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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; / ˈ p iː t ə /) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or more commonly known as PETA is an American animal rights organization. Peta or PETA may refer to:
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
The acronym "PETA" was a registered trademark that belonged to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Thus the trademark infringement claim centered on whether the "defendant used the mark 'in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising' of goods or services."
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is helping Georgia officials identify the man who dragged two dogs tied to the back of a car nearly two months ago, killing one of them.The animal ...
There is a vigorous debate in animal ethics about the difference between animal welfare and the more ambitious agenda of animal rights. Both approaches ask critical questions about human treatment ...
Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (née Ward; born June 11, 1949) is a British-American animal activist, author and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. Newkirk founded PETA in March 1980 with fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco.
PETA, for instance, one of the most prominent organizations of this sort, primarily endorses the idea that we are not allowed to hunt down, exploit or utilize animals for any purposes, whether it is to eat them, wear them or abuse them for entertainment, and that humans as a species are not superior to animals and do not own them. [12]