For Immediate Release: May 24, 2023 Contact: Amanda Hays 202-483-7382 Amherst, Mass. – As University of Massachusetts–Amherst (UMass) graduates and their families arrive at the school’s commencement ceremony on Friday, PETA supporters in funereal garb and marmoset masks will pose in coffins to call attention to the monkeys killed in the school’s…

For Immediate Release: May 24, 2023 Contact: David Perle 202-483-7382 Dallas – Out of concern for Ariel’s friends under the sea, PETA Kids sent a letter this morning to Luis Olloqui, the CEO of Dallas-based Cinépolis USA, urging him to remove fish dishes from Cinépolis menus while The Little Mermaid is playing in theaters and year-round. The group…

For Immediate Release: May 24, 2023 Contact: Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382 Portland, Ore. – PETA has teamed up with local artist Shad Clark to create the group’s first AI-generated artwork, which it will use in national campaigns to draw attention to the lifelong health problems faced by breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) such as boxers, bulldogs, and…

Can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to draw attention to the suffering of gentle cows and dogs exploited by animal-abusing industries? To answer this question, PETA recently paired up with artist Shad Clark to create our first AI-generated ads. Artist Shad Clark Uses AI to Shed Light on Deadly Plight of Breathing-Impaired Breeds In a series of…

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In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the High Evolutionary subjects Rocket Raccoon and his friends to many cruel and devastating experiments. In the real world, animals in laboratories are purposely bred to suffer from debilitating conditions, including cancerous tumors, weakened immune systems, and a variety of painful disabilities. Experimenters perform…

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PETA was sent two horrific videos reportedly filmed on May 8 in Lancaster, Wisconsin, documenting that an unhinged man violently—and repeatedly—kicked with full force and screamed profanities for two full minutes at a terrified and cowering German shepherd. The dog can be heard shrieking throughout both videos in apparent pain and terror, continuously…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: David Perle 202-483-7382 Indianapolis – On Wednesday, ahead of a scheduled race-week appearance of the Budweiser Clydesdales at Payless Liquors, a herd of PETA supporters wearing giant realistic horse masks will converge outside the store bearing signs that proclaim, “Budweiser Has Blood on Its Cans!”—urging…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Yakima County, Wash. – PETA is offering up to $5,000 in addition to the now $5,000 reward offered by Crime Stoppers and Pasado’s Safe Haven for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for abusing, killing, and dumping five dogs in the Lower…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Cali, Colombia – Please see the following statement from PETA Lead Projects Manager Dr. Magnolia Martínez regarding the charges filed on May 19 against the Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and its affiliated facility Primate Center Foundation in Cali, Colombia, by a regional…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: David Perle 202-483-7382 Albany, N.Y. – PETA wants New York officials to get serious about preventing horse fatalities during the state’s biggest racing weekend of the year. On the heels of nine horses’ deaths at Churchill Downs and after a Bob Baffert–trained horse sustained a fatal injury at Pimlico…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Norfolk, Va. – After hearing from PETA, eight major travel companies have agreed not to promote or sell tickets for exploitative animal rides at the pyramids of Giza—including a luxury tour operator, the most-awarded jet expedition company in the world, and the largest seller…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: David Perle 202-483-7382 Englewood, Colo. – In an escalation of PETA’s campaign to compel locally based Liberty Media Corporation to end its support of the Iditarod, a grueling 1,000-mile dog-sled race in Alaska in which more than 150 dogs have died, the group is hitting local airwaves with a television…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: Amanda Hays 202-483-7382 Cambridge, Mass. – Blindfolded PETA supporters will mark Harvard University’s commencement ceremonies on Thursday with a rally, holding photos of caged baby macaques and signs reading, “Harvard: Blind to Animal Suffering,” to demand that the university shut down experimenter…

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After hearing from PETA, these travel companies agreed not to promote abusive animal rides at the Giza pyramids, putting additional pressure on the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to remove them from the site. This would protect countless camels and horses from being beaten, abused, and forced to haul or carry visitors in the blistering heat without…

For Immediate Release: May 23, 2023 Contact: Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Las Vegas – A Hero to Animals Award from peta2, PETA’s youth division, is on its way to Christian Daniels, 17, for his work picking up Mylar balloons in the Mojave Desert to protect tortoises and other wildlife. Daniels started the Desert Balloon Project to raise awareness of…

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: David Perle 202-483-7382 Baltimore – Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding records showing that the Bob Baffert–trained Thoroughbred Havnameltdown, who sustained a fatal injury at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, had received medication for soreness…

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Atlantic City, N.J. – Ahead of Succession’s final episode on May 28, star James Cromwell is taking over the Boardwalk with a message for Starbucks: Stop milking customers who choose vegan milks. The actor’s appeal appears on nearly 100 screens along the busiest stretch of the…

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Oroville, Calif. – PETA Foundation lawyers and co-counsel just won a precedent-setting victory in court when a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against Organic Valley, brought by an Oroville resident who accuses the company of misleading her into buying its products at…

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382 Seattle – At Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday, PETA will submit a statement challenging the company’s subsidiary Whole Foods’ continued sale of Thai coconut milk—including through its own 365 by Whole Foods Market brand—even after learning of PETA Asia’s investigations…

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Orange County, Calif. – In time for the release of Disney’s The Little Mermaid on Friday, actor and entrepreneur Daniella Monet will give audiences a sneak peek at mermaids on the big screen in a PETA video spot set to air in local movie theaters. In the video, the vegan…

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382 Provo, Utah – Fresh on the heels of the Young Ones Student Awards, which showcase students’ talents in creative studies, Brigham Young University’s (BYU) AdLab is being crowned a winner of PETA’s Choice Awards for its video entries championing animal rights. Students were…

Ahead of Succession’s May 28 series finale, actor James Cromwell took over the Atlantic City Boardwalk in New Jersey with a message for Starbucks: Stop milking customers who choose vegan options. The actor’s appeal was blasted on nearly 100 screens along the busiest stretch of the iconic walkway and within sight of two Starbucks locations. “Dropping…