half of these dumb shits say bad things about peta because they've never givin' it a chance. it's an amazing organization that is changing the world. they've saved millions of animals and are stopping animal cruelty all over the world. and, it's good to know people care..
by mirandablair August 24, 2008
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals-an orginization that promotes animal rights and exposes companies that do abusive things to animals for their own financial gain. This is usually done with hidden cameras worn by animal rights activists posing as employees.
"Did you hear about that baby circus elephant that died from falling off a platform?"
"Wow. That's terrible. And I'm sure that nobody would even know about it if it wasn't for PETA."
"Wow. That's terrible. And I'm sure that nobody would even know about it if it wasn't for PETA."
by Charlotte1993 February 07, 2010
AKA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. A group of animal activist who are commonly misread or misunderstood. PETA members consist of radicals and extremists but also vegans such as Leona Lewis, Nia Long and Forest Whittaker. Not all PETA members are radical people. They put unhealthy and suffering animals to sleep fairly and painlessly. They aren't 100% against the use of consuming animals as much as they are against animals being viciously harmed for food and worn for their fur. They don't think human life is less important then animal life. They simply believe that animal life and rights aren't fought for enough. Just because they fight for the protection of animals of and not for humans does not make them an inhumane people. Stop judging people and things you know bits and pieces or nothing about.
by me94 April 15, 2010
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.
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by Kameron exe April 22, 2021
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
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