People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): The animal rights organization

Being Terrified on Set Is NOT ‘A Dog’s Purpose’
Maggie Q to Canada Goose: Murder Is Never In Fashion
Be an Angel for a Cold Dog
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These Cruel Tests on Rats Will Make You See Red
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PETA’s Vegan Runway Show Proved Saving Animals is Always in Style

PETA’s star-studded vegan fashion show and influencer panel offered inside access to the world of cruelty-free fashion.

Why Should Animals Have Rights?

When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.

IT’S OVER FOR RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS

The saddest show on earth for wild animals will end in May.

Prominent Hollywood Trainer Fails Animals: A PETA Exposé

As first reported in The Hollywood Reporter, a PETA eyewitness investigation exposed the conditions inside a leading animal supplier to the film and television industries.

Watch: This DIY Big Mac Recipe Just Made Our Dreams Come True

Once you taste how good this vegan Big Mac is, you’ll never eat the McDonald’s version again.

Video: Skeletal Bears Beg for Food From Visitors at Indonesia’s Bandung Zoo

In a horrifying scene captured on camera, emaciated sun bears desperately beg for food scraps from visitors at Indonesia’s notorious Bandung Zoo.

PETA Awards Electricians Who Rescued Cat Missing for 9 Days

The compassionate workers managed to save Juno, who was found hiding in an overpass 80 feet above ground.

Why We’re Glad McClelland’s Critters Is Kaput—and You Should Be, Too

After years of failing animals, another Alabama roadside zoo has shut down.

Realize Your Pancake Potential With These Store-Bought Vegan Pancake Mixes

Get your syrup ready, because there are 23 vegan pancake mixes available at your local grocery store.

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Desperate Dairy Industry Tries to Win Back Customers With Semantics

Instead of asking the FDA to rename almond and soy milk, the dairy industry should clean up its act.

16 Things You Need to Know About Wool

The story that the wool industry doesn’t want you to see.

SeaWorld and Other Animal Exploiters Need to Follow in the Footsteps of Ringling Bros.

Animal-free circuses like Cirque du Soleil have skyrocketed in popularity. Around the world, animal acts have been and are being banned.

Corky Has Been a Prisoner for 47 Years—Tell SeaWorld to Let Her Go

Corky is the longest-held captive orca in history, and time is running out.

Ducks and Geese Tortured for Clothing

Ducks and geese used for down suffer immensely. Tell five companies to ditch the cruelly obtained material.

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Eve Turns Her Sadness and Anger Into Action for Neglected Dogs

Like anyone with even half a heart, Eve knows that dogs should be treated like family members and allowed indoors—so she’s doing something about it.

Help Penguins Imprisoned for Diners’ Entertainment In Jakarta Mall

This publicity stunt is disrespectful, out of touch, and tragic.

Meet Louis Vuitton’s Newest Shareholder: PETA!

Following a PETA exposé revealing how crocodiles are turned into purses, PETA buys stock in Louis Vuitton’s parent company and prepares to take the fight to the boardroom.

Valentine’s Day Vegan Chocolate Heart Box

Show your valentine that vegans have the sweetest hearts with these delectable chocolates from Harbor Candy Shop!

Roadside Zoo Cited After Charging Bear Caught on Video

Bailiwick Animal Park’s reckless animal-handling policies put animals, workers, and the public at risk.

Adopt This Cat: That’s an Order!

This cute kitten is more than just a pretty face. He’s also pretty awesome.

‘MUTTS’ Cartoonist Teams Up With Lauded Poet to Celebrate All Animals

If you resolved to live more mindfully this year, the charming new book by ‘MUTTS’ creator Patrick McDonnell is a must-read.

Video: Have You Ever Seen a Water Buffalo Play?

Rescued as a calf, Kalu the water buffalo has the happy life that all animals deserve.

Sharon Osbourne’s Chinchilla Video Aids Ban on Fur Farms in Croatia

Fur farming in Croatia is a thing of the past, thanks to the efforts of animal advocates, including celebrities Sharon Osbourne and Goran Višnjić.

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This Dog’s Mouth Was Bound Shut, and He Was Abandoned to Starve

PETA is offering up to $5,000 for any information on the culprits who left this dog to die.

Why Going Vegan Is the Ultimate New Year’s Resolution

Go Vegan in 2017!

In the new year, do you want to save water? Reduce your carbon footprint? Lose weight? Accomplish all these New Year’s resolutions and more with one simple trick.

Senator Goes After Hamster-Fighting Experiment That PETA Exposed

The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. But that’s exactly what Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is doing.

Kate del Castillo Joins the Effort to Send Lolita to a Sanctuary

Lolita has been held captive at the Miami Seaquarium for decades, and Kate del Castillo thinks plans to retire her to a sanctuary must begin immediately.

‘Dreadlock Kitty’ and Other Grooming-Neglect Horror Stories (Photos)

Brace yourself: These cats and dogs prove that failing to care for animals’ fur and teeth can be deadly.

Chicago’s Uptown Neighborhood Can Now Indulge in Vegan Fast Food

Kāl’ish is the latest in a surge of vegan fast-food restaurants opening around the country.

Prominent Engineering Magazine Profiles Two PETA Scientists

“Women in Engineering Magazine” is putting animal rights in the spotlight.

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PETA in Action

Owl Rescue Prompts Compassionate Police Department Award
We delivered an award and a box of delicious vegan cookies to a police officer in Virginia Beach, Virginia, who had aided an injured owl.
Lucky Finally Got Lucky
This dog named Lucky, who was forced to live outside, was surrendered to PETA. We transferred him to a local open-admission animal shelter for a chance at adoption.
Mascots Greet Shoppers
Mascots representing animals killed for fur held signs reading, "Love Me, Don't Wear Me," to remind shoppers on the Washington, D.C., Metro to leave fur off their shopping lists.
PETA Calls for End to Muscular Dystrophy Experiments on Dogs
PETA obtained footage in Texas A&M; University laboratories of dogs who are bred to develop crippling diseases in experiments that have repeatedly failed to produce a cure or treatment. Take action at PETA.org/DogLab.
Ringling Bros. Circus Performances Met by Dedicated Protesters
In Nashville, Tennessee, PETA worked with activists to protest cruelty to tigers and other animals used by Ringling Bros. circus and received local media coverage.
This Bunny Is Hopping With Happiness
Mordecai the rabbit had bounced around to different local animal shelters before he was finally transferred to PETA. We found him a permanent home with one of our staffers.
Abused Dogs Rescued by PETA Asia
After a viral video emerged in China showing that a man had beaten a little dog who refused to pull him around on a cart, PETA Asia's team located him and rescued his two dogs.
Raccoon Rescued in Chicago
PETA worked with a concerned caller to ensure that this raccoon—who'd been found languishing on the roadside with internal injuries—was spirited to expert hands.
Two Kikis, a Cody, and a Dodo Spayed and Neutered on PETA's Mobile Clinics
We transported these adorable animals to and from their spay/neuter appointments at no cost.
Animal Rahat Relocates Cobra
After Animal Rahat (a PETA supported organization) was contacted about a cobra who had been trying to get into a pigeon coop, a worker carefully caught the snake and released the animal into a nearby field.