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Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first gained attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case. [3] The organization opposes factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and other activities it considers to be exploitation of animals. [a]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, known as PETA, has a long history of condemning the abusive treatment of animals. Founded in 1980, PETA is a nonprofit organization with a complex ...
The ALF handed the video of their raid over to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which released it. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducted an eight-month investigation into the animal care program at the university and concluded it was an appropriate program, and that no corrective action was necessary. [7]
Concern for animal welfare resurges in the 1950s, resulting in the federal Humane Slaughter Act [10] and the Animal Welfare Act. [11] 1966-2016: Intensive animal agriculture continues to grow, with the number of land animals slaughtered for food in the U.S. growing from 2.4 billion in 1965 to 9.2 billion in 2015. [12]
Thirty years after kicking off its “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” initiative, the animal rights group is putting the ad campaign out to pasture. PETA claims victory, ends 30-year ad ...
The Silver Spring monkeys were 17 wild-born macaque monkeys from the Philippines who were kept in the Institute for Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. [2] From 1981 until 1991, they became what one writer called the most famous lab animals in history, as a result of a battle between animal researchers, animal advocates, politicians, and the courts over whether to use them in ...
Animals have significant biological differences that make predicting a drug’s impact on humans challenging. In fact, less than one in 10 drugs that use animal testing are deemed safe and ...
During his 20-year tenure as chairman of PETA, Pacheco was involved in bringing public attention to the way animals are treated in cosmetic tests and in urging companies to abandon this practice. These campaigns resulted in major companies such as Avon , Revlon , and Benetton ending animal tests on products sold in the U.S., and hundreds of ...