De-clawing is no manicure, it's big-cat mutilation. Yet despite general condemnation, some animal exhibits like tiger cub photo op encounters still de-claw animals. 

Now, after PETA sued a vet, Rick Pelphrey, and a show runner, Tim Stark, a breakthrough.

Last week in Indiana, a judge created a legal precedent that makes de-clawing a violation of the Endangered Species Act. 

PETA's Brittany Peet says it should have the effect of stopping declawing. 

Listen to her conversation with podcast host Emil Guillermo.

Read more at PETA.org.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo.

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Kip Andersen, director of "Cowspiracy," "Seaspiracy," and "What the Health," now adds to his accomplishments the new movie, "Christspiracy," on the ethical and spiritual questions around killing animals for meat. With co-creator Kameron Waters, the movie opens in more than 600 theaters on March 20.

For tickets, go to Christspiracy.com and use the code word PETA so that 10 percent of the proceeds will go to PETA. Or press the donate button on the site to give even more.

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PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo.

Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org.

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

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Originally released Feb.27, 2024.

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PETA veterinarian Dr. Heather Rally speaks with host Emil Guillermo about how she toured rabbit farms in China with fashion execs. What they saw was jaw-dropping cruelty to the animals who were used to source the clothing firms angora garments. The tour opened the eyes of the execs who changed their policy. But the supplier/farms continue to do business with other companies who look the other way and use the rabbits to make angora clothing.

Don't condone the cruelty. Take action now.

Listen to Dr. Rally's eyewitness account. Then see for yourselves. 

Look at the PETA Reveals video on PETA.org.

Go to PETA.org for more information.

Tell companies to stop using angora. And as a consumer, use your power and don't buy angora products.

You have a choice this winter.

The animals don't.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org

Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

Music provided by CarbonWorks.

Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

Or at www.amok.com

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Watch "The Failed Experiment," a new documentary executive produced by Bill Maher, available now for free on YouTube.

(See the link below).

Kathy Guillermo, PETA Sr.VP on Laboratory Investigations, says too many people don't understand what animal experimentation is all about. Catch up quickly. Listen to the podcast and then watch the documentary to find out how animals continue to be tortured in laboratories in the name of science.

The documentary premiered on Prime Video and can still be accessed there.

See "The Failed Experiment" on YouTube for free here.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness·they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

Or at www.amok.com

Get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1

See Emil Guillermo's one man show on being married to PETA in Fresno in March.

Also at the New York City Fringe in April. And the Orlando Fringe in May.

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Originally released Jan. 9, 2024/reprised March 6, 2024

©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2024

Amber Canavan of PETA campaigns talks with host Emil Guillermo about California's Prop. 12, approved by voters on election day with more than 60 percent of the vote. But while Prop. 12 appears to set a minimum standard for space for animals in factory farms, it doesn't rule out abuse and cruelty for animals raised for food.

Canavan talks about what could have made a stronger Prop. 12 and how its minimum space provisions won't end cramped quarters for the animals.

And it doesn't end cruelty. 

You can vote every day for the animals every time you have a meal--if you go vegan.

Take action: Find out more about Prop.12 and what you can do now. Go to PETA.org

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org

Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

Music provided by CarbonWorks.

Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

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A third dog died on March 12 at the 2024 Iditarod, the 1,000-mile race of animal cruelty held every year in Alaska.

A three-year-old male dog named Henry is the third death in three days. Two other race dogs, Bog, a two-year-old, and George, a four-year-old both died on Sunday. "The Iditarod is the shame of Alaska," said Tracy Reiman, PETA's executive vice president. "How many more dogs need to die before this stops?"

These are the first deaths of dogs in the race since 2019. PETA Sr.campaigner Melanie Johnson, who has worked to end the Iditarod for six years, talks to host Emil Guillermo about how these deaths heighten the urgency to end the race once and for all.

End the Iditarod now. Visit PETA.org

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness·they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

Or at www.amok.com

Get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1

See Emil Guillermo's one man show on being married to PETA in Fresno in March.

Also at the New York City Fringe in April. And the Orlando Fringe in May.

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Originally released March 12, 2024

©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2024

It's an emergency situation at the animal shelters in Los Angeles, which are suffering from an overpopulation problem that, in turn, shuts out the growing number of animals that still need homes. The city's"no-kill" policy was intended to be a "feel-good" measure, but it has resulted in a lack of space in increasingly crowded shelters and animals abandoned on the street. PETA Sr.VP Lisa Lange talks to Emil Guillermo about how the situation got this way and how "no-kill" is no answer to the city's dog and cat overpopulation.

Go to PETA.org to find out more.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness·they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

Or at www.amok.com

Get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1

See Emil Guillermo's one man show at the New York City Fringe Festival in April.

And the Orlando Fringe in May.

Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts.

Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!

Originally released March 20, 2024

©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2024