Activism

5 Ways PETA Is Helping Animals in Laboratories This Week

  1. On the heels of last week’s victory persuading Kenya Airways to stop shipping monkeys to laboratories after a now-infamous crash in Pennsylvania, PETA filed a complaint urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate the possible hazardous materials violations and health risks associated with transporting primates from one laboratory to another. The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and other huge media outlets have covered our response to the incident, including the dangers to humans and monkeys, and PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo appeared on Jesse Watters’ show for an even deeper dive.
  2. When President Joe Biden announced plans to relaunch the Cancer Moonshot, PETA scientists were ready with a petition signed by nearly 40,000 people and a letter cosigned by more than 100 physicians showing him how to redirect federal funding and slash cancer deaths through better research, prevention, and care—instead of failed animal tests.
  3. Through our partnership with Colombian street artist Praxis, San Antonio residents are being confronted with thought-provoking images of traumatized baby monkeys—reminding federal officials and the public why the Southwest National Primate Research Center and its fellow torture chambers across the U.S. must be shut down.
  4. After PETA’s investigation revealed intensive confinement and systemic suffering at a beagle-breeding hellhole operated by contract-testing company Envigo and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the facility for 39 violations of law, Virginia legislators are now working on a wave of bills to protect dogs.
  5. PETA supporters’ spirited protest and sit-in at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, demanding an end to psychological torment of brain-damaged monkeys, made it to The Hill’s weekly photo roundup and reached hundreds of thousands of social media users through our live updates.