Watch: PETA Parody Shows Why ‘the Caveman Diet’ Should Go Extinct

In a world…where people are still eating like cave dwellers, it’s up to one parody video to save the planet.

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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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New Footage Exposes Fur Farm Horrors—Help PETA End Them!

Despite global outrage, Finnish fur farms are still abusing animals, as a new investigation video shows. But we can stop it.

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Outraged Internet Agrees With PETA: Chaining Monkey Is Disturbing and Cruel

We’ve shown that animals are hanged from their necks and beaten into performing, but this spectacle is just as creepy as it is cruel.

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See the Airplane Banner PETA Is Flying Near SeaWorld San Antonio

We timed the overhead orca offensive to coincide with San Antonio’s largest annual celebration, Fiesta, which more than 350,000 people attend.

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Why PETA Isn't Satisfied With UC-Davis' $5,000 Penalty

UC-Davis receives more than $100 million a year in federal taxpayer funds for cruel and worthless experiments on animals. A fine of $5,000 is not enough.

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New Video Reveals Animals Are Still Beaten at Petra

This latest PETA Asia exposé once again shows the need for a ban on forcing animals to haul tourists around the historic city.

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PETA Kicks Off World Week for Animals in Labs With Provocative Protests

PETA activists—human and dog alike—are challenging animal abusers who choose to breed, hurt, and kill dogs for cruel experiments.

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Snakes on a Plane: PETA U.K. ‘Snake’ Goes to Milan to Confront Prada

PETA U.K.’s bodypainted “snake” turned heads outside Prada’s store, and a PETA rep at its annual meeting made sure execs didn’t slink away.

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2018: The Time for Animal Rights Is Now

Until every cage is empty, every chain is broken, and every animal is treated with dignity, PETA will not stop. Will you join us?

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‘No-Kill’ Policies Slowly Killing Animals

Most, if not all, of the animals who are turned away from such facilities still face untimely deaths—just not at these facilities.

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Peony’s Life Story Will Haunt You

Tell Texas A&M University to stop experimenting on dogs.

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    What PETA REALLY Stands For

    Do you know what PETA stands for? Learn the truth about what’s at the core of the world’s largest animal rights organization.

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    PETA Fights Back After USDA Protects Lab From 'Embarrassment'

    The Seattle laboratory shouldn't be embarrassed—it should be downright ashamed. PETA will keep fighting for access to these photos and other vital information.

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    As Coke Execs Gather, a Graveyard of ‘Dead Dogs’ Appears

    As Coca-Cola shareholders gathered in Atlanta, PETA was there making sure that they acknowledged the dogs who have died for the Iditarod.

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    New Provocative PETA Ad Shakes Things Up for ‘Adopt a Pet’ Day

    Millions of animals are currently in shelters nationwide—2,100 dogs are awaiting adoption in metropolitan D.C. alone. Will you give one of these deserving pups a good home?

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    UPDATE: New Yellville ‘Turkey Drop’ Sponsors to Spare Turkeys

    For more than 70 years, Yellville has held a cruel “turkey drop.” Learn about this barbaric event and those who have worked to end it.

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    How PETA's Cruelty Investigations Department Rescues Animals From Terrible Conditions

    PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch discusses how animal abusers are brought to justice and how hedgehogs, sloths, and others are rescued.

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    Urge Nags Head, North Carolina, to Strike Coyote Trapping From Consideration! © iStock.com/karlumbriaco

    Urge Nags Head, North Carolina, to Strike Coyote Trapping From Consideration!

    Please contact the Nags Head officials below and politely urge them to remove trapping from future consideration. Then, forward this alert to everyone you know!

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    Necropsy Shows Dog Made to Pull Sled Inhaled Vomit, Died of Pneumonia

    This dog's muscles were wasting away, yet Hugh Neff forced him to pull a sled until he died.

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    Violett Beane Wants You to Know Why All Animals Deserve Respect

    She’s a passionate vegan who wants all animals to be treated equally.

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    8 Things You Need to Know About Canada’s Seal Slaughter © Sea Shephard Conservation Society

    8 Things You Need to Know About Canada’s Seal Slaughter

    The Canadian sealing community is trying desperately to discredit the animal advocates who are speaking out against it. But the facts don’t lie.

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    PETA Director Urges Shoppers Not to Be Fooled by 'Humane Washing'

    Consumers rely on and deserve truth in labeling, but these marketing schemes are betraying your trust. Find out how to avoid being duped.

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    A Walk on the Wild Side: Transfer Animals to Reputable Sanctuaries Now!

    Please tell A Walk on the Wild Side to stop exhibiting wild animals and urge it to retire the animals at its facility to reputable sanctuaries.

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    Harvard Physicians, PETA Call for an End to Medical Training on Animals

    PETA and experts from Harvard University argue that injuring animals in order to practice human medical skills is fraught with cruelty, financial waste, and inferior outcomes.

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    Horse Kicked in Face After Collapsing—Take Action!

    A horse carrying tourist gear collapsed in the Grand Canyon and then was kicked in the face by the wrangler. Help us end the abuse of these animals.

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    After Years of PETA Pressure Japan Ends Poisoning Test on Dogs © Emile Hallez

    After Years of PETA Pressure Japan Ends Poisoning Test on Dogs

    After hearing from PETA scientists and other experts, the Japanese government has decided to say “sayonara” to a gruesome pesticide test on dogs.

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    5 Easy Vegan Ways to Cook Without Butter

    Want less saturated fat in your diet? Here are five vegan hacks for cooking without butter.

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    Eggless Benedict: Cumberbatch Is Vegan!

    While promoting “Avengers: Infinity War,” Benedict Cumberbatch revealed, “I eat a plant-based diet.” Find out what else he does to help save animals.

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    4,563 Reasons to Be Grateful

    Meet Bentley, Edgar, and a few of the other more than 4,500 animals helped by PETA’s team since the beginning of the year.

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    PETA in Action

    • Ingrid Newkirk's Creative Protests Inspire
      Ingrid Newkirk's Creative Protests Inspire
      Throughout her life, PETA's president has always kept animal rights issues in the public eye by participating in demos, like this one in front of department store Fortnum & Mason to protest its sale of foie gras. She showed passersby the cruelty of foie gras production by being "force-fed" as geese slaughtered for this vile product are.
    • PETA Replaces Brownie's Old Doghouse for Free
      PETA Replaces Brownie's Old Doghouse for Free
      We replaced Brownie's dilapidated shelter with a custom-made doghouse for free. For more information, visit PETA.org/Doghouse.
    • Bodypainted Activists Turn Out for Seals in Canada
      Bodypainted Activists Turn Out for Seals in Canada
      In Toronto, activists braved the freezing weather in order to protest the annual Canadian commercial seal slaughter, in which tens of thousands of seals are shot or beaten to death for their fur. For more information, visit PETA.org/SealFacts.
    • 'Dog' Calls On TAMU to Shut Down Its Dog Lab
      'Dog' Calls On TAMU to Shut Down Its Dog Lab
      PETA's "golden retriever" rode the bus on Texas A&M; University's campus to show students that dogs are suffering in their school's cruel muscular dystrophy lab. For more information, visit PETA.org/TAMU.
    • PETA Helps Goats Move to Foster Home
      PETA Helps Goats Move to Foster Home
      For months, we have worked with a couple in North Carolina who are overwhelmed with animals. Recently, they asked us to help find new homes for four of their goats. The goats are now in a loving foster home, while we work to place them in new homes. For more information, visit PETA.org/CAP.
    • PETA Custom-Builds House for Pig in North Carolina
      PETA Custom-Builds House for Pig in North Carolina
      We custom-built a sturdy new house for Yogurt, a friendly adult pig in North Carolina, and her family was very appreciative.
    • Cora Gets Door-to-Door Service
      Cora Gets Door-to-Door Service
      We gave this sweet dog rides to and from our mobile clinic for her spay appointment. For more information, visit PETA.org/MCD.
    • Horses Receive Veterinary Care on Volcanic Island
      Horses Receive Veterinary Care on Volcanic Island
      PETA Asia—along with a team of volunteer veterinarians and veterinary students provided horses who are forced to give rides up Taal Volcano in the Philippines with free, much-needed veterinary care. For more information visit PETA.org/taal.
    • Vole Rescued From Torture Device
      Vole Rescued From Torture Device
      In Florida, we arranged careful removal, and vetting for this vole, found by our caller in her parent’s house stuck to a glue trap—a device designed to ensnare and starve animals on sticky adhesive. Our caller removed the glue traps and convinced her parents to try nonlethal options. For more information visit PETA.org/Gluetrap.
    • Activists to Passersby in Houston: Circus Cruelty Is Not Entertainment
      Activists to Passersby in Houston: Circus Cruelty Is Not Entertainment
      During three Carson & Barnes Circus performances, activists in Houston held signs supplied by PETA to tell passersby that animals exploited in circuses are trained to perform through fear and violence.
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