leave only cruelty-free gifts under the tree this Christmas as PETA unveils a series of new ads just feet from The Empire
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For Immediate Release:December 1, 2023 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Vancouver – Industry trade group Textile Exchange (TE)—whose certifications are used by locally headquartered brands Aritzia, lululemon, and Arc’teryx—is the subject of a formal PETA complaint to the federal Competition Bureau alleging that TE’s “Responsible Down Standard” (RDS) and “Responsible Animal Fiber” (RAF) labels are misleading and deceive
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As a pregnant horse painfully discovered when her hoof landed on an explosive device, landmines can’t discriminate between a soldier, a civilian, or an animal. Watch as PETA-supported teams rush to care for Maria’s ghastly wound—even as bombs tear apart her home. Specialists will bring pregnant horse Maria through one more hoof surgery before fitting
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The past year brought vegan Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, Vegan Crunchwraps and Nacho Sauce at Taco Bell, and a game-changing chicken-friendly egg (complete with a runny yolk). These innovations and others are shaping the future of the vegan food industry, and we’re excited to see what 2024 has in store. Without further ado,
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For Immediate Release:December 1, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding a California judge’s order to disqualify Justify from his win in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby: Justice was slow, but the court has at last come down on the side of
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For Immediate Release:December 1, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Utrecht, Netherlands – On World AIDS Day today, PETA is pleased to announce the recipient of a $50,000 grant to fund first-of-its-kind research into the decades of animal testing that has failed to produce an HIV vaccine for humans. Dr. Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, a professor focusing on “evidence-based
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For Immediate Release:November 30, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Englewood, Colo. – Four PETA supporters—including a local mom and a college student—were arrested and have been criminally charged with vandalism and trespassing after two of them cemented their feet into concrete blocks and chained themselves up outside Liberty Media’s headquarters in Englewood this morning to protest
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Millions of rats, cats, primates, dogs, and other animals are languishing in laboratories across the country. But just picture one animal—one monkey or one rabbit—writhing in pain after being purposely infected with a disease or dosed with chemicals, covered with gaping wounds or burns, starving and thirsty, aching with loneliness and longing to be free
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For Immediate Release:November 29, 2023 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Gatineau, Québec – PETA has submitted a formal complaint to the federal Competition Bureau alleging that the “Responsible Down Standard” (RDS) and “Responsible Animal Fiber” (RAF) labels created by third-party certifier Textile Exchange (TE) are misleading and deceive consumers. The complaint follows multiple PETA exposés of the down
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For Immediate Release:November 28, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Brazoria County, Texas – PETA and local residents scored a victory today against the monkey-importation industry when Brazoria County commissioners voted to support a resolution recommending that state and federal authorities not issue permits to build a proposed concrete monkey facility on environmentally sensitive land. The vote
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Because of indifference and greed, Mali the elephant died the same way she had lived for nearly 50 years: alone in a concrete pen at the Manila Zoo. PETA, cultural and political leaders, world-renowned elephant experts, and more than 100,000 compassionate people from around the globe all pleaded for Mali’s release to a sanctuary where
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Is Visiting Guatemala on Your Bucket List? Bid to Win an Amazing Trip There The Adventure of a Lifetime Is Just a Bid Away! Learn how you could win an adventure like no other at a resort in Guatemala. Bid today on this and other items to help animals in PETA’s end-of-year auction. The post
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For Immediate Release:November 27, 2023 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Shelby, Ohio – Damning U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports just obtained by PETA reveal that a Cass Township breeding facility operated by John Garman has been cited again for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act—this time related to depriving a dog of veterinary care—marking at least
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Victoria Scone, the first cisgender woman drag queen to compete in a RuPaul’s Drag Race series – having appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World – has joined PETA’s spay/neuter campaign. Surrounding herself with frisky felines, she’s reminding animal guardians to “get that kitty fixed”. Magnus Hastings “I
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On Sunday afternoon, Gunner the horse broke free from a horse-drawn carriage in the New York City neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen. According to the New York Police Department, Gunner fled to the West Side Highway after a mechanic tried to repair a malfunctioning carriage and frightened him. He dragged both carriage and operator with him,
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For Immediate Release:November 22, 2023 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Miami – On Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, a flock of PETA supporters dressed as giant ducks and geese will swoop down on the H&M store on Lincoln Road to call out the company’s use of cruelly produced down and urge passersby to shop
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For Immediate Release:November 22, 2023 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Boston – On the busiest shopping day of the year, passersby will be met with a disturbing sight outside a local H&M store: fake dead ducks hung by their feet on a clothing rack, alongside a flock of PETA supporters who will call out the company’s use
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For Immediate Release:November 22, 2023 Contact:Tas Bruner 202-483-7382 Seattle – Spectators arriving for the University of Washington (UW) Apple Cup and President’s Pregame Reception on Saturday will be greeted by Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) and PETA supporters, along with a giant “monkey,” who will call for the closure of the school’s Washington National Primate
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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:November 22, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Cantwell, Alaska – Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to disgraced Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey’s announcement that a snowmachine struck dogs being trained by his kennel, killing two and leaving others in critical condition: Dallas Seavey can now add
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