petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-18--Urge Starbucks to Help Cows During the Coronavirus Crisis With 5 Easy Actions

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds , Starbucks has reportedly closed some stores and removed chairs from others .
While we ’ re all for social distancing and helping to curb the spread of the coronavirus , we can ’ t help but wonder : Why can ’ t the chain make “ proactive decisions ” about its vegan milk upcharge , too ?
If Starbucks were as concerned about the climate crisis as it is about the coronavirus pandemic , cows , humans , and our entire planet would be a lot better off .
The chain shouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added charge for dairy-free milk , too .
For the stores that ’ ve closed , we hope they ’ ll reopen with free soy , almond , and coconut milk .
By charging customers extra for helping to save cows and the planet , Starbucks isn ’ t just snubbing the fight against climate change—it ’ s profiting off of it .
This is why we ’ re urging the coffee chain to commit to offering free vegan milk like it has committed to limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us .
Click on the links below to tweet Starbucks : Tell Starbucks on Twitter to Stop Charging Extra to Save Cows Urge your friends on Facebook to wake up and smell the coffee , too : Tell Your Friends : Starbucks ’ Vegan Milk Upcharge Has Got to Go Starbucks admits that cow ’ s milk is its biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions , yet it ’ s still charging up to 80 cents more for lattes made with soy , coconut , or almond milk rather than dairy .
Click @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do something that ’ ll actually help reduce its carbon footprint : Use Our Action Alert to Tell Starbucks to Stop Charging Extra for Vegan Milk If the coffee chain is really serious about combatting climate change , it should walk the walk and drop the vegan surcharge immediately .
Take a few seconds to tell it so : And if you do go to a Starbucks , don ’ t forget to use your cup to speak out for animals when the barista asks for your name !
Remember : Cows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sometimes hold grudges against other cows who treat them badly .
They even mourn the deaths of those they love and don ’ t like to be separated from them .
They don ’ t want to be exploited or killed for milk any more than any of us want to die of coronavirus .
A massive chain such as Starbucks can afford to offer vegan milk without tacking on a surcharge—it has the opportunity to encourage customers to make healthier , more compassionate choices .
Starbucks doesn ’ t need more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims of being a leader in sustainability .

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, Starbucks has reportedly closed some stores and removed chairs from others. While we’re all for social distancing and helping to curb the spread of the coronavirus, we can’t help but wonder: Why can’t the chain make “proactive decisions” about its vegan milk upcharge, too?
If Starbucks were as concerned about the climate crisis as it is about the coronavirus pandemic, cows, humans, and our entire planet would be a lot better off.
The chain shouldn’t stop at removing chairs—it should remove its added charge for dairy-free milk, too. For the stores that’ve closed, we hope they’ll reopen with free soy, almond, and coconut milk.
By charging customers extra for helping to save cows and the planet, Starbucks isn’t just snubbing the fight against climate change—it’s profiting off of it.
This is why we’re urging the coffee chain to commit to offering free vegan milk like it has committed to limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus, and we hope you’ll join us. Click on the links below to tweet Starbucks:
Urge your friends on Facebook to wake up and smell the coffee, too:
Starbucks admits that cow’s milk is its biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions, yet it’s still charging up to 80 cents more for lattes made with soy, coconut, or almond milk rather than dairy. Click on the link below to urge Starbucks to do something that’ll actually help reduce its carbon footprint:
If the coffee chain is really serious about combatting climate change, it should walk the walk and drop the vegan surcharge immediately. Take a few seconds to tell it so:
And if you do go to a Starbucks, don’t forget to use your cup to speak out for animals when the barista asks for your name!
Remember: Cows are like us—they develop friendships over time and sometimes hold grudges against other cows who treat them badly. They even mourn the deaths of those they love and don’t like to be separated from them. They don’t want to be exploited or killed for milk any more than any of us want to die of coronavirus. A massive chain such as Starbucks can afford to offer vegan milk without tacking on a surcharge—it has the opportunity to encourage customers to make healthier, more compassionate choices. Starbucks doesn’t need more bucks—it needs to live up to its claims of being a leader in sustainability. In the meantime, try RISE Brewing Co. for oat milk lattes delivered right to your door and Laird Superfood for nutrient-dense creamers in flavors such as pumpkin spice, vanilla, and chocolate mint!


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-18--PETA’s Free Toilet Paper Gets to the ‘Bottom’ of Coronavirus Problem

As Americans continue to panic-buy toilet paper amid the coronavirus frenzy , PETA is coming to the rescue by handing out free rolls in Baltimore , each sheet printed with an important message : “ Wipe Out Animal-Borne Illness : Go Vegan.
” In the mass hysteria , our message gets to the bottom of the problem .
Is coronavirus caused by eating meat ?
If humans were all vegan , would the coronavirus crisis never have begun ?
This outbreak likely wouldn ’ t have occurred if people weren ’ t capturing , breeding , and eating animals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , SARS-like coronavirus ) has reportedly been traced back to animals who were closely confined , shipped , killed , and eaten .
Public health experts believe that the virus originated at a fish market in Wuhan , China , where close contact between humans and live animals in a small space made it easy for the virus to jump species .
COVID-19 is similar to other infamous coronaviruses , such as severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) and Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS ) .
COVID-19 , SARS , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans .
Human demand for meat means that huge numbers of animals—such as sensitive pigs who , like dogs , have been known to save the lives of others , including their human friends—are crammed together on crowded , feces-ridden farms ; transported in filthy trucks ; and slaughtered on killing floors soaked with blood , urine , and other bodily fluids .
Pathogens flourish in such conditions , making farms a breeding ground for new strains of dangerous bacteria and viruses .
These animals are often dosed with antibiotics—often the same ones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep them alive in horrific living conditions that would otherwise kill them , an abusive practice that has caused countless new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to develop .
Other animals value their lives , just as we do—they don ’ t want to be killed for food any more than we want to catch COVID-19 .
And other animals deserve to live free from suffering and exploitation , too .
With every flush , PETA ’ s toilet paper will remind users that the best thing any of us can do to help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raised for food as well as our own species is avoid meat like the plague .

Update: March 31, 2020
With toilet paper in short supply because of the coronavirus crisis, PETA is here to save your butt with squares to spare. For a limited time, every order over $25 from the PETA Shop comes with one free roll, each sheet printed with the lifesaving message “Wipe Out Animal-Borne Illness: Go Vegan.”
Get to the bottom of the issue with PETA’s tissue, which points out the link between animal-borne pathogens and a taste for animal flesh. At first flush, our toilet paper reminds users that the only reliable way to prevent future pandemics is to avoid meat like the plague.
Originally published on March 18, 2020:
As Americans continue to panic-buy toilet paper amid the coronavirus frenzy, PETA is coming to the rescue by handing out free rolls in Baltimore, each sheet printed with an important message: “Wipe Out Animal-Borne Illness: Go Vegan.”
In the mass hysteria, our message gets to the bottom of the problem.
Is coronavirus caused by eating meat? If humans were all vegan, would the coronavirus crisis never have begun?
This outbreak likely wouldn’t have occurred if people weren’t capturing, breeding, and eating animals. COVID-19 (the name of this novel, SARS-like coronavirus) has reportedly been traced back to animals who were closely confined, shipped, killed, and eaten. Public health experts believe that the virus originated at a fish market in Wuhan, China, where close contact between humans and live animals in a small space made it easy for the virus to jump species.
COVID-19 is similar to other infamous coronaviruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). COVID-19, SARS, and MERS can all spread from animals to humans.
Human demand for meat means that huge numbers of animals—such as sensitive pigs who, like dogs, have been known to save the lives of others, including their human friends—are crammed together on crowded, feces-ridden farms; transported in filthy trucks; and slaughtered on killing floors soaked with blood, urine, and other bodily fluids. Pathogens flourish in such conditions, making farms a breeding ground for new strains of dangerous bacteria and viruses. These animals are often dosed with antibiotics—often the same ones we depend on to treat human illnesses—to keep them alive in horrific living conditions that would otherwise kill them, an abusive practice that has caused countless new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to develop.
Other animals value their lives, just as we do—they don’t want to be killed for food any more than we want to catch COVID-19. And other animals deserve to live free from suffering and exploitation, too.
With every flush, PETA’s toilet paper will remind users that the best thing any of us can do to help cows, fish, and other animals raised for food as well as our own species is avoid meat like the plague.


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-16--PETA Calls BS on Johns Hopkins’ Denial of Coronavirus Killing Spree

UPDATE : March 18 , 2020 .
In a just-published interview in the journal Science , the associate director of research animal resources at Johns Hopkins University , Eric Hutchinson , was asked if—as PETA had reported—a directive to purge animals not considered “ critical ” to experiments had been issued at Johns Hopkins as part of its response to the novel coronavirus , which causes COVID-19 .
Hutchinson replied , “ I will say categorically that no mice or any other animals have been euthanized in an effort to conserve resources.
” His answer made it seem as if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thin air .
But unfortunately for Hutchinson , we kept the receipts .
In fact , the mandate to “ euthanize extraneous animals ” at John Hopkins came from Hutchinson himself .
In an e-mail sent to Johns Hopkins ’ Animal Use and Care Committee on March 12 , Hutchinson directed that beginning on Monday , March 16 , “ [ l ] abs should mark cages according to priority… , euthanize extraneous animals , and make provisions for necessary ongoing experimental treatments/procedures.
” As of March 18 , Johns Hopkins ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Form ” says the following : • Entire “ litters … may be euthanized as space/resources require.
” • “ Labs should also designate any animals without an immediate/critical experimental purpose that could be prioritized for euthanasia should personnel and resources become scarce in the event of extreme or prolonged disruption of service.
” And , at the time of publishing , the school ’ s “ Animal Research Coronavirus Phased Contingency Plan ” instructs staffers to “ [ r ] educe cage census as much as possible , ” which appears to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they should reduce the population of the cages , i.e.
, kill animals .
In the Science article , Hutchinson “ categorically ” denied that any animals had yet “ been euthanized in an effort to conserve resources.
” While that ’ s great news—if true—it isn ’ t an answer to the question he was asked or a denial of PETA ’ s reporting below .
The mandate to kill “ extraneous ” animals at Johns Hopkins ’ laboratories was given .
Hutchinson ’ s answer doesn ’ t deny that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in tests won ’ t be killed in the coming hours , days , or weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic continues .
Across the country , school closures caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus have led to a mass killing of countless animals who were slated to be used in crude and worthless experiments in university laboratories .
Many experiments that harm animals are now being “ ramped down , curtailed , or delayed , ” causing an increasing number of major universities to order a purge of animals who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ archaic experiments .
PETA is questioning why billions of taxpayer dollars are being used on experiments that can easily be ended or that involve animals who , apparently , are considered “ extraneous ” to the testing in the first place .
Specifically , we are urging every research university receiving public funds to do the following : • Assess the effectiveness of their current and planned experiments in helping humans , the harm to animals used , and the high failure rate of these experiments Which Colleges Are Killing Animals Because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stanford University , the University of California–Berkeley , the University of Washington , and the University of Michigan are among the institutions calling on faculty to work on “ reducing population numbers ” of animals in laboratories .
Studies show that 90 % of all basic research , most of which involves animals , fails to lead to human treatments .
Also , 95 % of all new medications that test safe and effective in animals fail in human trials .
Yet the National Institutes of Health spends half its $ 40 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at universities .
Some of the taxpayer-funded experiments that PETA condemns as cruel , pointless , and wasteful include the following : • Johns Hopkins University experimenter Shreesh Mysore cuts into the skulls of owls and inserts electrodes into their brains , supposedly to study attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans .
• Former Duke University experimenter Michael Platt kept monkeys thirsty in order to force their cooperation in a study on sex and power in advertising .
• Government experimenter Elisabeth Murray inflicts brain damage on monkeys and then frightens them with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help animals like these .
Take action now : Let ’ s End Experiments on Animals at Colleges and Universities

Across the country, school closures caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus have led to a mass killing of countless animals who were slated to be used in crude and worthless experiments in university laboratories.
Once #COVID19 shutdowns began, a killing spree of animals imprisoned in university labs took off. If these sensitive animals are so easily considered “non-essential,” why does the government spend BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on horrific experiments every year? pic.twitter.com/BIp41ikUiv — PETA (@peta) August 22, 2020
Many experiments that harm animals are now being “ramped down, curtailed, or delayed,” causing an increasing number of major universities to order a purge of animals who are not considered “critical” to their archaic experiments.
PETA is questioning why billions of taxpayer dollars are being used on experiments that can easily be ended or that involve animals who, apparently, are considered “extraneous” to the testing in the first place.
As thousands of the rodents began to be euthanized—they are typically killed with carbon dioxide, and their necks are broken just to make sure—the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) first called attention to the efforts, blasting them as a “killing spree.” “Why are these animals—when the experiments were approved by the school’s oversight body—now so easily discarded?” asks Kathy Guillermo, a senior vice president at the organization. “Experimenters are again choosing the path of convenience and simply killing animals who should never have been bought, bred, or experimented on in the first place.” Sciencemag.org
Specifically, we are urging every research university receiving public funds to do the following:
Suspend all animal experiments
Assess the effectiveness of their current and planned experiments in helping humans, the harm to animals used, and the high failure rate of these experiments
Make the transition to superior non-animal research methods
Which Colleges Are Killing Animals Because of the Coronavirus?
Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, the University of California–Berkeley, the University of Washington, and the University of Michigan are among the institutions calling on faculty to work on “reducing population numbers” of animals in laboratories.
Because of its COVID-19 shutdown, Washington State University is urging its experimenters to adopt a “depopulation” plan for animals it deems nonessential in their laboratories. We know that mussels were victims of that killing spree, which begs the question: Why were they—or any other animals considered extraneous—ever bought, bred, caught, or experimented on in the first place?
Mussels exhibit individual differences in behavior, and it’s believed that they may know when other mussels have been killed. That’s because in the presence of a large number of broken mussel shells, they grow thicker shells for protection.
The novel coronavirus pandemic should be a moral and scientific reckoning for universities that have harmed and killed animals in studies that are expendable. The mass graves of animals should tell us that cures will only come with human-relevant, non-animal research methods. —PETA neuroscientist Dr. Emily Trunnell
PETA to Feds: Stop Wasting Billions on Animal Tests Deemed Extraneous
PETA has fired off a letter to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) asking why the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is wasting taxpayer money on animal tests that universities themselves consider to be “extraneous,” despite federal policies that clearly require experimenters to reduce and replace the use of animals in experiments.
In the wake of laboratory shutdowns across the country because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we told HHS Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi Grimm this:
PETA is questioning why any of these animals on NIH-funded protocols are being bought, bred, trapped, or experimented on in the first place since they’re now so easily disposed of and since experiments are now being ended or delayed. Universities cannot legitimately argue that all animals on NIH-funded protocols are vital to medical research—and that the protocols are indeed worthy of NIH funding—while simultaneously classifying many of the animals as unnecessary and then killing them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here’s the bottom line: The fact that these experiments are being conducted at universities across the country at a cost to taxpayers of billions of dollars every year is the height of absurdity.
We’re urging HHS to investigate this waste of taxpayer dollars and animals’ lives and ensure that ongoing NIH-funded experiments involving animals deemed non-essential are ended, that new NIH-funded experiments that include such animals will not be approved, and that the breeding and acquisition of such animals for NIH-funded experiments are prohibited.
PETA to Universities: In COVID-19 Shutdown, Who Are You Going to Kill?
UPDATE: PETA has written to numerous universities across the country and in Canada that have directed staff to kill or reduce the number of animals locked in their laboratories because of their shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, we’re demanding that schools release the following key information to the public, since many of their animal experiments are funded by taxpayers:
A list of the animal experiments that will not continue since officials categorized them as extraneous, noncritical, non-essential, ramped down, disposable, or unnecessary
The number and species of animals who are used in these experiments
A notice of if, when, and how many of these animals have been and/or will be killed
Healthy mice being flagged for euthanasia at columbia university medical center in manhattan due to lack of staffing due to covid. What a waste pic.twitter.com/hUlW79WHTQ — Lisa laru (@laru_lisa) March 22, 2020
We’ll keep you posted on their responses.
PETA Calls BS on Johns Hopkins’ Denial of Coronavirus Killing Spree
UPDATE: In an interview in the journal Science, the associate director of research animal resources at Johns Hopkins University, Eric Hutchinson, was asked if—as PETA had reported—a directive to purge animals not considered “critical” to experiments had been issued at Johns Hopkins as part of its response to the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.
“On Monday, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claimed that universities were being ordered to purge animals that are not considered critical to experiments. Is anything like this happening at your institutions?”
Hutchinson replied, “I will say categorically that no mice or any other animals have been euthanized in an effort to conserve resources.”
His answer made it seem as if PETA had invented this cruel mandate out of thin air. But unfortunately for Hutchinson, we kept the receipts. In fact, the mandate to “euthanize extraneous animals” at John Hopkins came from Hutchinson himself.
In an e-mail sent to Johns Hopkins’ Animal Use and Care Committee on March 12, Hutchinson directed that beginning on Monday, March 16, “[l]abs should mark cages according to priority…, euthanize extraneous animals, and make provisions for necessary ongoing experimental treatments/procedures.”
It doesn’t end there.
As of March 18, Johns Hopkins’ own “COVID-19 Priority and Ongoing Treatment Form” says the following:
Entire “litters … may be euthanized as space/resources require.”
“Labs should also designate any animals without an immediate/critical experimental purpose that could be prioritized for euthanasia should personnel and resources become scarce in the event of extreme or prolonged disruption of service.”
And, at the time of publishing, the school’s “Animal Research Coronavirus Phased Contingency Plan” instructs staffers to “[r]educe cage census as much as possible,” which appears to be a euphemistic way of saying that they should reduce the population of the cages, i.e., kill animals.
In the Science article, Hutchinson “categorically” denied that any animals had yet “been euthanized in an effort to conserve resources.” While that’s great news—if true—it isn’t an answer to the question he was asked or a denial of PETA’s reporting.
The mandate to kill “extraneous” animals at Johns Hopkins’ laboratories was given. Hutchinson’s answer doesn’t deny that, nor does it claim that animals used in tests won’t be killed in the coming hours, days, or weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
COVID-19 Cover-Up: UC–San Diego Hides Kills of ‘Non-Essential Animals’
UPDATE: In response to PETA’s letter asking, among other things, that the University of California–San Diego (USCD) make public the number and species of animals deemed “non-essential”—and therefore fair game for laboratories to kill—during its COVID-19 shutdown, the school has chosen to take the following cowardly actions:
Ignore our request for this information about animals who UCSD calls “non-essential” Include in its response to us the apparently false claim that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order “highlights animal research as an essential function,” which it does not Change the previously publicly accessible “Animal Research” section of its “COVID-19 Continuity of Research” webpage to password-only access so that the public cannot see that the university is breeding, buying, and experimenting on “non-essential animals”
Nice try, UCSD.
We kept the receipts and archived the university’s webpage, and as anyone can see, it clearly urges experimenters to cull “non-essential animals,” many of whom are or would be used in experiments funded by taxpayers, the very people UCSD is trying to prevent from seeing the truth.
We reiterate our call that UCSD come clean about the number and species of animals it deems “non-essential” and stop breeding, buying, and experimenting on these animals, who should never have been used in the first place.
PETA to Cornell: COVID-19 Shutdown Kills Which Nonessential Animals?
UPDATE: PETA sent a letter urging Cornell University to make public the number and species of animals in its laboratories likely to be killed during its COVID-19 shutdown because they’ve been deemed not to be “essential,” but the school has chosen to ignore our request for this information. In addition, after it received our letter, Cornell password-protected its previously public COVID-19 page in which it urged experimenters who use rodents and fish “not to exceed 60% of their census as of March 1, 2020.” In other words, the school instructed the experimenters to kill up to 40% of those animals.
We urged Cornell to prohibit permanently all experiments on animals deemed by the school to be not “essential” as well as to suspend the breeding and acquisition of any animals the school put in that category. We argued that the university should adhere to these standards indefinitely, not just during the COVID-19 response period.
Obviously, taxpayer dollars should never have been wasted in the first place on experiments that could be so easily ended. What’s more, Cornell has a long history of animal welfare violations. We urged the school to prohibit staff who’ve committed those violations from carrying out experiments in the future. You guessed it: We’re still waiting to hear about that one, too.
PETA to University of Montana: Who Gets Killed in COVID-19 Shutdown?
UPDATE: In light of its COVID-19 shutdown, the University of Montana has urged its experimenters to reduce “population numbers” of animals in campus laboratories, wrap up their animal experiments, or delay starting new ones.
PETA, in turn, fired off a letter to the school, urging it to make public the number and species of animals it considers extraneous who are likely to be killed in this cull. The university shouldn’t be wasting taxpayer dollars on failed animal experiments that leave patients waiting for treatments and cures, much less on experiments that can easily be ended or on animals it considers to be nonessential to the testing.
In its response, the University of Montana ignored our demand. So we replied urging it to commit to permanently prohibiting animal experiments that are apparently considered noncritical and to stop breeding or acquiring animals deemed as such, rather than having a separate policy that only applies during the COVID-19 response period.
PETA Urges State Auditor to Investigate Apparent Waste at University of Colorado
UPDATE: PETA has sent a letter to Colorado’s state auditor urging her to investigate whether any of the more than $169 million in state taxpayer funds given to the University of Colorado in 2019 was squandered on experiments on animals the university deemed “unnecessary” during its COVID-19 shutdown.
In the lead-up to the shutdown, the University of Colorado–Boulder and the school’s Anschutz Medical Campus issued directives that likely led to the mass killing of animals in laboratories there. In fact, after the university urged experimenters to identify experiments or animal breeding that could be “ramped down, curtailed or delayed,” its Office of Animal Resources (OAR) anticipated so many killings that it added this disturbing note: “OAR will euthanize unnecessary breeders for you, free of charge, in order to prevent crowds near euthanasia stations [emphasis added].”
If an investigation confirms that taxpayer money was wasted on useless, cruel experiments involving animals who were deemed “unnecessary,” the state auditor should ensure that the following things happen:
Any state-funded experiments involving these animals that have restarted should be terminated.
New state-funded experiments involving these animals should not be approved.
The breeding and acquisition of such animals for state-funded research activities should be prohibited.
We’re sending similar letters to a number of other state auditors.
PETA Replies to Universities’ Absurd COVID-Killing Responses
UPDATE: Because of their COVID-19 shutdowns, both the University of Toronto (UT) and Harvard University have halted experiments on their campuses that aren’t considered critical. As with other schools, this begs the question why taxpayer dollars in both Canada and the U.S. are being used in the first place on experiments that can easily be ended or that involve animals who are deemed nonessential.
PETA sent a letter to UT and Harvard urging them to make public which animals they consider extraneous and who are likely to be euthanized in this killing spree. One Harvard experimenter has already admitted to killing hundreds of mice who apparently were not considered essential.
In their replies, neither university responded to our demand. So we once again urged them to commit to permanently prohibiting animal experiments that are apparently considered noncritical and to stop breeding or acquiring animals deemed as such, rather than enacting these measures only during the pandemic.
The University of California–Berkeley and Brown University also decided to ignore our call for transparency in their responses to us. They’re keeping secret which animals in their laboratories have been or will be killed. What we do know is that UC-Berkeley implemented a “ramp down effort” that directed experimenters to finish “critical experiments.” And Brown’s COVID-19 contingency plan calls for the restriction of “non-critical” research. So at this point, how many animals deemed noncritical or nonessential have been killed on these campuses is anyone’s guess.
Both these schools have a shameful history of animal deaths and injuries. For instance, five bats starved to death at Brown when laboratory staff forgot to feed them, and that was when labs were fully staffed before the pandemic. This carelessness doesn’t bode well for animals in laboratories with reduced personnel during the pandemic.
In our letters, PETA demanded that Berkeley and Brown prohibit experimenters who have committed animal welfare violations from carrying out animal testing going forward.
PETA Urges Alabama Department of Public Health to End Experiments on Animals in Universities
UPDATE: PETA has sent a letter to the Alabama Department of Public Health urging it to end experiments on animals in laboratories in that state permanently, beginning with those the University of Alabama–Birmingham had already deemed to be non-essential during the initial COVID-19 shutdown.
In our letter, we point out that limited resources would be wasted should such experiments be allowed to continue:
“Expending precious research resources and taxpayer funds on animal testing—especially experiments and the animals used in them deemed by the institutions themselves to be not ‘essential’—is the height of absurdity and waste and should not continue, nor should laboratory personnel endanger their health for such experiments.”
The letter also lays out the consequences if such experiments are permitted to go on and Alabama shuts down again: “[M]ore animals will undoubtedly be euthanized and money that could otherwise have gone to more effective and human-relevant, non-animal studies benefiting public health will be wasted.”
We’re sending similar letters to a number of other state health departments.
Virginia Tech Tries to Cover Up Animal Deaths in Labs, PETA Exposes Receipts
Update: December 1, 2020
Armed with damning internal documents, PETA sent a letter today to Virginia Tech’s (VT) president, Timothy D. Sands, calling out the university’s misleading public claim that it “did not mandate any animals to be euthanized due to COVID-19,” citing records showing that VT laboratories deemed animals expendable and killed them in response to the pandemic. Accordingly, PETA is calling on the university to reimburse any public funds used for the experiments.
“Given that Virginia Tech deemed numerous experiments and the animals used for them to be non-essential, the animals shouldn’t have been bought, bred, trapped, or experimented on in the first place,” says PETA Vice President Shalin Gala. “PETA urges Virginia Tech to stop wasting taxpayer dollars and animals’ lives on pointless experiments and to pursue superior, animal-free research.”
PETA Confirms COVID-19 Killings, Demands Audits of Wasted Tax Money
Update: February 17, 2021
PETA has obtained documents via Freedom of Information Act requests that confirm that the University of Colorado–Boulder, the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC), and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) deemed animals used in taxpayer-funded experiments unnecessary and euthanized them per the schools’ directives urging that staff ramp down laboratory experiments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. PETA has sent letters to the schools calling on them to reimburse all taxpayer funds wasted in this purge, pointing out that if they can label animals as extraneous, they shouldn’t have been bought, bred, or experimented on in the first place.
CU-Boulder bred these “unnecessary” animals for crude and useless experiments, including ones that induce crippling muscle injuries and lethal mutations that affect neural development. UMKC bred animals it later deemed non-essential for experiments that induce debilitating eye injuries and expose animals to strenuous bone and muscle exertion, among other issues. OHSU also killed animals it determined were extraneous, including mice who were to be injected with toxins to induce liver cancer and mice who’d be genetically manipulated to develop brain defects in a futile effort to study autism—which does not affect mice. Pups in this experiment would have been forced to balance on a spinning rod and endure other stressful tests. We’ve also sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Management Assessment urging it to recoup more than $5.4 million of taxpayers’ money that NIH cumulatively wasted in funding these experiments. And we sent letters to several NIH agencies and state auditors urging them to audit and recover the public funds misspent on these experiments.
We’ll be sending similar letters after we obtain documents proving that other universities had deemed animals used in taxpayer-funded experiments as unnecessary and euthanized them.
After Rutgers Kills 23,000 Animals, It Gets Tax Bailout—PETA Demands an Audit
Update: November 18, 2021
Nearly 23,000 mice who were deemed part of “non-critical” experiments were killed during the COVID-19 shutdown at Rutgers University’s laboratories. What’s more, this shocking number was exposed by Rutgers’ own student newspaper, yet the school still cowardly refuses to confirm that any mass killing occurred, despite the proof in its own documents.
In 2020, a whistleblower leaked evidence to PETA that Rutgers had suspended nonessential experiments and enacted a plan that involved euthanizing animals. We sent a letter to the school’s president demanding to know why it conducts animal experiments (most often funded with tax dollars) apparently considered extraneous in the first place, but we received no response.
PETA is leading the fight against the waste of taxpayer dollars used for extraneous experiments on animals at universities across the country. We have written to the National Institutes of Health demanding an investigation into the failure of Rutgers—which received more than $98 million from the federal agency as well as nearly $437 million in direct state operating aid in fiscal year 2021—to minimize its use of animals as required by federal policies. We’ve also written to the New Jersey state auditor about the university’s lack of transparency and waste of taxpayer money and to demand an audit. Furthermore, we wrote to the university’s president to insist on the refund of taxpayer funds wasted on extraneous experiments on animals. There is no excuse for Rutgers’ rampant waste of life and valuable resources.
PETA Confirms COVID-19 Killings at UConn and UW-Madison, Demands Reimbursement of Wasted Tax Money
Update: March 30, 2022
PETA has obtained disturbing documents confirming that the University of Connecticut (UConn) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) deemed animals used in taxpayer-funded experiments extraneous and euthanized them during the ramp down of experiments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’ve sent letters to the schools calling on them to reimburse the taxpayer money wasted in these bloodbaths, which were carried out per the schools’ directives. In the letters, we point out what should be obvious: If animals can be labeled extraneous, they shouldn’t have been bought, bred, or experimented on in the first place.
At the beginning of the pandemic, UConn issued a directive to “immediately reduce animal numbers.” As a result, rabbits in the laboratory of UConn experimenter Harvey Swadlow were killed. His curiosity-driven experiments involve surgically fixing a stainless steel bar to the rabbits’ heads, restraining their bodies, and depriving them of food and water in attempts to study visual processing. Taxpayer losses related to those experiments amounted to $2 million.
A masterclass in euphemisms from @UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz. Here, "the researcher elected to end the participation of two rabbits involved in a research study" actually means "the researcher killed two rabbits". 1/2https://t.co/beATUEFK76 — David Richards (@DavidInProgress) April 6, 2022
Similarly, after UW-Madison issued an edict early in the pandemic that “[a]ll on-site research activities must be approved by a dean or director, who are directed to only approve essential research,” mice who were to be used in a devised by experimenter Laura Knoll were killed. That experiment involved infecting mice with toxoplasmosis and destroying their immune systems with full-body radiation as well as injecting female mice with hormones to induce ovulation and then removing their reproductive tracts after they were killed. Taxpayer losses related to this experiment were more than $1.1 million.
We’ve also sent letters to several National Institutes of Health agencies and the state auditors in Connecticut and Wisconsin, urging them to audit and recover the public funds misspent on these experiments. These examples of waste and loss of life highlight the urgent need to end all experiments on animals.
Experiments on Animals Must End
Studies show that 90% of all basic research, most of which involves animals, fails to lead to human treatments. Also, 95% of all new medications that test safe and effective in animals fail in human trials. Yet the National Institutes of Health spends half its $40 billion research budget on animal tests, mostly at universities.
Some of the taxpayer-funded experiments that PETA condemns as cruel, pointless, and wasteful include the following:
Johns Hopkins University experimenter Shreesh Mysore cuts into the skulls of owls and inserts electrodes into their brains, supposedly to study attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans.
Former Duke University experimenter Michael Platt kept monkeys thirsty in order to force their cooperation in a study on sex and power in advertising.
Government experimenter Elisabeth Murray inflicts brain damage on monkeys and then frightens them with rubber snakes and spiders.


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-19--A Sweet Victory for PETA: Snickers Stops Sponsoring SeaWorld

Sweet victory !
After hearing from PETA , Snickers—a one-time official partner of SeaWorld—confirmed that it has ended its years-long sponsorship of the abusement park .
In thanks , PETA sent the candy connoisseur a box of delicious vegan chocolate whales .
Snickers joins a long list of brands—including Mott ’ s , Hyundai Motor America , Panama Jack , and Thomas Cook as well as Air Canada , WestJet , JetBlue , and Southwest airlines—that have cut ties with SeaWorld .
Can you imagine spending the rest of your life trapped on an airplane with strangers , never having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frustration most of us feel after just a few hours on a plane is what bottlenose dolphins , orcas , and other animals trapped in SeaWorld ’ s cramped tanks are forced to endure for their entire lives .
It ’ s speciesist to believe that the animals at SeaWorld don ’ t yearn for the same things that humans take for granted : the ability to move about freely wherever they wish to go , a chance to be alone or with loved ones , and a life of their own making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cutting ties with a company that keeps marine mammals in cramped concrete cells , where they go crazy , deprived of everything that ’ s natural and important to them .
No decent person or reputable company should support SeaWorld ’ s animal exploitation , and PETA is calling for the animals ’ release to seaside sanctuaries .
Why Are Companies Ending Their SeaWorld Sponsorships ?
More than 40 orcas , over 300 other dolphins and whales , and approximately 400 seals , sea lions , and walruses have died at SeaWorld ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company agreed to pay $ 65 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it had misled investors about the negative impact that Blackfish was having on the business .
Following a months-long PETA campaign that included a damning veterinary report , a shareholder question asked by Alec Baldwin , numerous local ads , and more , SeaWorld stopped having trainers ride on dolphins ’ backs and will soon end their practice of standing on dolphins ’ faces in abhorrent circus-style shows .
Snickers , once the “ official candy bar of SeaWorld , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to support the exploitation of sensitive and intelligent marine animals .
Help the animals at SeaWorld by urging another brand to end its sponsorship :

Sweet victory! After hearing from PETA, Snickers—a one-time official partner of SeaWorld—confirmed that it has ended its years-long sponsorship of the abusement park. In thanks, PETA sent the candy connoisseur a box of delicious vegan chocolate whales. Snickers joins a long list of brands—including Mott’s, Hyundai Motor America, Panama Jack, and Thomas Cook as well as Air Canada, WestJet, JetBlue, and Southwest airlines—that have cut ties with SeaWorld.
VICTORY! @snickers is NO LONGER an official partner of #SeaWorld! It made the sweet decision to cut ties after hearing from PETA. In thanks, we’re sending a box of #vegan chocolate whales! pic.twitter.com/IaQrRrO2oM — PETA (@peta) March 19, 2020
Can you imagine spending the rest of your life trapped on an airplane with strangers, never having enough space to get comfortable? The frustration most of us feel after just a few hours on a plane is what bottlenose dolphins, orcas, and other animals trapped in SeaWorld’s cramped tanks are forced to endure for their entire lives. It’s speciesist to believe that the animals at SeaWorld don’t yearn for the same things that humans take for granted: the ability to move about freely wherever they wish to go, a chance to be alone or with loved ones, and a life of their own making.
Snickers made a sweet decision by cutting ties with a company that keeps marine mammals in cramped concrete cells, where they go crazy, deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them. No decent person or reputable company should support SeaWorld’s animal exploitation, and PETA is calling for the animals’ release to seaside sanctuaries.
Why Are Companies Ending Their SeaWorld Sponsorships?
More than 40 orcas, over 300 other dolphins and whales, and approximately 400 seals, sea lions, and walruses have died at SeaWorld’s parks. Last month, the company agreed to pay $65 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it had misled investors about the negative impact that Blackfish was having on the business.
Following a months-long PETA campaign that included a damning veterinary report, a shareholder question asked by Alec Baldwin, numerous local ads, and more, SeaWorld stopped having trainers ride on dolphins’ backs and will soon end their practice of standing on dolphins’ faces in abhorrent circus-style shows.
Snickers, once the “official candy bar of SeaWorld,” made the right call by refusing to support the exploitation of sensitive and intelligent marine animals.
Help the animals at SeaWorld by urging another brand to end its sponsorship:


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-19--COVID-19 Update: PETA’s Vital Work to Help Animals Isn’t Slowing Down

Despite the COVID-19 crisis and the many disruptions and health precautions that we ’ re all faced with now , PETA ’ s groundbreaking work to help animals—including emergency response , cruelty casework , homeless-animal assistance through spay/neuter , research , investigations , and new outreach strategies in lieu of being on the streets—isn ’ t slowing down !
We ’ re still here on the job , actively helping animals 24 hours a day , seven days a week .
We ’ re out there right now—as we ’ ve always been—providing animals in deeply impoverished families with free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proper shelter .
Take Wayne , for example .
Until just a few days ago , this senior poodle mix was suffering chained up in cold weather .
Today , thanks to support from you and other kind PETA members , he is rid of all that matted fur and is enjoying loving care .
He ’ ll soon be up for adoption .
In just the last week , you helped us respond to 174 emergency calls for assistance and sterilize 235 animals ( including 17 pit bulls , the most abused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the financial toll that the pandemic is taking , we expect the need for these services to grow .
As we have seen during other crises , such as hurricanes , floods , and past recessions , animals and their needs are becoming part of the pandemic ’ s casualties .
Never fear , however—PETA will not miss a beat .
We ’ ll continue full steam ahead to keep pressure on corporations that abuse animals .
This week , feeling the heat from more than 250,000 PETA supporters , Chrysler put the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sending the message that dogs deserve better than being run to death for mushers ’ prize money .
You may recall that earlier this month , we got Alaska Airlines to withdraw its sponsorship of this wretched race in which over 150 dogs have died , and we ’ re determined to end it .
… PETA is only able to make this progress , particularly now , because of the determination of our supporters .
Learn More About Supporting PETA ’ s Vital Work for Animals For however long it takes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woods , animals will still need our help .
Your support and compassion matter greatly to all animals , including those of us at PETA .
Want to do more for animals in your community ?
Remind family and friends that when they stock up on supplies , it ’ s vital that they remember the needs of their animal companions .
Encourage them to keep plenty of extra food and medications for animals on hand and to look out for neighbors who may not be able to shop for their animals , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food banks .
Click below to learn more : How to Prepare for Self-Quarantine

Update: May 18, 2020
What do a tethered king, an ailing queen, Zeus without his palace, and a goose with a broken wing all have in common? Our field team was there for them when no one else was.
In just the last week, our fieldworkers helped several animals, such as King, a little dog who was tethered outdoors when we found him. Now, thanks to the efforts of our “miracle workers,” he’s sitting on his throne at the Virginia Beach SPCA (one of our wonderful placement partners) awaiting adoption.
Our field team heroes also came to the aid of Queen, a crated pit bull suffering from a prolapsed uterus—an extremely painful and life-threatening condition. She was mercifully released from life in order to end her suffering.
And then there’s Zeus, who (like all dogs) deserves a Mount Olympus–worthy palace. Our fieldworkers replaced his inadequate shelter …
… with a sturdy, custom-built PETA doghouse (something we’re able to do thanks to donations from kind mortals like you).
We also transported 16 animals this week—including Belle, below—to and from their spay or neuter appointments, all free of charge. As you can see, Belle and her guardian are quite happy that she won’t be breeding and bringing more animals into a world that’s already short of homes—plus, sterilized animals live longer, happier lives!
Thanks to a carefully planned and coordinated team effort, we also rescued this injured but mobile goose who had sustained a broken wing and was hanging around a mostly closed government construction site. We transported him to a nearby veterinary hospital so that he could receive expert assessment and care.
One of our fieldworkers also got a shout-out from the Danville Area Humane Society (another of our placement partners) after transferring six nursing cats and their kittens as well as a sweet Labrador mix to the Virginia Beach SPCA, where they’ll have a chance at adoption.
https://www.facebook.com/danvilleareahumanesociety/posts/3476824502331012
If you’re a diligent, hardworking, kind, professional, and physically able individual—and if saving animals like it’s your job sounds like your cup of tea—please consider applying to become part of our essential field team.
Update: April 28, 2020
Without PETA’s field team, what would’ve happened to Reggie, a caged, scared pup whose owner simply didn’t want him anymore?
Reggie’s former owner called PETA, hoping to surrender him—and, despite the COVID-19 crisis, our fieldworkers responded. Once in their capable, loving hands, it didn’t take long for shy Reggie to warm up and come out of his shell. After giving him some TLC, we transferred him to one of our wonderful placement partners, the Norfolk SPCA, where he awaits adoption.
The coronavirus crisis is sparking lots of discussion of “essential businesses” and “essential workers.” If ever there were an essential service provider, our field team is it. Without it, BeeGee would’ve been forced to continue enduring a severe ear infection, which left his ears bloody and painful. Instead, we transported him to one of our mobile clinics, where his infection was treated and he was neutered—all totally free of charge for his low-income family.
Star—who we’d previously spayed at no cost to her owner—received a sturdy new custom-built PETA doghouse to replace her flimsy plastic shelter.
Our fieldworkers gave Snowball—a chained, neglected, and severely matted dog—a much-needed shave-down just in time for the summer.
We also rescued six dogs in Halifax County, North Carolina, who were confined to a small, dirty, barren pen. We transferred the adorable family (two adults and four puppies) to our other placement partner, the Virginia Beach SPCA, for a chance at adoption.
An elderly, emaciated Chihuahua named Yodi was brought to PETA for end-of-life help after her guardian passed away. Yodi was suffering from a mammary tumor, severe hair loss, a painful dry eye, and a skin infection. We freed the sweet pup from her pain, free of charge.
After a good Samaritan found a severely bloated hamster trapped in a cage near a dumpster, he took her home, thinking she might be pregnant. He quickly realized that she was in critical condition and brought the blind, dying hamster to PETA so she could be released from her suffering.
These animals are just a few of those PETA’s fieldworkers have helped during the last week alone. And our staff will continue to visit hundreds of animals each week, despite the COVID-19 pandemic (while taking every precaution recommended by health authorities, of course—including practicing social distancing, wearing gloves, frequently washing hands, and disinfecting surfaces often).
Click below to learn more about our available fieldworker position if this vital team sounds like one you’d like to join:
Update: April 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is leaving families struggling to put food in the bowls of the beloved dogs and cats they share their homes with. Our fieldworkers are doing all they can to ensure that none of these animals go hungry, but we need your help.
Please, if you have the means, drop off sealed bags of animal food in the donation box located outside The Sam Simon Center—our headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia—or, if you’re elsewhere in the world, consider shipping dog or cat food to this address:
PETA
Attn.: Community Animal Project
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Any type or brand of food is accepted and appreciated—the hungry dogs and cats we serve aren’t picky! Alternatively, click below to make a monetary donation, which will go toward ensuring that these animals don’t go without food.
The “miracle workers” on our field team will be sure to put your kind donations to good use. Check back for updates about the animals who have been helped thanks to your support.
Update: April 7, 2020
There’s no working from home for the “miracle workers” on PETA’s field team. While staying at least 6 feet away from animals’ human guardians, our fieldworkers are still heading out—as they do all 365 days of the year—to low-income communities, where they get up close and personal with dogs whose whole lonely lives are spent chained in the far reaches of a backyard.
Here are a few of the animals PETA has helped in recent days:
Brownie, seen above, had a badly matted coat that was pulling painfully at his skin. We gave the sweet pup a desperately needed haircut, providing him with some relief at last.
And then there was Luna …
… who, after being constantly tethered up outside, was surrendered to PETA after her owner had a heart-to-heart talk with our fieldworkers—they explained how much dogs crave affection and need to run and play.
We provided Casper with a sturdy new doghouse …
… and Boe—a severely emaciated pit bull who was wracked with cancer—was given a peaceful release from his suffering.
Worried that some people are having a hard time making ends meet and feeding their animals, we also donated 100 bags of dog and cat food to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore on April 2.
As long as there are cats and dogs out there who need help, we’ll continue to do our best to assist guardians who have fallen on hard times. Anyone in southeastern Virginia who wants to help can make a world of difference by dropping off sealed bags of animal food in a donation box located outside the Sam Simon Center—our headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia (located at 501 Front St.). Those elsewhere in the U.S. who have the means can click below to donate dog or cat food to our rescue team electronically—our fieldworkers and the animals they help (whose families are struggling to feed them) will be forever grateful.
Update: March 26, 2020
If ever there was an essential service provider, PETA’s field team is it! Our fieldworkers aren’t letting COVID-19 stop them from helping animals—so they’re taking every precaution recommended by health authorities (including practicing social distancing, wearing gloves, frequently washing their hands, and disinfecting surfaces often) while giving animals the attention and care they desperately need. Take Princessa, for example: We transported this sweet pup to and from her free spay appointment on PETA’s mobile clinic.
We also replaced Boss’ dilapidated shelter with a sturdy wooden doghouse.
Our fieldworkers found Mary Puppins tied to an overturned garbage can in rural North Carolina. Her owner agreed to let us take her, and she was transferred to our local placement partner—the Virginia Beach SPCA—where she awaits a loving home.
And then there was Missy, who was suffering from end-stage liver failure. She was emaciated, jaundiced, vomiting blood, severely dehydrated, barely able to lift her head, and struggling to breathe. Her elderly owner had contacted several veterinarians and animal shelters but couldn’t find help because of COVID-19 shutdowns. But someone referred her to us, and we were able to give Missy a peaceful release from her suffering.
Keep reading to learn more about PETA’s work during this trying time and what we can do to keep our animal companions safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Originally published on March 19, 2020:
Despite the COVID-19 crisis and the many disruptions and health precautions that we’re all faced with now, PETA’s groundbreaking work to help animals—including emergency response, cruelty casework, homeless-animal assistance through spay/neuter, research, investigations, and new outreach strategies in lieu of being on the streets—isn’t slowing down!
We’re still here on the job, actively helping animals 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
We’re out there right now—as we’ve always been—providing animals in deeply impoverished families with free medical care, food, and even proper shelter. Take Wayne, for example. Until just a few days ago, this senior poodle mix was suffering chained up in cold weather.
Today, thanks to support from you and other kind PETA members, he is rid of all that matted fur and is enjoying loving care. And he’s looking for a new home.
In just the last week, you helped us respond to 174 emergency calls for assistance and sterilize 235 animals (including 17 pit bulls, the most abused breed of dog). Because of the financial toll that the pandemic is taking, we expect the need for these services to grow.
As we have seen during other crises, such as hurricanes, floods, and past recessions, animals and their needs are becoming part of the pandemic’s casualties.
Never fear, however—PETA will not miss a beat. We’ll continue full steam ahead to keep pressure on corporations that abuse animals. This week, feeling the heat from more than 250,000 PETA supporters, Chrysler put the brakes on its connection with the Iditarod, sending the message that dogs deserve better than being run to death for mushers’ prize money.
You may recall that earlier this month, we got Alaska Airlines to withdraw its sponsorship of this wretched race in which over 150 dogs have died, and we’re determined to end it.
Whether freeing a dog from a chain …
… or bears from dismal roadside zoos …
… PETA is only able to make this progress, particularly now, because of the determination of our supporters.
For however long it takes us to get out of the COVID-19 woods, animals will still need our help. Your support and compassion matter greatly to all animals, including those of us at PETA.
Want to do more for animals in your community?
Remind family and friends that when they stock up on supplies, it’s vital that they remember the needs of their animal companions. Encourage them to keep plenty of extra food and medications for animals on hand and to look out for neighbors who may not be able to shop for their animals, as well as donating pet food to food banks. Click below to learn more:


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-18--Alec Baldwin to NYC Mayor: Stop Horse-Drawn Carriages During Coronavirus

Longtime PETA supporter and animal activist Alec Baldwin is calling on his hometown mayor , Bill de Blasio , to stop putting people at risk and shut down horse-drawn carriage operators as New York City , along with the rest of the world , faces the threat of COVID-19 .
In a letter to de Blasio , Baldwin writes : The Honorable Bill de Blasio Mayor of New York City I am writing to applaud your efforts to protect New Yorkers from COVID-19 by closing schools , restaurants , and bars—and to ask that you shut down one shady trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : horse-drawn carriage operators .
As we face an unprecedented crisis of contagion , it is shocking that carriage drivers still cram tourists into small carriages and give them shared , reused blankets , with the driver seated just inches ahead of them .
This reckless disregard may well fuel the spread of the coronavirus to both New Yorkers and unwitting visitors from across the country .
Mr. Mayor , I ask that you immediately halt horse-drawn carriage rides as you have other tourist attractions , and I echo my friends at PETA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trade will remain closed for good .
An activist from New Yorkers for Clean , Livable , and Safe Streets ( NYCLASS ) captured video footage from Monday , March 16 , of carriage drivers in full operation , giving shared blankets to passenger after passenger , despite the worldwide call to practice social distancing and other protective hygiene measures in order to halt the spread of coronavirus .
Watch the disturbing video below : Horse-Drawn Carriages Should Join SeaWorld and Circuses by Stopping During the Pandemic New York City needs to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s health—by adding horse-drawn carriage rides to the growing list of marine parks , circuses , and other tourist attractions that are halting business during this global pandemic .
Until further notice , abusement parks like SeaWorld are shutting their doors to the public ( and likely losing millions of dollars ) , in response to the coronavirus .
Circuses—including Royal Hanneford , UniverSoul , Garden Bros. , Carson & Barnes , and Shrine circuses—have had to cancel or postpone performances , meaning that elephants , big cats , zebras , camels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hauled across the country in trucks and trailers .
Bullfights are also being called off , meaning that bulls aren ’ t being stabbed to death by matadors .
Carriage Rides Are No Fairy Tale for Horses Horses are feeling individuals who , regardless of whether or not we ’ re in the midst of a global pandemic , deserve to live free from beatings and repetitive , forced labor in the extreme heat , thunderstorms , or blizzards .
In addition to losing their lives , horses forced to pull carriages around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they breathe in exhaust fumes and can suffer from debilitating leg problems from walking on hard surfaces .
Many horses forced to pull carriages have been observed living in squalid conditions with inadequate food and veterinary care and forced to drink filthy sewage water .
Horses are fascinating individuals who deserve to live free from beatings and repetitive , involuntary labor .
They have shown that they can understand symbols and even use them intelligently to make requests : Horses in Finland , for example , learned to use symbols to ask for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or off .
What You Can Do to Help Horses People around the world are increasingly recognizing that it ’ s the carriage industry—not just the horses—taking them for a ride .
You can help put an end to this cruel , outdated practice by refusing to patronize carriage rides and explaining to family and friends why they shouldn ’ t , either .
If your city allows carriages on city streets , urge your legislators to propose laws that will ban it .

Longtime PETA supporter and animal activist Alec Baldwin is calling on his hometown mayor, Bill de Blasio, to stop putting people at risk and shut down horse-drawn carriage operators as New York City, along with the rest of the world, faces the threat of COVID-19. In a letter to de Blasio, Baldwin writes:
March 18, 2020
The Honorable Bill de Blasio
Mayor of New York City
Dear Mayor de Blasio,
I am writing to applaud your efforts to protect New Yorkers from COVID-19 by closing schools, restaurants, and bars—and to ask that you shut down one shady trade that continues to put people at risk: horse-drawn carriage operators.
As we face an unprecedented crisis of contagion, it is shocking that carriage drivers still cram tourists into small carriages and give them shared, reused blankets, with the driver seated just inches ahead of them. This reckless disregard may well fuel the spread of the coronavirus to both New Yorkers and unwitting visitors from across the country.
Mr. Mayor, I ask that you immediately halt horse-drawn carriage rides as you have other tourist attractions, and I echo my friends at PETA and NYCLASS in hoping that this scurrilous trade will remain closed for good.
Sincerely,
Alec Baldwin
An activist from New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS) captured video footage from Monday, March 16, of carriage drivers in full operation, giving shared blankets to passenger after passenger, despite the worldwide call to practice social distancing and other protective hygiene measures in order to halt the spread of coronavirus. Watch the disturbing video below:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1240403374522105856
Horse-Drawn Carriages Should Join SeaWorld and Circuses by Stopping During the Pandemic
New York City needs to do the right thing—for animals and the public’s health—by adding horse-drawn carriage rides to the growing list of marine parks, circuses, and other tourist attractions that are halting business during this global pandemic. Until further notice, abusement parks like SeaWorld are shutting their doors to the public (and likely losing millions of dollars), in response to the coronavirus. Circuses—including Royal Hanneford, UniverSoul, Garden Bros., Carson & Barnes, and Shrine circuses—have had to cancel or postpone performances, meaning that elephants, big cats, zebras, camels, and other animals are not being hauled across the country in trucks and trailers. Bullfights are also being called off, meaning that bulls aren’t being stabbed to death by matadors.
Carriage Rides Are No Fairy Tale for Horses
Horses are feeling individuals who, regardless of whether or not we’re in the midst of a global pandemic, deserve to live free from beatings and repetitive, forced labor in the extreme heat, thunderstorms, or blizzards. In addition to losing their lives, horses forced to pull carriages around city streets can develop respiratory ailments because they breathe in exhaust fumes and can suffer from debilitating leg problems from walking on hard surfaces. Many horses forced to pull carriages have been observed living in squalid conditions with inadequate food and veterinary care and forced to drink filthy sewage water.
Horses are fascinating individuals who deserve to live free from beatings and repetitive, involuntary labor. They have shown that they can understand symbols and even use them intelligently to make requests: Horses in Finland, for example, learned to use symbols to ask for their winter coats to be taken on or off.
What You Can Do to Help Horses
People around the world are increasingly recognizing that it’s the carriage industry—not just the horses—taking them for a ride. You can help put an end to this cruel, outdated practice by refusing to patronize carriage rides and explaining to family and friends why they shouldn’t, either. If your city allows carriages on city streets, urge your legislators to propose laws that will ban it.


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-19--Self-Isolation Got You Feeling Trapped? Try Being a Dolphin at SeaWorld

Self-isolation , self-quarantine , social distancing , personal freedom—ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 ( the novel coronavirus whose origin has been traced back to humans ’ practice of eating animals ) , these phrases have become buzzwords .
But while the experience of a quarantine is new to most of us , being isolated , trapped , and fearful is nothing new for the animals held captive at SeaWorld parks .
So now that SeaWorld has temporarily shut down because of the coronavirus crisis , we ’ re urging the abusement park not to reopen unless it sends the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ends its use of animals .
And we want you to join us .
Our self-isolation to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is nothing compared to the forced isolation endured by whales , orcas , and other dolphins at SeaWorld .
Could you imagine having to stay in your bedroom for 50 years ?
Corky the orca ( whose last stillborn fetus was found at the bottom of her holding tank ) doesn ’ t have to imagine it—she ’ s spent her last five decades in a concrete tank , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For most of us who are self-quarantining , there ’ s a light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel .
But for Grayson—a beluga whale who was born at SeaWorld San Antonio , torn away from his mother at just 3 years old , and shuffled among SeaWorld parks and aquariums for nearly a decade—being lonely and miserable in confinement is the only life he ’ s ever known .
And isolation is all he ever will know , unless SeaWorld heeds our calls to empty its tanks .
While the need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ll regain the freedom to move about as we please , Ariel the dolphin may never have personal freedom again .
There are a few COVID-19 silver linings , including having plenty of time to speak out for animals .
Even from the confines of home , there are many ways we can speak up for animals—because they still need our help .
For example , clicking on the link below and urging SeaWorld to send the dolphins and whales there to seaside sanctuaries will take no more than 60 seconds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the marine mammals .
If you ’ re still looking to occupy yourself at home , give our podcast a listen and learn more about cruelty at SeaWorld from PETA ’ s very own Lisa Lange .
Learn more about cruelty at SeaWorld on The PETA Podcast : Listen to more episodes on iTunes , Stitcher , and Spotify !
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When it comes to craving personal freedom , dolphins and whales—all animals , really—are just like us .
Corky , Grayson , and Ariel don ’ t want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any more than we ’ d want to be trapped in our houses forever .
Did you know that dolphins talk to each other in a way similar to humans by adjusting their muscular tension and air flow ?
Please , while you ’ re in your kitchen or on your couch , take a moment to speak up for the dolphins and other animals who continue to languish at SeaWorld—they need our help :

Self-isolation, self-quarantine, social distancing, personal freedom—ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus whose origin has been traced back to humans’ practice of eating animals), these phrases have become buzzwords. But while the experience of a quarantine is new to most of us, being isolated, trapped, and fearful is nothing new for the animals held captive at SeaWorld parks. So now that SeaWorld has temporarily shut down because of the coronavirus crisis, we’re urging the abusement park not to reopen unless it sends the dolphins and whales there to seaside sanctuaries and ends its use of animals. And we want you to join us.
Our self-isolation to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is nothing compared to the forced isolation endured by whales, orcas, and other dolphins at SeaWorld.
Could you imagine having to stay in your bedroom for 50 years? Corky the orca (whose last stillborn fetus was found at the bottom of her holding tank) doesn’t have to imagine it—she’s spent her last five decades in a concrete tank, imprisoned longer than any other orca.
For most of us who are self-quarantining, there’s a light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel. But for Grayson—a beluga whale who was born at SeaWorld San Antonio, torn away from his mother at just 3 years old, and shuffled among SeaWorld parks and aquariums for nearly a decade—being lonely and miserable in confinement is the only life he’s ever known. And isolation is all he ever will know, unless SeaWorld heeds our calls to empty its tanks.
While the need to quarantine ourselves will eventually end and we’ll regain the freedom to move about as we please, Ariel the dolphin may never have personal freedom again.
There are a few COVID-19 silver linings, including having plenty of time to speak out for animals.
Even from the confines of home, there are many ways we can speak up for animals—because they still need our help. For example, clicking on the link below and urging SeaWorld to send the dolphins and whales there to seaside sanctuaries will take no more than 60 seconds but could mean years of liberation for the marine mammals.
If you’re still looking to occupy yourself at home, give our podcast a listen and learn more about cruelty at SeaWorld from PETA’s very own Lisa Lange.
Learn more about cruelty at SeaWorld on The PETA Podcast:
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When it comes to craving personal freedom, dolphins and whales—all animals, really—are just like us. Corky, Grayson, and Ariel don’t want to be trapped in cramped SeaWorld tanks any more than we’d want to be trapped in our houses forever.
Did you know that dolphins talk to each other in a way similar to humans by adjusting their muscular tension and air flow?
Please, while you’re in your kitchen or on your couch, take a moment to speak up for the dolphins and other animals who continue to languish at SeaWorld—they need our help:


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-20--GRAPHIC: Man Repeatedly Shoots Trapped, Writhing Coyote in the Head

Earlier this week , we received disturbing video footage of a man repeatedly shooting a coyote , reportedly at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club in Fontana , California .
The coyote—who was ensnared by the foot , possibly via an illegal leg-hold set—was shot in the head over and over again .
With each shot , the terrified animal jerks , yelps , and attempts to escape , eventually appearing to have been rendered immobile toward the end of a prolonged and torturous ordeal , although still writhing in agony while the shooter apparently reloads again .
The pain and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ throughout this ordeal are hard to imagine .
In response , we sent a letter urging the San Bernardino County District Attorney ’ s Office to pursue cruelty-to-animals charges against the shooter , as the prolonged , bungled killing was in violation of California ’ s anti-cruelty statutes as well as state wildlife codes and regulations .
We ’ re calling on officials to hold this abuser accountable for subjecting an animal to such an agonizing and protracted death—and to intervene before he does it again .
Trying to use lethal methods to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just inhumane , indefensible , and often unlawful—it ’ s also ineffective .
We ’ re the ones who ’ ve invaded wild animals ’ territory , so of course , encounters with them are to be expected—but it ’ s up to us to take the steps necessary to live in harmony with our indigenous , wild neighbors .
In this instance , deterring coyotes by strictly prohibiting feeding wildlife is an important and necessary step .
Please , never feed wildlife .
Habitat modification—that is , making areas unappealing via humane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ naturally .
The bottom line is that a nonlethal approach is the only effective means of coyote control—the terrible , needless suffering inflicted on this coyote never should have occurred .
Learn More About Living in Harmony With Wildlife Did you know that coyotes are members of the canine ( dog ) family ?
Just like all animals , they deserve the same consideration and respect that we would give our own adored canine companions who are considered part of the family .
Did you also know that the cruelty seen in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry ?
Although the majority of animals slaughtered for their fur come from notoriously cruel fur farms , trappers worldwide kill countless coyotes and other fur-bearing animals every year for the clothing industry .
Coyotes used for the fur that trims Canada Goose jackets , for example , can suffer in painful steel traps for days before they ’ re bludgeoned or shot to death .
( Sound familiar ? )
Mother coyotes desperate to get back to their pups have even been known to attempt to chew off their own legs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to tell Canada Goose that you won ’ t buy anything from the company until it stops using real fur ( and down ) in its clothing and accessories : Speak Up for Coyotes Killed for the Fur on Canada Goose Jackets

Update: A Good Samaritan Award is on its way from PETA to Jadat and David Griffith, who had the presence of mind to start videotaping when they saw a local animal trapper named Lowell Miller shoot a terrified, yelping coyote more than 14 times in the head and face with a small-caliber firearm. Miller had captured the coyote in a trap at the Sierra Lakes Golf Course. Thanks to the Griffiths’ damning video evidence, Miller was convicted of cruelty to animals, to which he pleaded no contest.
Had it not been for the Griffiths’ quick action, watchful eye, and willingness to come forward, this abuser might never have been held accountable for the suffering that he caused this hapless animal. We’re sure that their example will inspire others to act if they see any animal being abused.
Posted March 20, 2020:
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Earlier this week, we received disturbing video footage of a wildlife trapper repeatedly shooting a coyote, reportedly at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club in Fontana, California.
The coyote—who was ensnared by the foot, possibly via an illegal leg-hold set—was shot in the head over and over again. With each shot, the terrified animal jerks, yelps, and attempts to escape, eventually appearing to have been rendered immobile toward the end of a prolonged and torturous ordeal, although still writhing in agony while the shooter apparently reloads again.
The pain and fear that this coyote must have felt throughout this ordeal are hard to imagine.
In response, we sent a letter urging the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office to pursue cruelty-to-animals charges against the shooter, as the prolonged, bungled killing was in violation of California’s anti-cruelty statutes as well as state wildlife codes and regulations.
We’re calling on officials to hold this abuser accountable for subjecting an animal to such an agonizing and protracted death—and to intervene before he does it again.
Trying to use lethal methods to “control” wildlife isn’t just inhumane, indefensible, and often unlawful—it’s also ineffective. We’re the ones who’ve invaded wild animals’ territory, so of course, encounters with them are to be expected—but it’s up to us to take the steps necessary to live in harmony with our indigenous, wild neighbors. In this instance, deterring coyotes by strictly prohibiting feeding wildlife is an important and necessary step. Please, never feed wildlife. Habitat modification—that is, making areas unappealing via humane deterrents—will also encourage coyotes to move on naturally. The bottom line is that a nonlethal approach is the only effective means of coyote control—the terrible, needless suffering inflicted on this coyote never should have occurred.
Did you know that coyotes are members of the canine (dog) family? Just like all animals, they deserve the same consideration and respect that we would give our own adored canine companions who are considered part of the family.


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-20--Careless Spring Breakers Ignoring COVID-19 Warnings: It’s Time to Go Vegan

Where are you while you ’ re reading this ?
If you answer anything other than “ at home practicing social distancing and never touching money again without washing my hands at least eight times ” and you ’ re not a part of the essential workforce keeping society afloat during the COVID-19 outbreak , we have a problem .
This leads us to the giant banner reading , “ Meat Markets Breed Killer Diseases : Go Veg .
PETA , ” that we just flew over Clearwater Beach and other beaches in Pinellas County , Florida .
Despite the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Prevention ( CDC ) to practice social distancing , thousands of people gathered for spring break at Clearwater Beach to party as though a pandemic isn ’ t spreading through the human population .
PETA wants to remind spring breakers that slowing down the coronavirus by practicing social distancing is key—and our banner points out that we can all help prevent such pandemics in the first place by not eating flesh .
Filthy meat markets threaten the health of everyone by providing a breeding ground for deadly diseases like SARS , bird @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to the CDC , “ Approximately 75 percent of recently emerging infectious diseases affecting people began as diseases in animals.
” Plus , health conditions such as cancer and heart disease are also linked to eating animal flesh .
PETA urges people to combat pathogens and ailments at the source by going vegan .
COVID-19 originated in Wuhan , China , in a “ wet market ” —one where live and dead animals are sold for human consumption .
Health authorities confirm that influenza viruses and coronaviruses are zoonotic ( transmissible from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and markets crammed full of stressed animals are breeding grounds for such deadly maladies .
Some influenza viruses originated in chickens and pigs .
Are you under quarantine or self-isolating ?
If you ’ re stuck indoors , it ’ s still easy to help animals from your phone or computer .
Even if COVID-19 weren ’ t affecting every waking hour of our lives , animals are still individuals who shouldn ’ t be abused or killed for food .
They cherish their own complex , interesting lives .
This pandemic is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll never stop advocating for dignity and respect for animals .
PETA ’ s action alerts make it possible for you to take action for animals with the quick click of a button .
Even if you ’ re quarantined or working from home , you can help countless living , feeling beings , and it only takes a minute : Help Animals From Home During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Where are you while you’re reading this? If you answer anything other than “at home practicing social distancing and never touching money again without washing my hands at least eight times” and you’re not a part of the essential workforce keeping society afloat during the COVID-19 outbreak, we have a problem.
This leads us to the giant banner reading, “Tofu Never Caused a Pandemic. Go Vegan. PETA,” that we just flew over beaches from South Beach in Miami to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Despite the recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to practice social distancing, thousands of people gathered for spring break to party as though a pandemic isn’t spreading through the human population.
PETA wants to shake up spring breakers who may have their heads in the sand when it comes to realizing the risks inherent in factory farming animals for food. Not only is tofu cheaper than meat, it also is packed with protein, contains zero cholesterol, and lowers a person’s risk of suffering from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and numerous other life-threatening health issues. Slowing down the coronavirus by practicing social distancing is key—and our banner points out that we can all help prevent such pandemics in the first place by not eating flesh.
Filthy meat markets threaten the health of everyone by providing a breeding ground for deadly diseases like SARS, bird flu, coronavirus, and others.
According to the CDC, “Approximately 75 percent of recently emerging infectious diseases affecting people began as diseases in animals.” Plus, health conditions such as cancer and heart disease are also linked to eating animal flesh. PETA urges people to combat pathogens and ailments at the source by going vegan.
© Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China, in a “wet market”—one where live and dead animals are sold for human consumption. Health authorities confirm that influenza viruses and coronaviruses are zoonotic (transmissible from other animals to humans)—and farms and markets crammed full of stressed animals are breeding grounds for such deadly maladies. Some influenza viruses originated in chickens and pigs.
Are you under quarantine or self-isolating? If you’re stuck indoors, it’s still easy to help animals from your phone or computer.
Even if COVID-19 weren’t affecting every waking hour of our lives, animals are still individuals who shouldn’t be abused or killed for food. They cherish their own complex, interesting lives. This pandemic is a unique situation, but we’ll never stop advocating for dignity and respect for animals.
PETA’s action alerts make it possible for you to take action for animals with the quick click of a button. Even if you’re quarantined or working from home, you can help countless living, feeling beings, and it only takes a minute:


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-20--‘Yeehaw Wayne’ Is Looking for a New Place to Rest His Paws

Forget self-isolation—try forced isolation .
For years , Wayne was chained up outdoors 24/7 .
During the coldest parts of winter and the most sweltering summer days , he was left to suffer outside .
It wasn ’ t until his owner contacted PETA for help ( after being forced to move ) that things started looking up for this sweet pup .
When PETA ’ s fieldworkers first met Wayne , the poodle mix ’ s fur was badly matted because he was constantly outdoors and neglected .
The first thing we did after Wayne ’ s owner surrendered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a desperately needed grooming session .
With his mats removed , the pup became a little less shy and a little more enthusiastic .
PETA staff promptly nicknamed him “ Yeehaw Wayne ” when his exuberant personality began to shine .
Don ’ t let his bashful photos fool you … … this cowboy is spirited !
And he ’ s looking for a new home .
Do you think you ’ re the right partner for “ Yeehaw Wayne ” ?
Wayne is a poodle mix who ’ s ruffly 5 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a foster home with other dogs and , while he tolerates his current canine companions , he would likely prefer to be the only animal in the household .
Like many dogs who ’ ve been chained outside 24/7 , Wayne has sustained emotional damage .
He ’ s looking for a guardian who is kind and patient and a home that will give him the stability that he needs .
Please contact us at [ email protected ] if this sounds like you .
Share this post with your friends on Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Find Out More About Wayne and Other Adoptable Animals It ’ s thanks to support from kind PETA members that we ’ re able to help animals like Wayne , even during hurricanes , floods , and other times of crisis .
Click to help us assist more dogs who are forced to live outside .

Forget self-isolation—try forced isolation. For years, Wayne was chained up outdoors 24/7. During the coldest parts of winter and the most sweltering summer days, he was left to suffer outside. It wasn’t until his owner contacted PETA for help (after being forced to move) that things started looking up for this sweet pup.
When PETA’s fieldworkers first met Wayne, the poodle mix’s fur was badly matted because he was constantly outdoors and neglected.
The first thing we did after Wayne’s owner surrendered him to our fieldworkers was give him a desperately needed grooming session. With his mats removed, the pup became a little less shy and a little more enthusiastic.
PETA staff promptly nicknamed him “Yeehaw Wayne” when his exuberant personality began to shine. Don’t let his bashful photos fool you …
… this cowboy is spirited! And he’s looking for a new home.
Do you think you’re the right partner for “Yeehaw Wayne”?
Wayne is a poodle mix who’s ruffly 5 years old. He’s currently in a foster home with other dogs and, while he tolerates his current canine companions, he would likely prefer to be the only animal in the household.
Like many dogs who’ve been chained outside 24/7, Wayne has sustained emotional damage. He’s looking for a guardian who is kind and patient and a home that will give him the stability that he needs. Please contact us at [email protected] if this sounds like you. Share this post with your friends on Facebook to help us spread the word.
It’s thanks to support from kind PETA members that we’re able to help animals like Wayne, even during hurricanes, floods, and other times of crisis. Click to help us assist more dogs who are forced to live outside.


petapeoplefortheethicaltreatmentofanimals--2020-03-20--Texas A&M Can’t Hide As PETA’s Dog Lab Ads Take Over Austin

Austin , Texas , is going to the dogs—specifically , the ones in Texas A & M University ’ s ( TAMU ) dog lab , being tormented in pointless and deadly muscular dystrophy experiments .
For all of March , these moving billboards , which are meant to reach as many people as possible in this time of social isolation , will run on the exterior of four buses and the interior of more than 50 buses in downtown Austin .
Texas ’ capital city isn ’ t far from the school where experimenters have bred dogs to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and are subjecting them to cruel and wasteful experiments purported to study the human form of the disease .
But partly because of vast biological differences between species , in nearly four decades , these experiments haven ’ t produced a cure or a single treatment that reverses the disease ’ s symptoms .
They have only wasted lives and squandered research dollars .
The dog featured in PETA ’ s ad is an actual TAMU dog lab victim named Peony .
She was bred to develop a form of canine muscular dystrophy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ making her salivate uncontrollably .
Ropes of saliva , as seen in the ad , hung from her mouth .
Suffering in her barren cage , it was difficult for her to swallow , eat , and even breathe .
TAMU experimented on her and then killed her .
PETA is calling on TAMU alumni to halt their donations to the school until the dog experiments end .
And we ’ re urging legislators to call for an end to these wasteful studies .
Until then , our campaign against the school will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have told TAMU to call off the experiments .
And you can , too : Shut the Texas A & M Dog Lab Down

Austin, Texas, is going to the dogs—specifically, the ones in Texas A&M University’s (TAMU) dog lab, being tormented in pointless and deadly muscular dystrophy experiments. For all of March, these moving billboards, which are meant to reach as many people as possible in this time of social isolation, will run on the exterior of four buses and the interior of more than 50 buses in downtown Austin.
Texas’ capital city isn’t far from the school where experimenters have bred dogs to have a rare canine form of muscular dystrophy and are subjecting them to cruel and wasteful experiments purported to study the human form of the disease. But partly because of vast biological differences between species, in nearly four decades, these experiments haven’t produced a cure or a single treatment that reverses the disease’s symptoms. They have only wasted lives and squandered research dollars.
The dog featured in PETA’s ad is an actual TAMU dog lab victim named Peony. She was bred to develop a form of canine muscular dystrophy that caused her tongue to enlarge, making her salivate uncontrollably. Ropes of saliva, as seen in the ad, hung from her mouth. Suffering in her barren cage, it was difficult for her to swallow, eat, and even breathe. TAMU experimented on her and then killed her.
PETA is calling on TAMU alumni to halt their donations to the school until the dog experiments end. And we’re urging legislators to call for an end to these wasteful studies. Until then, our campaign against the school will only get louder. Five hundred physicians have told TAMU to call off the experiments. And you can, too: