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ExxonMobil Ends $250K Iditarod Sponsorship After PETA Campaign

January 30, 2021 Brianna Nolan Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

As reported by the Associated Press, following a vigorous PETA campaign, ExxonMobil has confirmed that its more than 40 years of support for the Iditarod—the notorious dogsled race in which more than 150 dogs have died, most commonly after inhaling their own vomit—is ending this year. ExxonMobil has sponsored the Iditarod since 1978 and has… Read more »

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Au Revoir, Angora! This Brand Just Got a Humane Makeover

January 28, 2021 PETA Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

Years of social media takeovers, floods of phone calls and e-mails, global protests, and other pressure by PETA and our affiliates have paid off for rabbits.

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PETA to NIH: Animals Are Sentient—Stop Testing on Them

January 24, 2021 Veronica Schade Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

A new PETA report points out that more than 2,500 studies show that other animals feel pain, fear, joy, and love. Experiments on animals must end now.

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Monkey Labor Cover-Up in U.S.-Thai Coconut Trade: Jewel-Osco Tied to PETA Exposé

January 17, 2021 Brianna Nolan Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

PETA Asia investigators recently returned to Thailand one year after exposing the use of forced monkey labor on Thai coconut farms—prompting Costco and other retailers around the world to cut ties with Thai coconut milk brands—and found that manufacturers and the Thai government are lying to the public and importers about monkey use, which continues… Read more »

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PETA Exclusive: Exposing the Businesses That Sell Animals to Labs

January 14, 2021 Mackenzie Campbell Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

PETA releases never-before-seen photos and video footage documenting the deplorable conditions at companies that sell animals into the experimentation industry.

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40 Years, 40 Wins—How PETA Helped Animals in Circuses and Roadside Zoos

January 12, 2021 Elena Waldman Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

For PETA’s 40th anniversary, join us in celebrating 40 major ways we’ve helped animals exploited by circuses and roadside zoos over the past four decades.

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CU-Boulder Junior Wins Activist of the Year Award

January 10, 2021 Brianna Nolan Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

For actively campaigning for recognition of animals’ personhood and protection as the leader of the local hub of Students Opposing Speciesism (SOS)—a PETA-backed, youth-led revolt against the old-fashioned idea that all other animals are here for the benefit of humans—University of Colorado–Boulder junior Paige Scatena has been named PETA’s Activist of the Year, beating out… Read more »

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PETA Exposé Reveals Filth, Feces, and Festering Wounds at Secretive Facilities Supplying Animals to Labs

January 8, 2021 Brianna Nolan Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

PETA has obtained never-before-seen photographs and video footage taken by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors revealing deplorable conditions at facilities that operate out of public view and supply animals for use in the experimentation industry. The images show maggots crawling through animals’ food, green algae growing in water bowls, and animals left to suffer… Read more »

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PETA Discovers That Kentucky Derby Horse Was Recently Slaughtered in South Korea!

January 6, 2021 Dewanna Byrd Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

We need your help to make sure that these companies hear the message loud and clear—please sign the petition to speak up for horses like Private Vow.

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PETA Statement: FDA’s Approval of Genetically Modified Pigs

January 3, 2021 Brianna Nolan Animal Rights & Environment, PETA

Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of genetically modifying pigs used for food, drugs, and transplants: The genetic manipulation of pigs to serve as interspecies spare-parts bins and more palatable dinner entrées for humans is the apex of arrogance and cruelty.… Read more »

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