Milestones – PETA

In our work to address the companion animal overpopulation in Puerto Rico, we partnered with the Humane Society of Puerto Rico to host a two-day spay/neuter event where two-hundred and six animal...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/puerto-rico-spay-event/

PETA publishes an online repository exposing what goes on behind the closed doors of publicly funded laboratories at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Ol...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/peta-publishes-an-online-repository-exposing-laboratories-at-virginia-universities/

A Bertie County, North Carolina, woman pleads guilty to one count of misdemeanor cruelty to animals nearly a year after PETA fieldworkers found her dog, a young pit bull named Minnie, dead. Minni...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/rescue-of-the-bertie-five/

PETA sterilizes 1,147 dogs and cats—free of charge—in our work to address companion animal overpopulation in underserved areas of Cancún and Chichimilá, Mexico. We’ve spayed or neutered 3...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/peta-sterilizes-1147-dogs-cats-in-mexico/

A federal judge denies the government’s request to dismiss PETA’s first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and government officials that alleges that fundin...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/judge-denies-feds-motion-to-dismiss-petas-animal-sepsis-tests-lawsuit/

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit hands an important win to PETA and our co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s “ag-gag” law, ruling that whistleblowing and ...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/ruling-after-challenging-north-carolinas-ag-gag-law/

In a major win for PETA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules that members of a public animal care committee at the University of Washington have no right under the First Amendme...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/u-s-court-of-appeals-for-the-ninth-circuit-rules-that-university-of-washington-public-animal-care-committee-members-have-no-anonymity/

After faking the death of a chimpanzee named Tonka, notorious animal dealer Tonia Haddix is ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to pay nearly $225,000 in attor...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/tonka-the-chimpanzee-rescued-2/

After PETA files numerous complaints with various federal and state authorities detailing egregious animal welfare issues and numerous injuries to customers at SeaQuest Trumbull in Connecticut, t...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/closure-of-seaquest-trumbull/

Following months of behind-the-scenes talks with PETA, The Mirage in Las Vegas announces that the big cats who were formerly owned by Siegfried & Roy have been moved from the hotel’s Secret Gar...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/big-cats-who-were-formerly-owned-by-siegfried-roy-moved-to-sanctuaries/

Troy Hyde, who operated the roadside zoo Animals of Montana and had long exploited animals for movies and photo shoots, has his state exhibitor’s license permanently revoked after inspectors fi...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/termination-of-troy-hydes-state-exhibitors-license/

Tiger King villain and Myrtle Beach Safari operator Bhagavan “Doc” Antle is convicted of wildlife trafficking and conspiracy to commit wildlife trafficking by a jury in Frederick Circuit Cour...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/conviction-of-tiger-king-villain-bhagavan-doc-antle/

PETA and The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado rescue the remaining nine animals—one llama, two North American black bears, and six emus—held at Waccatee Zoo in South Carolina, which PETA has...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/rescue-of-remaining-nine-animals-held-at-waccatee-zoo/

Following a major PETA campaign that began when the circus was in its infancy and included e-mails from over 100,000 of our supporters, dozens of protests at shows across the country, and help fr...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/universoul-goes-animal-free/

Following a PETA campaign lasting over 17 months, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, which oversees the College of Medicine, formally bans the use of live animals in surgical and ...

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/milestones/university-of-tennessee-health-science-center-bans-live-animal-testing/