PETA

  • PETA’s core mission: To end abusive treatment of animals in business and society.
  • Support for Trump Administration: PETA is commending the Trump administration for its policy changes aimed at ending animal testing in federal research programs.
  • FDA Initiatives: PETA praises the FDA’s steps toward adopting more ethical testing methods, such as organoids.
  • Four Focus Areas: PETA concentrates its efforts on areas where animals suffer the most: laboratories, food industry, clothing trade, and entertainment.
  • Methods of Operation: PETA employs public education, investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, protests, and company negotiations.
  • Opposition to Speciesism: PETA opposes the human-supremacist worldview known as speciesism.
  • Global Presence: Founded in 1980, PETA is the world’s largest animal rights organization with over nine million members and entities worldwide.
  • Headquarters: PETA is based in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.