Thanks to eye-catching demonstrations, powerful investigations, and landmark victories, PETA’s work for animals is making headlines around the world. Here are a few of our most widely covered campaigns in recent weeks!
Kenya Airways Stops Transporting Monkeys After Devastating Crash
Victory! After PETA learned that Kenya Airways had flown to the U.S. the 100 laboratory-bound monkeys who were involved in a now-infamous truck crash in Pennsylvania, we persuaded the airline to commit to stop shipping monkeys to laboratories. The crash and its corresponding events were covered widely by the media.
PETA Slams Pig Organ ‘Transplant’ Stunt as Junk Science
PETA’s opposition to the “transplant” of a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human by the University of Maryland was widely covered. The Baltimore Sun also published a terrific letter written by PETA’s Kathy Guillermo, highlighting the cruelty, risk, and absurdity of xenotransplantation—the “Frankenscience” of transplanting organs from one species into another.
Fauci Funds Absurd Experiment to Try to Make Male Monkeys Transgender
PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo was interviewed on the Fox News program Tucker Carlson Tonight, discussing the wasteful Anthony Fauci–approved and National Institutes of Health–funded experiment in which male monkeys will be subjected to feminizing hormone therapy—reportedly to study the transmission of HIV among transgender women. PETA’s response and Kathy’s interview received extensive media coverage.
PETA Celebrates Dolce & Gabbana’s Farewell to Fur and Angora
Victory! After nearly 20 years of pressure from PETA entities, protests inside and outside its stores, and help that we enlisted from hundreds of thousands of activists—fashion giant Dolce & Gabbana confirmed that it has banned fur and angora from all future collections.
Formula 1 CEO Receives ‘Dead Dog’ From PETA U.K.
PETA U.K. organized an attention-grabbing delivery of a “dead dog” to the CEO of Formula 1, calling for its sister and parent company to cut ties with the horrific Iditarod dog-sled race. A video posted on Formula 1’s YouTube channel, F1 Focus, discussed the delivery as well as PETA’s Liberty Media Iditarod campaign.
PETA Offers Reward to Find Shooter Who Killed a Woman and Her Dog
PETA offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the person responsible for fatally shooting both a woman and her dog in a Brooklyn bodega. In February, a man was arrested for the crime and charged with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
