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5 unusual facts about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals


Gail Shea

An American PETA activist, Emily McCoy, was arrested in Burlington in connection with the incident, and charged with assault.

Grant Aleksander

He is a vegetarian, who is an active member of PETA (one of the instructional videos on the PETA website features Aleksander, warning people about the dangers of leaving an animal inside a car when temperatures are warm outside) and known for his activism in animal rights.

My Republic

The compact disc version of the album includes enhanced CD content consisting of video footage of a three-song live performance in Santa Cruz, California from August 2005, and a PETA documentary entitled "Meet Your Meat".

Oregon National Primate Research Center

A second, four-month, undercover investigation was conducted in 2007 by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Ruby Rose

Rose is also known for her extensive tattoo collection on her body, which she showed off in a photo spread for Maxim Australia and PETA, as part of the campaign "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur".


Layla Kayleigh

She recently appeared in lingerie for a PETA ad campaign protesting the use of animals in product-testing experiments photographed by celebrity photographer Nick Saglimbeni.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky's donkey video

International organizations People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), as well as Russian animal rights activists, have accused Zhirinovsky of cruelty to animals.


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Costa Mesa High School

Dan Mathews (Class of 1981) - Longtime champion of animal rights and Senior VP of Media Campaigns for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Silver Spring monkeys

He worked on the anti-whaling ship, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, joined the Hunt Saboteurs Association in England, and when he returned to the United States to study political science at George Washington, he teamed up with Ingrid Newkirk, a local poundmaster, to form People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in March 1980.