2022-02-23T09:43:17-06:00 2021-07-31 522190100 SAGGAR & ROSENBERG PC 1 CHURCH ST STE 700 ROCKVILLE MD 208504163 990 2020-08-01 521218336 PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC PEOP 7579628364 501 FRONT ST NORFOLK VA 23510 INGRID NEWKIRK PRESIDENT/SECRETARY 7579628364 2022-02-23 true INGRID NEWKIRK XXX-XX-XXXX SUSAN J ROSENBERG P00059813 3017389040 2022-02-23 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z INGRID NEWKIRK 501 FRONT STREET NORFOLK VA 23510 71009140 false X WWW.PETA.ORG X 1980 VA PROTECTION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS. 3 2 302 25 345806 59140068 58389976 524751 686263 475430 1167068 502857 396371 60643106 60639678 3091193 3225678 0 13135845 14299011 402931 438977 6497594 38119583 30585627 54749552 48549293 5893554 12090385 24470189 38563989 9350680 9839410 15119509 28724579 X PROTECTION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS false false 16480184 395260 367215 RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESCUES RECEIVING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO ANIMAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT EACH WEEK, PETA WORKS TO RESCUE ABUSED, NEGLECTED, AND AT-RISK ANIMALS AND ORGANIZE CARE FOR THEM. PETA ALSO INVESTIGATES CRUELTY CASES, CONDUCTS INVESTIGATIONS, GATHERS EVIDENCE OF LEGAL VIOLATIONS, AND ENGAGES IN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND NEWSGATHERING. IT TAKES ACTION TO ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS. PETA INTERVENED IN MULTIPLE HOARDING CASES IN WHICH ANIMALS WERE LIVING IN SQUALOR AND WERE IN DESPERATE NEED OF RESCUE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 70 CATS AND KITTENS IN CAMDEN, MICHIGAN; 48 ANIMALS OF VARIOUS SPECIES IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN; 38 DOGS AND PUPPIES IN HOLLIS, OKLAHOMA; AND MORE THAN 20 ANIMALS IN TEMPLETON, PENNSYLVANIA (WHICH RESULTED IN NEARLY 200 CRUELTY-TO-ANIMALS CHARGES). PETA'S EMERGENCY PAGER CARRIER RECEIVED A CALL ALERTING THE GROUP TO GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING FOOTAGE POSTED TO SNAPCHAT OF A CAT BEING VICIOUSLY BEATEN BY HIS JUVENILE OWNER. THROUGH PERSISTENT AND STEADFAST URGING, PETA'S CASEWORKER PERSUADED THE UNDERSTAFFED PENNSYLVANIA LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE AREA TO SECURE THE CAT'S SURRENDER AND GET HIM IMMEDIATE VETERINARY CARE. THE TEENAGER WAS CHARGED AND SENTENCED TO JUVENILE PROBATION, ORDERED TO PAY RESTITUTION TO PETA, AND BANNED FROM POSSESSING ANIMALS DURING THE LENGTH OF HIS PROBATION. THE CAT HAS RECOVERED AND IS HAPPY IN HIS NEW HOME. A CALIFORNIA TRAPPER WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO REPEATEDLY SHOOTING IN THE HEAD AND FACE A COYOTE HE'D CAPTURED IN AN APPARENTLY ILLEGAL TRAP. PETA PUSHED AUTHORITIES, AND THE PERPETRATOR WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND A WILDLIFE CODE VIOLATION. IN A SUBSEQUENT PLEA DEAL, THE TRAPPER WAS SENTENCED TO 120 DAYS IN JAIL AND 12 MONTHS' PROBATION. A MICHIGAN JUVENILE POSTED A VIDEO TO YOUTUBE SHOWING HIMSELF REPEATEDLY SLAPPING, TACKLING, AND JUMPING ON TOP OF THE FAMILY DOG. PETA VERIFIED THE PERPETRATOR'S IDENTITY AND LOCATION AND INFORMED LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHO INVESTIGATED AND SECURED THE DOG'S SURRENDER. THE JUVENILE IS UNDERGOING PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. PETA PERSUADED THE MANAGEMENT OF A NEW JERSEY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY TO RETROFIT A SPIKED FENCE ON WHICH DEER WERE BECOMING IMPALED. INDIANA POLICE INVESTIGATED A SMALL ANIMAL-BREEDING MILL, AFTER PETA REVEALED THAT GUINEA PIGS DIED OF HEATSTROKE AND HUNDREDS OF RABBITS WERE CAGED AMID THEIR OWN FECES THERE. PETA EXPOSED A MICHIGAN PUPPY MILL THAT WAS KEEPING DOZENS OF DOGS AMID FECES AND DEPRIVING THEM OF SHELTER AND WATER. THE CASE WAS DETAILED BY LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS, INFORMING PEOPLE OF THE CRUELTY INHERENT IN THE BREEDING INDUSTRY AND REMINDING THEM TO ADOPT AND NEVER BUY ANIMALS. PETA SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED A SAN DIEGO FIREWORKS SHOW FROM BEING HELD IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO SEA LION AND SEAL ROOKERIES. THE FIGHT CONTINUES AS PETA URGES OFFICIALS TO CLOSE THE BEACH DURING PUPPING SEASON. PETA RECEIVED A TIP FROM AN ONLINE GAMER THAT ANOTHER GAMER WAS SENDING VIDEOS OF HIMSELF TORTURING WILDLIFE. AFTER PETA REPORTED THE PERPETRATOR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CHARGED WITH 10 FELONY COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. THREE EMACIATED DOGS WHO WERE BEING STARVED WERE RESCUED AND CRUELTY CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST THE WASHINGTON WOMAN RESPONSIBLE, AFTER PETA CASEWORKERS GUIDED AN INEXPERIENCED LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON PROCEEDING WITH THE CASE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. AFTER A NEIGHBOR ALERTED PETA THAT SEVERAL GOATS, A CALF, AND A PREGNANT COW WERE DEAD ON HER NEIGHBOR'S WASHINGTON PROPERTY, A CASEWORKER WALKED HER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LODGING A COMPLAINT. THE PERPETRATOR WAS FINED AND CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, INCLUDING ONE FELONY COUNT, AND WAS MANDATED TO REHOME ALL THE SURVIVING ANIMALS. A WOMAN'S DOORBELL RING CAMERA CAUGHT HER NEIGHBOR VIOLENTLY ABUSING HIS PIT BULL PUPPY. CASEWORKERS WALKED THE INITIALLY RELUCTANT COMPLAINANT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REPORTING THE PERPETRATOR, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED, AND PETA IS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT HE FACES THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ALLOWABLE, WITH A PROHIBITION ON FUTURE CONTACT WITH ANIMALS. THE PUPPY WAS SEIZED. A CHAINED DOG WHOSE COLLAR HAD BECOME EMBEDDED IN HIS NECK AND A LITTER OF PUPPIES WERE SEIZED AND GIVEN URGENT VETERINARY CARE AFTER PETA CALLED IN EVERY CONNECTION IN MISSISSIPPI TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AFTER A WITNESS PROVIDED PETA WITH VIDEO OF A MAN ROUTINELY ABUSING HIS PIT BULL WITH A METAL POLE AND VIOLENTLY KICKING THE CRATE SHE WAS IN, PETA EXPEDITED THE FOOTAGE INTO THE HANDS OF NEW YORK CITY AUTHORITIES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AN ARREST WAS MADE AND THE DOG WAS SEIZED, WITH MULTIPLE CHARGES FILED. WHEN PETA GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE CONCERNED ABOUT A CAT STUCK IN A TREE FOR MORE THAN FOUR DAYS, IT FOUND A LOCAL TREE CLIMBER TO HELP GET HER DOWN. AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE HARROWING ORDEAL AND RECEIVING A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, WENDY WAS ADOPTED INTO AN INDOOR-ONLY HOME WITH SHERMAN, ANOTHER CAT RESCUED BY PETA. IT TOOK ALMOST 24 HOURS AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PETA FIELDWORKERS TO RESCUE MIKEY, A TINY KITTEN FOUND TRAPPED AND SCREAMING IN A STORM DRAIN. AFTER SPENDING A FEW WEEKS IN FOSTER CARE RECOVERING FROM HIS ORDEAL, HE WAS ADOPTED BY A WONDERFUL FAMILY. ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION INDUSTRY PETA BROKE ITS SIX-MONTH UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION INTO THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER, WHERE MONKEYS WERE BEING DRIVEN MAD BY EXTREME CONFINEMENT IN BARREN STEEL CAGES-SOME HAD SPENT TWO DECADES THERE. THE HIGHLY STRESSFUL CONDITIONS LED TO DEEP, PAINFUL LACERATIONS AND OTHER INJURIES FROM ATTACKS. SOME MONKEYS PULLED OUT THEIR OWN HAIR. CORNELIUS, WHO WAS USUALLY KEPT ALL ALONE, WAS CONSTANTLY FOUND HUNCHED OVER OR WITH HIS FACE PRESSED AGAINST THE CAGE BARS. MONKEYS WERE FORCED TO GIVE BIRTH ON WIRE FLOORS, AND THEIR TERRIFIED INFANTS CRIED AS WORKERS PULLED THEM AWAY. BABIES WERE PUT IN A BLEAK BASEMENT ROOM BEFORE BEING TATTOOED. PETA BROKE ITS INVESTIGATION INTO MOULTON CHINCHILLA RANCH, A MASSIVE BREEDING MILL IN MINNESOTA THAT SELLS ANIMALS TO LABORATORIES AND INTO THE PET TRADE. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 CHINCHILLAS WERE FOUND CONFINED TO WIRE- FLOORED CAGES IN A SHED REEKING OF AMMONIA. THESE NOCTURNAL PREY ANIMALS, WHO LOVE TO RUN AND CLIMB, WERE DEPRIVED OF EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO THEIR PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH. CHINCHILLAS WERE DENIED VETERINARY CARE FOR SEVERE, LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND RAMPANT DISEASE. BASED ON PETA'S EVIDENCE, POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND OPENED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, AND THE USDA CITED OWNER DAN MOULTON WITH 42 VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW, INCLUDING FOR LEAVING CHINCHILLAS TO SUFFER FROM EYES SEALED SHUT WITH DISCHARGE AND PAINFUL DENTAL AILMENTS. ANIMALS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN RESPONSE TO PETA'S REQUEST, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS STUDYING WHY NINE TRUCKS HAULING LIVE PIGS TO A SINGLE SMITHFIELD FOODS SLAUGHTERHOUSE HAVE CRASHED IN RECENT YEARS ON A LOCAL ROAD, ADDING TO THE PAIN AND TERROR THOUSANDS OF THESE ANIMALS ALREADY ENDURED IN FACTORY FARMS. A DAY LATER, AMID MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ISSUE, SMITHFIELD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD STOP SLAUGHTERING PIGS AT THIS SPECIFIC PLANT-MARKING THE END OF DECADES OF KILLING PIGS THERE, NO DOUBT IN PART THANKS TO PETA'S CONTINUED EXPOSURE OF THESE CRASHES. PETA REVEALED THAT FULLY CONSCIOUS PIGS WHOSE THROATS HAD BEEN SLASHED WERE LEFT TO WALK AROUND A NORTH CAROLINA SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND THAT IN IOWA, PIGS WERE DRAGGED THROUGH A HAIR-REMOVAL MACHINE AND FOUR OTHERS WERE REPEATEDLY SHOT IN THE HEAD ON THE KILL FLOOR. PETA CALLED FOR CHARGES AGAINST A NEVADA SLAUGHTERHOUSE WHERE STAFF SHOT ANIMALS IN THE HEAD UP TO FIVE TIMES, A COLORADO SLAUGHTERHOUSE WHERE WORKERS SHOT A COW IN THE HEAD TWICE AND THEN LEFT HER TO SUFFER IN A TRAILER WHILE THEY GRABBED ANOTHER RIFLE AND FINALLY ENDED HER PAIN, AND A PENNSYLVANIA SLAUGHTERHOUSE WHERE FIVE ANIMALS WERE REPEATEDLY SHOT IN THE HEAD. PETA ALSO EXPOSED MANY OTHER ACTS OF CRUELTY IN THE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THAT MORE THAN 9000 "SPENT" HENS WERE LEFT TO FREEZE TO DEATH ON TRUCKS OUTSIDE A MINNESOTA SLAUGHTERHOUSE. A UTAH SHERIFF INVESTIGATED A FARM AFTER PETA SUBMITTED A CONCERNED CITIZEN'S VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWING WORKERS THERE BEATING PIGS WITH A WOODEN BOARD, KICKING THEM IN THE FACE, AND MORE. ON THE HEELS OF A WHISTLEBLOWER TIP AND A COMPLAINT FROM PETA, THE USDA FOUND THAT 91 PIGS DIED OUTSIDE A SMITHFIELD FOODS SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN NEBRASKA AFTER BEING LEFT ON TRUCKS FOR HOURS IN FEBRUARY AS THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETED TO 27 BELOW. PETA'S CALL FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION NETTED NATIONAL ATTENTION. AFTER A CONCERNED CITIZEN DOCUMENTED SEVERELY INJURED AND DEAD PIGS INSIDE A TYSON SHED IN IOWA, PETA OBTAINED BODYCAM FOOTAGE FROM THE RESPONDING DEPUTY, WHO FOUND THAT A FACTORY FARMER HAD HAULED THE SICK AND WOUNDED ANIMALS FROM MINNESOTA TO THE SHED TO MAKE A FEW DOLLARS FROM SELLING THEM, RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM OUT OF THEIR MISERY. EVEN WHEN CONFRONTED WITH EYEWITNESS AND POLICE FOOTAG 13521846 7000 319048 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INFORMATION PETA CONDUCTS INFORMATIVE CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLISHES MATERIALS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND EDUCATORS AS WELL AS FACTSHEETS, BOOKLETS, FLYERS, POSTERS, AND A MAGAZINE CALLED PETA GLOBAL FOR SUPPORTERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 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 2021, PETA SECURED FREE ADVERTISING SPACE WORTH NEARLY 2,180,000 AND LOGGED MORE THAN 80,000 INTERACTIONS WITH THE MEDIA VIA NEWS RELEASES, LETTERS, TWEETS, AND RADIO, TV, PRINT, AND ONLINE INTERVIEWS. PETA'S WEBSITES RECEIVED MORE THAN 83 MILLION PAGE VIEWS, ITS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RECEIVED OVER 2.25 BILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND ITS VIDEOS WERE VIEWED MORE THAN 505 MILLION TIMES. 11029203 2823418 INTERNATIONAL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS PETA CAMPAIGNS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ABUSE AND KILLING OF ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES ALONG WITH OTHER TYPES OF CRUELTY. IN 2021, PETA ORGANIZED AND LED MORE THAN 450 DEMONSTRATIONS AND SENT OUT MILLIONS OF LETTERS THROUGH ITS ONLINE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO URGE COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE CHANGES THAT BENEFIT ANIMALS. PETA PUSHED THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) TO CALL FOR THE CLOSURE OF LIVE-ANIMAL MARKETS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING PRESENTING THE AGENCY WITH PETITIONS CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES. WHO IS NOW URGING COUNTRIES TO SUSPEND THE SALE OF LIVE MAMMALIAN WILD ANIMALS IN FOOD MARKETS AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, SAYING THAT WILD ANIMALS ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES LIKE COVID-19. PETA LAUNCHED ITS "TRASH FISHING" INITIATIVE BY COORDINATING TRASH-FISHING EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SENDING TRASH-FISHING KITS-WHICH INCLUDED A PAIR OF ECO-FRIENDLY GLOVES, COMPOSTABLE TRASH BAGS, A TRASH PICKER, AND SWEDISH FISH-TO DOZENS OF REPORTERS ACROSS THE U.S. TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND FISH FOR TRASH INSTEAD OF FISH. CONTINUING TO PUSH PETCO TO STOP SELLING ALL ANIMALS, PETA SUBMITTED A QUESTION AT THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING ASKING WHEN IT WILL STOP SELLING LIVE ANIMALS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HELD A DEMO OUTSIDE A PETCO STORE NEAR THE COMPANY'S SAN DIEGO HEADQUARTERS. AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS, PETA'S 2020 "NAUGHTY" LIST CALLED OUT 10 COMPANIES- KROGER, URBAN OUTFITTERS, SEAWORLD, WENDY'S, DOMINO'S, KRISPY KREME, HERMS, AIR FRANCE, STARBUCKS, AND PETCO-THAT ARE STILL EXPLOITING ANIMALS. PETA'S "LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE" AWARDS WERE SENT TO COMPANIES THAT ARE GUILTY OF TRYING TO DECEIVE CUSTOMERS ABOUT THEIR USE AND ABUSE OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING ELI LILLY, FOR BOASTING OF A "COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL RESEARCH" WHILE REFUSING TO BAN THE FORCED SWIM TEST. PETA PLACED SEVERAL BILLBOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS MEMORIALS FOR ANIMALS KILLED IN TRUCK CRASHES AND FIRES. PETA LAUNCHED CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS, TEACHKIND'S BRAND-NEW SOCIAL JUSTICE-THEMED CURRICULUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND RESOURCE INCLUDES THOUGHT-PROVOKING LESSONS AND AN INSPIRING NEW VIDEO DESIGNED TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHALLENGE SOCIETAL NORMS SUCH AS SPECIESISM. LETTERS WERE SENT TO VARIOUS DICTIONARY PUBLISHERS ASKING THEM TO DROP SPECIESIST DEFINITIONS OF "PIG" ("A DIRTY, GLUTTONOUS, OR REPULSIVE PERSON"), "SNAKE" ("A WORTHLESS OR TREACHEROUS FELLOW"), AND "DOG" ("A WORTHLESS OR CONTEMPTIBLE PERSON"). STUDENTS OPPOSING SPECIESISM (SOS) LAUNCHED A "HERS, NOT YOURS" CAMPAIGN, FOCUSED ON THE CRUELTY OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. SOS ACTIVISTS LED STARBUCKS SIT-INS AND GROCERY STORE DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO URGE CONSUMERS TO OPT FOR NONDAIRY OPTIONS. STUDENTS ALSO HELD PROTESTS AGAINST ELISABETH MURRAY'S EXPERIMENTS ON MONKEYS AS WELL AS PROTESTS URGING URBAN OUTFITTERS BRANDS TO STOP SELLING ANIMAL-DERIVED MATERIALS. ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION INDUSTRY FOLLOWING A BRIEF, VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN BY PETA, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO NOTIFIED THE GROUP THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES-A BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)-CANCELED FUNDING FOR A RACIST EXPERIMENT AT THE SCHOOL. EXPERIMENTERS AT THE SCHOOL WERE IMPOSING "EPISODIC AGGRESSION" ON MICE-A EUPHEMISM FOR FORCING THEM TO FIGHT OR MAKING A LARGER, STRESSED MOUSE ATTACK A SMALLER ONE-PURPORTEDLY TO "MIMIC STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE OBSERVED IN URBAN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES." AT PETA'S URGING, BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AMGEN STOPPED CONDUCTING THE FORCED SWIM TEST-IN WHICH SMALL ANIMALS ARE OFTEN DOSED WITH A TEST SUBSTANCE, DROPPED INTO INESCAPABLE BEAKERS OF WATER, AND MADE TO SWIM FOR THEIR LIVES. AND AFTER HEARING FROM PETA AND HUMANE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST UNIVERSITIES IN AUSTRALIA TO STOP SUBJECTING MICE AND OTHER ANIMALS TO THE CRUEL FORCED SWIM TEST. IN A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND RULING WITHIN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DENIED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY'S ATTEMPT TO DISMISS A LAWSUIT THAT PETA HAD FILED AGAINST IT. THE LAWSUIT CHALLENGED THE UNIVERSITY'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW PETA TO PLACE AN AD ON THE SCHOOL'S BUSES SHOWING A DOG USED IN CANINE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY EXPERIMENTS THERE. THE UNIVERSITY LATER INFORMED THE COURT AND PETA THAT ITS POLICY AGAINST ALLOWING ADS OF A POLITICAL NATURE HAD BEEN REVOKED. AS OF MAY 1, 2021, CHINA WILL ALLOW COMPANIES TO MARKET MOST IMPORTED "GENERAL COSMETICS"-LIKE SHAMPOO, BODY WASH, LOTION, AND MAKEUP-WITHOUT THE USUALLY REQUIRED ANIMAL TESTING, ONCE THOSE COMPANIES TAKE A NUMBER OF STEPS AND APPLY FOR THE EXEMPTION. THIS MOVE COMES AFTER PETA AWARDED GRANTS TO THE INSTITUTE FOR IN VITRO SCIENCES SO THAT ITS SCIENTISTS COULD TRAVEL TO CHINA TO OFFER THEIR EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE ON REPLACING CRUEL, UNRELIABLE ANIMAL TESTS WITH NON-ANIMAL METHODS. AFTER HEARING FROM PETA AND MORE THAN 85,000 OF ITS SUPPORTERS, THE HASS AVOCADO BOARD-ONE OF THE MAJOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION BOARDS-ADOPTED A NEW PUBLIC POLICY STATING THAT IT WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT, FUND, OR CONDUCT ANIMAL RESEARCH. AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA, STANDARD FOODS GROUP-THE LARGEST HEALTH FOOD COMPANY IN TAIWAN AND A LICENSEE OF PEPSICO'S QUAKER OATS COMPANY THERE- BECAME TAIWAN'S FIRST MAJOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY TO BAN ANIMAL TESTS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW, WHICH IT PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED OR FUNDED TO MAKE HUMAN-HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING ITS PRODUCTS. THE TAIWAN FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WILL NOW PRIORITIZE "NON-ANIMAL TEST METHODS THAT ARE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED," WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN LITTLE TO NO HEALTH-FOOD SAFETY TESTS ON ANIMALS IN TAIWAN GOING FORWARD-A LANDMARK MOVE THAT FOLLOWS PETA'S RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATE TAIWAN'S SAFETY-TESTING REGULATIONS FOR HEALTH FOODS. SEPARATELY, AFTER RECEIVING PETA'S DETAILED SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE AND MORE THAN 73,000 E-MAILS TO AGENCY OFFICIALS FROM PETA SUPPORTERS OPPOSING ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS, THE AGENCY ALSO REMOVED HORRIFIC DROWNING AND ELECTROSHOCK TESTS ON ANIMALS FROM TAIWAN'S REGULATION CONCERNING COMPANIES ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ANTI-FATIGUE HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTS. AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA AND TAIWAN-BASED KINDNESS TO ANIMALS, VITALON FOODS GROUP-THE THIRD-LARGEST HEALTH FOOD COMPANY IN TAIWAN AND MAKER OF SUPER SUPAU, TAIWAN'S BEST-SELLING BRAND OF SPORTS DRINK-BANNED ANIMAL TESTS NOT EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY LAW. FROM 2005 TO 2019, VITALON AND ITS SUBSIDIARY YEC BIOTECHNOLOGY CO. CONDUCTED OR FUNDED AT LEAST 12 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS THAT INVOLVED AT LEAST 1,038 ANIMALS IN ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY MARKETING CLAIMS ABOUT THE SUPPOSED HUMAN-HEALTH BENEFITS OF ITS PRODUCTS. RELATEDLY, LIAN HWA FOODS CORP.-A POPULAR SNACK-FOOD COMPANY BASED IN TAIWAN AND A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF READY-TO-EAT FOODS TO 7-ELEVEN STORES THERE-BANNED ANIMAL TESTS NOT EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS COMPANY ALSO PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED OR FUNDED ANIMAL TESTS TO MAKE HUMAN-HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING ITS PRODUCTS. AFTER HEARING FROM PETA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCER, DOLE FOOD COMPANY, PERSUADED THE MAYO CLINIC TO DIVERT FUNDS THAT THE COMPANY DONATES TO THAT INSTITUTION AWAY FROM DEADLY EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS AND TOWARD SUPERIOR, HUMAN-RELEVANT, ANIMAL-FREE NUTRITION RESEARCH. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES, PETA SCIENCE CONSORTIUM INTERNATIONAL E.V.-OF WHICH PETA IS A MEMBER-AWARDED RESEARCHERS TOOLS THAT CAN REPLACE THE USE OF RATS AND MICE IN TESTS TO ASSESS HOW INHALED CHEMICALS AFFECT THE LUNGS. THE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM ALSO HONORED AN EARLY- CAREER RESEARCHER FOR A POSTER THAT HE PRESENTED ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE HUMAN CORNEA THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS CHEMICALS FOR THEIR POTENTIAL TO IRRITATE THE EYE, WITHOUT USING ANIMALS. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY MEDICAL RESIDENTS AT AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER IN MILWAUKEE WILL NO LONGER PRACTICE SURGICAL PROCEDURES ON LIVE PIGS, FOLLOWING MONTHS OF TALKS BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND PETA. COUNTLESS PASSERSBY SAW PETA'S NEW, THOUGHT-PROVOKING PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION "WITHOUT CONSENT," WHICH SHOWCASES REAL-LIFE STORIES OF ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN TORMENTED AND KILLED IN LABORATORIES. IT HAS BEEN VIEWED ACROSS THE U.S. AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. AFTER A MEETING WITH PETA SCIENTISTS, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ANNOUNCED A NEW POLICY THAT THE AGENCY SAYS WILL PREVENT APPROXIMATELY 750 RATS, RABBITS, OR GUINEA PIGS EACH YEAR FROM ENDURING TESTS IN WHICH PESTICIDES ARE APPLIED TO THEIR SHAVED SKIN, AFTER WHICH ANY SURVIVORS ARE KILLED. PETA SUPPORTERS SHOCKED WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH A MASSIVE INFLATABLE SPIDER AND THE MESSAGE "SCARED OF SPIDERS? MONKEYS ARE, TOO" OUTSIDE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO URGE NIH TO END MONKEY FRIGHT EXPERIMENTS. PETA TOOK ITS CAMPAIGN TO STOP ANIMALS FROM BEING KILLED IN GRUESOME COBRA GOLD MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISES IN T 415280 CRUELTY-FREE MERCHANDISE PROGRAM PETA ENCOURAGES AND FACILITATES CRUELTY-FREE LIVING BY PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WITH CONSUMER PRODUCTS-SUCH AS COSMETICS AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS THAT AREN'T TESTED ON ANIMALS, ANIMAL-CARE PRODUCTS, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS T-SHIRTS-INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS AND BOOKS, ANIMAL-RESCUE EQUIPMENT, AND CAMPAIGN MATERIALS. THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE PETA MALL AND THE PETA SHOP. THIS FISCAL YEAR, PETA ADDED 1,289 BRANDS AND COMPANIES TO ITS GLOBAL BEAUTY WITHOUT BUNNIES LIST OF COMPANIES THAT DON'T TEST ON ANIMALS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 5,508 (AND 3,053 OF THEM ARE ALSO VEGAN). THE PROGRAM WAS FEATURED BY MANY MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS AND IN MANY LEADING INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING ALLURE, ELLE, FORBES, HARPER'S BAZAAR, MARIE CLAIRE (U.K.), AND VOGUE (AUSTRALIA). PETA ALSO WELCOMED THE ADDITION OF MANY CELEBRITY-BACKED BRANDS, INCLUDING RARE BEAUTY BY SELENA GOMEZ, CRETE BY LIL YACHTY, KEYS SOULCARE BY ALICIA KEYS, AND PATTERN BY TRACEE ELLIS ROSS. AFTER WORKING WITH PETA, TRESEMM-ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED HAIR-CARE BRANDS-BANNED ALL TESTS ON ANIMALS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 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ENDOWMENTS ARE COMPRISED OF FIVE SEPARATE ENDOWMENT FUNDS WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF 3,712,203 AS OF JULY 31, 2021. UNDER TERMS OF THE FIRST ENDOWMENT FUND, 20% OF THE ORDINARY EARNINGS FROM INVESTMENTS ARE PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED WHILE 35% ARE AVAILABLE FOR UNRESTRICTED USE AND THE REMAINING 45% ARE DONATED TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE SECOND ENDOWMENT FUND, ORDINARY EARNINGS FROM ONE HALF OF THE ENDOWMENT SHALL BE USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE THIRD ENDOWMENT, 10% OF THE EARNINGS IS RETAINED TO GROW THE FUND, THE REMAINING 90% IS AVAILABLE FOR UNRESTRICTED USE. EARNINGS ON THE REMAINING TWO ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE UNRESTRICTED. 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X false false false false false false false false false JEFFREY KERR ASST. SECRETARY 162536 2587 7906 173029 ROSALIND ZAYAS VETERINARIAN 150676 2271 615 153562 X 9 20600 FMV X 21612 FMV X 2 59900 FMV X 79 876079 FMV X 1 80553 FMV X 52 59183 FMV X VARIOUS 85 267507 FMV false true true SCHEDULE M, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 32B EBAY IS USED TO SELL NONCASH DONATIONS (ART, CONCERT TICKETS) AND CHARITY BUZZ IS USED TO AUCTION NONCASH DONATIONS SUCH AS CELEBRITY EXPERIENCES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESCUES RECEIVING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO ANIMAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT EACH WEEK, PETA WORKS TO RESCUE ABUSED, NEGLECTED, AND AT-RISK ANIMALS AND ORGANIZE CARE FOR THEM. PETA ALSO INVESTIGATES CRUELTY CASES, CONDUCTS INVESTIGATIONS, GATHERS EVIDENCE OF LEGAL VIOLATIONS, AND ENGAGES IN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND NEWSGATHERING. IT TAKES ACTION TO ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS. PETA INTERVENED IN MULTIPLE HOARDING CASES IN WHICH ANIMALS WERE LIVING IN SQUALOR AND WERE IN DESPERATE NEED OF RESCUE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 70 CATS AND KITTENS IN CAMDEN, MICHIGAN; 48 ANIMALS OF VARIOUS SPECIES IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN; 38 DOGS AND PUPPIES IN HOLLIS, OKLAHOMA; AND MORE THAN 20 ANIMALS IN TEMPLETON, PENNSYLVANIA (WHICH RESULTED IN NEARLY 200 CRUELTY-TO-ANIMALS CHARGES). PETA'S EMERGENCY PAGER CARRIER RECEIVED A CALL ALERTING THE GROUP TO GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING FOOTAGE POSTED TO SNAPCHAT OF A CAT BEING VICIOUSLY BEATEN BY HIS JUVENILE OWNER. THROUGH PERSISTENT AND STEADFAST URGING, PETA'S CASEWORKER PERSUADED THE UNDERSTAFFED PENNSYLVANIA LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE AREA TO SECURE THE CAT'S SURRENDER AND GET HIM IMMEDIATE VETERINARY CARE. THE TEENAGER WAS CHARGED AND SENTENCED TO JUVENILE PROBATION, ORDERED TO PAY RESTITUTION TO PETA, AND BANNED FROM POSSESSING ANIMALS DURING THE LENGTH OF HIS PROBATION. THE CAT HAS RECOVERED AND IS HAPPY IN HIS NEW HOME. A CALIFORNIA TRAPPER WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO REPEATEDLY SHOOTING IN THE HEAD AND FACE A COYOTE HE'D CAPTURED IN AN APPARENTLY ILLEGAL TRAP. PETA PUSHED AUTHORITIES, AND THE PERPETRATOR WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND A WILDLIFE CODE VIOLATION. IN A SUBSEQUENT PLEA DEAL, THE TRAPPER WAS SENTENCED TO 120 DAYS IN JAIL AND 12 MONTHS' PROBATION. A MICHIGAN JUVENILE POSTED A VIDEO TO YOUTUBE SHOWING HIMSELF REPEATEDLY SLAPPING, TACKLING, AND JUMPING ON TOP OF THE FAMILY DOG. PETA VERIFIED THE PERPETRATOR'S IDENTITY AND LOCATION AND INFORMED LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHO INVESTIGATED AND SECURED THE DOG'S SURRENDER. THE JUVENILE IS UNDERGOING PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. PETA PERSUADED THE MANAGEMENT OF A NEW JERSEY RETIREMENT COMMUNITY TO RETROFIT A SPIKED FENCE ON WHICH DEER WERE BECOMING IMPALED. INDIANA POLICE INVESTIGATED A SMALL ANIMAL-BREEDING MILL, AFTER PETA REVEALED THAT GUINEA PIGS DIED OF HEATSTROKE AND HUNDREDS OF RABBITS WERE CAGED AMID THEIR OWN FECES THERE. PETA EXPOSED A MICHIGAN PUPPY MILL THAT WAS KEEPING DOZENS OF DOGS AMID FECES AND DEPRIVING THEM OF SHELTER AND WATER. THE CASE WAS DETAILED BY LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS, INFORMING PEOPLE OF THE CRUELTY INHERENT IN THE BREEDING INDUSTRY AND REMINDING THEM TO ADOPT AND NEVER BUY ANIMALS. PETA SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED A SAN DIEGO FIREWORKS SHOW FROM BEING HELD IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO SEA LION AND SEAL ROOKERIES. THE FIGHT CONTINUES AS PETA URGES OFFICIALS TO CLOSE THE BEACH DURING PUPPING SEASON. PETA RECEIVED A TIP FROM AN ONLINE GAMER THAT ANOTHER GAMER WAS SENDING VIDEOS OF HIMSELF TORTURING WILDLIFE. AFTER PETA REPORTED THE PERPETRATOR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CHARGED WITH 10 FELONY COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. THREE EMACIATED DOGS WHO WERE BEING STARVED WERE RESCUED AND CRUELTY CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST THE WASHINGTON WOMAN RESPONSIBLE, AFTER PETA CASEWORKERS GUIDED AN INEXPERIENCED LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON PROCEEDING WITH THE CASE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. AFTER A NEIGHBOR ALERTED PETA THAT SEVERAL GOATS, A CALF, AND A PREGNANT COW WERE DEAD ON HER NEIGHBOR'S WASHINGTON PROPERTY, A CASEWORKER WALKED HER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LODGING A COMPLAINT. THE PERPETRATOR WAS FINED AND CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, INCLUDING ONE FELONY COUNT, AND WAS MANDATED TO REHOME ALL THE SURVIVING ANIMALS. A WOMAN'S DOORBELL RING CAMERA CAUGHT HER NEIGHBOR VIOLENTLY ABUSING HIS PIT BULL PUPPY. CASEWORKERS WALKED THE INITIALLY RELUCTANT COMPLAINANT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REPORTING THE PERPETRATOR, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED, AND PETA IS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT HE FACES THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ALLOWABLE, WITH A PROHIBITION ON FUTURE CONTACT WITH ANIMALS. THE PUPPY WAS SEIZED. A CHAINED DOG WHOSE COLLAR HAD BECOME EMBEDDED IN HIS NECK AND A LITTER OF PUPPIES WERE SEIZED AND GIVEN URGENT VETERINARY CARE AFTER PETA CALLED IN EVERY CONNECTION IN MISSISSIPPI TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AFTER A WITNESS PROVIDED PETA WITH VIDEO OF A MAN ROUTINELY ABUSING HIS PIT BULL WITH A METAL POLE AND VIOLENTLY KICKING THE CRATE SHE WAS IN, PETA EXPEDITED THE FOOTAGE INTO THE HANDS OF NEW YORK CITY AUTHORITIES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AN ARREST WAS MADE AND THE DOG WAS SEIZED, WITH MULTIPLE CHARGES FILED. WHEN PETA GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE CONCERNED ABOUT A CAT STUCK IN A TREE FOR MORE THAN FOUR DAYS, IT FOUND A LOCAL TREE CLIMBER TO HELP GET HER DOWN. AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE HARROWING ORDEAL AND RECEIVING A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, WENDY WAS ADOPTED INTO AN INDOOR-ONLY HOME WITH SHERMAN, ANOTHER CAT RESCUED BY PETA. IT TOOK ALMOST 24 HOURS AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PETA FIELDWORKERS TO RESCUE MIKEY, A TINY KITTEN FOUND TRAPPED AND SCREAMING IN A STORM DRAIN. AFTER SPENDING A FEW WEEKS IN FOSTER CARE RECOVERING FROM HIS ORDEAL, HE WAS ADOPTED BY A WONDERFUL FAMILY. ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION INDUSTRY PETA BROKE ITS SIX-MONTH UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION INTO THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER, WHERE MONKEYS WERE BEING DRIVEN MAD BY EXTREME CONFINEMENT IN BARREN STEEL CAGES-SOME HAD SPENT TWO DECADES THERE. THE HIGHLY STRESSFUL CONDITIONS LED TO DEEP, PAINFUL LACERATIONS AND OTHER INJURIES FROM ATTACKS. SOME MONKEYS PULLED OUT THEIR OWN HAIR. CORNELIUS, WHO WAS USUALLY KEPT ALL ALONE, WAS CONSTANTLY FOUND HUNCHED OVER OR WITH HIS FACE PRESSED AGAINST THE CAGE BARS. MONKEYS WERE FORCED TO GIVE BIRTH ON WIRE FLOORS, AND THEIR TERRIFIED INFANTS CRIED AS WORKERS PULLED THEM AWAY. BABIES WERE PUT IN A BLEAK BASEMENT ROOM BEFORE BEING TATTOOED. PETA BROKE ITS INVESTIGATION INTO MOULTON CHINCHILLA RANCH, A MASSIVE BREEDING MILL IN MINNESOTA THAT SELLS ANIMALS TO LABORATORIES AND INTO THE PET TRADE. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 CHINCHILLAS WERE FOUND CONFINED TO WIRE- FLOORED CAGES IN A SHED REEKING OF AMMONIA. THESE NOCTURNAL PREY ANIMALS, WHO LOVE TO RUN AND CLIMB, WERE DEPRIVED OF EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO THEIR PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH. CHINCHILLAS WERE DENIED VETERINARY CARE FOR SEVERE, LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND RAMPANT DISEASE. BASED ON PETA'S EVIDENCE, POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND OPENED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, AND THE USDA CITED OWNER DAN MOULTON WITH 42 VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW, INCLUDING FOR LEAVING CHINCHILLAS TO SUFFER FROM EYES SEALED SHUT WITH DISCHARGE AND PAINFUL DENTAL AILMENTS. ANIMALS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN RESPONSE TO PETA'S REQUEST, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS STUDYING WHY NINE TRUCKS HAULING LIVE PIGS TO A SINGLE SMITHFIELD FOODS SLAUGHTERHOUSE HAVE CRASHED IN RECENT YEARS ON A LOCAL ROAD, ADDING TO THE PAIN AND TERROR THOUSANDS OF THESE ANIMALS ALREADY ENDURED IN FACTORY FARMS. A DAY LATER, AMID MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ISSUE, SMITHFIELD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD STOP SLAUGHTERING PIGS AT THIS SPECIFIC PLANT-MARKING THE END OF DECADES OF KILLING PIGS THERE, NO DOUBT IN PART THANKS TO PETA'S CONTINUED EXPOSURE OF THESE CRASHES. PETA REVEALED THAT FULLY CONSCIOUS PIGS WHOSE THROATS HAD BEEN SLASHED WERE LEFT TO WALK AROUND A NORTH CAROLINA SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND THAT IN IOWA, PIGS WERE DRAGGED THROUGH A HAIR-REMOVAL MACHINE AND FOUR OTHERS WERE REPEATEDLY SHOT IN THE HEAD ON THE KILL FLOOR. PETA CALLED FOR CHARGES AGAINST A NEVADA SLAUGHTERHOUSE WHERE STAFF SHOT ANIMALS IN THE HEAD UP TO FIVE TIMES, A COLORADO SLAUGHTERHOUSE WHERE WORKERS SHOT A COW IN THE HEAD TWICE AND THEN LEFT HER TO SUFFER IN A TRAILER WHILE THEY GRABBED ANOTHER RIFLE AND FINALLY ENDED HER PAIN, AND A PENNSYLVANIA SLAUGHTERHOUSE WHERE FIVE ANIMALS WERE REPEATEDLY SHOT IN THE HEAD. PETA ALSO EXPOSED MANY OTHER ACTS OF CRUELTY IN THE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THAT MORE THAN 9000 "SPENT" HENS WERE LEFT TO FREEZE TO DEATH ON TRUCKS OUTSIDE A MINNESOTA SLAUGHTERHOUSE. A UTAH SHERIFF INVESTIGATED A FARM AFTER PETA SUBMITTED A CONCERNED CITIZEN'S VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWING WORKERS THERE BEATING PIGS WITH A WOODEN BOARD, KICKING THEM IN THE FACE, AND MORE. ON THE HEELS OF A WHISTLEBLOWER TIP AND A COMPLAINT FROM PETA, THE USDA FOUND THAT 91 PIGS DIED OUTSIDE A SMITHFIELD FOODS SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN NEBRASKA AFTER BEING LEFT ON TRUCKS FOR HOURS IN FEBRUARY AS THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETED TO 27 BELOW. PETA'S CALL FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION NETTED NATIONAL ATTENTION. AFTER A CONCERNED CITIZEN DOCUMENTED SEVERELY INJURED AND DEAD PIGS INSIDE A TYSON SHED IN IOWA, PETA OBTAINED BODYCAM FOOTAGE FROM THE RESPONDING DEPUTY, WHO FOUND THAT A FACTORY FARMER HAD HAULED THE SICK AND WOUNDED ANIMALS FROM MINNESOTA TO THE SHED TO MAKE A FEW DOLLARS FROM SELLING THEM, RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM OUT OF THEIR MISERY. EVEN WHEN CONFRONTED WITH EYEWITNESS AND POLICE FOOTAG FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INFORMATION PETA CONDUCTS INFORMATIVE CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLISHES MATERIALS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND EDUCATORS AS WELL AS FACTSHEETS, BOOKLETS, FLYERS, POSTERS, AND A MAGAZINE CALLED PETA GLOBAL FOR SUPPORTERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 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 2021, PETA SECURED FREE ADVERTISING SPACE WORTH NEARLY 2,180,000 AND LOGGED MORE THAN 80,000 INTERACTIONS WITH THE MEDIA VIA NEWS RELEASES, LETTERS, TWEETS, AND RADIO, TV, PRINT, AND ONLINE INTERVIEWS. PETA'S WEBSITES RECEIVED MORE THAN 83 MILLION PAGE VIEWS, ITS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RECEIVED OVER 2.25 BILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND ITS VIDEOS WERE VIEWED MORE THAN 505 MILLION TIMES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C INTERNATIONAL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS PETA CAMPAIGNS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ABUSE AND KILLING OF ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES ALONG WITH OTHER TYPES OF CRUELTY. IN 2021, PETA ORGANIZED AND LED MORE THAN 450 DEMONSTRATIONS AND SENT OUT MILLIONS OF LETTERS THROUGH ITS ONLINE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO URGE COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE CHANGES THAT BENEFIT ANIMALS. PETA PUSHED THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) TO CALL FOR THE CLOSURE OF LIVE-ANIMAL MARKETS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING PRESENTING THE AGENCY WITH PETITIONS CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES. WHO IS NOW URGING COUNTRIES TO SUSPEND THE SALE OF LIVE MAMMALIAN WILD ANIMALS IN FOOD MARKETS AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, SAYING THAT WILD ANIMALS ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES LIKE COVID-19. PETA LAUNCHED ITS "TRASH FISHING" INITIATIVE BY COORDINATING TRASH-FISHING EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SENDING TRASH-FISHING KITS-WHICH INCLUDED A PAIR OF ECO-FRIENDLY GLOVES, COMPOSTABLE TRASH BAGS, A TRASH PICKER, AND SWEDISH FISH-TO DOZENS OF REPORTERS ACROSS THE U.S. TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND FISH FOR TRASH INSTEAD OF FISH. CONTINUING TO PUSH PETCO TO STOP SELLING ALL ANIMALS, PETA SUBMITTED A QUESTION AT THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING ASKING WHEN IT WILL STOP SELLING LIVE ANIMALS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HELD A DEMO OUTSIDE A PETCO STORE NEAR THE COMPANY'S SAN DIEGO HEADQUARTERS. AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS, PETA'S 2020 "NAUGHTY" LIST CALLED OUT 10 COMPANIES- KROGER, URBAN OUTFITTERS, SEAWORLD, WENDY'S, DOMINO'S, KRISPY KREME, HERMS, AIR FRANCE, STARBUCKS, AND PETCO-THAT ARE STILL EXPLOITING ANIMALS. PETA'S "LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE" AWARDS WERE SENT TO COMPANIES THAT ARE GUILTY OF TRYING TO DECEIVE CUSTOMERS ABOUT THEIR USE AND ABUSE OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING ELI LILLY, FOR BOASTING OF A "COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL RESEARCH" WHILE REFUSING TO BAN THE FORCED SWIM TEST. PETA PLACED SEVERAL BILLBOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS MEMORIALS FOR ANIMALS KILLED IN TRUCK CRASHES AND FIRES. PETA LAUNCHED CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS, TEACHKIND'S BRAND-NEW SOCIAL JUSTICE-THEMED CURRICULUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND RESOURCE INCLUDES THOUGHT-PROVOKING LESSONS AND AN INSPIRING NEW VIDEO DESIGNED TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHALLENGE SOCIETAL NORMS SUCH AS SPECIESISM. LETTERS WERE SENT TO VARIOUS DICTIONARY PUBLISHERS ASKING THEM TO DROP SPECIESIST DEFINITIONS OF "PIG" ("A DIRTY, GLUTTONOUS, OR REPULSIVE PERSON"), "SNAKE" ("A WORTHLESS OR TREACHEROUS FELLOW"), AND "DOG" ("A WORTHLESS OR CONTEMPTIBLE PERSON"). STUDENTS OPPOSING SPECIESISM (SOS) LAUNCHED A "HERS, NOT YOURS" CAMPAIGN, FOCUSED ON THE CRUELTY OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. SOS ACTIVISTS LED STARBUCKS SIT-INS AND GROCERY STORE DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO URGE CONSUMERS TO OPT FOR NONDAIRY OPTIONS. STUDENTS ALSO HELD PROTESTS AGAINST ELISABETH MURRAY'S EXPERIMENTS ON MONKEYS AS WELL AS PROTESTS URGING URBAN OUTFITTERS BRANDS TO STOP SELLING ANIMAL-DERIVED MATERIALS. ANIMALS IN THE EXPERIMENTATION INDUSTRY FOLLOWING A BRIEF, VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN BY PETA, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO NOTIFIED THE GROUP THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES-A BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)-CANCELED FUNDING FOR A RACIST EXPERIMENT AT THE SCHOOL. EXPERIMENTERS AT THE SCHOOL WERE IMPOSING "EPISODIC AGGRESSION" ON MICE-A EUPHEMISM FOR FORCING THEM TO FIGHT OR MAKING A LARGER, STRESSED MOUSE ATTACK A SMALLER ONE-PURPORTEDLY TO "MIMIC STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE OBSERVED IN URBAN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES." AT PETA'S URGING, BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AMGEN STOPPED CONDUCTING THE FORCED SWIM TEST-IN WHICH SMALL ANIMALS ARE OFTEN DOSED WITH A TEST SUBSTANCE, DROPPED INTO INESCAPABLE BEAKERS OF WATER, AND MADE TO SWIM FOR THEIR LIVES. AND AFTER HEARING FROM PETA AND HUMANE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST UNIVERSITIES IN AUSTRALIA TO STOP SUBJECTING MICE AND OTHER ANIMALS TO THE CRUEL FORCED SWIM TEST. IN A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND RULING WITHIN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DENIED TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY'S ATTEMPT TO DISMISS A LAWSUIT THAT PETA HAD FILED AGAINST IT. THE LAWSUIT CHALLENGED THE UNIVERSITY'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW PETA TO PLACE AN AD ON THE SCHOOL'S BUSES SHOWING A DOG USED IN CANINE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY EXPERIMENTS THERE. THE UNIVERSITY LATER INFORMED THE COURT AND PETA THAT ITS POLICY AGAINST ALLOWING ADS OF A POLITICAL NATURE HAD BEEN REVOKED. AS OF MAY 1, 2021, CHINA WILL ALLOW COMPANIES TO MARKET MOST IMPORTED "GENERAL COSMETICS"-LIKE SHAMPOO, BODY WASH, LOTION, AND MAKEUP-WITHOUT THE USUALLY REQUIRED ANIMAL TESTING, ONCE THOSE COMPANIES TAKE A NUMBER OF STEPS AND APPLY FOR THE EXEMPTION. THIS MOVE COMES AFTER PETA AWARDED GRANTS TO THE INSTITUTE FOR IN VITRO SCIENCES SO THAT ITS SCIENTISTS COULD TRAVEL TO CHINA TO OFFER THEIR EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE ON REPLACING CRUEL, UNRELIABLE ANIMAL TESTS WITH NON-ANIMAL METHODS. AFTER HEARING FROM PETA AND MORE THAN 85,000 OF ITS SUPPORTERS, THE HASS AVOCADO BOARD-ONE OF THE MAJOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION BOARDS-ADOPTED A NEW PUBLIC POLICY STATING THAT IT WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT, FUND, OR CONDUCT ANIMAL RESEARCH. AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA, STANDARD FOODS GROUP-THE LARGEST HEALTH FOOD COMPANY IN TAIWAN AND A LICENSEE OF PEPSICO'S QUAKER OATS COMPANY THERE- BECAME TAIWAN'S FIRST MAJOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY TO BAN ANIMAL TESTS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW, WHICH IT PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED OR FUNDED TO MAKE HUMAN-HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING ITS PRODUCTS. THE TAIWAN FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WILL NOW PRIORITIZE "NON-ANIMAL TEST METHODS THAT ARE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED," WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN LITTLE TO NO HEALTH-FOOD SAFETY TESTS ON ANIMALS IN TAIWAN GOING FORWARD-A LANDMARK MOVE THAT FOLLOWS PETA'S RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATE TAIWAN'S SAFETY-TESTING REGULATIONS FOR HEALTH FOODS. SEPARATELY, AFTER RECEIVING PETA'S DETAILED SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE AND MORE THAN 73,000 E-MAILS TO AGENCY OFFICIALS FROM PETA SUPPORTERS OPPOSING ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS, THE AGENCY ALSO REMOVED HORRIFIC DROWNING AND ELECTROSHOCK TESTS ON ANIMALS FROM TAIWAN'S REGULATION CONCERNING COMPANIES ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ANTI-FATIGUE HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTS. AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA AND TAIWAN-BASED KINDNESS TO ANIMALS, VITALON FOODS GROUP-THE THIRD-LARGEST HEALTH FOOD COMPANY IN TAIWAN AND MAKER OF SUPER SUPAU, TAIWAN'S BEST-SELLING BRAND OF SPORTS DRINK-BANNED ANIMAL TESTS NOT EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY LAW. FROM 2005 TO 2019, VITALON AND ITS SUBSIDIARY YEC BIOTECHNOLOGY CO. CONDUCTED OR FUNDED AT LEAST 12 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS THAT INVOLVED AT LEAST 1,038 ANIMALS IN ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY MARKETING CLAIMS ABOUT THE SUPPOSED HUMAN-HEALTH BENEFITS OF ITS PRODUCTS. RELATEDLY, LIAN HWA FOODS CORP.-A POPULAR SNACK-FOOD COMPANY BASED IN TAIWAN AND A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF READY-TO-EAT FOODS TO 7-ELEVEN STORES THERE-BANNED ANIMAL TESTS NOT EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS COMPANY ALSO PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED OR FUNDED ANIMAL TESTS TO MAKE HUMAN-HEALTH CLAIMS FOR MARKETING ITS PRODUCTS. AFTER HEARING FROM PETA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCER, DOLE FOOD COMPANY, PERSUADED THE MAYO CLINIC TO DIVERT FUNDS THAT THE COMPANY DONATES TO THAT INSTITUTION AWAY FROM DEADLY EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS AND TOWARD SUPERIOR, HUMAN-RELEVANT, ANIMAL-FREE NUTRITION RESEARCH. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES, PETA SCIENCE CONSORTIUM INTERNATIONAL E.V.-OF WHICH PETA IS A MEMBER-AWARDED RESEARCHERS TOOLS THAT CAN REPLACE THE USE OF RATS AND MICE IN TESTS TO ASSESS HOW INHALED CHEMICALS AFFECT THE LUNGS. THE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM ALSO HONORED AN EARLY- CAREER RESEARCHER FOR A POSTER THAT HE PRESENTED ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE HUMAN CORNEA THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS CHEMICALS FOR THEIR POTENTIAL TO IRRITATE THE EYE, WITHOUT USING ANIMALS. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY MEDICAL RESIDENTS AT AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER IN MILWAUKEE WILL NO LONGER PRACTICE SURGICAL PROCEDURES ON LIVE PIGS, FOLLOWING MONTHS OF TALKS BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND PETA. COUNTLESS PASSERSBY SAW PETA'S NEW, THOUGHT-PROVOKING PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION "WITHOUT CONSENT," WHICH SHOWCASES REAL-LIFE STORIES OF ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN TORMENTED AND KILLED IN LABORATORIES. IT HAS BEEN VIEWED ACROSS THE U.S. AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. AFTER A MEETING WITH PETA SCIENTISTS, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ANNOUNCED A NEW POLICY THAT THE AGENCY SAYS WILL PREVENT APPROXIMATELY 750 RATS, RABBITS, OR GUINEA PIGS EACH YEAR FROM ENDURING TESTS IN WHICH PESTICIDES ARE APPLIED TO THEIR SHAVED SKIN, AFTER WHICH ANY SURVIVORS ARE KILLED. PETA SUPPORTERS SHOCKED WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH A MASSIVE INFLATABLE SPIDER AND THE MESSAGE "SCARED OF SPIDERS? MONKEYS ARE, TOO" OUTSIDE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO URGE NIH TO END MONKEY FRIGHT EXPERIMENTS. PETA TOOK ITS CAMPAIGN TO STOP ANIMALS FROM BEING KILLED IN GRUESOME COBRA GOLD MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISES IN T FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D CRUELTY-FREE MERCHANDISE PROGRAM PETA ENCOURAGES AND FACILITATES CRUELTY-FREE LIVING BY PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WITH CONSUMER PRODUCTS-SUCH AS COSMETICS AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS THAT AREN'T TESTED ON ANIMALS, ANIMAL-CARE PRODUCTS, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS T-SHIRTS-INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS AND BOOKS, ANIMAL-RESCUE EQUIPMENT, AND CAMPAIGN MATERIALS. THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE PETA MALL AND THE PETA SHOP. THIS FISCAL YEAR, PETA ADDED 1,289 BRANDS AND COMPANIES TO ITS GLOBAL BEAUTY WITHOUT BUNNIES LIST OF COMPANIES THAT DON'T TEST ON ANIMALS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 5,508 (AND 3,053 OF THEM ARE ALSO VEGAN). THE PROGRAM WAS FEATURED BY MANY MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS AND IN MANY LEADING INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING ALLURE, ELLE, FORBES, HARPER'S BAZAAR, MARIE CLAIRE (U.K.), AND VOGUE (AUSTRALIA). PETA ALSO WELCOMED THE ADDITION OF MANY CELEBRITY-BACKED BRANDS, INCLUDING RARE BEAUTY BY SELENA GOMEZ, CRETE BY LIL YACHTY, KEYS SOULCARE BY ALICIA KEYS, AND PATTERN BY TRACEE ELLIS ROSS. AFTER WORKING WITH PETA, TRESEMM-ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED HAIR-CARE BRANDS-BANNED ALL TESTS ON ANIMALS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. IN THE LAST YEAR, PETA'S GLOBAL BEAUTY WITHOUT BUNNIES SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASE RECEIVED 6,850,000 PAGE VIEWS (AN AVERAGE OF 548,333 VIEWS PER MONTH). FORM 990, PART V CONTINUED FROM FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C - THIRD ACCOMPLISHMENT - INTERATIONAL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS: COSTCO-ONE OF THE LARGEST GROCERY CHAINS IN THE U.S.-CUT TIES WITH MAJOR THAILAND-BASED COCONUT MILK PRODUCER CHAOKOH BECAUSE IT USES COCONUTS PICKED BY CHAINED MONKEYS. COSTCO'S DECISION FOLLOWS PETA ASIA'S UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF CAPTIVE MONKEYS IN THAILAND'S COCONUT INDUSTRY AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS WITH PETA AND PRESSURE FROM THE GROUP AND THOUSANDS OF ITS SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING GO-GO'S VOCALIST BELINDA CARLISLE. TARGET, ALBERTSONS, SAFEWAY, KROGER, RALEY'S, WEGMANS, AND SUPER KING MARKETS ALSO ENDED SALES OF CHAOKOH PRODUCTS. PETA'S INVESTIGATION INTO TROPHY HUNTING BROKE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, WHICH PROFILED A PROLIFIC AND DEPRAVED HUNTER IN CALIFORNIA WHO SHOT AN ELEPHANT OUTSIDE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE PAID 30,000 TO GUN DOWN THE ELEPHANT AND ANOTHER 20,000 TO PRESERVE THE BODY FOR SHIPMENT BACK TO THE U.S. PETA CALLED ON CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS TO PASS A BILL THAT WOULD BAN HUNTERS FROM IMPORTING BODY PARTS OF ENDANGERED AND VULNERABLE AFRICAN SPECIES SUCH AS ELEPHANTS, RHINOCEROSES, AND LIONS. AFTER HEARING FROM PETA, EL AL AIRLINES CONFIRMED A BAN ON HUNTING-TROPHY SHIPMENTS. PETA RELEASED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TROPHY-HUNTING PROFITEERING OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, REVEALING THAT HE OWNS A BREEDING OPERATION, A HUNTING PROPERTY, AND A STAKE IN A HUNTING OUTFIT. TROPHY HUNTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD PAY HIS COMPANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO KILL BUFFALOS, ZEBRAS, GIRAFFES, BABOONS, HIPPOPOTAMUSES, HONEY BADGERS, CROCODILES, MANY SPECIES OF ANTELOPE, AND OTHERS. HIS HUNTING MANAGER BOASTED THAT HE COULD EVEN ACQUIRE WHITE RHINOS TO BE GUNNED DOWN. PETA ALSO EXPOSED THAT RAMAPHOSA'S COMPANY PARTNERS WITH OPERATIONS THAT ALLOW CLIENTS TO SHOOT LIONS, LEOPARDS, AND ELEPHANTS. IN RESPONSE, HIS OFFICE SCRAMBLED TO ISSUE A DENIAL. PETA SHOT BACK WITH ITS EVIDENCE PROVING HIS EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT. THIS EXCHANGE RESULTED IN ANOTHER MASSIVE ROUND OF MEDIA COVERAGE. PETA EXPOSED THE ABYSMAL LIVING CONDITIONS OF FOUR TURKEYS "PARDONED" BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHO ARE NOW WAREHOUSED INSIDE BARREN CELLS AT VIRGINIA TECH. AFTER AN OREGON MAN WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON IN CONNECTION TO A DEVASTATING WILDFIRE, PETA URGED PROSECUTORS TO ADD CRUELTY CHARGES AND, IN A HISTORIC MOVE, THE MAN WAS CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF ANIMAL ABUSE ON BEHALF OF SHEEP, BIRDS, A RACCOON, AND A GOLDFISH WHO DIED IN THE FIRE. PETA CALLED FOR CHARGES AGAINST ANOTHER MAN ACCUSED OF TORCHING MORE THAN 300 ACRES IN OREGON AND PUSHED FOR CRUELTY CHARGES AGAINST A CALIFORNIA MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TORCHED HIS WIFE'S CAR, STARTING A WILDFIRE THAT UNQUESTIONABLY KILLED MANY ANIMALS. ACTIVISTS BEAUTIFULLY BODYPAINTED AS A COW, RABBIT, ALLIGATOR, PARROT, AND DEER MARCHED UP AND DOWN THE FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, BEACH BOARDWALK AND THROUGH TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY WITH PETA'S ANTI-SPECIESIST MESSAGE. MEDIA COVERAGE WAS EXTENSIVE AND INCLUDED COVERAGE IN SPANISH, GERMAN, JAPANESE, AND FRENCH OUTLETS. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE GATHERED TO PROTEST THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S CRUEL AND DEADLY PLAN TO KILL WILD TULE ELK SO THAT COWS CAN GRAZE AT POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE. PETA LEARNED THAT ZOO MED LABORATORIES, INC., REMOVED MISLEADING GUIDANCE FROM ITS WEBSITE THAT SNAKES MAY BE HELD IN AN ENCLOSURE ONLY HALF THE LENGTH OF THEIR BODY-AN EGREGIOUSLY FALSE CLAIM THAT WAS AT THE CENTER OF A CONSUMER-PROTECTION LAWSUIT THAT PETA FILED WITH THE D.C. SUPERIOR COURT AGAINST THE CALIFORNIA-BASED SUPPLIER OF REPTILE PRODUCTS TO PETSMART, AMAZON, WALMART, AND OTHER RETAILERS. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 4B CANADA FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION REVIEWS THE FORM 990 WITH THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION. PETAS AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND DISCUSSES THE FORM 990 WITH ITS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, AND IF SATISFIED, APPROVES THE FORM 990 AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO THE SAME. PETA FILES THE FORM 990 AFTER ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW, AND IF SATISFIED, APPROVE THE FORM 990. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C REGULAR CONFIRMATION AND CERTIFICATION BY BOARD MEMBERS AND THROUGH INTERNAL CONTROLS PUT INTO PLACE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A DATA IS REVIEWED FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL QUALITY. DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE PRESIDENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST OR HR COMPLIANCE OFFICER. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B PERSONS WHO RECEIVE COMPENSATION ARE PRECLUDED FROM VOTING ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THEIR COMPENSATION. THE PRESIDENT AND THE HR COMPLIANCE OFFICER EVALUATE THE REASONABLENESS OF OFFICERS' COMPENSATION, WHICH IS BASED ON COMPARABLE REMUNERATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS WITH CONSIDERATION OF BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN SIMILARLY SITUATED ENVIRONMENTS. DELIBERATIONS OF THE GOVERNING BODY ARE VERBAL WITH DECISIONS REGARDING COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS DOCUMENTED IN PERSONNEL FILES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 17 ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, MARYLAND, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MISSISSIPPI, MONTANA, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEVADA, NEW YORK, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, VIRGINIA, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WEST VIRGINIA FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE PRESIDENT'S DISCRETION UPON REQUEST. 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