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Why Animal Rights Activists Are Black Rights Activists, Too

In the animal rights movement, we know how frustrating it is for people to ignore our message, even with evidence of blatant injustice. Fellow animal liberators, we know the power of protesting and demonstrating—please join us in using it now.

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PETA GOES UNDERCOVER: TERRIFIED ALPACAS MUTILATED FOR WOOL. 
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Huge News! Pharma Giant Bans Near-Drowning Test on Small Animals

After discussions with PETA, GlaxoSmithKline has joined the growing list of companies that have banned the cruel and useless forced swim test, in which animals are placed in beakers of water and forced to swim frantically as they attempt to escape.

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Help Save an Animal's Skin

Right now, dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, and other animals are being violently killed for the global skins trade. We need your help to stop the cruelty!

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You Can't Unhear These Screams: Crying, Vomiting Alpacas Tied Down, Cut Up

PETA is the first ever to expose the alpaca wool industry, in which workers hit, kicked, tied down, and mutilated pregnant, crying alpacas in Peru, the world's top alpaca producer. You've never seen anything like this before. Tell Anthropologie to drop alpaca items immediately.

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Support These Black-Owned Meat-Free Restaurants Across the Country

Amid the current pandemic, many restaurants are still offering meals for pickup. You can support Black business owners by ordering from these compassionate vegan restaurants around the U.S.

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DEADLINE NEARING: Urge Taiwan to Spare Rats Severed Joints in Tests

Experiments on animals are archaic and useless, yet the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has proposed a new regulation that would allow horrific experiments to induce painful arthritis in sensitive, highly intelligent rats before they're starved, killed, and dissected.

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why reptiles are not pets

Reptiles Belong in Their Own Homes; They Suffer in Yours

Did you know that snakes are loving and protective mothers or that turtles can wander miles from water to find suitable habitat? Reptiles have extremely complex needs and deserve to be in their natural habitats, not confined to a cramped cage for life.

WHY REPTILES AREN'T 'PETS'
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WATCH: These PETA Rescued Animals Are Living the Good Life Now and Forever

PETA is there for all animals. These once-neglected individuals are now getting tons of love, chowing down on snacks, and hanging out with their new BFFs.

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Holes Cut in Skulls, Brains Burned—Monkey Suffering Paid for With Your Tax Dollars

What's wrong with conducting experiments on monkeys? Everything. Here are 10 horrible things that experimenter Elisabeth Murray's laboratory does to monkeys in cruel and pointless taxpayer-funded studies.

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no meat is humane

Your 'Humane Meat' Is From a Factory Farm—and It's Killing Us

If you think you're eating "humane meat," think again. Your meat is almost certainly from a factory farm, and it's risking another deadly pandemic.

DEBUNKING THE 'HUMANE MEAT' MYTH
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PETA Got Brian Cox to 'Interview' a Cat—and the Final Result Is Adorable

Find out what happens when one of Hollywood's most respected actors tries to conduct a serious "interview" with a cat.

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PETA Podcast #122: Groundbreaking Undercover Investigation: Terrified Alpacas Thrown and Cut Up for Wool

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Snails will find their way home if moved, going at a maximum speed of 0.029 mph, no matter how long it takes.