Following a PETA lawsuit, the last tigers held at Dade City's Wild Things (DCWT) were sent to an accredited sanctuary in Colorado. Our lawsuit established that DCWT—which had acquired tiger cubs from big-cat exhibitor "Joe Exotic"—violated the Endangered Species Act by prematurely separating tiger cubs from their mothers and using them in public encounters.
PETA's fieldworkers are on the road working to ensure that every animal in the poverty-stricken North Carolina and Virginia communities that they serve has veterinary care, food, and adequate shelter. Each $5 you give can help us provide a neglected dog with nutritious food for a week.
Self-isolating? If you're stuck indoors, it's still easy to help animals from your phone or computer.
Just like humans, other animals don't want to be killed, and eating them continues to put human lives at risk. Meat companies and slaughterhouses should've taken the commonsense step of closing their dangerous operations long ago.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk's world tour was canceled because of COVID-19, but not even a global pandemic can stop her. She's taken her Animalkind book tour online.
Levi's continues to use cows' skin for the patches on its jeans, even though it knows that animal leather is not only a cruel industry but also three times worse for the environment than vegan leather. No animal wants to be killed for fashion or any other reason.
Humans aren't the only ones at risk of catching COVID-19. Although the pathogen manifests differently in monkeys, they are still susceptible to contracting the novel coronavirus infection that's gripping the world right now, and they're being used in experiments in a primate lab in Washington state—ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.
Netflix's Tiger King introduced the world to "Joe Exotic" and other big-cat exploiters, but what happens to the big cats themselves? Here's why tiger cub "encounters" are never OK.
Reports allege that, in response to park closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, SeaWorld has furloughed more than 90% of its workers. However, the company should really be devoting its resources right now to developing a plan to move orcas, bottlenose dolphins, and other captive marine mammals to seaside sanctuaries.
Young people are working together to create a world of equality and justice for all. If you're 24 or younger, help lead the revolt against human supremacy at your school or college or in your community and create positive change for all animals. Join Students Opposing Speciesism (SOS) today.
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