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23. <title>PETA Ad Blasts Prosecutor for Refusing to Seek Justice for Blood Bank’s Victims</title>
24. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/peta-blasts-blood-bank-case-prosecutor-in-the-tribune/</link>
26. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena Waldman]]></dc:creator>
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33. <description><![CDATA[<p>PETA sent another bold message to Jackson County Prosecutor Jeffrey Chalfant urging him to take action for cats deprived of veterinary care at a blood bank hellhole. Find out how YOU can help.</p>
34. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/peta-blasts-blood-bank-case-prosecutor-in-the-tribune/">PETA Ad Blasts Prosecutor for Refusing to Seek Justice for Blood Bank’s Victims</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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37. <p>When PETA’s undercover investigator found Fox and Vivi at <a href="https://investigations.peta.org/veterinarians-blood-bank/">The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank</a>—a crude operation in Indiana that keeps nearly 900 dogs and cats confined to barren kennels and crowded pens <strong>for life—</strong>they were weak, sickly, and in desperate need of care. Compounding matters, the county prosecutor refused to seek justice for the animals—which is why PETA has run a bold full-page ad in the local newspaper, <em>The Tribune</em>, calling out Prosecutor Jeffrey Chalfant for failing to file charges against those responsible.</p>
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45. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank</strong> <strong>Uses Cats and Dogs as Blood Bags</strong></h2>
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49. <p>PETA’s investigation found that workers bled animals who were emaciated, medicated, and sick, including with upper respiratory infections and bone cancer. The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank defied best practices in its own industry by drawing animals’ blood about <strong>every three weeks so that it could be sold </strong>to be given to animals who were critically ill or injured themselves—putting both the unwilling “donors” and the recipients at risk.</p>
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59. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Fox’s and Vivi’s Stories</strong></h2>
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63. <p>We don’t know exactly where cats Fox and Vivi came from, but we do know that a manager said that she had acquired cats by answering online ads seeking homes for the animals. Another worker brought in kittens she said she had found on Facebook. People looking for a good home for their beloved animals could have been tricked into giving them away to The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank and condemning them to an almost unimaginably harsh existence. Animals who might have wandered away from their families could have been kidnapped off the street and taken there. A manager even offered workers $200 for each cat they brought to the facility, saying, “Where you get [them] from is not my business.”</p>
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67. <p>When a PETA investigator arrived at The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank in 2023, 13-year-old Fox was being held in a pen that workers euphemistically referred to as the “stairway to heaven.” Fox, who suffered from bloody diarrhea while confined, didn’t receive a professional veterinary exam or treatment until PETA’s investigator rescued him. Following several weeks of intensive care in a loving home with plenty of cozy bedding, Fox was euthanized after a veterinarian found that he had gastrointestinal cancer.</p>
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75. <p>Vivi cried out in vain because of a painful oral infection. A manager said that she thought Vivi would become malnourished “and die” if her teeth weren’t pulled—but for many months, she was denied the veterinary care that she so desperately needed. When our investigator was finally allowed to rescue her, Vivi had to be rushed to a veterinarian, who found that all her teeth required emergency removal. Today, she’s been adopted into a loving home—the kind where all cats and dogs belong.</p>
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79. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Speak Up for Animals Like Fox and Vivi—Take Action Against The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank!</strong></h2>
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83. <p>Fox and Vivi are no longer being neglected and languishing in pain at The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank, thanks to PETA’s compassionate investigator—but the hundreds of animals still locked inside there need <em>your</em> help. Click the button below to take action now:</p>
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114. <title>Cicadas Are All the Buzz This Spring—What Can Kids Learn About Them?</title>
115. <link>https://www.petakids.com/activities/cicadas-coloring-sheet/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab</link>
117. <dc:creator><![CDATA[PETA Staff]]></dc:creator>
118. <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 16:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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123. <description><![CDATA[<p>PETA Kids’ free resource will give you everything you need to help kids learn about kindness to insects—so you don’t have to wing it. </p>
124. <p>The post <a href="https://www.petakids.com/activities/cicadas-coloring-sheet/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">Cicadas Are All the Buzz This Spring—What Can Kids Learn About Them?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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127. <p><strong>Free Coloring Activity! Help Kids Tune In to the Surprising World of Cicadas</strong></p>
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131. <p><strong>Free Printable! Help Kids Learn About a Small Animal Who’s Making a Big Buzz</strong></p>
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135. <p><strong>Cicadas Are All the Buzz This Spring—What Can Kids Learn About Them?</strong></p>
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139. <p><strong>What’s the Buzz on Cicadas? A Free Printable Helps Kids Find Out</strong></p>
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143. <p><strong>Let Your Kid’s Kindness Take Flight With a Free Coloring Activity</strong></p>
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147. <p><strong>This Activity Is Worth the Buzz: Help Your Kids Learn About Cicadas</strong></p>
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151. <p>As many people plan trips to see large numbers of cicadas, help remind your children that insects are individuals who have feelings and want to be treated with kindness.</p>
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155. <p>PETA Kids’ free resource will give you everything you need to help kids learn about kindness to insects—so you don’t have to <em>wing </em>it.</p>
156. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1115559"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.petakids.com/activities/cicadas-coloring-sheet/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">Cicadas Are All the Buzz This Spring—What Can Kids Learn About Them?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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164. <title>BREAKING: Urgent Animal Rescue Operation Underway in Ukraine’s Kharkiv War Zone</title>
165. <link>https://headlines.peta.org/ukraine-updates/may-17-emergency-evacuation-animals/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab</link>
167. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Goettge]]></dc:creator>
168. <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 14:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
169. <category><![CDATA[Global Compassion Fund]]></category>
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172. <description><![CDATA[<p>PETA-supported teams in Ukraine are undergoing an emergency evacuation for hundreds of animals in their care—find out how to help them save a life.</p>
173. <p>The post <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/ukraine-updates/may-17-emergency-evacuation-animals/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">BREAKING: Urgent Animal Rescue Operation Underway in Ukraine’s Kharkiv War Zone</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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183. <title>‘We Can and Should Do Better’: Baboon Experiments Move Virginia Senator to Action</title>
184. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/baboon-experiments-move-virginia-senator-to-action/</link>
186. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Brown]]></dc:creator>
187. <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 19:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
188. <category><![CDATA[Animal Experimentation]]></category>
189. <category><![CDATA[Main Issues]]></category>
190. <category><![CDATA[Medical Experiments]]></category>
191. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1115391</guid>
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193. <description><![CDATA[<p>A Virginia state senator, moved by the plight of animals in laboratories, led the enactment of a new law to increase transparency in laboratories that experiment on animals.</p>
194. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/baboon-experiments-move-virginia-senator-to-action/">‘We Can and Should Do Better’: Baboon Experiments Move Virginia Senator to Action</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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197. <p>PETA’s groundbreaking investigations have repeatedly exposed the horrors of the animal experimentation industry, which operates largely out of public view and continues to resist every call for increased transparency.</p>
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201. <p>Our <a href="https://investigations.peta.org/dog-beagle-breeding-mill-envigo/">investigation into the suffering of thousands of beagles at the Envigo hellhole</a> in Virginia opened the eyes of many, including Virginia legislators. State Senators Jennifer Boysko and Bill Stanley led the charge to pass <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/virginia-governor-signs-beagle-protection-bills/">historic legislation</a> to afford animals vital protections and hold violators of the meager requirements afforded by the federal <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/suffering-swept-under-the-rug/">Animal Welfare Act</a> accountable.<br><br>But in her April 20, 2024, column in <em>The Virginian-Pilot</em>, “Legislature Acts to Boost Animal-Testing Transparency,” Boysko says more is needed:</p>
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206. <p>Despite our progress, transparency in our state’s animal testing facilities remains virtually non-existent. Even when facilities are publicly funded, the number and species of animals used and the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on animal versus non-animal research is unavailable. Attempts to change that during the 2023 General Assembly session were watered down. This year, stakeholders reached a compromise via Senate Bill 411, which creates a task force to study deficiencies and make recommendations for improving transparency at publicly funded animal testing facilities. I hope this will help us move the needle forward.</p>
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211. <p>In April, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law Senate Bill 411, introduced by Boysko, and the corresponding House Bill 580, which was introduced by Del. Shelly Simonds.</p>
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221. <p>Boysko says she was “reminded of the importance of transparency” by PETA’s work to expose the horrendous baboon pregnancy experiments in the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) laboratory of Gerald Pepe. PETA secured placement at a sanctuary for four mother baboons—Jemma, Cookie, Toya, and Tara—after they had endured years of torturous, invasive experiments. But the school killed them. Jemma and Toya were killed on February 13, and Cookie and Tara endured the same fate on March 21, just a week after their plight appeared in <a href="https://virginiamercury.com/2024/03/14/animal-welfare-officials-halted-repeat-c-sections-on-baboons-at-eastern-virginia-medical-school/">the news</a>. Boysko’s editorial summarizes the misery that was inflicted on them:</p>
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226. <p>Jemma, Cookie, Toya and Tara and likely hundreds of other baboons (and their babies) had been subjected to the stuff of nightmares. Since 1980, EVMS has been impregnating baboons and injecting them with hormones daily for up to 70 days. Throughout their pregnancies, they’re repeatedly restrained, sedated and manipulated for blood draws, muscle and vaginal biopsies, and more. Their fetuses are cut out at different stages, some up to nine days before full development.</p>
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231. <p>Boysko notes that it’s illegal under federal law to put an animal through more than one “major survival surgery” without special permission. The medical school planned to put some baboons through as many as six cesarean sections <em>each</em>. In 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture even issued the school an <a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/evms-official-warning.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">official warning</a> for subjecting Jemma, Tara, and another baboon to three cesarean sections each without approval. In 2023, the agency cited the school for a <a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EVMS-2023-05-02-USDA-APHIS-IR-1-repeat-noncritical-NCI-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">repeat violation</a>.</p>
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239. <p>Boysko also notes that the medical school is the only university in Virginia that still experiments on nonhuman primates and describes the deep psychological trauma baboons there endured due to years of torment and confinement:</p>
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244. <p>These baboons were imprisoned in cages and knew only fear, pain, and the dread of what would be done to them next. At 18 years old, their bodies were like a 70-year-old woman’s, yet they were impregnated and subjected to repeated poking, prodding and cutting.</p>
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249. <p>As a mother and a champion of women’s and animals’ rights, Boysko said she relates “on a visceral level to these primate mothers and their heartbreaking stories…We can and should do better for animals and Virginia. Transparency is a good place to start.”</p>
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253. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">What’s Next?</h2>
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257. <p>Learn more about the pointless and cruel baboon pregnancy experiments at EVMS, and then <a href="https://support.peta.org/page/62641/action/1"><strong>TAKE ACTION</strong></a><strong> </strong>to pressure it to end them, close the laboratory, and fire Pepe immediately!</p>
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266. Help Close the Baboon Lab Now! </div>
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268. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="340" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UMB-Mother-and-baby-olive-baboon-600x340.jpg" class="attachment-300x170 size-300x170" alt="" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UMB-Mother-and-baby-olive-baboon-600x340.jpg 600w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UMB-Mother-and-baby-olive-baboon-375x212.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </div>
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272. </div>
273. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1115391"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/baboon-experiments-move-virginia-senator-to-action/">‘We Can and Should Do Better’: Baboon Experiments Move Virginia Senator to Action</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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281. <media:title type="html">‘We Can and Should Do Better’: Baboon Experiments Move Virginia Senator to Action &#124; PETA</media:title>
282. <media:description type="html">A Virginia state senator, moved by the plight of animals in laboratories, led the enactment of a new law to increase transparency in laboratories that experiment on animals.</media:description>
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293. <item>
294. <title>PETA-Supported Clinics in Latin America Have Massive Impact</title>
295. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/spay-neuter-latin-america/</link>
297. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Goettge]]></dc:creator>
298. <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 12:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
299. <category><![CDATA[Animal Companions]]></category>
300. <category><![CDATA[Empathy for Animals]]></category>
301. <category><![CDATA[General/Animal Rights]]></category>
302. <category><![CDATA[Main Issues]]></category>
303. <category><![CDATA[Overpopulation]]></category>
304. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1115230</guid>
305.  
306. <description><![CDATA[<p>See how one PETA supporter is making BIG waves for animals in Latin America.</p>
307. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/spay-neuter-latin-america/">PETA-Supported Clinics in Latin America Have Massive Impact</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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310. <p>Maru Vigo knows how to tackle Latin America’s homeless-animal overpopulation crisis: Spay and neuter like there’s no tomorrow.</p>
311.  
312.  
313.  
314. <p>Not long ago, this longtime animal activist and PETA Augustus Club member and her team in Lima, Peru, helped her good friend and fellow advocate Haydee Alfaro and volunteers at a pop-up, high-volume sterilization clinic in Zamora, Mexico, and what they accomplished was jaw-dropping: 400 dogs and cats helped in two marathon days!</p>
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319. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="581" height="893" data-id="1115245" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-2.jpg" alt="A woman holds a dog while a staffer holds a sign" class="wp-image-1115245" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-2.jpg 581w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-2-195x300.jpg 195w" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px" /></a></figure>
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323. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="586" height="702" data-id="1115246" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-4.jpg" alt="A group of staffers stand for a group shot" class="wp-image-1115246" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-4.jpg 586w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0324-Peru-Spay-Neuter-GCF-4-250x300.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px" /></a></figure>
324. </figure>
325.  
326.  
327.  
328. <p>Maru’s friend Micaela Rodríguez helped achieve something similar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where 191 animals were sterilized in two days.</p>
329.  
330.  
331.  
332. <p>And just when she’d earned a nice long rest, Maru and the volunteers were off like a flash to the next destination. With help from PETA’s Global Compassion Fund, they launched sterilization clinics in low-income areas of Lima, where 80 animals have been “fixed” so far.</p>
333.  
334.  
335.  
336. <p>None of these animals will contribute to the homeless-animal overpopulation crisis.</p>
337.  
338.  
339.  
340. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Like Maru, You Can Help PETA Change Animals’ Lives</h2>
341.  
342.  
343.  
344. <p>Pop-up clinics like these in Latin America can help reduce animal suffering for generations, as fewer unsterilized cats and dogs means fewer animals will be born and abandoned in communities that don’t have the resources needed to care for them all. Your gift to PETA’s Global Compassion Fund makes this critically important work for animals possible:</p>
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349. <div class="image-button__button image-button__button--is-petablue">
350. <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/peta-global-compassion-fund/#donate" title="Support PETA’s Global Compassion Fund Today" target="_self"></a>
351. <div class="image-button__button-wrap">
352. <div class="image-button__button-text">
353. Support PETA’s Global Compassion Fund Today </div>
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355. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="340" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rescued-cat-turkey-syria-earthquake-edited-600x340.jpg" class="attachment-300x170 size-300x170" alt="An orange cat is pet by a rescuer" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rescued-cat-turkey-syria-earthquake-edited-600x340.jpg 600w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rescued-cat-turkey-syria-earthquake-edited-375x212.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </div>
356. </div>
357. </div>
358. </div>
359. </div>
360. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1115230"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/spay-neuter-latin-america/">PETA-Supported Clinics in Latin America Have Massive Impact</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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368. <media:title type="html">0324 Peru Spay Neuter GCF 2</media:title>
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376. <media:title type="html">An orange cat is pet by a rescuer</media:title>
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379. <item>
380. <title>Why Were PETA Protesters Arrested at the Westminster Dog Show?</title>
381. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/2024-westminster-dog-show/</link>
383. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Oliver]]></dc:creator>
384. <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
385. <category><![CDATA[Animal Companions]]></category>
386. <category><![CDATA[Cruel Practices]]></category>
387. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1115079</guid>
388.  
389. <description><![CDATA[<p>The only prize the “Best in Show” winner of the 2024 Westminster dog show gets is a lifetime of being exploited.</p>
390. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/2024-westminster-dog-show/">Why Were PETA Protesters Arrested at the Westminster Dog Show?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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392. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
393. <p><strong>While protesting the “Best in Show” presentation, three PETA supporters—including one who was carrying a sign urging everyone to “boycott breeders”—were arrested.</strong></p>
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396.  
397. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-arrest.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="301" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-arrest-602x301.jpg" alt="peta protestor at 2024 westminster dog show arrested holding &quot;boycott breeders&quot; sign" class="wp-image-1115065" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-arrest-602x301.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-arrest-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-arrest-768x384.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-arrest.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
398.  
399.  
400.  
401. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The 2024 ‘Best in Show’ Winner May Suffer From a Lifetime of Health Issues</strong></h2>
402.  
403.  
404.  
405. <p>No dog truly wins a dog show—the only prize that “Best in Show” dogs like 2024 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show winner Sage, a 3-year-old miniature poodle, really get is a lifetime of exploitation.</p>
406.  
407.  
408.  
409. <p>Miniature poodles like Sage are bred to look a certain way, which can result in a number of painful and debilitating health issues, including heart problems, lameness, hypothyroidism, eye disease, and knee and joint abnormalities. Poodles also require regular grooming for the duration of their lives, as they’re bred to have dense, curly hair that can become heavily matted. This condition is painful and dangerous for dogs, and in some cases, <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/dog-killed-grooming-nail-trim-petsmart-employees-charged-cruelty/">even a trip to the groomer</a> can turn fatal. <strong>Breeding dogs to endure a lifetime of suffering is <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/national-dog-show-french-bulldog-winner/">nothing to celebrate</a>.</strong></p>
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411.  
412.  
413. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>PETA’s Dachshund Demo Highlights What’s Wrong With the Westminster Dog Show</strong></h2>
414.  
415.  
416.  
417. <p>During the <a href="https://www.peta.org/features/westminster-dog-show-abuse/">Westminster dog show</a>, PETA supporters stretched a “dachshund” on a rack. Why? To illustrate how dogs are treated as accessories during the event and to urge the American Kennel Club to stop showing and promoting dachshunds; <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/breeding-breathing-impaired-dogs-is-cruel/">breathing-impaired breed</a>s (BIB) such as “Frenchies,” pugs, and bulldogs; and all other “torture-bred” dogs intentionally bred to have extreme features that are almost certain to cause suffering.</p>
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421. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-demo.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="448" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-demo-602x448.jpg" alt="peta protestors stretch &quot;dachshund&quot; across a prop torture rack in front of westminster dog show" class="wp-image-1115066" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-demo-602x448.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-demo-300x223.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-demo-768x571.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/westminster-demo.jpg 854w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
422.  
423.  
424.  
425. <p>The Westminster dog show encourages breeders to churn out litter after litter of “purebred” puppies, who must meet standards set by the American Kennel Club, a “purebred”-dog registry, in order to compete for “Best in Show.” These standards lead to congenital and often dangerous and <a href="https://www.peta.org/features/purebred-dog-health-issues/">painful conditions</a> for all “purebred” dogs and require that bulldogs, pugs, and other BIBs have extremely flattened faces and distorted airways that cause terrible suffering, lifelong discomfort, and even life-threatening, chronic health issues.</p>
426.  
427.  
428.  
429. <p>Even “All-American canine” Nimble, the first mixed-breed dog to win the Westminster agility competition, was bred from two dog breeds renowned for their agility. Meanwhile, there are over <a href="https://www.peta.org/issues/animal-companion-issues/overpopulation/">70 million homeless animals</a> in the U.S. on any given day who lose a chance at adoption when animals are bred and sold.</p>
430.  
431.  
432.  
433. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Skip the Westminster Dog Show and Help Homeless Animals Instead</strong></h2>
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435.  
436.  
437. <p>In light of all the suffering caused by breeding dogs, why do breeders keep doing it? <em>Because people keep buying them</em>—and because events like the Westminster dog show entice them to produce litter after litter in the hope of having a prizewinning dog they can then profit from by breeding them and selling their puppies.</p>
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439.  
440.  
441. <p>The solution is simple: <strong>Stop breeding and buying</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>dogs. </strong>The breeding industry is big business, and as long as there’s money to be made by selling, showing, and breeding dogs, greedy breeders will continue to produce more—regardless of how much suffering they cause in the process. Following the show every year, breeders see a rush of people who want a carbon copy of the winning dog—and then animal shelters see a rush of people who abandon them when they turn out to be too much work or don’t seem to act like the dog on TV.</p>
442.  
443.  
444.  
445. <p>If you have the time, money, patience, and love to care for an animal for life (which could be for more than 15 years), please <a href="https://support.peta.org/page/1483/petition/1?en_txn7=blog::petstore%20bulldog%20guarantee&amp;p2asource=blog::petstore%20bulldog%20guarantee">adopt</a> one from an animal shelter. If you already have a BIB dog, please commit to making their life as fulfilling, healthy, and comfortable as you can—but pledge never to buy another one.</p>
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449. <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex">
450. <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://support.peta.org/page/1868/petition/1?en_txn7=blog::westminster%202024">Pledge to Adopt</a></div>
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453.  
454. <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.peta.org/features/peta-foundation-legal/contact/purebred-dogs/?en_txn7=blog::westminster%202024">Does Your Dog Suffer From Health Issues? Tell PETA</a></div>
455. </div>
456. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1115079"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/2024-westminster-dog-show/">Why Were PETA Protesters Arrested at the Westminster Dog Show?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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473. <title>Queen Camilla’s New Wardrobe Rule Reigns Supreme—and Everyone Should Follow It</title>
474. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/queen-camilla-fur-free/</link>
476. <dc:creator><![CDATA[PETA Staff]]></dc:creator>
477. <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
478. <category><![CDATA[Animals Used for Clothing]]></category>
479. <category><![CDATA[Fur]]></category>
480. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114550</guid>
481.  
482. <description><![CDATA[<p>Queen Camilla’s new style parts with tradition to create a kinder future for animals. Will the King’s Guard’s fur caps be next?</p>
483. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/queen-camilla-fur-free/">Queen Camilla’s New Wardrobe Rule Reigns Supreme—and Everyone Should Follow It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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485. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
486. <p>PETA U.K. is pleased to have received long-awaited confirmation from Buckingham Palace that Queen Camilla won’t obtain animal fur for her wardrobe. In doing so, she follows in the footsteps of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who announced in 2019 that no new items in her closets would contain fur.</p>
487.  
488.  
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490. <figure data-media-credits="[{&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\u00a9 StarMaxInc.com &quot;,&quot;credit_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}]" class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-block-image--has-credit"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="303" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-602x303.jpg" alt="Queen Camilla on a pink background next to foxes in yellowstone" class="wp-image-1114237" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-602x303.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-300x151.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-768x386.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-668x336.jpg 668w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone.jpg 1336w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></figure>
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494. <p>This is thought to be the first time Camilla has taken an official stance against the fur industry, in which humans cage other animals for life or catch them in steel-jaw traps, kill them using cruel methods such as electrocution, and skin them.</p>
495.  
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497.  
498. <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Consider the following compelling facts about animals who suffer and die for fur:</strong></h4>
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502. <ul>
503. <li>Minks are skilled climbers and swimmers who purr when they’re happy.</li>
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506.  
507. <li>Foxes are intelligent nocturnal animals who rely on their bushy tails to spread scent in order to communicate.</li>
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510.  
511. <li>Beavers are extremely gentle and family-oriented. They partner for life and remain lifelong friends with their offspring.</li>
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515. <li>Rabbits are extremely agile and can hop faster than cats, humans, or white-tailed deer can run.</li>
516. </ul>
517.  
518.  
519.  
520. <p><a href="https://headlines.peta.org/every-animal-is-someone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Every animal is someone.</a> It’s speciesist to believe that humans have the “right” to kill other sentient beings for fashion.</p>
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523.  
524. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>A True Queen Protects Animals</strong></h3>
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527.  
528. <p>Around the world, conscientious people are toasting Camilla with a glass of the finest claret, her wine of choice, for being a true queen by standing with the 95% of British people who refuse to wear animal fur. It’s right and proper for the monarchy to reflect contemporary values by recognizing that fur has no place in modern society.</p>
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532. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The King’s Guard Still Wears Bear Fur</strong></h3>
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536. <p>Camilla’s move shows that the Ministry of Defence’s use of real bear fur for royal guards’ caps is preposterous and out of touch.</p>
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539.  
540. <p>For two decades, PETA U.K. has <a href="https://www.peta.org.uk/action/unbearable-cruelty/">campaigned</a> to compel the British government to end the use of bearskin for the King’s Guard’s caps.</p>
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543.  
544. <p>A <a href="https://investigations.peta.org/kings-guard-bearskin-caps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PETA investigation</a> revealed how bears are baited with food, shot, disemboweled, and dismembered by hunters in Canada so that their fur can be sold—possibly to be used for the purely ornamental headgear worn by the guards.</p>
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548. <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
549. <div class="video-player"><div class="widescreen-wrapper"><iframe loading="lazy" title="PETA Investigation: Bears Baited, Shot With Crossbows for Fur" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/901524073?h=e578cb3710&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write"></iframe></div></div>
550. </div></figure>
551.  
552.  
553.  
554. <p>Watch the video above to see hunters shoot unsuspecting bears with crossbows. Many of the animals are shot several times, and some escape and die slowly from blood loss, infection, starvation, or dehydration.</p>
555.  
556.  
557.  
558. <p>In nature, black bear cubs spend nearly two years by their mother’s side, learning foraging skills from her, playing with their siblings, and exploring. During spring hunts, mother bears with nursing cubs may be shot, which leads to the eradication of entire families, as the cubs are orphaned and left to die.</p>
559.  
560.  
561.  
562. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Royal Guards Must Go Fur-Free</strong></h3>
563.  
564.  
565.  
566. <p>Instead of buying caps obtained from the shameful slaughter of black bears, the U.K. should set a compassionate example by switching to high-tech, luxurious faux fur. Please urge the U.S. ambassador to the U.K., Jane Hartley, to use her influence to help replace bearskin with faux fur for the King’s Guard’s caps:</p>
567.  
568.  
569.  
570. <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex">
571. <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-large-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="https://investigations.peta.org/kings-guard-bearskin-caps/#action" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Help Bears Now</a></div>
572. </div>
573. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1114550"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/queen-camilla-fur-free/">Queen Camilla’s New Wardrobe Rule Reigns Supreme—and Everyone Should Follow It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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579. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-150x150.jpg" />
580. <media:content url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone.jpg" medium="image">
581. <media:title type="html">Camilla pink background next to foxes in yellowstone</media:title>
582. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Camilla-pink-background-next-to-foxes-in-yellowstone-150x150.jpg" />
583. </media:content>
584. </item>
585. <item>
586. <title>Another Death, Another Xenotransplant Failure: PETA Points to Problems With Pig Kidney Surgeries</title>
587. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/pig-kidney-transplant-patient-dies/</link>
589. <dc:creator><![CDATA[PETA Staff]]></dc:creator>
590. <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 18:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
591. <category><![CDATA[Beauty Without Bunnies]]></category>
592. <category><![CDATA[Medical Experiments]]></category>
593. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1115001</guid>
594.  
595. <description><![CDATA[<p>Pigs aren’t merely housing their organs until humans need them. Science won’t advance if we continue to use other species for their body parts.</p>
596. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/pig-kidney-transplant-patient-dies/">Another Death, Another Xenotransplant Failure: PETA Points to Problems With Pig Kidney Surgeries</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
597. ]]></description>
598. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
599. <p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1l9g2wn9o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">According to reports</a>, a 62-year-old man who received a kidney from a genetically altered pig at Massachusetts General Hospital in March has died. This latest death is another failure in a lost cause. How many more humans and other animals must die before everyone accepts that <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/all-about-xenotransplantation/">xenotransplantation is a dead end</a>?</p>
600.  
601.  
602.  
603. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="398" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-602x398.jpg" alt="Pig looking at viewer from a barren cage. There are multiple notches in their ears." class="wp-image-1066418" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-602x398.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-768x508.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-150x99.jpg 150w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig.jpg 1399w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
604.  
605.  
606.  
607. <p>It’s too soon to know whether a virus was transmitted in this case, as happened in the recent transplant of a pig’s heart to a human, but we do know that xenotransplants have been a colossal failure for decades.</p>
608.  
609.  
610.  
611. <p>Cleaning up the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/1244583164/patients-die-every-day-waiting-for-organ-transplants-the-problem-isnt-a-lack-of-" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organ procurement business</a>, which <a href="https://bloomworks.digital/organdonationreform/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wastes as many as 28,000 organs annually</a>; enacting presumed consent laws; and implementing <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/research-modernization-new-deal/">PETA scientists’ Research Modernization Deal</a>, which offers a plan for phasing out the use of animals, would <em>actually</em> save human lives.</p>
612.  
613.  
614.  
615. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Pigs and other animals aren’t merely housing their organs until humans need them. </h3>
616.  
617.  
618.  
619. <p>It’s worth thinking back to decades of failures, beginning with the doomed transplant of a heart from a baby baboon into a human infant, Baby Fae, in 1984 and remembering that we’re in an age when advances don’t depend on using other species as spare parts.</p>
620.  
621.  
622.  
623. <p>Read more about the dangers and failures of xenotransplantation and take action to shut down the University of Alabama–Birmingham’s cruel transplantation laboratory—where a <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/university-of-alabama-birmingham-transplant-lab-whistleblower/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">whistleblower blew the lid off</a> a litany of severe animal welfare atrocities—<a href="https://headlines.peta.org/all-about-xenotransplantation/">here</a>.</p>
624.  
625.  
626.  
627. <p>If you’re a U.S. resident, ask your legislators to support our Research Modernization Deal, which maps out a strategy for replacing the use of animals in experiments with superior, human-relevant methods:</p>
628.  
629.  
630.  
631. <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex">
632. <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-large-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="https://headlines.peta.org/research-modernization-new-deal/#action" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Take Action Now</a></div>
633. </div>
634. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1115001"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/pig-kidney-transplant-patient-dies/">Another Death, Another Xenotransplant Failure: PETA Points to Problems With Pig Kidney Surgeries</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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640. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-150x150.jpg" />
641. <media:content url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig.jpg" medium="image">
642. <media:title type="html">OHSU Pig</media:title>
643. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ohsu-pig-150x150.jpg" />
644. </media:content>
645. </item>
646. <item>
647. <title>Is It a UMass Lab or the Death Star? Chewie’s Story, From the Dark Side of Campus</title>
648. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/chewies-story-from-the-dark-side-of-campus/</link>
650. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Brown]]></dc:creator>
651. <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
652. <category><![CDATA[Animal Experimentation]]></category>
653. <category><![CDATA[Empathy for Animals]]></category>
654. <category><![CDATA[General/Animal Rights]]></category>
655. <category><![CDATA[Medical Experiments]]></category>
656. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1110613</guid>
657.  
658. <description><![CDATA[<p>Caged, cut open, and subjected to cruel experiments. This was life for a tiny marmoset imprisoned in a University of Massachusetts–Amherst lab. </p>
659. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/chewies-story-from-the-dark-side-of-campus/">Is It a UMass Lab or the Death Star? Chewie’s Story, From the Dark Side of Campus</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
660. ]]></description>
661. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
662. <p>When the tiny marmoset who would become known as “Chewie” was just 3 years old, he was shoved into a crate and shipped nearly 8,000 miles from a monkey farm in South Africa to another hellhole far, far away in Miami.</p>
663.  
664.  
665.  
666. <p>And things only got worse.</p>
667.  
668.  
669.  
670. <figure class="wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
671. <div class="video-player"><div class="widescreen-wrapper"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Chewie, a Tiny Monkey Tortured and Killed at UMass" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8RfbdGqKyhc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div>
672. </div></figure>
673.  
674.  
675.  
676. <p>Chewie—named by experimenters after Chewbacca, the furry intergalactic pilot in the movie franchise <em>Star Wars</em>—was trucked to the <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/marmosets-die-at-umass/">laboratory of Agnès Lacreuse</a>, an experimenter at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst (UMass).</p>
677.  
678.  
679.  
680. <p>Unlike his namesake, who darted around galaxies in the Millennium Falcon, Chewie was imprisoned in a cage for most of his life. Chewbacca and his buddies triumphed over oppressive forces, but Chewie’s compatriots were killed off, one by one.</p>
681.  
682.  
683.  
684. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Life Under the Lacreuse Empire</strong></h2>
685.  
686.  
687.  
688. <p>Abuse by scalpel was only part of the horror that Chewie endured. PETA obtained documents that reveal his dismal around-the-clock reality of being denied basic care and often suffering alone through an array of ailments.</p>
689.  
690.  
691.  
692. <p>Shortly after Chewie arrived at UMass, he was cut open for a vasectomy that left him squirming in irritation as the gash healed. On one occasion, he sustained bruising and endured irritation because the identification chain he was forced to wear around his neck became lodged inside his mouth.</p>
693.  
694.  
695.  
696. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="478" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag-602x478.png" alt="Photo of Chewie showing the metal tag around his neck" class="wp-image-1110658" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag-602x478.png 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag-300x238.png 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag.png 704w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
697.  
698.  
699.  
700. <p>The tip of his tail was ripped off when staff were trying to recapture him after he escaped from an improperly secured harness. And after a battery of tests, experimenters left him to vomit as he experienced disorientation while waking up from sedation.</p>
701.  
702.  
703.  
704. <p>In some tests, experimenters deliberately provoked stress in this social marmoset by separating him from his cagemate, watching as isolation took its oppressive toll and he became overcome by distress.</p>
705.  
706.  
707.  
708. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="672" height="480" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-day-4-testing-watermarked.gif" alt="GIF cut from footage where Chewie struggles to grab food in a plastic container" class="wp-image-1110996"/></figure>
709.  
710.  
711.  
712. <p>Later, experimenters put Chewie in a crippling jacket-helmet combination. Then they zip-tied him to a device meant to immobilize his head for hours and took photos of his brain.</p>
713.  
714.  
715.  
716. <p>Experimenters forced Chewie to participate in a battery of curiosity-driven cognitive tests by withholding water from the tiny monkey for hours and then awarding him with mere sips of it if they were satisfied with his performance.</p>
717.  
718.  
719.  
720. <p>All this was in addition to frequent blood draws and urine samples, which are part of daily life for animals confined to a laboratory.</p>
721.  
722.  
723.  
724. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>A Disturbance in ‘the Force’</strong></h2>
725.  
726.  
727.  
728. <p>Once experimenters had killed his cagemate, Rey, Chewie lived out his remaining days with a marmoset named Yoda.</p>
729.  
730.  
731.  
732. <p>Lacreuse’s experimenters decided that Chewie had outlived his usefulness to them in 2020. He was killed on October 13 of that year. He was 8 years old.</p>
733.  
734.  
735.  
736. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>New Hope</strong></h2>
737.  
738.  
739.  
740. <p>In their natural habitat, sociable marmosets huddle together by the dozens in trees, forage for food, and frolic with their troopmates. That life was stolen from Chewie<a>—</a>all for pointless experiments that will never contribute anything valuable to science.</p>
741.  
742.  
743.  
744. <p>It doesn’t have to be this way for other monkeys. Please take action by urging UMass officials to end Lacreuse’s cruel marmoset experiments:</p>
745.  
746.  
747. <div id="image-button-acf-block-66421df8ce95a" class="image-button image-button--is-normal aligncenter wp-block-peta-blocks-image-button">
748. <div class="image-button__grid">
749. <div class="image-button__button image-button__button--is-petablue">
750. <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/marmosets-die-at-umass/" title="Take Action for Marmosets" target="_self"></a>
751. <div class="image-button__button-wrap">
752. <div class="image-button__button-text">
753. Take Action for Marmosets </div>
754. <div class="image-button__button-image">
755. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="340" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cotton-eared-marmoset-on-tree-600x340.jpg" class="attachment-300x170 size-300x170" alt="Marmoset in a tree" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cotton-eared-marmoset-on-tree-600x340.jpg 600w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cotton-eared-marmoset-on-tree-375x212.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </div>
756. </div>
757. </div>
758. </div>
759. </div>
761.  
762.  
763. <p></p>
764.  
765.  
766.  
767. <p>And if you’re a U.S. resident, please take an additional action for animals in UMass’ laboratories and other U.S. labs by supporting PETA’s Research Modernization Deal, which outlines a comprehensive strategy for replacing all experiments on animals with more effective, human-relevant, non-animal methods:</p>
768.  
769.  
770. <div id="image-button-acf-block-66421df8ce9e4" class="image-button image-button--is-normal aligncenter wp-block-peta-blocks-image-button">
771. <div class="image-button__grid">
772. <div class="image-button__button image-button__button--is-narwhal">
773. <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/research-modernization-new-deal/" title="Support Animal-Free Science" target="_self"></a>
774. <div class="image-button__button-wrap">
775. <div class="image-button__button-text">
776. Support Animal-Free Science </div>
777. <div class="image-button__button-image">
778. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="340" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/women-scientists-600x340.jpg" class="attachment-300x170 size-300x170" alt="Women scientists in a laboratory" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/women-scientists-600x340.jpg 600w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/women-scientists-375x212.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </div>
779. </div>
780. </div>
781. </div>
782. </div>
783. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1110613"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/chewies-story-from-the-dark-side-of-campus/">Is It a UMass Lab or the Death Star? Chewie’s Story, From the Dark Side of Campus</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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792. <media:description type="html">Caged, cut open, and subjected to cruel experiments. This was life for a tiny marmoset imprisoned in a University of Massachusetts–Amherst lab.</media:description>
793. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/8rfbdgqkyhc.jpg" />
794. <media:keywords>chewie death star</media:keywords>
795. </media:content>
796. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag-150x150.png" />
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798. <media:title type="html">Chewie Metal Tag</media:title>
799. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-tag-150x150.png" />
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801. <media:content url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-day-4-testing-watermarked.gif" medium="image">
802. <media:title type="html">Chewie Day 4 Testing GIF</media:title>
803. <media:thumbnail url="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chewie-day-4-testing-watermarked-150x150.gif" />
804. </media:content>
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806. <media:title type="html">Marmoset in a tree</media:title>
807. </media:content>
808. <media:content url="https://www.peta.org/www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/women-scientists-600x340.jpg" medium="image">
809. <media:title type="html">Women scientists in a laboratory</media:title>
810. </media:content>
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812. <item>
813. <title>Imprisoned, Impregnated, and Impaired: Alissa’s ‘Life’ of Misery in Med School Lab</title>
814. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/imprisoned-impregnated-and-impaired/</link>
816. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Hays]]></dc:creator>
817. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 19:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
818. <category><![CDATA[Animal Experimentation]]></category>
819. <category><![CDATA[Main Issues]]></category>
820. <category><![CDATA[Medical Experiments]]></category>
821. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114882</guid>
822.  
823. <description><![CDATA[<p>Alissa was repeatedly bred for 18 years, and her babies were taken to be used in experiments. Then, Eastern Virginia Medical School used her in invasive pregnancy experiments, and she died. </p>
824. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/imprisoned-impregnated-and-impaired/">Imprisoned, Impregnated, and Impaired: Alissa’s ‘Life’ of Misery in Med School Lab</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
825. ]]></description>
826. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
827. <p>For 18 long years, her body was at the mercy of her captors. They forcibly impregnated her seven times, then took away or killed all her babies. They failed to address her chronic weight loss, which was so severe that she shed 30% of her bodyweight. She died shortly after experimenters forced her to endure a second cesarean section.</p>
828.  
829.  
830.  
831. <p>She was a “sweet girl” baboon born into captive misery and used in cruel and pointless experiments at <a href="https://support.peta.org/page/62641/action/1">Eastern Virginia Medical School</a>.</p>
832.  
833.  
834.  
835. <p>Her name was Alissa. This is her story.</p>
836.  
837.  
838.  
839. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">A Mother’s Love</h2>
840.  
841.  
842.  
843. <p>According to records obtained by PETA, Alissa was born to a captive mother baboon at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center on October 5, 2005. Experimenters took her away from her mother when she was just 6 months old, and she spent the next <strong>15</strong> <strong>years</strong> being forcibly and repeatedly impregnated at the school, enduring five pregnancies, four full-term births, and one miscarriage.</p>
844.  
845.  
846.  
847. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="429" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park-602x429.jpg" alt="family of baboons in national park" class="wp-image-1085178" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park-602x429.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park-300x214.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park-768x548.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park-150x107.jpg 150w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-of-baboons-in-national-park.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
848.  
849.  
850.  
851. <p>Records are unclear about what happened to Alissa’s babies, but they indicate that she was a doting mother, and experimenters documented “very good maternal behavior.” She also tended to other baboon babies in the colony, nurturing them when their own mothers weren’t around.</p>
852.  
853.  
854.  
855. <p>She even extended warmth to those who harmed her. Although she was forced to endure captivity and the terror and pain of nonstop confinement and experimentation, documents from the university say Alissa was remarkably sweet in nature and displayed a welcoming friendliness. Laboratory notes are peppered with testaments to her geniality:</p>
856.  
857.  
858.  
859. <ul>
860. <li>“Alissa is very calm and has a sweet demeanor, she enjoys human interaction.”</li>
861.  
862.  
863.  
864. <li>“She is a very sweet girl and readily engages in interaction.”</li>
865.  
866.  
867.  
868. <li>“She is a sweet girl and loves the attention.”</li>
869.  
870.  
871.  
872. <li>“This animal is very friendly and comes right to the front of the cage for a visit.”</li>
873. </ul>
874.  
875.  
876.  
877. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Victimized in Virginia</h2>
878.  
879.  
880.  
881. <p>When she was 15 years old, Alissa was shipped to Eastern Virginia Medical School, arriving in the laboratory of longtime experimenter <a href="https://support.peta.org/page/62641/action/1">Gerald Pepe</a> in October 2020. By that time, she had sustained a fractured tail and was suffering from a genital ulcer and dental decay. Because she was continually confined and deprived of everything that makes life worth living, her physical and mental health deteriorated.</p>
882.  
883.  
884.  
885. <p>The medical school’s laboratory soured Alissa’s sweet nature and ravaged her body.</p>
886.  
887.  
888.  
889. <p>Alissa suffered due to genital swelling, tail injuries, a broken tooth, and near-daily blood draws. During one of her pregnancies, she was subjected to approximately 50 blood draws, including a stretch of 14 consecutive days, over the course of eight weeks. Notes taken by laboratory staff after these blood draws included “laying down,” “involuntary movement,” “moving slow,” “unconscious,” and “semi-conscious.” Her psychological distress manifested through self-harm as she began to pull her hair out.</p>
890.  
891.  
892.  
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894. <div class="video-player"><div class="widescreen-wrapper"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Baboons in Experiments at EVMS, 2015" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ynXnSYWlmCQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div>
895. </div></figure>
896.  
897.  
898.  
899. <p>She also suffered from rapid weight loss, which began after she was transferred to the medical school. Within three months of her arrival, she had lost more than 7 pounds, or 17% of her bodyweight. She continued to lose weight after experimenters locked her in a cage with a male “breeder” in February 2021, and the encounter left her with deep cuts across her back and upper body. Her records document “a 30 cm laceration on [her] back extending from shoulder to shoulder” and additional “lacerations and a deep pocket” in the area of her left collarbone.</p>
900.  
901.  
902.  
903. <p>The records also document that due to these injuries, an abscess—a “large fluid-filled lump” containing “foul odor, white-red thick fluid [with] granules”—developed above her left shoulder. Although her physical wounds healed, Alissa’s psychological trauma resulted in a total weight loss of more than 13 pounds (nearly one-third of her total bodyweight) during her first 18 months at the medical school.</p>
904.  
905.  
906.  
907. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Bred to Death</h2>
908.  
909.  
910.  
911. <p>Alissa was subjected to two cesarean sections at the medical school. Each time, she delivered two baby boys. And each time, experimenters killed them immediately. She never even saw the infants she had carried for six months.</p>
912.  
913.  
914.  
915. <p>After her second cesarean section, Alissa was left to recover alone in a barren metal cage. She “went into acute cardiorespiratory arrest” and died.</p>
916.  
917.  
918.  
919. <p>Alissa’s necropsy revealed inflamed lungs, pneumonia, and even “Coal Miner’s Lung.” Her lungs were filled with black carbon deposits, something usually found in smokers and inhabitants of polluted cities. Her heart was riddled with scars and fat deposits, reminders of a painful, terrified existence, exploited in invasive experiments.</p>
920.  
921.  
922.  
923. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Help Others Like Alissa</h2>
924.  
925.  
926.  
927. <p>Eastern Virginia Medical School has been tormenting baboons for more than 40 years and has nothing to show for it: no progress for human medicine, no treatments, and no cures.&nbsp;</p>
928.  
929.  
930.  
931. <p>Please TAKE ACTION and urge the school’s leadership to end this pointless cruelty:</p>
932.  
933.  
934. <div id="image-button-acf-block-66426f4969f08" class="image-button image-button--is-normal aligncenter wp-block-peta-blocks-image-button">
935. <div class="image-button__grid">
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937. <a href="https://support.peta.org/page/62641/action/1" title="Shut Down the Baboon Lab" target="_self"></a>
938. <div class="image-button__button-wrap">
939. <div class="image-button__button-text">
940. Shut Down the Baboon Lab </div>
941. <div class="image-button__button-image">
942. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="340" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVMS-protest-600x340.jpg" class="attachment-300x170 size-300x170" alt="EVMS protest" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVMS-protest-600x340.jpg 600w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVMS-protest-375x212.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </div>
943. </div>
944. </div>
945. </div>
946. </div>
948.  
949.  
950. <p>And if you’re a U.S. resident, please take additional action for animals in EVMS’ laboratories and elsewhere by supporting PETA’s Research Modernization Deal, which outlines a comprehensive strategy for replacing all experiments on animals with more effective, human-relevant, non-animal methods:</p>
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955. <div class="image-button__button image-button__button--is-narwhal">
956. <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/research-modernization-new-deal/" title="Support Animal-Free Science" target="_self"></a>
957. <div class="image-button__button-wrap">
958. <div class="image-button__button-text">
959. Support Animal-Free Science </div>
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962. </div>
963. </div>
964. </div>
965. </div>
966. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1114882"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/imprisoned-impregnated-and-impaired/">Imprisoned, Impregnated, and Impaired: Alissa’s ‘Life’ of Misery in Med School Lab</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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974. <media:title type="html">Imprisoned, Impregnated, and Impaired: Alissa’s ‘Life’ of Misery in Med School Lab &#124; PETA</media:title>
975. <media:description type="html">Alissa was repeatedly bred for 18 years, and her babies were taken to be used in experiments. Then, Eastern Virginia Medical School used her in invasive pregnancy experiments, and she died.</media:description>
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983. </media:content>
984. <media:content url="https://www.peta.org/www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVMS-protest-600x340.jpg" medium="image">
985. <media:title type="html">EVMS protest</media:title>
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988. <media:title type="html">Women scientists in a laboratory</media:title>
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990. </item>
991. <item>
992. <title>We Asked Top U.S. Car Brands for Their New Vegan Interior Car Models—and They Didn’t Disappoint</title>
993. <link>https://headlines.peta.org/vegan-car-interior-us-survey/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab</link>
995. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena Waldman]]></dc:creator>
996. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 17:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
997. <category><![CDATA[Animals Used for Clothing]]></category>
998. <category><![CDATA[Leather]]></category>
999. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114863</guid>
1000.  
1001. <description><![CDATA[<p>There are more vegan car models than ever before! Check out the 2024 U.S. vegan car interior inventory from top brands. </p>
1002. <p>The post <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/vegan-car-interior-us-survey/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">We Asked Top U.S. Car Brands for Their New Vegan Interior Car Models—and They Didn’t Disappoint</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
1003. ]]></description>
1004. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1114863"/><p>The post <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/vegan-car-interior-us-survey/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">We Asked Top U.S. Car Brands for Their New Vegan Interior Car Models—and They Didn’t Disappoint</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
1005. ]]></content:encoded>
1010. </item>
1011. <item>
1012. <title>PETA&#8217;s 2024 Vegan Homeware Awards</title>
1013. <link>https://headlines.peta.org/vegan-homeware-awards-2024/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab</link>
1015. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Maness]]></dc:creator>
1016. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
1017. <category><![CDATA[Animals Used for Clothing]]></category>
1018. <category><![CDATA[Leather]]></category>
1019. <category><![CDATA[Wool]]></category>
1020. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114851</guid>
1021.  
1022. <description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to these award-winning brands, the homeware industry is changing, helping us move toward a kinder, more sustainable future.</p>
1023. <p>The post <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/vegan-homeware-awards-2024/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">PETA&#8217;s 2024 Vegan Homeware Awards</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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1025. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1114851"/><p>The post <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/vegan-homeware-awards-2024/?en_txn7=Home-Featured::homepage-x-post#new_tab">PETA&#8217;s 2024 Vegan Homeware Awards</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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1032. <item>
1033. <title>VIDEO: Every Day Is Mother’s Day for These Animals</title>
1034. <link>https://www.facebook.com/garytvcom/posts/pfbid0TZyzE6UZUrrQ8Km552bW3HCa5f6qWyrXYtwTVUKt9ECXptdrjbMFgaBGRiKocfqAl#new_tab</link>
1036. <dc:creator><![CDATA[PETA Staff]]></dc:creator>
1037. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 15:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
1038. <category><![CDATA[Vegan]]></category>
1039. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114835</guid>
1040.  
1041. <description><![CDATA[<p>Every glass of dairy breaks the bond between mother and baby. Watch this video to learn why moms of every species should be celebrated each day.</p>
1042. <p>The post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/garytvcom/posts/pfbid0TZyzE6UZUrrQ8Km552bW3HCa5f6qWyrXYtwTVUKt9ECXptdrjbMFgaBGRiKocfqAl#new_tab">VIDEO: Every Day Is Mother’s Day for These Animals</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
1043. ]]></description>
1044. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1045. <p>Learn how animal mothers of all species give everything for their babies and why every glass of dairy breaks the bond.</p>
1046.  
1047.  
1048.  
1049. <p>Every glass of dairy breaks the bond between mother and baby. Watch this video to learn why mothers of every species should be celebrated each day.</p>
1050. <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1114835"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/garytvcom/posts/pfbid0TZyzE6UZUrrQ8Km552bW3HCa5f6qWyrXYtwTVUKt9ECXptdrjbMFgaBGRiKocfqAl#new_tab">VIDEO: Every Day Is Mother’s Day for These Animals</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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1056. </item>
1057. <item>
1058. <title>This Mother’s Day, Let’s Honor Moms of All Species</title>
1059. <link>https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-3235222#new_tab</link>
1061. <dc:creator><![CDATA[PETA Staff]]></dc:creator>
1062. <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 20:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
1063. <category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>
1064. <category><![CDATA[Vegan]]></category>
1065. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114672</guid>
1066.  
1067. <description><![CDATA[<p>As we honor human mothers, let’s also extend recognition to mothers of other species whose stories often go untold.</p>
1068. <p>The post <a href="https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-3235222#new_tab">This Mother’s Day, Let’s Honor Moms of All Species</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
1069. ]]></description>
1070. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="1114672"/><p>The post <a href="https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-3235222#new_tab">This Mother’s Day, Let’s Honor Moms of All Species</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
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1077. <item>
1078. <title>Desperation in the Desert: Donkeys and Dogs Endure Two Crises</title>
1079. <link>https://www.peta.org/blog/working-donkeys-suffer-in-petra/</link>
1081. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Goettge]]></dc:creator>
1082. <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
1083. <category><![CDATA[Empathy for Animals]]></category>
1084. <category><![CDATA[General/Animal Rights]]></category>
1085. <category><![CDATA[Global Compassion Fund]]></category>
1086. <category><![CDATA[Programs]]></category>
1087. <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
1088. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.peta.org/?p=1114560</guid>
1089.  
1090. <description><![CDATA[<p>For five long days, working donkeys were denied water and local dogs were found suffering from a rabies outbreak.</p>
1091. <p>The post <a href="https://www.peta.org/blog/working-donkeys-suffer-in-petra/">Desperation in the Desert: Donkeys and Dogs Endure Two Crises</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.peta.org">PETA</a>.</p>
1092. ]]></description>
1093. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
1094. <p>In Petra, Jordan, a recent crisis has piled on the suffering for the donkeys who are used to carry tourists miles over dusty, rocky desert terrain. In the sweltering heat, the single water trough that could provide relief for these animals went dry, and no water truck came to fill it for five long days. The donkeys were forced to work without water as temperatures soared.</p>
1095.  
1096.  
1097.  
1098. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="452" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-602x452.jpg" alt="A broken trough set in a rock wall" class="wp-image-1114573" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-602x452.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/broken-trough-scaled.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
1099.  
1100.  
1101.  
1102. <p>As if that weren’t distressing enough, a rabies outbreak among free-roaming dogs has jeopardized everyone’s safety, including that of working animals and their handlers.</p>
1103.  
1104.  
1105.  
1106. <p>The PETA-supported veterinary clinic there called repeatedly to get authorities to act for the dehydrated donkeys. But sunbaked days passed without action to refill the trough. Imagine the misery these donkeys endured<a>—</a>already exhausted from hauling tourists and now enduring the torment of severe dehydration.</p>
1107.  
1108.  
1109.  
1110. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="602" height="452" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-602x452.jpg" alt="A tourist and a child sitting on a donkey's back" class="wp-image-1114575" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-602x452.jpg 602w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5599-scaled.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a></figure>
1111.  
1112.  
1113.  
1114. <p>Finally, after many urgent appeals to authorities, someone listened. The trough was at last refilled, providing sweet relief.</p>
1115.  
1116.  
1117.  
1118. <p>This combined crisis is just the latest problem in Petra. The animals routinely endure beatings and wounds from ill-fitting saddles and the chains that dig into their muzzles, they eat plastic as they scavenge for food, and many become lame from the rocky ground. Tourists are to blame for wanting a “traditional” experience when locals should be encouraged to earn a living in other ways: with electric carts, a donkey and camel refuge that charges an entrance fee, guided tours on foot, and the sale of handicrafts.</p>
1119.  
1120.  
1121.  
1122. <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dog-rabies.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="553" height="415" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dog-rabies.jpg" alt="A yellow dog biting a pole" class="wp-image-1114576" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dog-rabies.jpg 553w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dog-rabies-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px" /></a></figure>
1123.  
1124.  
1125.  
1126. <p>Clinic staff found six dogs with rabies in just one week, including two puppies. There is no cure, and death is slow and painful. This nightmarish disease attacks the brain, and dogs suffering from it can’t swallow or drink and stumble around with raving madness that often causes them to lash out, biting at humans, other animals, and even inanimate objects and the air. The team is urging the community to call its emergency line should anyone need help.</p>
1127.  
1128.  
1129.  
1130. <p>Prevention is key to controlling this ugly disease. And the PETA-supported team in Petra is vaccinating any dogs it encounters if it isn’t already too late.</p>
1131.  
1132.  
1133.  
1134. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How You Can Help PETA Spark Change for Animals in Petra</strong></h2>
1135.  
1136.  
1137.  
1138. <p>Travelers anywhere in the world should be careful to avoid any activities that exploit animals and only support travel companies that swiftly remove such cruel attractions from their offerings. The donkeys, camels, horses, and other animals still used as if it were another century deserve compassion and peace as much as any human being. Until meaningful change is achieved, these nightmarish emergencies will continue.</p>
1139.  
1140.  
1141.  
1142. <p>The PETA-supported veterinary clinic in Petra is a lifeline for suffering animals. Please <a href="https://headlines.peta.org/peta-global-compassion-fund/#donate">make a gift to our Global Compassion Fund</a> to allow this and other vital work to continue in order to provide relief to desperate animals.</p>
1143.  
1144.  
1145. <div id="image-button-acf-block-6644ce5be7ef1" class="image-button image-button--is-normal aligncenter wp-block-peta-blocks-image-button">
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1148. <a href="https://investigations.peta.org/fly-infested-wounds-on-animals-forced-to-carry-tourists-in-petra/#action" title="Take Action!" target="_self"></a>
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1150. <div class="image-button__button-text">
1151. Take Action! </div>
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1153. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="340" src="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Petra-progress-for-horses-600x340.png" class="attachment-300x170 size-300x170" alt="Two horses in Petra, Jordan" srcset="https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Petra-progress-for-horses-600x340.png 600w, https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Petra-progress-for-horses-375x212.png 375w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </div>
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