People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Emergency Rescue Operation Underway in Ukraine—Help the Team Save Animals!

PETA-supported teams in Ukraine are undergoing an emergency evacuation for hundreds of animals in their care—find out how to help them save a life.

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What Happened to Alissa and Her Babies? Read Their Story

Eastern Virginia Medical School’s laboratory soured Alissa’s sweet nature and ravaged her body.

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Westminster Dog Show’s ‘Winner’ Rewarded With Shocking Prize

PETA protesters were arrested for pouncing on the Westminster dog show’s big moment with an urgent call.

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Most ‘Purebred’ Dogs Are Sick—Is Yours? Let PETA Foundation Lawyers Know

Did you buy a pug who struggles to breathe, a bulldog who’s sick, or any other “purebred” dog who has health issues? If so, the PETA Foundation’s lawyers want to hear from you.

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Queen Camilla’s No Faux to Animals—Check Out Her Royal Announcement

Queen Camilla sides with the 95% of British people who refuse to wear fur stolen from animals. Will the King’s Guard’s caps be next?

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Heard New York City’s Mayor ‘Hates’ Rats? Here’s How to Spread the Love

After Mayor Eric Adams declared that he “hates rats,” PETA sent him a reminder to show kindness and respect to all New Yorkers. Here’s how to get yours!

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3 Major Ways a Leading Agency Is Failing People With Mental Health Issues

America’s leading agency for research on mental disorders has spent decades wasting your money. James Cromwell wants you to know what it’s funding instead of finding cures.

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PETA IN ACTION

Giant ‘Cicadas’ Feast on ‘Human Flesh’ in Pointed Message to Bug-Killing Insectarium

PETA reminded onlookers that insects are thinking, feeling beings who don’t want to die, following the announcement that Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans will serve cicadas at its café.

Sick Cats Denied Vet Care at Blood Bank; PETA Urges Gov. Holcomb to Intervene

PETA supporters rallied outside the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, urging Gov. Eric Holcomb to push for cruelty charges against The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank because authorities have failed to take meaningful action for more than five months. Learn more at PETA.org/Blood.

‘Polar Bears’ Occupy Nevada Starbucks Over Earth-Killing Pro-Dairy Policy

PETA pointed out that Starbucks’ upcharge for vegan milk encourages people to opt for dairy, the production of which releases vast quantities of the greenhouse gases that melt ice caps and kill polar bears. Take action at PETA.org/Starbucks.

PETA Tortures ‘Dachshund’ to Show Result of Westminster Breeders’ Greed

During the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, PETA protesters raised awareness of how dogs are treated as accessories and deliberately inbred to be malformed, simply for a specific look.

‘Monkeys’ Dump Coconuts at Whole Foods Over Grocer’s Ties to Forced Labor

Protesters outside a Whole Foods location in Missouri urged the supermarket chain to stock coconut milk that wasn’t produced by forcing pig-tailed macaques to pick coconuts. Take action at PETA.org/CoconutMilk.

Sinister ‘Monkey Experimenter’ Haunts Harvard Alumni Event in Washington, D.C.

PETA mimicked the creepy and cruel tests performed on monkeys by Harvard Medical School’s Margaret Livingstone, who rips newborns away from their mothers and has made staff wear welding masks so that the infants never see a human face. Learn more at PETA.org/Harvard.

Nearly Naked Protester Shows Onlookers That All Bodies Have the Same Parts

A PETA Latino member mimicked a butcher’s diagram of body parts in a push for people in Mexico to view animals as more than walking entrées. Learn more at PETA.org/VSK.

Ethan Is Sweet on His Custom PETA Doghouse

PETA fieldworkers got a dog named Ethan out of a tiny crate and provided him with a lightweight tether and a custom-made doghouse, which we placed in the shade as temperatures soared.

Woman in Coat Made of ‘Baby’ Parts Urges Public to Give Leather the Boot

A PETA India supporter informed passersby that every leather coat, bag, shoe, or other accessory came from a complex individual who felt love, fear, and pain as humans do.

‘Students Opposing Speciesism’ Urges Campus to Go Vegan

Compassionate students at Texas State University gave up valuable study time to share how dairy and other animal-derived products harm animals and devastate the planet.

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NIH Has Been Fueling a Ring of Killers With Your Cash—This Could Stop It 

The U.S. government pays foreign labs to addict dogs to opioids, feed mice booze, and cause strokes in monkeys. This landmark legislation can stop all that.

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What’s Vegan in Walmart’s New bettergoods Product Line?

Walmart’s new bettergoods line offers vegan products that are affordable, delicious, and better for animals. We’ve got your shopping list right here.

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3-Year-Old Dies During Truck Transit—This Was Her Final Moment

PETA is demanding an investigation into the death of a monkey in transit to a University of Washington laboratory. Help us prevent more deaths like hers.

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You’re Invited! Attend the Event of the Season to Turn Your Animal Rights Work on Its Head

See PETA’s president in person! After this event, you’ll have a new spring in your step, knowing you’re an integral part of the “all” in “all together now.” See a list of all upcoming tour stops and get your tickets here.

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Urgent Alerts

Change the World for Animals—Take Action Now

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43,000 Monkeys Need You to Stop Charles River Labs’ Latest Scheme

Not everything in Texas should be bigger. Charles River Labs’ new building plans are proof of that. You can help save tens of thousands of monkeys before it’s too late.

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IKEA: Stop Selling Furniture Made Using Slaughtered Animals

Urge IKEA to ditch leather.

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Urge Whole Foods to Ban the Sale of Coconut Milk From Thailand

Never buy coconut products from Thailand. Urge Whole Foods to end its sale of Thai coconut milk.

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Tell Drugmaker Sanofi to Stop Near-Drowning Test on Mice

Please take action by urging Sanofi to join some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in banning this worthless test.

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URGENT: Tell Nigerian Officials to Take Action Against Animal Torturer!

Contact Nigeria officials, urging them to investigate this matter using the information provided to them by PETA and intervene swiftly, before more animals suffer.

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Monkeys Kidnapped, Chained, and Beaten: Tell These Companies to Cut Ties With Thai Coconut Milk

Tell these seven companies that they must stop selling Thai coconut milk.

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WHAT PETA STANDS FOR

People

I am you, only different

Ethical

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Treatment

Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.

Animals

We are all animals.

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Urge SeaWorld to Free Corky, the Longest-Held Captive Orca in the World

Corky is the longest-held captive orca in history, and time is running out. Will you take action?

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Find Out How This International Supermarket Just Gave Frogs a Leg Up

An international supermarket chain is making a change to help frogs after PETA Asia’s investigation. Learn what you can do to make a difference, too.

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Senator’s Op-Ed Will Move You to Take Action for Animals in Labs

After PETA investigations blew the lid off cruel laboratories that experiment on animals, a Virginia state senator championed a move to increase transparency and accountability.

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A Major Problem in Latin America Is on the Mend, Thanks to One Woman’s Fix

PETA supporter Maru Vigo knows how to tackle Latin America’s homeless-animal overpopulation crisis: Spay and neuter like there’s no tomorrow.

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You’ll Duck Out of H&M When You See What It’s Hiding

To push H&M to stop peddling cruelly obtained down, PETA tried a new angle—or “angel,” rather—at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

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Put Your Veterinary Skills for Tigers, Snakes, and Others to Work

We’ve rescued big cats from Tiger King hellholes, stopped circuses from exporting endangered animals for their shows, and more. Will you be a part of our next big victory?

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We’ve Got the Dirt on Monkey Prison Planners—and It’s Worse Than You Thought

Shady dealings and pollution potential land Safer Human Medicine’s monkey warehouse proposal on a “Dirty Dozen” list of the worst water offenders in Georgia.

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She Was Still Alive—What You Need to Know if You See a Turtle Near a Road

Many turtles are severely injured or killed on roads every year. They can survive for weeks after their shell is crushed. If you see a turtle—injured or not—on or near a road, here’s what to do!

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Raw Milk: The Next Superspreader?

The U.S. government has called raw milk “one of the riskiest foods”—and here’s why it’s becoming more and more dangerous.

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Expert Reveals Why It’s So Difficult to Find Cures for Human Diseases

Dr. Pandora Pound sent shockwaves through the scientific community when she showed the real consequences of experiments on animals. Hear what she found and how it can change the world for animals—including humans.

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Is Your Kids’ Sports Gear Vegan? Catch PETA Kids’ Tips

If finding vegan sports gear is your goal, take a page from PETA Kids’ playbook and help your child become an MVP for animals.

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delving into PETA's 'dark side,' showing an illustration of Darth Vader in a laboratory coat and holding a red lightsaber up while looking down on caged marmosets used for experimentation, each with a "Star Wars"-related name, some of whom have already been killed, all to parody the horrific experiments on monkeys at a UMass lab

You Don’t Need to Leave the Planet to See That This Lab Has Gone Over to the Dark Side

For Chewie, a tiny marmoset abused in experiments at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, the laboratory where he was imprisoned might as well have been the Death Star.

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