Mice and Others Could Die from Starvation, Shock, or Blood Loss at Canadian Schools

 

Donate Now April 3, 2025 Mice and Others Could Die from Starvation, Shock, or Blood Loss at Canadian Schools   Animals caught on glue traps often die slow, excruciating deaths. PETA has urged the English Montreal School Board to stop using these vile traps that mutilate and kill small animals—and it needs to hear from you, too.  SEND AN EMAIL TODAY Notchfin Dies After Suffering at SeaWorld for 50 Years—Who Else Is at Risk? LISTEN NOW!   After More Than 28,000 Messages in 72 Hours, Food Company Ditches Cruel Testing  In less than 72 hours after launching our action alert, dip and spread maker Good Foods Group publicly announced that it no longer donates to an institute that has repeatedly force-fed parasite-infested feces to animals and forced pregnant monkeys to eat listeria-contaminated whipping cream.   KEEP GOING FOR OTHER ANIMALS IN LABS Tomorrow Is World Rat Day Did you know rats giggle, sing, and risk their lives to help others? Yet on World Rat Day tomorrow, countless gentle, intelligent rats will be tormented and killed in laboratories. Help us end such cruelty. HELP RATS NOW The Maker of Sled Dogs is Back to Open Your Eyes to the Stolen Lives of Elephants PETA has been fighting for Lucy the elephant’s freedom for years, and now the world will know her devastating tale. On April 6 at 9 p.m. ET, CBC’s Documentary Channel will air a film called “Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants,” which reveals how the Edmonton Valley Zoo has failed her.   NO SPOILERS: WHAT HAPPENED TO LUCY Great News! Another Company Sinks Its Cruel Near-Drowning Experiments   Is the near-drowning test on animals nearly history? After hearing from PETA, life sciences company Creative Biolabs confirmed it has ended this worthless test.   URGE UNIVERSITIES TO FOLLOW SUIT Alligators Shot or Cut Up So that Their Skin Can Be Turned Into Watch Straps   PETA has informed two retailers of the horrors alligators endure so that their skin can be turned into watch straps. Comment on the Instagram accounts of OMEGA and Harry Winston to tell them to stop supporting the deadly alligator skin trade.  SPEAK UP FOR ALLIGATORS Only 4 More Days in PETA’s Spring Break Sale!  Get beach towels, bags, totes, and more on sale through midnight Eastern time on April 7.   GET READY FOR YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE  How Scientists Failed to Make a “Cruelty-Free” Foie Gras   Killing millions of ducks is not cruelty-free. This lab-made “cruelty-free” foie gras is still supporting suffering and death.   IS THIS FOIE GRAS OR A FAUX PAS? Progress! Two Animal Protection Bills Become Law in Virginia  Thanks to PETA and our compassionate supporters, two new bills were signed into law that will advance animal welfare in the state.    LEARN MORE  PETA’s ‘Being Vegan Is Good Shit!’ Song Highlights ‘Poowerful’ Digestion Pros of Plants   In a stinkin’ cute new video, PETA’s ‘Being Vegan is Good Shit’ song drops a solution for the bathroom blues.   HEAR THIS FOR BETTER DIGESTION Urgent Alerts Live Animals May Be Forced to the Sidelines of Chaotic Basketball Games This Week  The Kentucky Derby Is Next Month, but Horses Suffer All Year Round—Speak Up  The Running of the Bulls Starts This July—Urge Travel Companies Not to Promote It This Year  Comment Through April 13: Urge Taiwan’s Government to Help Ban Arthritis Animal Experiments  ☆  ☆  ☆ Fascinating Fact: Imagine being able to taste something without ever opening your mouth. Many fish, such as carp, cod, and catfish, have taste buds not only in their mouths but also across their bodies. This helps them find food in murky or low-visibility waters and better assess the environment around them.