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Commerford Petting Zoo: Release Minnie the Elephant to an Accredited Sanctuary Now

Minnie at R.W. Commerford & Sons Traveling Petting Zoo is deprived of everything that's natural and important to her. Elephants are highly social animals, yet Minnie has been without the companionship of another elephant since Karen and Beulah tragically died within months of each other last year. We can't let Minnie endure the same fate.

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'BLACKFISH' TRUTH TELLER EXPOSES ALLEGED ORCA SEMEN STASH WORTH MILLIONS. LISTEN NOW!

Watch the Eye-Opening New Documentary Breaking the Chain

This documentary feature from executive producer Anjelica Huston follows PETA's fieldworkers as they visit impoverished areas of Virginia and North Carolina to give care to mistreated animals who—without their help—would continue to suffer or even die. The film will be released on September 1 on all major video-on-demand services and is currently available for preorder on Apple TV and iTunes.

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Double Your Impact for Animals in India

Donkeys, ponies, and other animals are whipped and beaten to keep them working until they collapse from injuries, illness, or exhaustion. Your special gift to help them today will be matched!

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Joaquin Phoenix has an important message

Joaquin Phoenix Wants You to Change the World From Your Kitchen

Joaquin Phoenix used his Oscar speech to speak up for animals, and he hasn't stopped there. Now he's helping PETA expose a Walmart egg supplier whose workers killed thousands of hens.

HEAR HIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE

Lila the Tiger Is Almost Completely Bald From an Apparent Untreated Medical Condition

A tiger named Lila is stuck at Waccatee Zoological Farm in South Carolina. She is almost completely bald, and her condition is declining. She doesn't belong in a roadside zoo—she needs to be transferred immediately to an accredited sanctuary where she can receive expert care and appropriate treatment.

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HUGE Progress! More Cruelty-Free Cosmetics May Be on the Horizon in China

Is China moving toward eliminating some of its animal testing requirements? As a consumer, how can you ensure that your products aren't tested on animals anywhere in the world? Get the answers and learn how new PETA-backed regulatory changes could mean progress for rabbits, mice, and other animals. Then take action to help end animal experiments around the world.

HELP ANIMALS IN LABS

10 Facts Reveal How North Carolina's Meat Industry Kills People of Color

From the unregulated dumping of waste to the expansion of chicken farms, North Carolina's meat industry is a major part of the state's environmental racism problem.

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Too Weak to Stand, Cows Dragged off Ships With Cranes

Cows killed in the leather industry are denied sufficient food and water during long, grueling transport, and injured and dying animals are often illegally slaughtered—including those who are pregnant. Watch the investigation, and take action—we must stop the killing of animals for their skin immediately.

STOP EXPLOITING ANIMALS FOR THEIR SKIN

James Cromwell Joins PETA to Get This Real-Life Horror Story Canceled

Activist and Emmy Award–winning actor James Cromwell, who played a maniacal doctor on American Horror Story, left a phone message yesterday for 10,000 employees of the National Institutes of Health about the real horror in a government lab. Americans deserve to have their hard-earned tax dollars spent on effective, meaningful research—not pseudo-science that mutilates and terrorizes monkeys.

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Join Thousands of Activists for 'World Day for the End of Speciesism' This Saturday

Speciesism is discrimination based on species, and it must end now. Help get the urgent message out that animals have inherent worth. They have as much interest in being free and staying alive as humans do, and they share our capacity to experience pain, hunger, fear, thirst, love, joy, and loneliness.

WAYS YOU CAN STAND IN SOLIDARITY

The Animals Experimenters Use for Laboratory Testing Might Surprise You

When we think of animals who are tested on, vulnerable mice, rats, and guinea pigs likely come to mind, but did you know that these other species are used in horrific experiments, too?

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Urgent Action Needed

This Week’s Episode:

PETA Podcast #134: A Mysterious Alleged Semen Stash and the Future of Captive Orcas

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Fascinating Fact:

Ants are very social—their colonies or groups can have millions of members. They are also powerlifters, able to carry between 10 and 50 times their own bodyweight!