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Crustaceans are not food or "starter pets." The limbs of these sensitive animals who are killed for food are often torn off, and they're typically boiled alive. Hermit crabs captured for the pet trade are imprisoned in cramped plastic boxes, and while they can live for more than 30 years in their natural habitat, most don't live for more than a few months after being sold as cheap trinkets.
With collaborative projects, high-level meetings, and other efforts, PETA scientists have launched the beginning of a new era for animals. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's historic decision to end funding of and requests for tests on mammals by 2035 will prevent countless animals from being poisoned.
Despite "humane" labels and industry advertising showing "happy" animals, PETA observers have documented widespread, systemic abuse in the meat, dairy, and egg industries. We're determined to stop it. Your support will help us reveal more cruelty through eyewitness exposés and end the abuse through thought-provoking demonstrations, online campaigns, corporate negotiations, vegan food tastings, and more!
PETA's Emergency Rescue Team wasted no time before leaping into action after having received a report of a pelican who was stranded on a bridge and unable to fly in the middle of Hurricane Dorian. See PETA fieldworkers in action, and then learn how to make your own rescue kit so that you'll be prepared during an emergency.
California just became the first state to ban fur trapping—now, it should take the next logical step by also banning fur sales and send the powerful message that kind people will no longer tolerate animals being beaten, electrocuted, and even skinned alive for fur coats, collars, and cuffs.
Every year, more than 6,000 live horses in Canada are packed into transport crates and sent on harrowing flights halfway around the world to be slaughtered in Japan.
Have you heard about the Global Climate Strike taking place from September 20 to 27? In a movement led by teens, students are going on strike to raise awareness of and demand action on climate change. ✊🌎
PETA's rapid action pages give you one of the fastest and easiest ways to take action for animals online.
Customers who don't want to support a cruel industry in which cows are forcibly impregnated and their babies are taken away from them shouldn't be charged extra for choosing to help animals, their health, and the environment by going dairy-free. Comment, tweet, and call Starbucks to tell it to stop charging extra for nondairy milks.
In an unprecedented move, U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) requested that the National Institutes of Health provide her with a plan for reducing the number of animals used in its experiments and to count the exact number and species of all animals used by the agency and report them to the public—something the agency has never before been required to do. Read more, and take action to end experiments on animals.
Trainers at SeaWorld stand on dolphins' faces and backs in a cruel dolphin circus, 140 dolphins are crammed into just seven tanks, and more than 40 orcas have already died on SeaWorld's watch—yet AAA clubs are still supporting the abuse by selling tickets to the abusement park.
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