Tax-Funded Frauds: How to Stop NIH From Wasting Your Money in China

PETA has found even more reasons to urge your legislators to act. Let’s save lives and stop the National Institutes of Health from using our tax money to fund foreign laboratories.

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Coming to a City Near You: Don’t Miss Ingrid Newkirk’s New Speaking Tour

See PETA’s president in person! After this event, you’ll have a new spring in your step, knowing you’re an integral part of the “all” in “all together now.” See a list of all upcoming tour stops and get your tickets here.

Why Did This School Want to Subject Multiple Baboons to 6 C-Sections Each?

Eastern Virginia Medical School experimenters cut the fetuses out of pregnant baboons in pointless tests. Help us end this cruelty.

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Be a Hero for an Animal

You can help PETA’s Emergency Response Team as it rushes to protect animals with nowhere else to turn—from abandoned dogs and cats to injured wildlife.

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WATCH: PETA’s President Cracks Open the Myths About Easter

After watching Ingrid Newkirk’s Easter video, you’ll know the history behind the holiday—and how to help animals today.

Is Alleged Monkey Smuggler’s Defense Fumbling?

You won’t believe what the judge said about the Cambodian farm central to an alleged monkey smuggler’s case. Read the latest updates on the trial here.

This Small Dog’s Rescue From the Snow Will Melt Your Heart

Watch Manya’s tale. This beloved girl went from hopeless to hopeful, thanks to a PETA-supported clinic in Ukraine.

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Gucci Makes Headlines Again—Watch PETA’s Video to Find Out Why

A yearlong investigation into the exotic-skins industry reveals unmitigated suffering for pythons and crocodiles.

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Support Our Campaigns Locally

Join PETA’s Action Team to hear about protests, events, and volunteer opportunities in your area. You’ll also get tips and ideas to help you advocate for animals.

Act Now! Georgians Need Your Help to Stop the Country’s Largest Monkey Prison

Tell Georgia officials to reconsider a plan for the largest monkey prison in the U.S. before a single shovel breaks ground.

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Rooting for Change: PETA Urges the First Lady to Nip Tired Traditions in the Spud This Easter

Ahead of the White House’s Easter event, PETA’s rooting for first lady Jill Biden to roll in a new, animal-friendly tradition.

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Who Are the Experts in PETA and Bill Maher’s New Docuseries?

Meet the remarkable experts and animal rights advocates taking center stage in PETA’s new groundbreaking docuseries, The Failed Experiment, now available for free on YouTube.

Vegan Easter Recipes That Will Have You Hippity-Hoppin’ for Seconds

Deviled potatoes, a rack of “lamb,” and more: Your vegan Easter meal won’t be complete without one of these recipes, which are inspired by classic dishes—without harming animals.

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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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Urge SeaWorld to Free Corky, the Longest-Held Captive Orca in the World

Corky is the longest-held captive orca in history, and time is running out. Will you take action?

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Want to Put the Spring Back in Your Step? Take Our 3-Week Vegan Challenge

The time is now! PETA’s 3-Week Vegan Challenge will help you make a change to protect animals and the environment while improving your personal health.

Talk About a Class Act! This Proposed Bill Could Help End Cruelty in Classrooms

Progress! California legislators have proposed a bill that could help replace cruel, archaic lessons with modern, compassionate ones.

She Was Still Alive—What You Need to Know if You See a Turtle Near a Road

Many turtles are severely injured or killed on roads every year. They can survive for weeks after their shell is crushed. If you see a turtle—injured or not—on or near a road, here’s what to do!

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You’ll Duck Out of H&M When You See What It’s Hiding

Will H&M finally ditch down after PETA’s latest “bloody” stunt? Keep reading to see what we sent the company’s CEO.

Considering a Chick-Hatching Project? It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

If you’re looking for ways to help children learn about life cycles, this PETA Kids’ comic has the answers—including to the question of what happens to chicks when the project is over.

The Shame of Alaska: How Many More Dogs Need to Die Before This Race Ends?

Was this the deadliest Iditarod in years? PETA’s Melanie Johnson shares how you can help save dogs before they’re raced to death like Bog, George, Henry, and more than 150 others.

Victory! After Years of PETA’s Relentless Work, Miami Seaquarium Is CLOSING

The Miami Seaquarium leaves a legacy of agony and anguish: Over 100 dolphins and two orcas lived and died there in misery. Now, no other animal will share their fate.

Will This Be a Wake-Up Call for Starbucks to Decalf Its Coffee?

Join PETA and other kind consumers in telling Starbucks that it’s time to brew change for animals and the environment—before it’s too late.

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How Did the U.K. Just Toss a Life Raft to Mice and Rats?

After relentless campaigning by PETA U.K., the U.K. government has made a change that will encourage scientists to focus on human-relevant research methods. 

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Put Your Veterinary Skills for Tigers, Snakes, and Others to Work

We’ve rescued big cats from Tiger King hellholes, stopped circuses from exporting endangered animals for their shows, and more. Will you be a part of our next big victory?

Have You Checked Your Horoscope Today? peta2 Has a Special Message for You!

Where do the stars align in your quest for animal rights? Click to discover your power to save animals—one zodiac sign at a time!

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“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