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What does friendship mean to you? To us, it means sticking together through thick and thin. These stories of animal friends rescued by PETA show how that can be true for friends of all species, including pigs, ducks, cats, and humans.

Judy and Pete

When PETA found Judy and Pete, they were neglected, deprived of food and water, and covered with dirt and feces from being kept in a filthy outdoor shed with no access to fresh water for swimming. Now they have the freedom to do everything ducks love most, like dipping their heads underwater in their pool. PETA found a permanent loving home for these friends, where they have safe, clean shelter and everything else they need to enjoy life—together.

Three Little Pigs

After finding three little pigs who had been confined to a cramped, perpetually flooded pen in the woods, PETA’s fieldworkers huffed and puffed and found them a new home! Now these three friends are enjoying the good life, doing what pigs like most, such as exploring open fields, foraging for food, splashing in a pool, and dining on tasty treats like fresh pumpkins.

Kate and Rooney

These two beautiful calico kitties were abandoned at the doorstep of the Sam Simon Center, PETA’s headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. They were at the right place, since we never turn any animals away, unlike the growing number of shelters that are refusing to accept any cats at all because they consider them less adoptable than dogs. Kate and Rooney found a new home together, where they’re loved by their new family.

Storm and Rain

When Texas and Louisiana were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, PETA’s rescue team was on site to help 67 stranded dogs and cats find safety. Two of those animals were Storm and Rain, a 10-week-old pair of kittens—brother and sister—rescued from the flooding. These besties were adopted into a new, loving home, where they could play together, bask in the sun, and stay warm and dry.

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PETA’s rescue team helps all species of animal friends, from cats and dogs to pigs and ducks. You can support its vital work by sponsoring a custom-built doghouse to keep neglected dogs safe from the elements:

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) experimenter Elisabeth Murray torments monkeys by day and then goes home to a peaceful condo complex at night. But this routine was interrupted on Thursday by a video message from PETA—displayed on the side of a truck—informing her neighbors what exactly she does to the monkeys locked up in her laboratory.

The video tells the story of Beamish, who has been imprisoned in a cramped steel cage at NIH since 2007 and was transferred to Murray’s laboratory in 2010. Murray cut open Beamish’s skull, suctioned out a portion of his brain, and destroyed another part of his brain with toxic chemical injections. Then she terrified him with realistic rubber spiders and snakes, which trigger some of a monkey’s worst fears. Held in solitary confinement, Beamish has experienced extensive hair loss (an indicator of extreme psychological stress) and has repeatedly been documented circling in his cage or rocking back and forth—indications of a severe mental breakdown.

Murray has received more than $50 million in taxpayer funding since 1998, despite failing to produce even one treatment or cure for humans. Beamish and many of the other monkeys in her laboratory are caged alone, condemned to social isolation that causes profound psychological and physiological distress.

The mobile message is the latest action in PETA’s campaign to end Murray’s notorious “monkey fright” experiments, which has included critiques of her shoddy science; complaints of mistreatment of animals to authorities; advertisements in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner; spirited demonstrations targeting government agencies; and visits around the city from a giant “monkey” mascot named after the real Beamish.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—condemns speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information on PETA’s investigative newsgathering and reporting, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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Lizzo thinks it’s about damn time people go vegan! On the heels of her just-released album, Special, the Grammy winner’s hit song “Good as Hell” appears in a new PETA video—launching today—that celebrates going vegan as a way to “eat good and feel good.” Lizzo has been 100% that vegan since 2020 and recently scored one of PETA’s “Most Beautiful Vegan” awards.

Lizzo is joined by former NBA player John Salley, Too Hot to Handle star Francesca Farago, comedian Nikki Glaser (with her beloved rescued pup Luigi), Joaquin Phoenix, Alicia Silverstone, Friday star Angela Means (who showcases dishes from her Los Angeles restaurant, Jackfruit Café), and some everyday heroes—including vegan nurses, a teacher, and a New York City father nicknamed “Vigilante Vegan.” The spot is a hugely upbeat, fun reminder that people who go vegan can still eat yummy versions of their favorite meals, with additional benefits:

• Sparing nearly 200 animals a year and rejecting cruelty to animals in the food industry
• Reducing their risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer
• Dramatically shrinking their carbon footprint (According to the United Nations and Al Gore, a global shift toward vegan meals is necessary to combat the worst effects of the climate catastrophe.)
• Possibly helping to prevent another pandemic, as SARS, swine flu, bird flu, and COVID-19 all stemmed from confining and killing animals for food

“When I was in the NBA, this gave me all the energy I needed,” four-time NBA champ John Salley says, holding up a prized purple cauliflower from his garden.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview—offers a free vegan starter kit filled with tips, recipes, and more. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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