{"id":35719,"date":"2026-10-21T12:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=35719"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:40:19","slug":"people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animal rights organisation PETA India recently called for withdrawal of the Centre&#8217;s proposed rules on animal experimentation, claiming it could weaken existing protections for animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a nongovernmental organization (<\/span><b>NGO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> committed to <\/span><b>ending abusive treatment of animals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in business and society and promoting consideration of animal interests in everyday decision-making and general policies and practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> largest animal rights organization in the world.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PETA was founded in 1980 by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco, who were influenced by Australian ethicist Peter Singer\u2019s book Animal Liberation (1975).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>based <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>Norfolk, Virginia, United States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with entities worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially recognized for exposing cruelty in research laboratories, PETA has grown into a global entity with <\/span><b>over ten million members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and considerable annual expenditures.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very heart of all of PETA\u2019s actions is the idea that <\/span><b>it is the right of all beings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014human and nonhuman alike\u2014<\/span><b>to be free from harm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PETA <\/span><b>advocates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><b> animals should not be used for human benefit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>promotes alternatives made possible by technological advancements.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PETA <\/span><b>opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>focuses on the four areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the <\/span><b>largest numbers of animals suffer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the most intensely for the longest periods of time:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>laboratories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>food industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>clothing trade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>entertainment business.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PETA also works on a variety of other issues, including the <\/span><b>cruel killing of rodents, birds, and other animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who are often considered \u201c<\/span><b>pests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and cruelty to domesticated animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PETA <\/span><b>works through public education, investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">protests, and negotiations with companies and regulatory agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/india\/2026\/Oct\/19\/peta-india-calls-for-withdrawal-of-centres-proposed-rules-on-animal-experimentation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is the largest animal rights organization in the world based in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, with entities worldwide. 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