People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) (stylized PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it is the largest animal rights group in the world. Its slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment."
Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, a widely publicized dispute about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The case lasted ten years, involved the only police raid on an animal laboratory in the United States, triggered an amendment in 1985 to that country's Animal Welfare Act, and established PETA as an internationally known organization. Since then, in its campaigns and undercover investigations, it has focused on four core issues—opposition to factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment—though it also campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, the keeping of chained backyard dogs, cock fighting, dog fighting, and bullfighting.
Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, a widely publicized dispute about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The case lasted ten years, involved the only police raid on an animal laboratory in the United States, triggered an amendment in 1985 to that country's Animal Welfare Act, and established PETA as an internationally known organization. Since then, in its campaigns and undercover investigations, it has focused on four core issues—opposition to factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment—though it also campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, the keeping of chained backyard dogs, cock fighting, dog fighting, and bullfighting.
Allie: Look! My friend Shelley is in the PETA protest!
Jenna: What's PETA?
Allie: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Jenna: Oh, she must be crazy and violent then.
Allie: Actually, all she wants is for everyone to be treated equally, to end slavery and this holocaust.
Jenna: Oh.. she actually sounds like she has good morals.
Jenna: What's PETA?
Allie: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Jenna: Oh, she must be crazy and violent then.
Allie: Actually, all she wants is for everyone to be treated equally, to end slavery and this holocaust.
Jenna: Oh.. she actually sounds like she has good morals.
by Karma Kat September 15, 2012
Get the PETAmug. People for the ethical treatment animals is a animal rights organization who's sole purpose is to give animals human rights
Person1: Peta used to be about stopping animal abuse, what happened
Person2: Attention thats what happened
Person2: Attention thats what happened
by Tom bakers August 2, 2019
Get the PETAmug. PETA are there when animals needed a friend, because the animals can't speak up against the evil people who profit from their misery and suffering.
PETA are the most amazing animal rights group on the planet, because they go out on a limb to draw attention to a problem that people who have lost their conscience don't want to face.
PETA is admired by animal lovers all over the world, because they have guts and determination and don't back down when it comes to fairness and morons who think with their stomachs before their hearts.
PETA are the most amazing animal rights group on the planet, because they go out on a limb to draw attention to a problem that people who have lost their conscience don't want to face.
PETA is admired by animal lovers all over the world, because they have guts and determination and don't back down when it comes to fairness and morons who think with their stomachs before their hearts.
by RazzyDazzy June 10, 2013
Get the PETAmug. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PETA does NOT pour red paint on some rich ladys fur coat! It dosent relese animals from the labs they are in. It dosent vandalize peoples property! PETA isnt trying to put McDoanalds out of busniess or KFC. PETA is trying to get them to use a more humane method of kill. PETA knows that not everybody is going to be vegan or vegetarian. They would hope that everyone would be but they know thats not going to happen. All of you people dont know what the hell your talkin about because you arent part of PETAs StreetTeam. All of you haters can go suck it!
PETA does NOT pour red paint on some rich ladys fur coat! It dosent relese animals from the labs they are in. It dosent vandalize peoples property! PETA isnt trying to put McDoanalds out of busniess or KFC. PETA is trying to get them to use a more humane method of kill. PETA knows that not everybody is going to be vegan or vegetarian. They would hope that everyone would be but they know thats not going to happen. All of you people dont know what the hell your talkin about because you arent part of PETAs StreetTeam. All of you haters can go suck it!
by ImLosingIt July 19, 2011
Get the PETAmug. by Opinionated Truth Teller November 29, 2013
Get the petamug. by ;iogsd;lkvna;lk July 5, 2009
Get the petamug. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. A group founded in 1980 with over 800,000 current members worldwide. They are the most successful registered radical organization in existence. Similar to the Nazi party, and religious extremists, they believe in fascism and use violence and propaganda as their vehicles to achieve their goal. They have a tax exempt status, and collect nearly $30,000,000.00 yearly.
PETA seeks “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no leather, no hunting, no fishing, and no pets (not even seeing-eye dogs). PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals (including AIDS research).
They do in fact operate kills shelters and have killed over 10,000 healthy house pets. They are against animals as pets.
They support violence if it is for achieving their goal. They use their collected money to pay legal fees for members charged with felonies.
PETA seeks “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no leather, no hunting, no fishing, and no pets (not even seeing-eye dogs). PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals (including AIDS research).
They do in fact operate kills shelters and have killed over 10,000 healthy house pets. They are against animals as pets.
They support violence if it is for achieving their goal. They use their collected money to pay legal fees for members charged with felonies.
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk has said that “even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we would be against it.”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has donated over $150,000 to criminal activists -- including those jailed for arson, burglary, and even attempted murder
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has donated over $150,000 to criminal activists -- including those jailed for arson, burglary, and even attempted murder
by M.C. July 10, 2005
Get the petamug.