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B-4 … B-10 … BS! That’s what primate experimenters are spouting every time they open their mouths to defend maiming, traumatizing, and killing primates in laboratories—and then in the next breath, they contradict themselves. Their excuses are so predictable that we’re slapping them onto a bingo card and betting we’ll get five squares in a …
‘Bad Logic Bingo’: It’s Monkey Tormentors’ Favorite Game! Read More »
February 2, 2023 A little puppy had been injured and was laying motionless in the street when we found her. As our rescuers approached, they thought these might be her final breaths. But her eyes were wide open as they lifted her, and she whimpered. Her family of dogs and humans gathered around as we …
Puppy lay motionless for 6 days. Then everything changed. Read More »
Living a cruelty-free life is in the palm of your hands. Here are 8 apps to help you go (or stay) vegan for the animals! With the constant advancement of technology, being vegan is easier and more accessible than ever! Everything you need to know—recipes, vegan-friendly restaurants, cruelty-free cosmetics—is in the palm of your hand…literally! …
8 Useful Apps to Help Make “Veganuary” Last Year-Round Read More »
There are nearly 45,000 species of spiders, who are masters of adaptation. They’ve been found on every continent except Antarctica and vary greatly in size, shape, web patterns, and habitats. No matter where you may find a spider, you’ll be ready to meet them with respect if you know more about them. Spiders Are Scared …
Spider Facts: Get to Know These Fascinating Animals Read More »
Ahead of Groundhog Day, PETA made an offer to Tom Dunkel, president of The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle, that would enable the group to retire Punxsutawney Phil yet still attract tourists: Allow a PETA philanthropist to live in Phil’s sad little enclosure and take his place predicting the weather (with at least as much …
Replace Punxsutawney Phil With a Human ‘Groundhog’ Read More »
For Immediate Release:February 1, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Madison, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin–Madison has canceled gruesome decompression tests on sheep two years before their scheduled completion, a decision that follows PETA’s letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro urging an immediate end to funding this junk science. In a new letter …
VICTORY! PETA Pressure Squeezes U.S. Navy to Scrap Gruesome Decompression Tests on Sheep Read More »
For Immediate Release:February 1, 2023 Contact:Robin Goist 202-483-7382 Amarillo, Texas – Local diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s new guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete …
For Immediate Release:February 1, 2023 Contact:Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382 Xenia, Ohio – PETA has just obtained U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) records that reveal a worker beating a pig at Bob Evans Farms in Xenia—the latest in a string of illegal horrors at the slaughterhouse. In response, the group fired off a letter today to the …
Feds See Pigs Beaten and Repeatedly Shot; PETA Seeks Slaughterhouse Cameras Read More »
For Immediate Release:February 1, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Houston – Just obtained by PETA, a newly released inspection report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that the agency hit Houston Interactive Aquarium & Animal Preserve with four new citations for failing to meet even the minimal care standards of the federal Animal Welfare …
Feds Cite Local Aquarium Over Risky Conditions, Failure to Provide Timely Vet Care Read More »
New documents recently obtained by PETA show that the gruesome decompression sickness experiments on sheep funded by the U.S. Navy—which had been awarded more than $389,000 in taxpayer money—at the University of Wisconsin–Madison were abruptly stopped up to two years ahead of schedule, following our letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and …