People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is one of the world's largest non-profit organisations about animal rights. The four main beliefs of PETA are that animals are not to be used for food, clothes, exploitation or testing. The headquarters of the organization is in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. PETA was started by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco in 1980.

PETA has protested fast food chain KFC for the way it kills chickens and also for jallikattu or sallikattu in Tamil Nadu (India). In the past, it has protested many corporations including Iams, which makes pet food.

PETA's main website is made for adults and vegans. They also have another website called PETA2 which is made for teenagers who are vegetarian, vegan or still deciding. PETA says it has over nine million members.^[1]

People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals Media

Newkirk talking about herself and her legacy (11:27)
Co-founder and President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal Ingrid Newkirk and David Shankbone's dog Little Man in New York City.
Alex Pacheco
PETA distributed images of the monkeys with the caption, "This is vivisection. Don't let anyone tell you different."
Two young women from PETA, body painted to look like foxes, protesting against the fur trade next to the Three Smiths Statue in Helsinki, Finland on March 25, 2010.
PETA supporters campaign against Burberry in an anti-fur protest in 2007
Newkirk on clashes with other animal rights organizations and her feelings about the Animal Liberation Front (3:31)

References

↑ "Our Mission Statement". People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

Other websites

[1] "Our Mission Statement". People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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