PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC

INTERNATIONAL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS:PETA IS ACHIEVING HISTORIC PROGRESS TOWARD ENDING ANIMAL TESTING DRIVING SYSTEMIC REFORMS, MAJOR POLICY CHANGES, AND INDUSTRY WIDE SHIFTS TOWARD STATE-OF-THE-ART, HUMANE SCIENCE.IN A MAJOR TURNING POINT, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REDIRECT FUNDING AWAY FROM OUTDATED EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS AND TOWARD NON-ANIMAL RESEARCH METHODS JUST AS PETA RECOMMENDS IN OUR LANDMARK RESEARCH MODERNIZATION NOW ROADMAP. AMONG THE CHANGES, NIH CANCELED TWO LONGSTANDING GRANTS TO HARVARD EXPERIMENTER MARGARET LIVINGSTONE, WHO TORE BABY MONKEYS FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND SEWED THEIR EYELIDS SHUT. MORE THAN 700,000 MESSAGES AND CALLS FROM PETA SUPPORTERS HELPED MAKE THIS VICTORY POSSIBLE.AFTER YEARS OF PERSUASION, EVIDENCE SHARING, AND MEETINGS WITH PETA SCIENTISTS, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) HAS INVITED THE ENTIRE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY TO BRING FORWARD THEIR ANIMAL REPLACEMENT APPROACHES FOR DRUG TESTING, STARTING WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. TESTING ANTIBODY DRUGS USES DOGS, MONKEYS, OR OTHER ANIMALS, AND A SINGLE TEST CAN KILL MORE THAN 100 MONKEYS.PETA'S INTENSE ADVOCACY CLOSED THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST LABORATORY OF EXPERIMENTER AGNES LACREUSE, ENDING OVER A DECADE OF CRUEL TESTS ON AT LEAST 70 MARMOSETS, AND HALTED A GRUESOME RADIATION EXPERIMENT ON MONKEYS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.AFTER HEARING FROM NEARLY 115,000 PETA SUPPORTERS, AELF FLIGHT SERVICE'S MALETH AERO AIRLINES STOPPED TRANSPORTING MONKEYS TO LABORATORIES.PETA STOOD WITH RESIDENTS OF BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, IN SUCCESSFULLY BLOCKING CONSTRUCTION OF A MASSIVE FACILITY THAT WOULD HAVE CONFINED OVER 30,000 MONKEYS TWICE THE TOWN'S POPULATION AND PRODUCED MORE THAN 400,000 GALLONS OF WASTEWATER DAILY. AFTER UNCOVERING SECRETIVE PLANS FOR THE FACILITY, PETA KEPT THE PRESSURE ON, SENDING 2,000 LETTERS TO ALERT RESIDENTS, RUNNING EYE-CATCHING BILLBOARDS, AND SPEAKING UP FOR ANIMALS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.INTENSE PRESSURE FROM COMMITTED PETA SUPPORTERS HELPED PROMPT OREGON LEGISLATORS TO REQUIRE THE OREGON NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER TO SUBMIT A CLOSURE PLAN BY 2026 IF IT USES STATE FUNDS OR LOSES 25% OF NIH FUNDING, A HISTORIC FIRST.WE FILED A GROUNDBREAKING FIRST AMENDMENT LAWSUIT DEFENDING OUR RIGHT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM PRIMATES IMPRISONED IN LABORATORIES, SOMETHING NO LAWSUIT HAS EVER DONE BEFORE.WE DEBUTED HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, A STRIKING 7.5 FOOT TALL BINOCULAR INSTALLATION CONTRASTING THE FREEDOM OF MACAQUES LIVING IN THEIR LUSH FOREST HOMES WITH THOSE CONDEMNED TO LABORATORIES, WHICH WAS SEEN BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE'S SPACE NEEDLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ACROSS THE U.S.IN A SEISMIC WIN FOR ANIMALS AND SCIENCE, THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) ANNOUNCED IT WILL PHASE OUT CRUEL EXPERIMENTS ON MONKEYS A LONG-OVERDUE MOVE PETA WORKED FOR RELENTLESSLY INCLUDING IN AUGUST 2025, WHEN WE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RELEASED A DETAILED REPORT REVEALING THE DANGERS OF THE MONKEY IMPORTATION PIPELINE.200 COMPANIES WERE ADDED TO PETA'S ULTIMATE CRUELTY-FREE LIST IN 2025, BRINGING THE TOTAL OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE PLEDGED NOT TO FUND OR CONDUCT TESTS ON ANIMALS SINCE OUR ESSENTIAL LIST BEGAN IN 1987 TO 6,300.THE NATIONAL COFFEE ASSOCIATION, EUROFINS, JONES DAIRY FARM, AND KERRY GROUP RESTRICTED FUNDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE AWAY FROM ANIMAL TESTING, JOINING A DOZEN OTHER CORPORATE SPONSORS THAT HAVE DONE THE SAME OR PULLED FUNDS ENTIRELY AFTER HEARING FROM PETA INCLUDING COCA-COLA AND PEPSI. THE INSTITUTE THEN CREATED A NEW FUND THAT ALLOWS CORPORATE SPONSORS TO SUPPORT ANIMAL-FREE RESEARCH.FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA, THE EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY MADE UP OF MORE THAN 35,000 CLINICIANS, SCIENTISTS, AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FROM MORE THAN 160 COUNTRIES COMMITTED TO ENDING ITS USE OF LIVE ANIMALS IN ALL ITS MEDICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. IN TAIWAN, AFTER MORE THAN 28,000 PETA SUPPORTERS SPOKE UP, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION REMOVED ITS RECOMMENDATION THAT FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANIES CONDUCT DEADLY TESTS ON ANIMALS TO ESTABLISH BONE HEALTH CLAIMS ON PRODUCTS MARKETED TO CONSUMERS.29 COMPANIES ACROSS THE WORLD INCLUDING EAT JUST AND GERMANY'S KATJES FASSIN JOINED PETA'S EAT WITHOUT EXPERIMENTS PROGRAM IN 2025, HELPING SHOPPERS SUPPORT FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANIES THAT DON'T TEST ON ANIMALS. SINCE THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED, 476 COMPANIES AND BRANDS HAVE SIGNED PETA'S PLEDGE NOT TO TEST ON ANIMALS, OR TO TEST ONLY WHEN EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY LAW.THE EXPERTS WITH PETA SCIENCE CONSORTIUM INTERNATIONAL EDUCATED THOUSANDS OF THEIR PEERS THROUGH GLOBAL WEBINARS ON ANIMAL-FREE TOXICITY TESTING AND CHAIRED SESSIONS AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST TOXICOLOGY CONFERENCE. THIS DEDICATED GROUP OF SCIENTISTS ALSO AWARDED LIFE-SAVING LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE ANIMALS IN INHALATION TESTS, AND FUNDED TRAVEL GRANTS AND RESEARCH HONORS FOR COMMITTED PEERS WHO ARE PIONEERING NON-ANIMAL APPROACHES.PETA'S TEACHKIND SCIENCE INTRODUCED KIND FROG, A SILICONE-BASED DISSECTIBLE FROG THAT OFFERS A HUMANE, ENGAGING ALTERNATIVE TO CLASSROOM DISSECTION. MORE THAN 10,000 WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE IN 2025, KEEPING THOUSANDS OF REAL FROGS FROM BEING CUT OPEN. SURVEYS SHOWED OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, LEADING TO AN ORDER FOR AN ADDITIONAL 26,000 KIND FROGS.PETA IS MAKING VEGAN EATING EASIER AND MORE POPULAR THAN EVER, THANKS TO OUR RELENTLESS WORK TO EXPOSE THE CRUELTY OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE AND STOP THE KILLING OF BILLIONS OF CHICKENS, COWS, PIGS, FISH, AND OTHER ANIMALS FOR FOOD.WE SHOWED CONSUMERS THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "HUMANE" FARMING, WITH WHISTLEBLOWER REPORTS EXPOSING 2,600 COWS KEPT CONSTANTLY CONFINED INSIDE A CRAMPED MEGA-SHED AT A DAIRY THAT CLAIMED TO CREATE A "HAVEN" FOR THEM, AND ABUSIVE HANDLING AND BOTCHED KILLINGS OF CHICKENS AT "ANIMAL WELFARE CERTIFIED" FARMER FOCUS'S SLAUGHTERHOUSE. AFTER HEARING FROM PETA, THE DAIRY REMOVED MULTIPLE MISLEADING CLAIMS FROM ITS WEBSITE, AND SHOPPERS FOOD STOPPED SELLING FARMER FOCUS CHICKEN IN THEIR STORES.WE LAUNCHED A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE GLOBAL ANIMAL PARTNERSHIP, A WHOLE FOODS 365 BRAND AFFILIATE, FOR ITS DECEPTIVELY NAMED "ANIMAL WELFARE CERTIFIED" LABELS ON PRODUCTS THAT CAME FROM ANIMALS WHO HAD BEEN KICKED AND SLAMMED, AMONG MANY OTHER EGREGIOUS CRUELTIES. PETA INVESTIGATORS HAVE DOCUMENTED SYSTEMIC CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AT 12 DIFFERENT GLOBAL ANIMAL PARTNERSHIP CERTIFIED FACILITIES IN RECENT YEARS.OUR INVESTIGATIONS SPARKED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE WORKERS FOR KICKING AILING PIGS IN VERMONT, CUTTING THE THROATS OF CONSCIOUS COWS IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA, AND THROWING A CHICKEN AGAINST A WALL IN VIRGINIA.A FORMER PLAINVILLE FARMS WORKER PLEADED GUILTY TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MARKING THE 11TH CONVICTION IN PETA'S HISTORIC UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION INTO THE VILE ABUSE OF TURKEYS AT THE COMPANY'S FACILITIES.ON THE HEELS OF STARBUCKS' 2024 DECISION TO ELIMINATE ITS VEGAN MILK UPCHARGE, DUNKIN', DUTCH BROS, SCOOTER'S COFFEE, TIM HORTONS, PEET'S COFFEE, AND PJ'S COFFEE OF NEW ORLEANS (WHICH COMBINED HAVE NEARLY 17,000 STORES) FOLLOWED SUIT IN 2025 AFTER HEARING FROM PETA, SETTING A NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD. STARBUCKS IN ITALY ALSO DROPPED THE UPCHARGE, AND VIETNAM LOCATIONS DROPPED THE UPCHARGE FOR SOY MILK. THE COMBINED REACH OF ALL THE MAJOR COMPANIES THAT HAVE DROPPED THE UPCHARGE IS OVER 35,000 STORES.THE SKIES ALSO GOT KINDER FOR ANIMALS. AFTER RECEIVING JUST EGG SAMPLES COORDINATED BY PETA, AMERICAN AIRLINES -THE LARGEST CARRIER IN THE U.S.- TRIALED A VEGAN EGG SCRAMBLE ON SELECT FLIGHTS. UNITED AIRLINES WILL SERVE UP TO 24,000 GOOD PLANET VEGAN CHEESE WEDGES IN ITS DENVER CLUBS, DONATED BY PETA.PETA HAS WORKED WITH MAJOR AIRLINES INCLUDING AMERICAN AIRLINES, ALASKA AIRLINES, DELTA, JETBLUE, AND UNITED TO ADD VEGAN CREAMERS, A PROJECT THAT NOW REACHES A COMBINED TOTAL OF 654 MILLION PASSENGERS ANNUALLY.PETA'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST MONKEY LABOR IN THAILAND CONVINCED "A TASTE OF THAI" TO STOP SOURCING COCONUTS PICKED BY MONKEYS. TO DATE, MORE THAN 27,000 STORES GLOBALLY SELL ONLY MONKEY-LABOR-FREE COCONUT MILK, INCLUDING TRADER JOE'S, RALEY'S, AHOLD DELHAIZE, SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, KROGER, TARGET, AND WHOLE FOODS.OUR CREATIVE OUTREACH WORK TURNED HEADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN 2025, OUR HYPERREALIST TURKEY, PIG, AND CHICKEN TRANSPORT TRUCKS ROLLED THROUGH 248 CITIES, DRAWING ATTENTION WITH SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF ANIMALS HEADED TO SLAUGHTER. "TOMMY TOFU" SERVED UP 500 VEGAN EGG SANDWICHES IN TUCSON, AZ, AND HANDED OUT HUNDREDS OF VEGGIE DOGS AT NATHAN'S FAMOUS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST IN BROOKLYN, NY.