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2811:"It has been argued many times that in any social movement there has to be somebody radical enough to alienate the mainstream—and to permit more moderate influences to prevail. For every Malcolm X there is a Martin Luther King Jr., and for every Andrea Dworkin there is a Gloria Steinem. Newkirk and PETA provide a similar dynamic for groups like the Humane Society of the United States, which is the biggest animal-welfare organization in the country and far more moderate than PETA. When I asked Newkirk why she didn't enter political campaigns for animal action and lobby more vigorously on Capitol Hill for her positions, she laughed: "Are you kidding? Dear boy, we are the kiss of death. If we are involved, the legislation is automatically dead. We have members yelling at us, 'Why are you not working on these issues?' But activists just beg us to stay the hell out."" 2714:, says that PETA is not an animal rights group because of their willingness to work with industries that use animals to achieve incremental change. Francione says PETA trivializes the movement with their "Three Stooges" theory of animal rights, making the public think progress is underway when the changes are only cosmetic. "Their campaigns are selected more for media image than content." Francione has criticized PETA for having caused grassroots animal rights groups to close, groups that were essential for the survival of the animal rights movement, and rejects the centrality of corporate animal charities. Francione wrote that PETA initially set up independent chapters around the United States, but closed them in favor of a 1967:, writing that no movement for social change has ever succeeded without what she calls the militarism component: "Thinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out." Newkirk is a strong supporter of direct action that removes animals from laboratories and other facilities: "When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings." Newkirk was quoted in 1999, "When you see the resistance to basic humane treatment and to the acknowledgment of animals' social needs, I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match." 8472: 232: 539: 337: 2526: 677: 1137:. PetSmart sued the ex-employee, Jenna Jordan, claiming she was a paid PETA operative who obtained employment at PetSmart stores in Arizona, Florida and Tennessee to obtain recordings which she provided to PETA. Jordan was accused of committing "animal neglect, theft of confidential information, unlawfully surveilled private conversations, and filing false reports with law enforcement under false pretenses in three states." In 2019, PetSmart added PETA as a defendant in the lawsuit. 961:, stomped on their heads, necks and legs, punched them with clippers, slammed them onto the floor, and sewed up cuts without pain relief. An American Wool Council spokesperson said "We do not condone or support the actions of anyone that results in the abuse of sheep either intentionally or unintentionally. Rough handling of animals that might result in the injury of a sheep is an unacceptable maneuver during the shearing process or anytime when sheep are handled." 11569: 11323: 583: 2405:, and other diseases. When pressed, PETA cited two scientific papers, one from 1995 and one from 2002 using very small samplings of children (36 and 20), and neither showed a correlation nor a causation between milk and autism. Newer studies from 2010 and 2014 came to the same conclusion. Despite having been corrected, in 2014, PETA's Executive Vice President confirmed their position, and additionally stated that dairy consumption contributes to 34: 1900: 404: 6459:

significant gains were made. In 1850 white abolitionists, having given up on peaceful means, began to encourage and engage in actions that disrupted plantation operations and liberated slaves. Was that all wrong? ... There is a difference between violence to property and violence to people, of course. The ALF would not hurt a mouse, but it will burn a building. ... Thinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out.

1914: 4143: 97: 3298: 669:. A federal judge heard the case and dismissed it in early 2012. In August 2014, SeaWorld announced it was building new orca tanks that would almost double the size of the existing ones to provide more space for its whales. PETA responded that a "larger prison is still a prison." In 2016, SeaWorld admitted that it had been sending its employees to pose as activists to 890:. The department investigated and Covance was fined $ 8,720. In 2005, Covance filed a lawsuit. "In exchange for not suing the infiltrator for illegally filming within Covance's lab, which was in breach of contract, PETA US handed over all the video footage to Covance and signed an agreement not to try and infiltrate Covance's laboratories for the next five years." 714:, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000, PETA ran a photograph of him with a white mustache and the words "Got prostate cancer?" to illustrate their claim that dairy products contribute to cancer, an ad that caused an outcry in the United States. After PETA placed ads in school newspapers linking milk to acne, obesity, heart disease, cancer, and strokes, 4182: 2325:

allows us to commit atrocities against animals every single day. ... The fact is, all animals feel pain, fear and loneliness. We're asking people to recognize that what Jews and others went through in the Holocaust is what animals go through every day in factory farms." In addition, PETA claimed a direct influence by the prominent Jewish author

654:(removing strips of wool-bearing skin from around the buttocks of a sheep). In October 2004, PETA launched a boycott against the Australian wool industry, leading some clothing retailers to ban products using Australian wool from their stores. In response, the Australian wool industry sued PETA, arguing among other things that mulesing prevents 1393:. PETA uses these games to spread attention about animal rights and animal welfare and to advocate vegetarian and vegan diets. PETA's head of online marketing Joel Bartlett said "We've found that parody games are extremely popular. By connecting our message with something people are already interested in, we're able to create more buzz." 1907: 3295: 2373:. "How can you possibly compare the brutality that our ancestors experienced here, and the brutality that people like Dr. Cameron had to overcome, to animal cruelty?" Cameron, himself, had a similar response: "They may have treated us like animals back then, but there is no way we should be compared to animals today." 1003:. After a thorough investigation, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission did not bring any charges against Asmussen, stating the allegations "had neither a factual or scientific basis." While the fine from the New York State Gaming Commission was for a minor transgression, the most serious charges were deemed unfounded. 387:(1975), and in March 1980, she persuaded Pacheco to join her in forming People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, at that point just "five people in a basement," as Newkirk described it. They were mostly students and members of the local vegetarian society, but the group included a friend of Pacheco's from the UK, 2664: 364: 2155:, along with pictures of birds who have been mutilated and scalded alive. The inside of the Unhappy Meal box is stained with blood and contains a blood-filled packet urging McDonald's to "Ketchup With the Times," a paper cutout of a menacing Ronald McDonald with PETA's parody "I'm Hatin' It" logo, a bloody 738:, only to have it banned by the network. PETA's work has drawn the ire of some feminists who argue that the organization sacrifices women's rights to press its agenda. Lindsay Beyerstein criticized PETA saying "They're the ones drawing disturbing analogies between pornography, misogyny and animal cruelty." 326: 2159:, and a "Chicken McCruelty" T-shirt wrapped up like a sandwich." The violent imagery was decried by parents who stated "I don't want my son to be around something like this." As part of the same campaign, PETA attempted to place a large statue of a crippled, scalded chicken in front of a McDonalds's in 2582:

in which women would refrain from sexual activities with men who ate meat, and also called for men who ate meat to be banned from procreating. When pressed on the ban, Laura Weyman-Jones (the Australian division's marketing manager) said that it was a "conversation starter", and not an actual request

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PETA has also been criticized for aiming its message at young people. In the past the company has passed out pamphlets such as "Your Daddy Kills Animals", and "Your Mommy Kills Animals", both warning children from letting their "addicted to killing" parents have contact with their pets. The pamphlet

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provided $ 400,000 in taxpayer money to fund experiments in which 28 beagles were infected by disease-causing parasites. The White Coat Project found reports that said dogs taking part in the experiments were "vocalizing in pain" after being injected with foreign substances. Following public outcry,

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to take them back to Norfolk where they would find them good homes." During the trial, Daphna Nachminovitch, the supervisor of PETA's Community Animal Project, said PETA began euthanizing animals in some rural North Carolina shelters after it found the shelters killing animals in ways PETA considers

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in 2010, PETA issued a statement objecting to the dress. After a fisherman in Florida was bitten by a shark in 2011, PETA proposed an advertisement showing a shark devouring a human, with the caption "Payback Is Hell, Go Vegan". The proposed ad drew criticism from relatives of the injured fisherman.

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As part of its anti-fur action, PETA supporters have infiltrated hundreds of fashion shows in the U.S. and Europe and one in China, throwing red paint on the catwalks and unfurling banners. Celebrities and supermodels have posed naked for the group's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign—some

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Many of the campaigns have focused on large corporations. Fast food companies such as KFC, Wendy's, and Burger King have been targeted. In the animal-testing industry, PETA's consumer boycotts have focused on Avon, Benetton, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Chesebrough-Pond's, Dow Chemical, General Motors, and

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that supplied nerves to the monkeys' fingers, hands, arms, and legs—a process called "deafferentation"—so that the monkeys could not feel them; some of the monkeys had had their entire spinal columns deafferented. He then used restraint, electric shock, and withholding of food and water to force the

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The exhibit had been funded by an anonymous Jewish philanthropist and created by Matt Prescott, who lost several relatives in the Holocaust. Prescott said: "The very same mindset that made the Holocaust possible—that we can do anything we want to those we decide are 'different or inferior'—is what

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includes buying shares in target companies such as McDonald's and Kraft Foods to exert influence. The campaigns have delivered results for PETA. McDonald's and Wendy's introduced vegetarian options after PETA targeted them; and Polo Ralph Lauren said it would no longer use fur. Avon, Estée Lauder,

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PETA certifies beauty and cosmetics companies with "Beauty without Bunnies" bunny labels in two tiers. In the first tier ("Animal Test-Free"), the entire company does not use animal testing. The company may still produce non-vegan products. In the second tier ("Cruelty-Free"), the company may not

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magistrate, who ruled that the store's signage "amounted to permissible 'puffery'" and that "the statement that 'no cages' were used to raise broiler chickens was not misleading merely because Whole Foods failed to also disclose that poultry suppliers normally do not use cages in the first place."

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notes that "n the wake of the PETA investigation, Whole Foods has removed the Sweet Stem video from its Web site." PETA subsequently filed a class-action lawsuit against Whole Foods, "alleging that the chain's claims about animal welfare amount to a 'sham.'" The lawsuit was dismissed by a federal

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inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The case led to the first police raid in the United States on an animal laboratory, triggered an amendment in 1985 to the United States Animal Welfare Act, and became the first animal-testing case to be appealed to the United

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calls a "war council," with two dozen of her top strategists gathered at a square table in the PETA conference room, with no suggestion considered too "kooky or unkind". PETA also gives an annual prize, called the Proggy Award (for "progress"), to individuals or organizations dedicated to animal

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and later New Delhi, India, where her father—a navigational engineer—was stationed. Newkirk, now an atheist, was educated in a convent, the only British girl there. She moved to the United States as a teenager, first studying to become a stockbroker, but after taking some abandoned kittens to an

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I would hazard to say that no movement for social change has ever succeeded without 'the militarism component.' Not until black demonstrators resorted to violence did the national government work seriously for civil rights legislation. In the 1930s labor struggles had to turn violent before any

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a "shelter of last resort", claiming they only receive old, sick, injured, badly behaved, and otherwise unadoptable animals. Operating as open admission, they take in animals "no one else will", and consider death "a merciful end". In 2014, PETA euthanized over 80% of the shelter's animals and

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ranch in Michigan sued PETA after pretending in 2004 to be interested buyers and secretly filming them, creating a video "Nightmare on Chinchilla Farm". A judge dismissed the case, writing "Undercover investigations are one of the main ways our criminal justice system operates," and noted that

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was disgusted by the comments and said PETA should apologize to Irwin's family and the rest of Australia, and "Isn't it interesting ... how they want to treat animals ethically, but cannot even think for a minute whether or not their outlandish comments are ethical towards their fellow human

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said that it had in the past considered changing PETA's status from "shelter" to "euthanasia clinic", citing PETA's willingness to take in "anything that comes through the door, and other shelters won't do that." PETA acknowledged that it euthanized 95% of the animals at its shelter in 2011.

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such as Bio Corporation. On April 18, 2018, the case was dismissed and all charges dropped based on the Alexandria City Attorney's Office's assessment that the allegations of cruelty against either pigeons or crayfish were not sufficiently supported. Daniel Paden, PETA's director of evidence

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magazine in 1989 that even if animal testing resulted in a cure for AIDS, PETA would oppose it. The group also believes that it is wasteful, unreliable, and irrelevant to human health, because artificially induced diseases in animals are not identical to human diseases. They say that animal

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produce non-vegan products. The company is animal test-free and also vegan, i.e. does not use any animal-derived ingredients. If a company carries the PETA "animal test-free" or "cruelty-free" label, it must also have signed agreements with its suppliers that they do not use animal testing.

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as a vicious mud fight, during which both sides accused the other of lies and distortion— transformed PETA into a national, then international, movement. By February 1991, it claimed over 350,000 supporters, a paid staff of over 100, and an annual budget of over $ 7 million.

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called "filthy conditions." He passed his photographs to the police, who raided the lab and arrested Taub. Taub was convicted of six counts of cruelty to animals, the first such conviction in the United States of an animal researcher; the conviction, though, was overturned on appeal.

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The more radical activists say the group has lost touch with its grass-roots members, is soft on the idea of animal rights, that it should stop the use of media stunts and nudity in its campaigning, and stop "hogging the spotlight at the expense of its allies in the movement".

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use an electrical device to shock horses into running faster." The newspaper noted that this investigation "was PETA's first significant step into advocacy in the horse racing world." In November 2015, as a result of PETA's investigation, Asmussen was fined $ 10,000 by the

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Hunting is a coward's pastime. If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food so as to shoot him on private property, because shooting him in the park would have been illegal, he needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably,

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was appalled to find the campaign used his own image, calling it possibly the greatest disappointment of his life, and reiterating that "I am not afraid of forgetfulness, I am afraid of banalization, of trivialization and this is part of it." Other detractors included the

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The organization's controversial campaigns have been credited with drawing media attention to animal rights issues, but have also been widely criticized for their disruptive nature. Its use of euthanasia has resulted in legal action and a response from Virginia lawmakers.

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Bio Corporation, a company that supplies dead animals for study and dissection, was the subject of a November 2017 PETA undercover investigation. It was claimed that video footage showed workers at the company's facility in Alexandria, Minnesota "drowning fully-conscious

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cases to the deaths of animals in slaughterhouses. The campaign has attracted significant media attention, controversy and generated angry responses from the victims' family members. Ads were released in 1991 describing the deaths of the victims of serial killer

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and throwing dozens against a wall. The parent corporation sent in their inspectors and told the plant to take corrective measures or risk losing their contract. Eleven employees were fired and the company introduced an anti-cruelty pledge for workers to

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A PETA spokesperson said that "the people who are doing this are the lowest of the low. We can't help but be amused that we are so threatening to people like this that they would go to so much trouble as to steal away our name." Krigel, Beth Lipton.

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criticized the "Are Animals the New Slaves?" exhibit, which showed images of African-American lynching victims and slaves, Native Americans, child laborers, and women, alongside chained elephants and slaughtered cows. Lee Hall, the then director of

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PETA sends its staff undercover into industries and other facilities that use animals to document the alleged abuse of animals. Investigators may spend many months as employees of a facility, making copies of documents and wearing hidden cameras.

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after three-months of videotaping by a PETA operative while he was employed at the farm. The veterinarian who oversaw the farm said the video PETA had made from the footage was a distortion and was made by someone who "lied during his employment

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where animals are ritualistically slaughtered. The billboards depicted goats with the words "I am a living being and not just meat. Change your view towards us and become a vegan." and "I am ME, Not Mutton. See the Individual. Go Vegan."

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noted that "Texas A&M has been less than transparent about the research, and in some cases has denied that the dogs experience pain or discomfort." Among other efforts, PETA placed a billboard to oppose the ineffectual research on

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writes that PETA activists have crawled through the streets of Paris wearing leg-hold traps and thrown around money soaked in fake blood at the International Fur Fair. They sometimes engage in pie-throwing—in January 2010, Canadian MP

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PETA also awards a "Vegan" label to clothing and furniture products (instead of entire companies), which means that the products are free from animal-derived ingredients, but the companies can still produce non-vegan products.

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being thrown around wood floors, dunked in poisonous cleaning solution or having their ears mutilated with pliers. ... mployees are shown cutting goats' throats, breaking their necks, electrically shocking them and beheading

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and college officials complained it encouraged underage drinking; the British Advertising Standards Authority asked that the ads be discontinued after complaints from interest groups such as The National Farmers' Unions.

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passed Senate Bill 1381 in 2015 aimed at curtailing the operation of PETA's shelter. The bill defines a private animal shelter as "a facility operated for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for animals."

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laws to prevent animal rights and animal welfare groups from conducting undercover investigations of operations that use animals. In response, PETA has been involved with other groups bringing lawsuits, citing

327: 8013: 991:. Robert Williams, executive director of the commission, said, "We recognize PETA for playing a role in bringing about changes necessary to make thoroughbred racing safer and fairer for all." By contrast, the 5036: 4829: 3982: 1082:. PETA claims that for "35 years, dogs have suffered in cruel muscular dystrophy experiments ... which haven't resulted in a cure or treatment for reversing the course of muscular dystrophy in humans." The 2088:

practices have drawn intense scrutiny from lawmakers and criticism from animal rights activists for years. The consistently high percentage of animals euthanized at PETA's shelter has been controversial.

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and his top assistant trainer, Scott Blasi, were accused "of subjecting their horses to cruel and injurious treatments, administering drugs to them for nontherapeutic purposes, and having one of their

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campaign against Irwin, with several tweets criticizing Google for forwarding a dangerous message, and wrote that Irwin was killed while harassing a stingray and that he forced animals to perform. A

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struck four subsections of North Carolina's 2015 Property Protection Act, writing "the law is declared unconstitutional as applied to them in their exercise of speech." The plaintiffs included PETA,

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from its porch and euthanized it the same day, along with documentation that of the 1,606 cats and 1,025 dogs accepted by the shelter that same year, 1,536 cats and 788 dogs were euthanized, the

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Though risking their legal access to euthanasia drugs, PETA has continued their practices. In the chihuahua case, PETA paid a fine and settled a civil claim with the family three years later.

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Pacheco had taken a job in May 1981 inside a primate research laboratory at the institute, intending to gain firsthand experience of working inside an animal laboratory. Taub had been cutting

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The site contained links to other sites advocating the consumption of meat, the use of leather and animal furs, and promoting the benefits of animal experimentation in medical research.

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sushi restaurant in Los Angeles." PETA noted that octopuses "are considered among the most intelligent invertebrates" and "are capable of feeling pain just as a pig or rabbit would."

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Benetton, and Tonka Toy Co. all stopped testing products on animals, the Pentagon stopped shooting pigs and goats in wounds tests, and a slaughterhouse in Texas was closed down.

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The White Coat Waste Project (WCWP), a group of activists that hold that taxpayers should not have to pay $ 20 billion every year for experiments on animals, said that the

811:. The publicity led to investigations, suspension of grant funding, the firing of a veterinarian, the closure of the research lab, and a period of probation for the university. 658:, a very painful disease that can affect sheep. A settlement was reached, and PETA agreed to stop the boycott, while the wool industry agreed to seek alternatives to mulesing. 2329:, whose grandson, Stephen R. Dujack, supported the exhibition when it traveled to New York, and quotations for the exhibit also pulled from the writings of German philosopher 837:, a Las Vegas entertainer, lost his wildlife license as well as (on appeal) a later lawsuit against PETA, after PETA broadcast an undercover film of him slapping and punching 352:

animal shelter in 1969 and being appalled by the conditions that she found there, she chose a career in animal protection instead. She became an animal-protection officer for

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For the Mothers Against Drunk Driving complaint, see Johnson, Mike and Spice, Linda. "Saving face?; PETA's new anti-milk ad campaign, aimed at teens, angers AG department,"

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PETA considers the word pet to be "derogatory and patronises the animal", and prefers the term "companion" or "companion animal". "Animals are not pets," Newkirk has said.

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ruled that PETA's campaign was not protected by free speech laws and banned it within Germany as an offense against human dignity, before later upholding the ban in 2012.

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of the University of Leicester has written that PETA has shaken up the animal rights movement, setting up new groups and radicalizing old ones. According to reviews at

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For example, as shareholders of YUM! Brands, which owns KFC, PETA submitted a shareholders' resolution asking for more humane treatment of the animals KFC processes.

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experiments on kittens resulting in the deaths of nearly 3,000 kittens over 36 years. This discovery led to the USDA banning all taxpayer funded kitten experiments.

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and distributed "Buckets of Blood" to children: the buckets (meant to mimic KFC's buckets of chicken) included a bag of fake blood, feathers, and bones; a bloody

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programs "because the dogs are bred as if there are no equally intelligent dogs literally dying for homes in shelters, they are kept in harnesses almost 24/7".

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to death." PETA brought 25 charges of cruelty to animals against the company. Drowning is not considered an acceptable form of euthanasia, according to the

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ad campaign that ran from 1993 to 2014, stated "Studies have shown a link between cow's milk and autism." PETA also claimed milk was strongly linked to

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In 2017, a federal judge ruled Utah's ag-gag law an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment in a case brought against the state by PETA, the

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Two PETA employees were acquitted in 2007 of cruelty to animals after at least 80 euthanized animals were left in dumpsters in a shopping center in

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Pacheco went to the laboratory at night, taking photographs that showed the monkeys living in what the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research's

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found in favor of Slater saying that "PETA's real motivation in this case was to advance its own interests, not Naruto's." The decision cited

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The organization is known for aggressive media stunts, combined with a solid base of celebrity support—in addition to its honorary directors,

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Schneider, Alison. "As Threats of Violence Escalate, Primate Researchers Stand Firm", The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 12, 1999.

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counties. A Bertie County Deputy Sheriff stated that the two employees assured the Bertie Animal Shelter that "they were picking up the

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agenda. They are likely aware that it is easier to spread fears than to reassure with a careful analysis of the scientific evidence."

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in protest of the seal slaughter, a comment Newkirk called a silly chest-beating exercise. "The thing is, we make them gawk" she told

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industry in Australia and the US. PETA sent reports and film footage to local authorities alleging that shearers had kicked and beat

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Some of the examples include eating meat, fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, the keeping of chained backyard dogs,

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on PETA. Following an investigation by an outside law firm, SeaWorld's Board of Directors directed management to end the practice.

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farms in China and released video footage showing farmers ripping out the wool from live rabbits while they screamed. In 2015,

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experiments are frequently redundant and lack accountability, oversight, and regulation. They promote alternatives, including

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issued PETA a first-ever violation and imposed a $ 500 fine. The contract worker who had taken the dog was dismissed by PETA.

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investigative television shows "often conduct undercover investigations to reveal improper, unethical, or criminal behavior."

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In 2020, PETA's website claimed they had 6.5 million supporters, and received donations of $ 49 million for 2019.

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In 1997, PETA made a film from footage obtained by PETA member Michele Rokke, who went undercover to report on UK company

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it had taken while handling Slater's camera, and naming themselves to be the administrator of any copyright revenue. The

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States Supreme Court, which upheld a Louisiana State Court ruling that denied PETA's request for custody of the monkeys.

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of animal cruelty. PETA later surrendered the domains under threat of similar legal action over trademark infringement.

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As part of its 1999 "McCruelty" campaign, PETA attempted to distribute "Unhappy Meals" to young audiences: a parody of

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Some campaigns have been particularly controversial. Newkirk was criticized in 2003 for sending a letter to PLO leader

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that animals can sue, and added that "next friend" representation cannot be applied to animals. The court also wrote:

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Newkirk on clashes with other animal rights organizations and her feelings about the Animal Liberation Front (3:31)

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inhumane, including by shooting them. She also stated that the dumping of animals did not follow PETA's policy.

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during a break-in at the University of Pennsylvania's head injury clinic. The footage showed experiments on the

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had made similar comparisons in the past, but criticized PETA's use as "careless and reckless" and impersonal.

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As a response to critics of the UK campaign asking for a ban or some form of censorship, PETA accused them of

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To reduce milk consumption, it created the "Got Beer?" campaign, a parody of the dairy industry's series of

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who will shut down research that violates the dignity of nonhuman animals." In 2019, the WCWP discovered a

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In 2019, a federal judge struck down Iowa's 2012 ag-gag law in a case filed in 2017 by co-plaintiffs PETA,

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said Irwin had made a career out of antagonizing frightened wild animals. Australian Member of Parliament

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resign effective immediately and that there is a "need to find a new NIH director to replace the outgoing

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in Zimbabwe in 2015, PETA's president, Newkirk, issued a statement on behalf of PETA in which she said:

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ads, which featured celebrities with milk "mustaches" on their upper lips. When the mayor of New York,

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promo, but show their children a mother stabbing a live turkey while her children look on in shock.

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being choked, hit, and denied medical attention, PETA sent the video and a 253-page complaint to the

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In 2004, PETA released video tapes taken from eight-months of undercover filming in a West Virginia

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monkeys to use the deafferented parts of their bodies. The research led in part to the discovery of

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CBS News reported in November 2016 that PETA had captured footage from restaurants that serve live

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Each year, PETA selects a "Person of the Year" who has helped advance the cause of animal rights.

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analysis, said that PETA is "reviewing its options to protect animals killed at Bio Corporation."

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PETA sometimes issues isolated statements or press releases, commenting on current events. After

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PETA's "It's Still Going On" campaign features newspaper ads comparing widely publicized murder-

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that supplies chicken to the fast food industry. The recordings showed workers stomping on live

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In February 1995, a parody website calling itself "People Eating Tasty Animals" registered the

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store in Tennessee, after receiving video footage from PETA. Police confiscated six animals: a

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conducted its own inspection and subsequently charged the company with seven violations of the

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welfare or who distinguish themselves through their efforts within the area of animal welfare.

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wanted to take down the billboards, saying that it was hurtful to their religious sentiments.

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editor wrote "PETA can add 'insulting a deceased cultural icon' to its infamous repertoire."

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announced they would discontinue their use of angora and donated their existing inventory to

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In 2006, PETA filmed a trainer at Carson & Barnes Circus instructing others to beat the

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For the view that the case was pivotal to the animal rights movement, see Leary, Warren E.

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have the same goal of "pure bloodlines". This protest was continued in the PETA video game

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Emily Feldman, "PETA Sues SeaWorld Over Killer Whale Enslavement," NBC10 7 February 2012.

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Guide to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Research Files 1980–2001

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or threat. The company did not reverse its position that meat consumption was a form of

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compared them to terrorists for throwing a tofu cream pie at Canada's fishery minister

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men, but mostly women—triggering criticism from some feminist animal rights advocates.

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In 2018, Idaho's ag-gag law was struck down as unconstitutional in a case brought by

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considers PETA to be the radical that helps the more mainstream message to succeed.

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Newkirk, Ingrid (2004). "Afterword: The ALF: Who, Why, and What? (pages 341-343)".

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A similar "Kentucky Fried Cruelty" campaign occurred in 2004, when PETA criticized

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Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics

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extends to animals and a monkey could not own a copyright. PETA appealed, but the

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programs when animals are sourced from shelters and placed in homes, but opposes

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In March 2020, PETA issued a "Vegan Guide to Animal Crossing" for the video game

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Tennant, Diane (March 12, 1996). "PETA Finds Satiric Web Site to be Tasteless".

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monkey, whom they named Naruto. PETA argued that the monkey was entitled to the

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Because of PETA's euthanasia rates at their "shelter of last resort", attorney

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In 1980, after her divorce, she met Alex Pacheco, a political science major at

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A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/White Coat Waste Project

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What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy

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PETA has approached cities to pressure them to change their names, including

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Fueled by public outrage from a 2014 incident where PETA workers took a pet

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Consumer Boycotts: Effecting Change through the Marketplace and the Media

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Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals

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of Steve Irwin posthumously honoring his 57th birthday. PETA started a

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In December 2016, PETA released video footage from an investigation at

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in New York and Spira's subsequent campaign in April 1980 against the

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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

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was the Hispanic spokesperson for PETA's anti-bullfighting campaign.

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For some of the companies PETA has boycotted, see Friedman, Monroe.

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magazine, "maybe like a traffic accident that you have to look at."

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PETA India put up billboards prior to a 2020 annual religious event

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PETA has been critical of Australian wildlife expert and zookeeper

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lampshades made from the skins of people killed in the death camps.

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asking him to keep animals out of the conflict, after a donkey was

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Mother of Shark Attack Victim Says PETA Campaign Is 'Over the Top'

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were being mistreated. Following the release of PETA's tapes, the

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After Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer admitted that he had killed

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PETA distributed images of the monkeys with the caption, "This is

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to further imply Nazi mentality. In 2004 a complaint was made by

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In 1999, a North Carolina grand jury indicted three workers at a

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Rain without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement

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Rain without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement

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over the animals' captivity, seeking their protection under the

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writes that the case followed the highly publicized campaign of

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In 2015, PETA sued British nature photographer David Slater in

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to make them obey. A company spokesman said they stopped using

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In August 2011, it was announced that PETA will be launching a

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