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Mice's Toes Amputated Without Pain Relief and Unsterile Operations Conducted on Pigs

These are just some of the horrors that PETA has uncovered at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. We're calling on the school to make changes, including by firing its attending veterinarian, under whose watch these animal mutilations took place.

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This is Groundbreaking, and It’s the Future of Frog Dissection. 
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PETA Adds Aussie Hair Care to Its 'Beauty Without Bunnies' Cruelty-Free List

PETA is pleased to welcome Procter & Gamble's Aussie hair-care brand to its list of companies and brands that have banned all tests on animals worldwide. Around the globe, all Aussie hair-care products are PETA-certified cruelty-free—spread the word!

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Help Dogs for #GivingTuesday!

Dogs are being experimented on, slaughtered, exploited, and neglected—but you can help them. Your gift before midnight on December 3 will help us unlock an extra $25,000 to protect them!

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Donkeys With Open Sores and Bloody Wounds Forced to Carry Tourists on Santorini

A new PETA exposé reveals that donkeys and mules are still being used as taxis to carry tourists up and down more than 500 steps several times a day on the Greek island of Santorini. When there were no customers, most donkeys and mules were left to stand in the scorching sun and tethered so tightly that they were unable to reach the sole bucket of water available to them.

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Birds Infected With West Nile Virus; Owls' Skulls Cut Into for Experiments

Crows, owls, and other birds are being killed in laboratory experiments right now. It's not only cruel, it's also bad science.

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Find Vegan-Friendly U.S. Colleges With PETA's Updated Vegan Report Card

PETA has reviewed vegan options at over 1,400 colleges and universities, and we're happy to report that dining services are increasingly adding more animal-friendly choices nationwide. Which schools got an A+? And which are falling behind the times?

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Dogs Killed in Deadly Fights After Being Crowded Together at a 'Shelter'

The El Paso Animal Services Center in Texas is severely crowding animals in an attempt to be "no kill," resulting in fatal fights and lingering deaths inside cages. This is "slow kill."

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WATCH: What Happens to Sheep When You Buy Wool?

In the wool industry, holes are punched in sheep's ears, their tails are cut off, and they're violently sheared before they're eventually killed. Here's why we're asking everyone to leave wool off their shopping lists.

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Male Piglets Are First Nonhuman Animals to Sue Germany's Highest Court

By allowing castration without painkillers, Germany's government is violating male piglets' rights. The response to this infringement is blazing a new trail.

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