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Mark Rylance's Plea to Tourists: Bear Shows Are Torture — Stay Away Dec 17, 2018

“Wherever you see bears performing, they’re suffering,” says Oscar winner Sir Mark Rylance in a new PETA video that details how traveling shows torment bears, from chaining and muzzling them to preventing them from digging, roaming, hibernating, and doing anything else that’s natural and important to them. More →

Lewis Hamilton Named PETA U.K.’s 2018 Person of the Year Dec 11, 2018

Just weeks after being crowned a five-time world champion, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has added another impressive accolade to his growing collection: PETA U.K.’s 2018 Person of the Year Award. More →

Aquaman’s Patrick Wilson Wants You To Be An Ocean Hero Dec 11, 2018

Patrick Wilson who stars as Orm/Ocean Master in Aquaman has joined with Oceana to ask for everyone’s help in protecting the world’s oceans in a new public service announcement. More →

Pete Wicks Is Trapped And Bloody In New Charity Campaign To Ban Fur Dec 10, 2018

The Only Way is Essex star Pete Wicks poses trapped and bloody in a series of striking photos and videos by renowned photographer Trevor Leighton to support animal charity Humane Society International UK’s Fur-Free Britain campaign. More →

Ashley Greene Supporting the ASPCA in Disaster Relief Efforts Dec 7, 2018

This past Sunday, Dec. 2, Ashley Greene deployed to Northern California to assist the ASPCA in their efforts to help animals affected by the Camp Fire. More →

Penélope Cruz and PETA Urge Shoppers to Ditch Fur in New Christmas Ad Campaign Dec 7, 2018

Posing with a feline friend, Oscar winner and fashion icon Penélope Cruz has reunited with PETA for a new ad that proclaims, “Make Us Purr. Don’t Wear Fur.” More →

Lily Tomlin Wants American Veterinary Medical Association to Protect Greyhounds From Blood Banks Dec 6, 2018

This week, Emmy winner Lily Tomlin sent a letter on PETA's behalf to the heads of the Illinois-based American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) urging them to act in response to PETA’s recent eyewitness exposé of Hemopet, a canine blood bank and sham rescue facility that warehouses approximately 200 greyhounds bred for and discarded by the racing industry. More →

North Shore Animal League America's Get Your Rescue On Gala Rocks New York City Dec 4, 2018

North Shore Animal League America, the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, celebrated another year of animal rescue work at its annual Get Your Rescue On Gala on Friday, November 30th at Pier 60 At Chelsea Piers. More →

Jillian Michaels Calls For New Home For Stanley The Giraffe Nov 26, 2018

Jillian Michaels — who lost her home in Malibu’s Woolsey fire — sent a letter on PETA's behalf asking Malibu Wine Safaris to transfer Stanley the giraffe to a reputable facility, noting that the roadside zoo doesn’t meet his complex needs and can’t ensure his protection during fires, which have become a regular occurrence in Malibu. More →

Fur Free Friday: Celebrities Back Call To End Cruel Fur Suffering Nov 23, 2018

Ahead of Fur Free Friday, an international day of action on November 23, celebrities are speaking out against the “cruel” suffering of animals killed for the fur trade and backing calls by Animal Defenders International (ADI) to consign this brutal industry to the past. More →

32nd Annual Fur Free Friday Demonstration To Be Held In Beverly Hills Nov 23, 2018

Last Chance for Animals (LCA), along with a coalition of animal rights organizations and activists will protest the sale of fur products along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills as part of the annual Fur Free Friday observance on November 23, 2018. More →

Danai Gurira and Bryce Dallas Howard Honored at WildAid Gala Nov 22, 2018

WildAid announced it raised $2.5 million at its annual fundraising gala, “An Evening in China,” on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel. More →

Lily Tomlin Wants Retired Greyhounds Kept Out of Cruel Blood Banks Nov 22, 2018

With thousands more dogs facing an uncertain future after last week’s vote to ban greyhound racing in Florida, Grace and Frankie star Lily Tomlin sent a letter on PETA's behalf to the head of the National Greyhound Association (NGA) urging him to ensure that unwanted greyhounds are adopted into loving homes and not funneled into blood banks and sham rescue facilities. More →

Kevin Smith Celebrates Life This Thanksgiving — He’s Giving Back and Going Vegan Nov 22, 2018

It started with a Farm Sanctuary Compassionate Meals challenge, and today, heading into the holiday season, filmmaker Kevin Smith is grateful to be alive following a massive heart attack that inspired him to adopt a vegan lifestyle, which this year includes advocating alongside his daughter, actress Harley Quinn Smith, for the 46 million turkeys who will be slaughtered for Thanksgiving alone. More →

Stars Urge Fashion Industry to Change the Game Nov 20, 2018

Vegan stars and influencers Evanna Lynch, Mya, Daniella Monet, Harley Quinn Smith, Cammie Scott, Yovana Mendoza, Jenné Claiborne, and Renee Olstead have teamed up with PETA and Meg and Komie Vora of Los Angeles womenswear brand Delikate Rayne for a new vegan fashion campaign that urges both consumers and businesses to consider the animals who are exploited and killed for fashion — and change the game. More →

Stars Speak Out For Turkeys This Thanksgiving Nov 19, 2018

With 46 million turkeys raised on inhumane factory farms and slaughtered for Thanksgiving across America, Farm Sanctuary, the organization dedicated to combating the abuses of animal agriculture and encouraging a new awareness and understanding about farm animals, is teaming up with Kaley Cuoco, Joaquin Phoenix, Kevin Smith and his daughter Harley Quinn Smith to encourage people to #BreakTheChain of old traditions by taking the turkey off their plate and sponsoring one instead through Farm Sanctuary’s 33rd annual Adopt a Turkey Project. More →

Celebrate the National Dog Show Presented by Purina and Help Raise Funds for Animal Rescue Foundation Nov 16, 2018

In celebration of the National Dog Show Presented by Purina and in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, Purina will recognize the four-legged friends who make our lives special, especially pets that act as service animals to veterans across the country. More →

Kim Basinger Wants California to Cut Out Dissection Nov 15, 2018

As the California State Board of Education prepares to decide which new educational materials will be incorporated into state schools, PETA supporter Kim Basinger sent the board’s president a letter urging him to leave live-animal experiments and animal dissection out of the curriculum. More →

The ASPCA To Host 2018 Humane Awards Luncheon Nov 13, 2018

The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals) 2018 Humane Awards Luncheon, with Master of Ceremonies Chuck Scarborough, will honor animal heroes who vitally help humans or other animals in extraordinary ways, as well as people who demonstrate great commitment to assisting at-risk animals. More →

Downton Abbey Star Says Down With Dog And Cat Meat Nov 13, 2018

Downton Abbey star Peter Egan joined campaigners from the Dog Meat-Free Indonesia coalition and Care2 to hand deliver a petition to the Indonesian Embassy calling for an end to the country’s brutal dog and cat meat trade. More →

Sutton Foster to Host the Humane Society of the United States New York Gala Nov 8, 2018

The Humane Society of the United States announces that Tony award-winning actress and singer Sutton Foster will host the 2018 To the Rescue! New York Gala on November 9. More →

Nikki Sixx to Texas A&M: Face the Music and End the Dog Experiments Nov 6, 2018

Musician Nikki Sixx has sent a letter on PETA's behalf urging Texas A&M University (TAMU) to stop breeding golden retrievers and other dogs to have painful and debilitating canine muscular dystrophy and to end its use of dogs in cruel experiments. More →

WildAid To Celebrate Star-Studded 2018 Gala Nov 5, 2018

WildAid, the global nonprofit organization leading the fight to end the illegal wildlife trade, announced today that it will honor actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Danai Gurira as this year’s Wildlife Champions at its annual fundraising gala on Nov. 10 at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel. More →

Bill Maher Challenges Cornell Over Deer Hunting Nov 5, 2018

Cornell University alumnus Bill Maher has sent a letter to his alma mater opposing the deer hunt that the school is allowing in Sapsucker Woods, its 226-acre wildlife “sanctuary.” More →

Emma Kenney Shames Fur Owners in New PETA Rant Nov 1, 2018

The Conners and Shameless star Emma Kenney is putting the fur industry on blast in a new video rant for PETA in which the 19-year-old actor reminds everyone that wearing something that used to be someone is cruel, tasteless, and out of touch. More →

Stars To Attend North Shore Animal League America’s Annual Get Your Rescue On Gala Oct 31, 2018

North Shore Animal League America’s Annual Get your Rescue on Gala on Friday November 30th at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers will be highlighted by animal lovers and advocates including Honorary Gala Chairs Howard and Beth Stern, Elvis Duran, Joe Gatto, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. More →

Lucy and Tiffany Watson Reveal the Scary Side of Gelatine Sweets this Halloween Oct 31, 2018

This Halloween, cruelty-free champions Lucy and Tiffany Watson have teamed up with Humane Society International (HSI) UK to expose the spooky truth about what’s really inside some trick or treat sweets. More →

Charmed Star Goes Gory to Slam Canada Goose Oct 25, 2018

With blood dripping down her face from a fur hood, Charmed star Sarah Jeffery appears in new ad for peta2, PETA's youth division, that proclaims, “No Look Is Worth a Life. Canada Goose Kills.” More →

Oceana NYC Gala Raises $1.5 Million for the Oceans Oct 19, 2018

On Friday night, with the skyline of Manhattan serving as backdrop, MC and Oceana Board Member Ted Danson led Oceana’s New York City Gala in honoring two actors who have been longtime advocates for the oceans. More →

Cloris Leachman’s Plea to Roadside Zoo: Free Bear From Concrete Pit Oct 17, 2018

Iconic actor Cloris Leachman has sent the owner of Pymatuning Deer Park a letter urging her to allow PETA to arrange for the transfer of a 23-year-old bear named Bosco to a reputable sanctuary, noting that he’s showing signs of arthritis — which the 92-year-old herself suffers from — and that the barren concrete pit in which he’s currently forced to live only exacerbates the painful condition. More →