EVMS Kills Four Mother Baboons After PETA Exposes Federal Animal Welfare Violations, Offers Sanctuary

For Immediate Release:April 4, 2024 Contact:Brandi Pharris 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va, – Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) experimenter Gerald Pepe killed four mother baboons—Jemma, Cookie, Toya, and Tara—who for years underwent multiple surgeries in which fetuses ....

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VIDEO: Police Drag 52-Year-Old Shackled, Bodypainted SeaWorld Protester From Airport Baggage Claim

For Immediate Release:March 29, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 San Diego – This morning, 52-year-old San Diego resident Carolina Roberts and another animal ally were arrested and forcibly removed from San Diego International Airport after posing ....

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PETA Statement re New Hampshire House’s Tabling of Bill to Ban Breeding of Deformed Dogs and Cats

For Immediate Release:March 28, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Concord, N.H. – Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to New Hampshire lawmakers’ decision to table HB 1102-FN, a ....

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UW Primate Center Director’s Problems With Surgeries on Monkeys Prompt PETA Complaint

For Immediate Release:March 22, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Seattle – Michele Basso, director of the Washington National Primate Research Center at the University of Washington (UW), has a decades-long record of conflicts with the veterinary ....

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PETA Statement re Verdict for Cambodian Official Prosecuted for Smuggling Monkeys

For Immediate Release:March 22, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Miami – Please see the following statement from PETA primate scientist Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel regarding the “not guilty” verdict in the U.S. Department of Justice’s prosecution of ....

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Countless Rattlesnakes Slaughtered in Cruel Events Across the Country—Speak Up to End Rattlesnake Roundups!

“Rattlesnake roundups” are barbaric, misguided events that are sometimes held at carnivals, beauty pageants, and festivals. They typically involve forcing rattlesnakes out of burrows using gasoline fumes and hooks, dumping them into cramped crates or ....

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Eastern Virginia Medical School Violated Law in Baboon Pregnancy Study; PETA Calls For End to Experiments

For Immediate Release:March 15, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – PETA is urging Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) to end a study in which live babies were repeatedly cut out of five pregnant baboons—in ....

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Chicken Truck to Blast Dying Birds’ Cries at Brick City Southern Kitchen Diners

For Immediate Release:March 11, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Ocala, Fla. – Diners on their way into Brick City Southern Kitchen & Whiskey Bar are in for an earful tomorrow, when “Hell on Wheels”—PETA’s life-size, hyper-realistic ....

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PETA to Call For Federal Protection for Monkeys at Smuggling Trial of Cambodian Government Official

For Immediate Release:March 8, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Miami – PETA supporters will gather outside the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for the trial of Masphal Kry, a deputy director in ....

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Newest Virtual Reality Experience From peta2 Promises Close Encounters at UT-Austin

For Immediate Release:March 7, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Austin, Texas – To encourage empathy for animals suffering in university laboratories, peta2—part of PETA’s youth division—is visiting the University of Texas at Austin today and tomorrow ....

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PETA Statement re Subpoena From Lawyers for Cambodian Official Indicted for Smuggling Monkeys

For Immediate Release:March 7, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President of Laboratory Investigations Kathy Guillermo regarding the subpoena that PETA just received from the ....

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Xenia Reptile Mill Warehousing Thousands of Snakes in Tiny Tubs; PETA, Reptile Experts Condemn Cruel Conditions

For Immediate Release:March 5, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Xenia, Ohio – After learning that locally based reptile mill Reptiles by Mack—which sells reptiles to pet stores across the U.S.—keeps thousands of snakes in small, barren ....

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Viva Vegan Leather! PETA Disrupts Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week Show to Declare ‘Animals Aren’t Fabric’

Today, as Victoria Beckham’s brand held its highly anticipated show at Paris Fashion Week, three PETA activists burst onto the catwalk with signs reading, “Viva Vegan Leather” and “Animals Aren’t Fabric” and “Turn Your Back ....

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Feds Cite UC-Davis After Monkey Dies Tangled in Bungee Cords: PETA Statement

For Immediate Release:February 29, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Davis, Ariz. – Please see PETA primate scientist Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel’s statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s citation of the University of California–Davis for a critical ....

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Newest Virtual Reality Experience From peta2 Promises Close Encounters at Lamar University

For Immediate Release:February 29, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Beaumont, Texas – To encourage empathy for animals suffering in university laboratories, peta2—part of PETA’s youth division—is visiting Lamar University today and tomorrow with Abduction, a unique ....

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Phones of Starbucks Execs, Patrons to Play James Cromwell Video Slamming Vegan Upcharge

For Immediate Release:February 27, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Seattle – Starbucks saboteur! People visiting the local Starbucks Reserve Roastery—and executives working in the company’s headquarters—will be served a venti shot of disgust at the chain’s ....

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Feds Cite Emory University for Animal Welfare Violations and Death; PETA Calls For Investigation

For Immediate Release:February 27, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Atlanta – Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding a slew of citations posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture against Emory ....

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Photos: PETA Germany Asks Parliament to Grant Personhood to Animals as Understanding Evolves

For Immediate Release:February 23, 2024 Contact:Rachel Hershkovitz 202-483-7382 Stuttgart, Germany – Earlier today, in an action to mark PETA Germany’s 30th anniversary, dozens of PETA members and supporters descended on the New Palace in Stuttgart—dressed ....

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‘Eat Me!’ Chris P. Carrot Says Presidential Candidates Must Go Vegan to Combat Climate Catastrophe and More in Georgetown

For Immediate Release:February 22, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Georgetown, S.C. – PETA’s bipartisan mascot Chris P. Carrot is on the campaign trail in South Carolina, where he’ll give attendees and presidential hopefuls some food for ....

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Newest Virtual Reality Experience From peta2 Promises Close Encounters at UCF

For Immediate Release:February 21, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Orlando, Fla. – To encourage empathy for animals suffering in university laboratories, peta2—part of PETA’s youth division—is visiting the University of Central Florida (UCF) today and tomorrow ....

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Feds Cite MRIGlobal After Animal Welfare Violations and Deaths; PETA Calls For Investigation

For Immediate Release:February 21, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Kansas City, Mo. – Please see the following statement from PETA Vice President Dr. Alka Chandna regarding two separate citations posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ....

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Dire Conditions at the Seaquarium Prompt New Protest at Mayor’s Office to Demand Park Shutdown

For Immediate Release:February 19, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 What:             The failed veterinary care, derelict enclosures, and suffering animals found by federal inspectors at the Miami Seaquarium will bring PETA supporters to a fiery protest ....

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Hallmark Bans Degrading Chimpanzee Cards After PETA’s Push

Victory! Following a bold PETA campaign, Hallmark, the world’s largest greeting card company, has stopped producing and selling cards featuring harmful and degrading images of chimpanzee infants who were torn away from their mothers. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuA2fXemE4[/embed][embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuA2fXemE4[/embed] ....

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PETA Statement: What a Twist! PETA Supporter Wrongfully Detained While Demonstrating Against Miami Seaquarium

For Immediate Release:February 16, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Miami – Today, in an ironic move mirroring that of the wrongful detention of marine mammals inside the Miami Seaquarium, PETA supporter Juan Endara was wrongfully detained ....

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside West Palm Beach Eateries

For Immediate Release:February 15, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 West Palm Beach, Fla. – West Palm Beach diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing ....

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PETA Exhibit Exposing History of Cruel Animal Experimentation Coming to Nashville’s West End Neighborhood

For Immediate Release:February 14, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner Nashville – Starting next Wednesday, PETA will show its eye-opening exhibit “Without Consent,” which explores the troubled history of experiments on animals and challenges institutions to rethink this ....

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Marketing Services Provider Joins Major Ad Agencies in Not Promoting Flat-Faced Dog Breeds

RKD Group—a marketing and fundraising services provider for nonprofit organizations—became the latest company to commit to leaving pugs, bulldogs, and other breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) of dogs out of its future ads, joining the Ad Council, ....

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‘This Po-Boy Doesn’t Want to Die’: PETA’s Vegan Appeal Urges the Big Easy to Go Easy on Animals

For Immediate Release:February 12, 2024 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 New Orleans – PETA has a message for Mardi Gras revelers in the city known for its meaty po-boy sandwiches: Geaux vegan this Fat Tuesday and beyond. ....

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Nails to Be Dumped Outside Mayor’s Office in 2-Pronged Push for Seaquarium’s Closure

For Immediate Release:February 11, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Miami – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a new report revealing another slew of federal Animal Welfare Act violations at the Miami Seaquarium—including a dolphin ....

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‘You’re Too Old for Breast Milk’: Giant ‘Baby’ to Give Away Free Vegan Cheese for Super Bowl

For Immediate Release:February 9, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Kansas City, Mo. – Ahead of the big game on Sunday—one of the biggest days of the year for cheese consumption—a team of PETA supporters, accompanied by ....

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Freezing Weather Prompts ‘Take Your Dog Inside’ Messaging Appeals From PETA

For Immediate Release:February 9, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Detroit – With overnight temperatures expected to drop back below freezing in the upcoming week and because the city’s three-hour limit on tethering dogs is reportedly not ....

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Veterinarian Confirms PETA’s Findings: Sick Cats and Dogs Denied Care at Blood Bank Tied to VCA

For Immediate Release:February 8, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – After an undercover PETA investigation found that animals kept captive at The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB)—which says it supplies blood to locally based VCA ....

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside South Florida Restaurants

For Immediate Release:February 7, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Miami – Diners in Miami and Fort Lauderdale just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign ....

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State Lawmaker’s Ten Commandments Bill Prompts PETA to Push for Vegan Version to Be Displayed

For Immediate Release:February 2, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Oklahoma City, Okla. – Rep. Jim Olsen has introduced a bill in the Oklahoma House of Representatives that would require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in ....

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside Key West Eateries

For Immediate Release:January 31, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Key West, Fla. – Key West diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring ....

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‘Blood on Your Hands’: Crystal Hefner Calls Out Cruelty Behind Cashmere in New PETA Campaign

For Immediate Release:January 30, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – Author and former model Crystal Hefner, the widow of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, held nothing back in her just-released tell-all memoir, Only Say Good ....

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside Naples Restaurants

For Immediate Release:January 25, 2024 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 Naples, Fla. – Local diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size ....

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Washington State Bill Introduced to Require Transparency at Troubled UW Primate Center

For Immediate Release:January 19, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Olympia, Wash. – State representatives have just introduced a landmark bill that would require transparency at the publicly funded University of Washington (UW) Washington National Primate Research ....

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‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside Fort Myers and Cape Coral Restaurants

For Immediate Release:January 18, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Cape Coral, Fla. – Diners in Fort Myers and Cape Coral just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” ....

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Modernize That Meal, Evolve Your Eatin’, Veganize Those Vittles! PETA Offer Would Honor Raccoons Instead of Killing Them

For Immediate Release:January 12, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Gillett, Ark. – In advance of the Gillett Farmers and Businessmen’s Club’s annual Gillett Supper—for which dozens of trapped and hunted raccoons are cooked—PETA fired off a ....

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Plan for Largest Monkey Warehouse in the U.S. Targets Georgia Town, Prompting Pushback From PETA

For Immediate Release:January 12, 2024 Contact:Amanda Hays 202-483-7382 Decatur County, Ga. – A PETA scientist will join local residents at the Bainbridge City Council meeting on Tuesday, urging council members to reverse course and stop ....

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Cockamamie Cattle Project Prompts PETA to Launch National Empathy Plan

For Immediate Release:January 11, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – Prompted by Mark Zuckerberg’s out-of-touch announcement that he and his family, including his young children, have begun raising cows to be killed for their ....

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Unlucky 13: Seaquarium’s New Citations Prompt PETA To Command: ‘Pay With Your Lease!’

For Immediate Release:January 5, 2024 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Miami – PETA has obtained a just-published U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report revealing that conditions are much the same for animals (i.e., absolutely terrible) at ....

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Florida Legislator Cosponsors Bill to Ban NIH Funding of Cruel Foreign Animal Experiments

For Immediate Release:January 4, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Sarasota, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.-17) has signed on as a cosponsor of the bipartisan H.R.4757, Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas (CARGO) Act, which would ....

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PETA Discovery: Charles River Plans Largest Monkey Facility in U.S., Housing 43,000 Primates

For Immediate Release:January 2, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Brazoria County, Texas – PETA has uncovered plans by Charles River Laboratories, the largest importer of monkeys used for laboratory experiments, to build the largest monkey-holding facility ....

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Animal Testing Is a Drag! Alaska Thunderf*ck, Heidi N Closet, and Kim Chi Star in PETA Cosmetics Campaigns

For Immediate Release:December 27, 2023 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – Oh no she better don’t wear makeup that hurts animals! As everyone prepares to glam up and go out for New Year’s Eve, Alaska ....

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