PETA’s Two-Week Vegan Meal Plan

PETA’s chefs have created sample vegan menus featuring simple, easy recipes that anyone can follow.

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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.

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Urge Bands to Bail on SeaWorld’s Praise Wave!

Please urge Chapman, Lecrae, and MercyMe to set a meaningful example of being good stewards of God’s creation by canceling their performances at Praise Wave.

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Sun Basket Meal-Kit Service Introduces Vegan Meal Plan

Sun Basket knows that the #NewYearNewVegan is here, so it has announced that it’s offering a new vegan meal-delivery plan.

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His photography did more to expand the concept of “personhood” to include nonhuman animals than any human did.

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PETA Courts Controversy by Showing Roasted Dog’s Head on Holiday Table

The ad asks people to consider why we regard some animals to be “family” and others to be “dinner.”

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New Video: Rescued Bears Spend First Christmas at Serene Sanctuary

One look at the “before” photos of Ben and Bogey at the Tregembo Animal Park in Wilmington, North Carolina, will tell you everything that you need to know.

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5 Times Animal Superheroes Rushed In and Saved Human Lives

From the lions who saved a girl from kidnappers to the porpoises who rescued a beloved actor, these animals displayed their courage and compassion.

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Photos: Across the U.S., Animal Rights Messages Light Up the Sky

Sometimes people just need a little help to see the light.

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PETA’s SEVENTH Wool Exposé: Sheep Still Hit, Kicked, Cut, Thrown

PETA’s latest exposé reveals that Australian shearers are still punching sheep, cutting them up, and shoving them into chutes like garbage.

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No Texas A&M Event Is Off-Limits, PETA Activists Crash Graduation Ceremony

Graduates and their families will remember this moment forever.

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Please urge Yale University to stop supporting these experiments.

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    When his owners decided that there was no room at the inn for this playful kitten, he found himself in need of a guardian angel.

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    PETA’s 2017 Company of the Year Is …

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    What PETA REALLY Stands For

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    PETA has saved thousands of lives this year—some just in time for the holidays.

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    10 Reasons Why You Should Say No to Cruel Elephant Rides

    Trust us: When you discover just how cruel elephant rides are, you’ll cut them from your travel bucket list.

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    Here are some of our favorite celebrity posts about #FurFree @MichaelKors.

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    These compassionate clothing items, shoes, and accessories are the perfect way to take a fashionable leap into the new year.

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    If you don’t know how cruel elephant rides are, let PETA’s founder show you.

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    HUGE NEWS: Scotland Bans Wild-Animal Circuses

    PETA UK commends Scotland for becoming the first country in the UK to ban wild-animal circuses.

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    Doping, Mass Killings—Why Is Coca-Cola Still Sponsoring the Iditarod?

    After reports of dog doping and of mushers alleging mass-killing practices, PETA protesters urged the beverage giant to stop supporting the cruel Iditarod race.

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    Philly to Start 2018 Right by Shutting Down Philadelphia Carriage Co.

    This company came under fire after it illegally forced sick horses to haul heavy carriages day in and day out.

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    How to Cat-Proof Your Christmas Tree

    Here are a few tips and tricks that will help to keep your cats safe during the holiday season.

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    Beyond Meat continues to release revolutionary vegan meats, such as the new Beyond Sausage.

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    PETA in Action

    • A Dog Rescued in Puerto Rico Gets Adopted!
      A Dog Rescued in Puerto Rico Gets Adopted!
      Portero was brought to Virginia from Puerto Rico by PETA's rescue team last month after he spent many years in a severely crowded shelter. He received some much-needed TLC and vet care and was adopted by a PETA staff member.
    • Plan to Imprison Dolphins Stopped
      Plan to Imprison Dolphins Stopped
      PETA Asia, along with other animal rights groups, advised authorities in Vietnam not to build a dolphinarium in Da Nang. The plan has now been rejected!
    • PETA Brings Compassionate Author to Event
      PETA Brings Compassionate Author to Event
      The author of Hobbes Goes Home, joined TeachKind, PETA's humane education division, for a "meet the author" event in Virginia to educate students about compassion for animals. To learn more or purchase Hobbes Goes Home go to PETA.org/Hobbes, use "PETA" for the donation code and all proceeds go to PETA.
    • Gecko Rescued From Glue Trap in Florida
      Gecko Rescued From Glue Trap in Florida
      We worked with a compassionate caller, to rescue this gecko from a slow, agonizing death in a glue trap and successfully release him outside. For more information about the misery caused by glue traps, visit PETA.org/Gluetraps.
    • PETA Protests at TAMU Board Meeting
      PETA Protests at TAMU Board Meeting
      PETA protesters lit up yet another Texas A&M; University (TAMU) Board of Regents meeting as they stole the show to call for an end to the university’s wasteful and archaic muscular dystrophy (MD) experiments on golden retrievers. To take action to help these dogs visit www.PETA.org/MD
    • Diamond and Sassy Get Round-Trip Rides to Their Spay Appointments
      Diamond and Sassy Get Round-Trip Rides to Their Spay Appointments
      These dogs were not only spayed at PETA's mobile clinics but also received a ride to and from their appointments. For more information on PETA's mobile clinic services, visit PETA.org/MCD.
    • Buddy Gets a New Doghouse
      Buddy Gets a New Doghouse
      Buddy's shelter was totally inadequate, so we brought him a brand-new wooden doghouse and were able to have another dog on the property spayed. For more information, visit PETA.org/Doghouse.
    • PETA Tells Prime Minister Trudeau to End Cruel Practice
      PETA Tells Prime Minister Trudeau to End Cruel Practice
      A PETA member wearing a seal costume greeted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his visit to Washington, D.C., to call for an end to Canada's cruel and wasteful commercial seal slaughter.
    • Activists Tell Passersby, 'Fur Is Dead'
      Activists Tell Passersby, 'Fur Is Dead'
      As winter approaches, PETA supporters are hard at work protesting the sale of fur at major retailers, including Macy's in New York and Influence U in Montréal, letting passersby know about the animal suffering that goes into every fur product. For more information, visit PETA.org/Fur.
    • Activists Protest Festival for the Most Sexist Thing You Can Eat
      Activists Protest Festival for the Most Sexist Thing You Can Eat
      PETA supporters leafleted and protested outside an Oregon cheese festival to remind passersby about the cruelty inflicted on mother cows who are abused and separated from their calves in the dairy industry. For more information, visit PETA.org/Cheese.
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