Signed, sealed, and delivered! The “Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe Without Animal Testing” European citizens’ initiative (ECI) has smashed the requirement of gathering 1 million validated signatures – reaching over 1.2 million statements of support from European citizens. No other ECI… Read More »We Did It! European Citizens’ Initiative Validated With 1.2 Million Signatures
According to the lunar calendar, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. Rabbits are the symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity in Chinese culture. Rabbits are gentle, socially complex, intelligent animals, each with their own personality. These sweet animals are omnipresent in our culture and… Read More »How You Can Help Rabbits
Animals living in their own filth. Mice who were left to resort to cannibalism. Years of apparently illegal experiments on monkeys. A PETA US investigation has unearthed shocking evidence of cruelty in a Colombian laboratory. The facility is part of a “consortium” in the country… Read More »Animals Left to Die of Wounds, Cages Full of Faeces
Two experiments on dogs funded by the French myopathy association AFM-Téléthon have been linked to the deaths of at least four boys under 5 years old. We hope these heartbreaking events have been a wake-up call for the charity. PETA France has renewed its calls… Read More »Horrific Experiments on Dogs Linked to Deaths of Four Children
Ahead of their 94th anniversary (18 November), iconic Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse have been used in a new campaign by PETA to highlight the cruelty rodents endure in forced swim experiments. PETA US Senior Social Media Artist Tiani Hernandez has created a satirical… Read More »PETA Highlights Suffering of Mice and Rats
Progress for animals in EU laboratories! In what can only be the start of a new era, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Commission have announced steps to end archaic and painful animal tests for industrial chemicals. PETA UK and PETA Germany scientists… Read More »Progress! European Chemicals Agency Commits to Ending Tests on Animals
The list you are about to read may seem like an extract from a horror book, but this is the reality for thousands of animals in UK laboratories. The new 92-page annual report by the Home Office’s regulator of animal experiments reveals how monkeys, dogs,… Read More »Home Office Reveals the State of UK Laboratories
When Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley learned about the University of Massachusetts–Amherst’s (UMass) invasive experiments on marmosets – which are absurd attempts to study menopause in humans – she wrote an urgent letter to the university’s chancellor, blasting the experiments and urging the institution to… Read More »Actor Daisy Ridley Urges UMass to End Deadly Marmoset Experiments
“Imagine being dropped into deep water with no way to escape. What would you do?” Lucie Donlan asks in a new PETA video. “As you look for help, you realise no one is coming.” Struggling frantically to keep her head above water, Love Island star… Read More »From ‘Love Island’ to ‘Science Lab’, Lucie Donlan Highlights Cruel Forced Swim Test
Regulatory agencies around the world require tests to assess the toxicity of products such as pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and medical devices before they’re put on the market. While toxicity testing has historically been conducted on animals in crude tests developed decades ago, things… Read More »PETA Science Group Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
