People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA Template:IPAc-en) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A nonprofit corporation with nearly 400 employees, it claims that it has 6.5 million members and supporters, in addition to claiming that it is the "largest animal rights group in the world." Its slogan is "Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way."<ref>For its focus and claim to be the largest AR group in the world, see "PETA's mission statement", PETA, accessed May 1, 2013
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See also
- Direct Action Everywhere
- European Vegetarian Union
- International Vegetarian Union
- Mercy for Animals
- Women and animal advocacy
- Your Mommy Kills Animals, a 2007 documentary film
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