PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: PROTECTION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS.

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INFORMATION PETA CONDUCTS INFORMATIVE CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLISHES MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND EDUCATORS AS WELL AS FACTSHEETS, BOOKLETS, FLIERS, POSTERS, AND A MAGAZINE (PETA GLOBAL) FOR THE PUBLIC AND PETA SUPPORTERS. PETA'S CAMPAIGNS-WHICH REACH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND RECEIVE EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE-INVOLVE RENOWNED CELEBRITIES, INTERACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING, WEBSITE FEATURES, NEWS ARTICLES, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY PLACED FOR FREE IN HIGH-EXPOSURE OUTLETS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, PETA SECURED FREE ADVERTISING SPACE WORTH OVER 2 MILLION AND LOGGED MORE THAN 3,620 INTERACTIONS WITH THE MEDIA, INCLUDING RADIO, TV, AND PRINT INTERVIEWS. PETA'S WEBSITE RECEIVED MORE THAN 95 MILLION PAGE VIEWS, ITS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RECEIVED OVER 1.9 BILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND ITS VIDEOS WERE VIEWED OVER 660 MILLION TIMES.

INTERNATIONAL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS PETA ORGANIZES CAMPAIGNS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ABUSE AND KILLING OF ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. IN 2020, PETA ORGANIZED AND LED MORE THAN 2,000 DEMONSTRATIONS AND SENT OUT MILLIONS OF LETTERS THROUGH ITS ONLINE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO URGE COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE CHANGES THAT BENEFIT ANIMALS. PETA LAUNCHED STUDENTS OPPOSING SPECIESISM (SOS), LED BY HUNDREDS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA WHO ARE CHALLENGING HUMAN-SUPREMACIST NORMS. PETA LAUNCHED A "TOFU NEVER CAUSED A PANDEMIC" AD CAMPAIGN AND PLACED IT IN MULTIPLE CITIES TO REMIND MEAT-EATERS THAT THE MEAT INDUSTRY BREEDS KILLER DISEASES. A NEW FACE MASK WITH THAT MESSAGE WAS CREATED ALONG WITH ANOTHER READING, "MEAT MARKETS BREED KILLER DISEASES. GO VEGAN." BOTH ARE BESTSELLERS IN PETA'S ONLINE CATALOG, THE PETA SHOP. THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, FROM PRESCHOOLERS TO HIGH SCHOOLERS, ENJOYED PETA'S LESSONS, INCLUDING VEGAN COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS TO HEALTH AND CULINARY ARTS CLASSES AND CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS (BOTH IN PERSON AND VIA WEBCAM) ON ENDING SPECIESISM. PETA MADE DONATIONS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES SERVED BY ITS MOBILE VETERINARY CLINICS. PETA LEVERAGED THE MASSIVELY POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER CONVENTION PLAYLIST LIVE TO SPREAD THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MESSAGE. PETA'S CAMPUS REP PROGRAM-THE LARGEST STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF ANY ANIMAL PROTECTION ORGANIZATION-HAD A HUGE IMPACT, HOLDING POWERFUL CAMPAIGNS AT MORE THAN 100 COLLEGES FROM COAST TO COAST. MORE THAN 18,000 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WATCHED PRESENTATIONS (BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE) BY PETA'S ANIMATRONIC AMBASSADORS, ELLIE THE "ELEPHANT- AND CARLY THE "COW," ABOUT THE HARM THAT CIRCUSES AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY CAUSE ANIMALS. ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION INDUSTRY AFTER 20 YEARS OF PETA PROTESTS AND CAMPAIGNS AS WELL AS DEDICATED WORK BY PETA SCIENTISTS, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) MADE THE GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE AGENCY WILL STOP FUNDING AND REQUESTING TESTS ON MAMMALS BY 2035 AND WILL ALLOCATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-ANIMAL TEST METHODS. IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, PETA CALLED ON MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAD SUSPENDED "NON-ESSENTIAL" ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS DURING COVID-19 SHUTDOWNS TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY WERE CONDUCTING THESE ANIMAL STUDIES AND TO USE MORE EFFECTIVE, ETHICAL, ECONOMICAL, HUMAN-RELEVANT METHODS INSTEAD. ENGINEERS AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BOLIVIA IN LA PAZ SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED A NEW TYPE OF AUTOMATED VENTILATOR TO TREAT COVID-19 PATIENTS, TESTING THE MACHINE ON AN ARTIFICIAL LUNG THAT PETA SCIENTISTS HAD RECOMMENDED. FUNDING FROM THE PETA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE CONSORTIUM LTD. HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND 3D MODEL TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES ON THE DEEPEST PART OF THE HUMAN LUNG. THIS MODEL CAN PREVENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RATS AND MICE FROM BEING CONFINED TO SMALL TUBES AND FORCED TO INHALE TOXIC CHEMICALS FOR HOURS OR MONTHS BEFORE BEING KILLED. A PROJECT FUNDED BY THE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM SUCCEEDED IN CREATING FULLY HUMAN-DERIVED ANTIBODIES CAPABLE OF BLOCKING THE POISONOUS TOXIN THAT CAUSES DIPHTHERIA. FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS, THE EPA REQUIRED A TOXICITY TEST ON BIRDS IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL RISK OF PESTICIDES TO BIRDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. A COLLABORATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM AND THE AGENCY RESULTED IN A PUBLICATION REPORTING THAT THE TEST IS NOT USED IN CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND DOES NOT PROTECT BIRDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PUBLICATION WAS REFERENCED IN AN EPA POLICY THAT WILL ALLOW NEW SOURCES OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION TO SUPPORT CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT, WHICH WILL SPARE HUNDREDS OF MALLARDS AND BOBWHITE QUAIL EACH YEAR WHILE STILL PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. PETA HAD ALREADY HELPED PERSUADE THE U.S., CANADA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA TO DROP A PESTICIDE TEST IN WHICH DOGS ARE REPEATEDLY POISONED OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR AND THEN KILLED-AND BRAZIL DROPPED THE TEST THIS FISCAL YEAR. TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES, EACH YEAR, MILLIONS OF MICE, RATS, GOATS, AND OTHER ANIMALS ARE INJECTED WITH FOREIGN SUBSTANCES AND THEN REPEATEDLY BLED OR NEEDLES ARE INSERTED INTO THEIR ABDOMENS TO EXTRACT THE ANTIBODIES PRODUCED BY THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM AND A GOVERNMENT OFFICE (THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM INTERAGENCY CENTER FOR THE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TOXICOLOGICAL METHODS) CO-LED AN EXPERT MEETING TO OUTLINE A PLAN TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO ANIMAL-FREE ANTIBODIES. AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH PETA, MORE MAJOR PERSONAL-CARE BRANDS, INCLUDING UNILEVER'S SUAVE AS WELL AS PROCTER & GAMBLE'S SECRET DEODORANT AND AUSSIE, BANNED ALL TESTS ON ANIMALS AND JOINED PETA'S GLOBAL BEAUTY WITHOUT BUNNIES PROGRAM. AVON PRODUCTS, INC., STOPPED ALL TESTS ON ANIMALS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND WAS OFFICIALLY ADDED TO PETA'S "WORKING FOR REGULATORY CHANGE" LIST. PETA WORKED WITH LEADING SURGICAL TRAINING MODEL MANUFACTURER SYNDAVER TO HELP FUND AND DEVELOP A HYPER-REALISTIC, DISSECTIBLE SYNTHETIC FROG WITH REMOVABLE ORGANS THAT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REAL FROGS KILLED FOR CLASSROOM DISSECTION. IN MAY, PETA BROKE AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION INTO THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, ONE OF THE LARGEST LABORATORIES IN THE NATION, REVEALING THAT THE SKULLS OF MICE WERE CUT OPEN, THE ANIMALS WERE DENIED PAIN RELIEF FOR PROLAPSED ORGANS, AND THEY WERE FORCED TO DRAG THEIR PARALYZED HIND LEGS. PETA FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), AND A PETA INVESTIGATOR RESCUED THREE RAT SISTERS, WHO WERE THEN ADOPTED. AFTER A WIDE-RANGING PETA CAMPAIGN, PFIZER, THE WORLD'S THIRD-LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY; GLAXOSMITHKLINE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S 10 LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES; BAYER, THE WORLD'S FIFTH-LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY; BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB; AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ASTRAZENECA, NOVO NORDISK A/S, AND SAGE THERAPEUTICS ALL BANNED THE FORCED SWIM TEST, IN WHICH SMALL ANIMALS ARE DROPPED INTO INESCAPABLE BEAKERS OF WATER AND MADE TO SWIM FOR THEIR LIVES, SUPPOSEDLY TO GAUGE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUGS TO TREAT DEPRESSION IN HUMANS. FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA, THE W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION-THE EIGHTH- LARGEST PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION IN THE U.S.-CONFIRMED THAT AFTER DECADES OF SUPPORTING INVASIVE AND DEADLY EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS, ITS CURRENT GRANTMAKING FRAMEWORK DOES NOT INCLUDE FUNDING OR SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE ANIMAL TESTING. INGREDION INCORPORATED-A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL INGREDIENTS PROVIDER-IMPLEMENTED A NEW POLICY BANNING ALL EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS FOR BASIC RESEARCH. TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, JAPAN'S LARGEST FLAVOR AND AROMA COMPANY, BANNED ALL ANIMAL TESTS TO ESTABLISH HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING INGREDIENTS. PETA RELEASED NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN VIDEO FOOTAGE OBTAINED THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT SHOWING BRAIN-DAMAGED MONKEYS BEING TERRORIZED WITH RUBBER SNAKES AND SPIDERS IN "PSYCHOLOGY" EXPERIMENTS AT AN NIH LABORATORY IN MARYLAND AND FILED COMPLAINTS; HELD TWO POWERFUL PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.; PLACED MULTIPLE TV, NEWSPAPER, AND ONLINE ADS; AND WORKED WITH NUMEROUS SCIENTISTS TO OBJECT TO THE FLAWED SCIENCE. PETA PRESSURED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TO CLOSE ITS HEINOUS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BREEDING LABORATORY WITH A COMPELLING AD BLITZ IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SEVERAL DOGS WERE REMOVED FROM THE LABORATORY AND PLACED IN HOMES. ANIMALS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY AFTER TALKS WITH PETA, DENNY'S LAUNCHED THE BEYOND BURGER NATIONWIDE, DUNKIN' WENT NATIONAL WITH THE BEYOND SAUSAGE SANDWICH, BASKIN-ROBBINS INTRODUCED THREE DAIRY-FREE ICE CREAM OPTIONS, UNO PIZZERIA & GRILL ADDED THE BEYOND BURGER AND DAIYA VEGAN CHEESE FOR BOTH ITS PIZZAS AND A VEGAN CHEESEBURGER, AND DAIRY QUEEN LAUNCHED A VEGAN DILLY BAR ICE CREAM TREAT NATIONWIDE. AFTER YEARS OF PRESSURE FROM PETA, KFC GAVE VEGAN CHICKEN A TRIAL RUN IN ATLANTA AND SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN FIVE HOURS. THE CHAIN THEN EXPANDED ITS BEYOND CHICKEN OFFERINGS TO MORE THAN 50 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS, AND KFC CANADA PERMANENTLY ADDED A VEGAN CHICKEN SANDWICH TO THE MENU. PETA'S HARD WORK LED THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL TO BAN THE SALE OF FOIE GRAS. ANIMALS IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY FOLLOWING YEARS OF PRESSURE FROM PETA, NUMEROUS DESIGNERS AND BRANDS BANNED FUR, INCLUDING KARL LAGERFELD, G-III APPAREL GROUP (WHOSE BRANDS INCLUDE ANDREW MARC AND KARL LAGERFELD PARIS), AND REBECCA MINKOFF (WHO SELLS AT BERGDORF, NORDSTROM, SHOPBOP, BLOOMINGDALE'S, REVOLVE, AND SAKS FIFTH AVENUE). MACY'S INC. ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL NO LONGER SELL FUR AS OF THE END OF 2020. THIS MOVE WILL INCLUDE ALL OF MACY'S AND BLOOMINGDALE'S PRIVATE BRANDS AND ITEMS SOLD BY PARTNERS, AND THE COMPANY WILL BE CLOSING ITS FUR VAULTS AND SALONS. PARAGON SPORTS CONFIRMED THAT WINTER 2020 WILL BE THE

RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESCUES RECEIVING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS EACH WEEK, PETA WORKS TO RESCUE ABUSED, NEGLECTED, AND AT-RISK ANIMALS AND ORGANIZES CARE FOR THEM. IT ALSO INVESTIGATES CRUELTY CASES, CONDUCTS INVESTIGATIONS, GATHERS EVIDENCE OF LEGAL VIOLATIONS, AND TAKES ACTION TO ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS. ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION INDUSTRY PETA'S GROUNDBREAKING FREE-SPEECH LAWSUIT FILED IN MAY 2018 CHALLENGED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY'S USE OF A WORD FILTER ON ITS PUBLIC FACEBOOK PAGE. THE FILTER AUTOMATICALLY DELETED VISITOR POSTS AND COMMENTS IF THEY CONTAINED WORDS SUCH AS "PETA," "CRUELTY," "LAB,- OR "ABUSE- OR OTHER TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH PETA'S HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SCHOOL'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY EXPERIMENTS ON DOGS. TEXAS A&M AGREED TO REMOVE THE WORD FILTER ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE AND TO PAY PETA'S ATTORNEYS' FEES IN AN AGREED-TO AMOUNT OF 75,000. PETA WON A PUBLIC RECORDS LAWSUIT AGAINST OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, WHICH WAS ORDERED TO PROVIDE 74 VIDEOS OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED EXPERIMENTS ON MONKEYS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY'S PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER. THESE EXPERIMENTS INVOLVED IMPREGNATING MACAQUE MONKEYS, FEEDING THE MOTHERS VARIOUS EXPERIMENTAL DIETS, SEPARATING THEM FROM THEIR OFFSPRING, AND DELIBERATELY FRIGHTENING THE YOUNG MONKEYS. PETA WON A PUBLIC RECORDS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AFTER THE AGENCY REFUSED TO RELEASE INFORMATION RELATED TO CRUEL MATERNAL DEPRIVATION STUDIES ON PRIMATES. THE COURT AGREED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS IMPROPERLY WITHHELD AND ORDERED ITS RELEASE. ANIMALS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN A STILL-PENDING LAWSUIT CHALLENGING IOWA'S SECOND AG-GAG LAW, DESIGNED TO SILENCE WHISTLEBLOWERS AND UNDERCOVER ACTIVISTS BY PUNISHING THEM FOR RECORDING VIDEO FOOTAGE OR TAKING PHOTOS INSIDE FACTORY FARMS, SLAUGHTERHOUSES, AND PUPPY MILLS, A U.S. DISTRICT COURT ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PREVENTING THE STATE FROM ENFORCING THE NEW LAW WHILE THE LAWSUIT TO BLOCK IT PROCEEDS. THE COURT ALSO DENIED THE STATE'S ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE LAWSUIT DISMISSED. THE COURT'S GRANTING OF A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION MEANS THAT THE CASE WILL LIKELY SUCCEED ON ITS MERITS. A FEDERAL COURT DENIED NELLIE'S FREE-RANGE EGGS' ATTEMPT TO DISMISS A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE HUMANE-WASHING IMAGERY AND SLOGANS ON ITS PACKAGING. PETA FOUNDATION ATTORNEYS FILED THIS LAWSUIT IN 2019 ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS BASED IN NEW YORK, WHO WERE MISLED INTO BUYING EGGS SOLD UNDER THE NELLIE'S FREE-RANGE EGGS LABEL. EGG SELLERS CAN'T DECEPTIVELY DEPICT HENS FROLICKING OUTDOORS. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF LITIGATION, INCLUDING A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL TO THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS BY PETA AND ITS COALITION OF PLAINTIFFS ON THE ISSUE OF STANDING, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STRUCK EVERY CHALLENGED SECTION OF THE STATE'S AG-GAG STATUTE AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE FREE SPEECH CLAUSE. ANIMALS IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY AFTER NEARLY 8,000 PETA SUPPORTERS WROTE TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN SUPPORT, CALIFORNIA PASSED ASSEMBLY BILL 44, MAKING IT THE FIRST STATE TO BAN THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF NEW FUR ITEMS. AB 1260 WAS ALSO PASSED, BANNING THE SALES OF SKINS AND OTHER BODY PARTS FROM HIPPOS, CAIMANS, AND CERTAIN LIZARDS IN CALIFORNIA. ANTI-CANADA GOOSE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE PLACED ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA. BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY'S TIES WITH THE FILM INDUSTRY, AN AD ALSO RAN IN THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ISSUE AND PETA MAINTAINED A PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF) TO URGE INDUSTRY LEADERS TO CUT TIES WITH THE CRUEL COMPANY. PAMELA ANDERSON SIGNED A PUBLIC APPEAL TO TIFF CO-HEAD CAMERON BAILEY, URGING HIM TO DO JUST THAT. PETA HELD A "FUR CRAWL" PROTEST OUTSIDE CANADA GOOSE'S NEW YORK CITY FLAGSHIP STORE DURING THE COMPANY'S VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING. UNDER PRESSURE, CANADA GOOSE ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BE SWITCHING TO "RECLAIMED" FUR BY 2022 AND TO "RESPONSIBLE" DOWN. PETA BLASTED OUT A RESPONSE THAT THESE MATERIALS ARE STILL A PRODUCT OF CRUELTY, AS COYOTES CAN STILL BE CAUGHT IN PAINFUL STEEL TRAPS-NO MATTER WHEN THE FUR WAS STOLEN-AND THE DOWN STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIALLY MEANINGLESS, AS ALL DOWN USED BY CANADA GOOSE COMES FROM BIRDS WHO DIED VIOLENTLY. ANIMALS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY JOSEPH MALDONADO-PASSAGE ("JOE EXOTIC" OF TIGER KING)-FORMERLY THE OPERATOR OF THE NOTORIOUS GREATER WYNNEWOOD EXOTIC ANIMAL PARK AND THE PRIMARY SUPPLIER OF BIG-CAT CUBS FOR THE CUB-PETTING INDUSTRY-WAS SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON ON TWO COUNTS OF MURDER FOR HIRE AND 17 COUNTS OF WILDLIFE-RELATED FEDERAL CRIMES, INCLUDING FOR KILLING FIVE TIGERS JUST TO MAKE MORE CAGE SPACE AT HIS ROADSIDE ZOO AND TRAFFICKING IN ENDANGERED ANIMALS. A PETA FOUNDATION ATTORNEY TESTIFIED AT THE TRIAL. PETA WAS AWARDED A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION IN ITS ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) LAWSUIT AGAINST DADE CITY'S WILD THINGS, WHICH IS NOW PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM OWNING OR POSSESSING ENDANGERED TIGERS AND HAS REPORTEDLY CLOSED ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. THE ROADSIDE ZOO OFFERED "SWIM WITH TIGERS- AND TIGER-CUB ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS. THE TIGERS WERE RELOCATED TO THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN COLORADO AND TURPENTINE CREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE IN ARKANSAS. FOLLOWING NUMEROUS REQUESTS FROM PETA, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) TERMINATED THE FEDERAL ANIMAL WELFARE ACT (AWA) LICENSE OF NOTORIOUS ELEPHANT EXHIBITOR HUGO LIEBEL, WHO HAD SPENT DECADES USING NOSEY, AN AILING ELEPHANT, FOR RIDES AND CIRCUS SHOWS. THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, DISMISSED AN APPEAL BY HUGO AND FRANCISZKA LIEBEL, WHO SOUGHT TO OVERTURN AN ORDER THAT GRANTED CUSTODY OF NOSEY TO A LAWRENCE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. THE DISMISSAL MEANS THAT NOSEY REMAINS SAFE AT THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE. THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI GRANTED PETA'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST ANDREW SAWYER, WHO BOARDED A CHIMPANZEE NAMED JOEY IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AT THE MISSOURI PRIMATE FOUNDATION FOR YEARS. THE DISTRICT COURT RULED THAT SAWYER VIOLATED THE ESA BY FAILING TO MEET JOEY'S FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS AND ORDERED THAT HE BE TRANSFERRED TO AN ACCREDITED SANCTUARY WHERE HE CAN LIVE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. FOLLOWING A VIGOROUS, MONTHS-LONG PETA CAMPAIGN, DILLAN, A MORBIDLY OBESE ASIATIC BLACK BEAR SUFFERING FROM PAINFUL AND LIFE-THREATENING DENTAL DISEASE, WAS RESCUED. HE HAD BEEN HELD IN A CRAMPED, CONCRETE CAGE AT A PENNSYLVANIA ROADSIDE ZOO, WHERE HE WAS DENIED VETERINARY CARE FOR HIS ADVANCED DENTAL DISEASE. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY. FOLLOWING A SIX-DAY BENCH TRIAL IN PETA'S ESA LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRI-STATE ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN MARYLAND, A FEDERAL COURT RULED THAT TRI-STATE HAD VIOLATED THE ESA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE TIGERS, LIONS, AND LEMURS-INCLUDING FIVE ANIMALS WHO DIED-WITH ADEQUATE VETERINARY CARE. THE FACILITY IS NOW PROHIBITED FROM OWNING OR POSSESSING ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES IN THE FUTURE, AND THE TWO SURVIVING TIGERS AND A LION WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY. THE USDA ISSUED AN ORDER TO REVOKE THE AWA LICENSE OF NOTORIOUS ANIMAL EXHIBITOR TIM STARK PERMANENTLY AND ORDERED HIM AND HIS FACILITY, WILDLIFE IN NEED, TO PAY A TOTAL OF 340,000 IN CIVIL PENALTIES. THE ORDER FOUND NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF THE AWA AT THE INDIANA FACILITY, INCLUDING WHEN PATRONS WERE INSTRUCTED TO HIT BIG-CAT CUBS DURING SO-CALLED "TIGER BABY PLAYTIME" EVENTS, MONKEYS WERE SWUNG AND TOSSED BY THEIR TAILS DURING PUBLIC ENCOUNTERS, AND A LEOPARD WAS BLUDGEONED TO DEATH WITH A BASEBALL BAT. PETA ALSO HAD A PENDING ESA LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FACILITY, AND THE INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FILED A CIVIL COMPLAINT AGAINST STARK, FOR WHICH PETA PROVIDED EVIDENCE. COMPANION-ANIMAL ISSUES PETA'S MOBILE SPAY/NEUTER CLINICS STERILIZED 12,742 ANIMALS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2020. THE CLINICS COMPLETED 2,589 FREE SURGERIES, 711 OF THEM FOR PIT BULLS. VETERINARY STAFF ALSO PERFORMED 1,491 SURGERIES AT LOW COST. IN ADDITION TO GIVING OUT HUNDREDS OF BAGS OF DOG AND CAT FOOD TO CLIENTS DIRECTLY, PETA DONATED MORE THAN 100 BAGS TO THE FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE AND SET UP A FOOD DONATION BOX AT THE SAM SIMON CENTER, PETA'S HEADQUARTERS IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS, A MINIATURE HORSE NAMED BEA WENT WITHOUT VETERINARY CARE. PETA'S FIELD TEAM RESCUED HER, AND AFTER SOME VITAL, LIFESAVING CARE, SHE'S LIVING AT A NEW HOME IN NEW MEXICO THAT SHE SHARES WITH TOBY, A FELLOW MINIATURE HORSE ALSO RESCUED BY PETA. ALERTED BY A CALL TO PETA'S LOCAL EMERGENCY PAGER, A FIELDWORKER DISCOVERED A CAT NAMED OREO WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BAD LEG INJURY, CRYING AND UNABLE TO WALK WITHOUT FALLING OVER. HIS OWNER WAS IDENTIFIED AND SIGNED HIM OVER TO PETA. TECHNICIANS FOUND THAT THIS CAT HAD AN ELASTIC PONYTAIL HOLDER WRAPPED AROUND A REAR LEG AND ANOTHER ONE WRAPPED AROUND A FRONT LEG. PART OF HIS RE

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