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[[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]], better known as PETA, is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. PETA reports that PETA entities have more than 9 million members globally.

Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case.  The organization opposes factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and the use of animals in entertainment. It also campaigns for a vegan lifestyle and against eating meat, fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, the keeping of chained backyard dogs, cock fighting, dog fighting, beekeeping, and bullfighting, among other activities that exploit animals.

PETA's membership is 80% female.<ref>https://www.peta.org/features/women-run-peta-lisa-lange/</ref><ref>https://archive.ph/z30br</ref>

PETA's website has this to say on gender:<ref>https://www.peta.org/features/women-run-peta-lisa-lange/</ref><ref>https://archive.ph/z30br</ref>

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== Germany ==

In September 2022 the German branch of PETA called for a [[sex strike]] against men that eat meat.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/21/peta-calls-sex-strike-against-meat-eating-men-save-world/</ref><ref>https://archive.ph/ghZqw</ref>

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