PETA Members Get Law Requiring Dogs to Be Kept Captive for Blood Overturned

Thanks to PETA supporters and others, California will officially allow community canine blood banks, where healthy dogs can make a vital difference then return home to their loving families.

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Arizona Republic Shreds UW Monkey Lab and Breeding Mill: Read PETA’s Devastating Report

Millions of taxpayer dollars are flowing into a disease-infested monkey-breeding mill located next to a toxic waste site in Arizona.

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You Can’t Trust the Label! All 11 ‘Humane-Certified’ Factory Farms PETA Investigated Were Horrifically Cruel

How much more video footage of suffering animals will it take for the ASPCA, HSUS, and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to stop promoting sham “standards” for factory farms? Find out how you can help.

19 Dogs Want to Capture People’s Hearts, Not Be Held Captive in Cages

Misguided efforts, dried-up funding, zero insight gained—why is Texas A&M University STILL holding dogs from its notorious canine muscular dystrophy laboratory prisoner?

Find Us a Licensed Veterinary Technician and We Could Pay You Up to $1,000

Introduce us to a friend and—if it’s a match—you could make money! PETA is paying up to $1,000 for qualified referrals, so get started today.

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A Bill to Get Animals out of Testing Was Just Introduced in the Senate!

The landmark bill would revamp FDA rules requiring deadly animal experiments, allowing faster development of lifesaving treatments. Please urge your members of Congress to support it.

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Stolen Lives: Meet Beamish, a Monkey Prisoner in Elisabeth Murray’s Lab

NIH tried to keep PETA—and you—from learning about Beamish, a monkey experimenters have cut open and tormented and will eventually kill in worthless tests.

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These Vegan Seafood Brands Are Saving Ocean Life, One Product at a Time

Next time you’re craving a taste of the sea, try one of these vegan seafood brands. You’ll save ocean animals’ lives and work toward a healthier planet.

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PETA Shares Space Explorer William Shatner’s Classic PSA

As William Shatner shatters yet another barrier, PETA is sharing his classic public service announcement reminding families to include animal companions in their emergency plans back here on Earth.

Publix and Walmart Are ‘Shelling’ Out for Forced Monkey Labor—Speak Up Now

In Thailand, terrified monkeys are chained, beaten, and forced to climb trees to pick coconuts. Opting for one of these animal-friendly brands could mean saving a life.

What PETA Stands For

People

I am you, only different.

Human beings create temporary and arbitrary boundaries to exclude beings who aren’t like them. Human beings have justified wars, slavery, sexual violence, and military conquests through the mistaken belief that those who are “different” do not experience suffering and are not worthy of moral consideration.


Ethical

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

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.


Treatment

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

All beings desire freedom to live a natural life, according to their inherent desires and instincts. While the lives of all beings necessarily involve some amount of suffering, human beings must stop deliberately inflicting suffering on all beings for our own selfish desires. We lose nothing in replacing a cheeseburger with a veggie burger or a leather purse with a fabric one. But beings we exploit lose their lives just for our fleeting fancy.


Animals

We are all animals.

We believe all beings deserve liberty and respect not because they share the characteristics we admire in ourselves but because they are living beings. We share the same evolutionary origins, we inhabit the same Earth, and we are ruled by the same laws of nature. We are all the same.

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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Sharna Burgess: SeaWorld Shows Are a Dying Act

“Dancing With the Stars” pro dancer Sharna Burgess dives deep (underwater!) to speak up for animals suffering at marine parks like SeaWorld.

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Want to Help Stop Tests on Animals? Find Out How

Our scientists have a plan to phase out animal tests and improve research for human health. See our Research Modernization Deal here.

Ohio Officials Talk Improvements After PETA Files Complaint About Horse’s Death

PETA called on the Ohio State Racing Commission to conduct a thorough investigation of Mox Nix’s death and disclose the full results to the public—and it listened.

Ford Spins out of Control as Deadly Crash Tests on Pigs Exposed by PETA

PETA has proof that Ford paid for cruel and useless crash tests on animals—a practice that the company had pledged to ban more than a decade ago.

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Join PETA in Telling Urban Outfitters: Cruel Clothing Must Go!

Alpaca, wool, cashmere, mohair, leather, and down—all are produced with extreme violence and fear. Join the campaign to rid Urban Outfitters of these cruel materials!

NIH Director Francis ‘Blind Eye’ Collins Is Resigning

Two months after PETA began to call on him to leave the National Institutes of Health comes the great news that his directorship will soon be history. NIH’s new leader must not turn a blind eye to failed animal experiments.

From Heavy Chain to Happy Home: See Paulina the Dog’s Transformation

Used as a home alarm system, Paulina had only known life trapped on a heavy chain. See her transformation after PETA Helps Romania stepped in.

We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Help Animals—PETA Honors Trailblazing LGBT Animal Rights Advocates

PETA’s celebrating LGBT History Month by honoring the “werk” that our queer supporters have done for animals!

Tell One of the Iditarod’s Last ‘Resorts’ to Check Out of Cruelty to Dogs

Dogs die every year in the Iditarod, but companies—such as Millennium Hotels and Resorts—have been reluctant to sever ties with the coldest race on Earth.

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Spawn Kindness This ‘Cut Out Dissection’ Month: Dissect a SynFrog Instead!

Animal dissection is cruel and dangerous. But there’s good news! The SynFrog promises to give tadpoles a “hoppier” future.

Hey, Starbucks, Your Upcharge Sucks! Students Stand Up to the Coffee Goliath

Coffee and dairy-free cream, please! Hold the surcharge. The dairy industry exploits cows, and these students have had enough.

Sick Monkeys on Tribal Land: Unpacking PETA’s New Report on the WaNPRC

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, former researcher at the Washington National Primate Research Center turned PETA senior science advisor, gives listeners an inside look at the toxic facility.

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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