Sara Groves

PETA has received reports from whistleblowers with ties to Minnesota-based Pure Prairie Poultry, which received over $45 million in taxpayer subsidies in

After receiving multiple whistleblower reports from employees of Pure Prairie Poultry alleging that thousands of chickens were left on transport trailers

La Crosse, Wis. – Today, PETA sent a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Justice urging it to investigate and file appropriate criminal charges against the Pure Prairie Poultry executives responsible for the suffering and the slow, agonizing deaths of chickens in the company’s contract sheds in Wisconsin—pointing out that leaving birds to starve is a clear violation of the state’s anti-cruelty statutes. The urgent move comes after PETA spoke with whistleblowers who raised animals for Pure Prairie Poultry and reported that tens of thousands of chickens had been abandoned without feed for more than a week —causing many of the birds to resort to cannibalism in a desperate attempt to survive.

Charles City, Iowa – To memorialize the thousands of chickens who were left on transport trailers without food or water for five days as temperatures outside rose into the 80s and cooling fans failed—killing a “[s]ignificant” number of them, as confirmed by federal officials—outside Pure Prairie Poultry’s now-shuttered slaughterhouse in Charles City last month, PETA plans to place a billboard in their honor near the site, reminding everyone that the victims were thinking, feeling individuals.

Bismarck, N.D. – With devastating wildfires burning across the western part of the state, PETA is sending a matchbox with a message to Gov. Doug Burgum that ditching meat is a must to combat extreme weather caused by the climate catastrophe.

A PETA supporter wearing a pig costume and carrying a sign reading, “Stop Promoting Sham Humane Certifications,” was arrested by police while chaining

DeKalb County, Ga. – PETA is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction on cruelty charges of the individual caught on video dragging two dogs tied to a car down a road in DeKalb County on September 13. Surveillance camera footage captured the suspect pulling into the parking lot of the Redan Recreation Center on Phillips Road in a dark, four-door sedan—believed to be a 2008 to 2012 Chevrolet Malibu—getting out of the car to untie the dogs from the bumper, and driving away. DeKalb County Animal Services later found the dogs—one of whom had died—with rope still around their necks. The surviving dog was treated for severe injuries. With the addition of a $6,000 reward offered by local animal protection groups, the total reward in this case is now up to $16,000.

Duplin County, N.C. – Humane education materials that help prevent violence by young people are on their way to a local school district from PETA’s humane education division, TeachKind, following reports that a 15-year-old student at East Duplin High School beat a cat with a baseball bat. In an

Washington – With two months left in office, there’s still enough time for President Biden to do what his predecessors failed to do—namely, stand up to meat lobby malarkey by ending the ridiculous, humiliating White House Turkey Pardon fiasco

Savannah, Ga. – “The Milk Marathon Runs on Cruelty.” That’s the message a female-led pack of PETA supporters will send at the Every Woman’s Marathon on Saturday, where they’ll call out the hypocrisy of a women’s race organized by the dairy industry