10 Huge Victories for Animals Won by PETA Supporters Like You in 2022

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2022’s Top Victories by PETA Supporters and How You Can Help Win Even More

Curious how taking action for animals makes a difference? Our end-of-year list of victories by PETA supporters offers all the proof you’ll need. Find out how to get involved so you can be part of the next big victory.

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ICYMI: Is the CDC Trying to Cover Up a Bioterrorism Threat? 
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WATCH: If Smart Devices Told the Truth About the Meat, Egg, and Dairy Industries

What would you hear if smart devices told the truth about how animals are treated? PETA shows what it would be like if tech titans upgraded these devices with a “truth mode” that encourages compassion for all.

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Urgent! Animals in War-Torn Ukraine Face a Cold Winter of Starvation

PETA Germany and its partner Animal Rescue Kharkiv, supported by PETA’s Global Compassion Fund, are on the ground helping traumatized animals struggling to survive. Please support this lifesaving work with a gift to the Global Compassion Fund!

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Victory! President Signs Groundbreaking FDA Modernization Act 2.0

We did it! The FDA Modernization Act 2.0, added to the omnibus spending bill, was just passed and has been signed by President Joe Biden.

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PETA’s Biggest Roadside Zoo Rescue Ever! Our 22 Victories for Animals Used for Entertainment

PETA celebrated major wins for exploited animals in 2022, including a successful nationwide search for a missing chimpanzee and taking down a Tiger King villain in court. And we’re definitely not stopping there—see other actions you can take today for animals in roadside zoos.

22 VICTORIES FOR ANIMALS IN 2022
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Victory! Following a Push From PETA, ‘City & County Credit Union’ Cuts Ties With SeaQuest

Another company has cut ties with SeaQuest—a chain of crummy shopping mall aquariums plagued by animal deaths and injuries to visitors. Your actions are working—keep it up!

TELL OTHER PROMOTERS TO FOLLOW SUIT
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Electrocuted, Throats Slit for Feathers: PETA Releases Third Investigation Into Birds Killed for Down

Are your jackets, pillows, and blankets filled with the feathers of slaughtered birds? Watch the all-new video footage that shows what actually happens in the down industry in Poland—the world’s second-largest exporter of down—and then join us in demanding that Urban Outfitters brands ditch down immediately.

URGE BRANDS TO DITCH DOWN FEATHERS
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Love Is in the Air and Under the Water—and Everywhere in Between

When it comes to romance, humans have nothing on pufferfish, penguins, peacocks, and the rest of animalkind. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk talks about the lengths they’ll go for love.

WHAT ANIMALS WILL DO FOR LOVE
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Over 100 Companies Have Cut Ties With SeaWorld—Will This Travel Company Be Next?

A Netherlands-based travel company called Tiqets is still selling tickets to SeaWorld, where dolphins and whales are confined to cramped tanks and forcibly impregnated to create generations of new animals for profit. This situation is disgraceful, and it supports abuse—speak up for marine animals by taking action today.

TELL TIQETS TO STOP SUPPORTING SEAWORLD
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The CDC Risks Epidemic by Letting Diseased Monkeys Into the U.S.

An NBC News exposé featuring a PETA scientist blows the lid off the forest-to-lab monkey pipeline. But more than monkeys might be arriving into the U.S.—and it could threaten your life.

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Must-Try Vegan Finger Foods for Your New Year’s Eve Bash

If you’ve never made vegan bruschetta, jalapeño poppers, dumplings, or stuffed mushrooms or had some fun putting together a dairy-free cheese board, here’s what you’re missing.

VEGAN DISHES TO MAKE THIS NEW YEAR
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Last Chance to Have Triple the Impact

Make a gift before midnight on December 31 and it will be multiplied by three, up to our $200,000 goal, to help power PETA’s vital work for animals!

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WATCH: The Most Impactful Rescues of 2022

From cages to freedom, from exploitation to respect, and from neglect to loving care: These animals are finally on the path to a better life, thanks to PETA entities’ rescue efforts. At the end of the video are some of our favorite “before” and “after” photos and videos. ❤️

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7 Ways to Channel Your Kid’s Compassion Into Action for Animals

Show your little ones that they can make a big difference for animals with these creative and engaging actions.

FUN ANIMAL-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
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Insist That Discover Holidays Stop Supporting the Dying Dog-Sledding Industry

Dogs in the cruel dog-sledding industry who are deemed too old or not fast enough have been shot, bludgeoned to death, or abandoned to starve—yet travel company Discover Holidays has ignored PETA’s pleas to help dogs and continues to offer dog-sledding excursions in Alaska.

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What’s the Ultimate New Year’s Resolution for 2023?

There’s no better resolution that will help animals, the environment, and your health than this suggestion from PETA.

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Fish are like the songbirds of the sea. Scientists have found evidence that certain species of fish actually sing together—in a chorus—each day at dawn and dusk.

 
 

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Atlantic Diving Supply Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been awarded a $150,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for airfield damage repair equipment. This contract provides updated capabilities to rapidly recover damaged airfield pavements. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach and is expected to be completed Dec. 28, 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and five offers were received. No funding is being obligated at the time of award. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8051-23-D-0001).

General Dynamic Information Technology, Falls Church, Virginia, has been awarded a $17,839,932 modification (P000017) to previously awarded contract FA489019FA022. This task order supports the Distributed Common Ground System network weapon system and all supporting activities, such as the development, integration, maintenance, administration, management, documentation, assessment, disposal and troubleshooting of 480 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing information technology assets from the network and enterprise level. Work will be performed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; and Beale Air Force Base, California, and could expand to Fort Smith, Arkansas; the Republic of Korea; McConnell AFB, Kansas; Birmingham, Alabama; Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts; Reno, Nevada; JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Terra Haute, Indiana; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Ogden, Utah. Work will begin Feb. 1, 2023, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2024. Operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $17,839,932 are being obligated at time of award. The total cumulative value of the contract is $233,109,384. The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Hampton, Virginia, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Dec. 28, 2022)

DS Government Solutions Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts, has been awarded an $8,987,955 firm-fixed-price, level of effort contract for configuration and support technical support for 3DExperience. This contract provides for software development and training services in support of the 3DExperience Digital Environment Platform. Work will be performed in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 22, 2025. This contract is a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,600,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-23-C-B002). (Awarded Dec. 28, 2022)

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CACI-ISS LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a $68,780,625 modification (P00127) to contract W15QKN-15-C-0049 for a 12-month extension of training, deployment and sustainment support of the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, Increment II Program. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2023 other procurement, Army funds and operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $4,420,340 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $31,817,000 modification (P00072) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0023 to incrementally increase the annual award of Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3 missiles. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama; Rocket Center, West Virginia; Camden, Arkansas; Chelmsford, Massachusetts; and Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 Foreign Military Sales (Bahrain, Kuwait, Netherlands, Poland and Qatar) funds in the amount of $15,590,330 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

P&R JV,* Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was awarded a $26,096,467 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a target training structure. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 18, 2024. Fiscal 2023 military construction, Army funds in the amount of $26,096,467 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-23-C-0005).

Keysight Technologies Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $15,329,600 firm-fixed-price contract to acquire microwave measuring receivers. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 28. 2027. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-23-D-0008).

Torch Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $10,668,279 modification (P00042) to contract W31P4Q-21-F-0054 to provide various types of simulation support to the Systems Simulation Software and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 27, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a maximum $45,070,783 firm-fixed-price contract for the B-2 aircraft rudder and elevon. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a six-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Ohio, with a Nov. 30, 2028, performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma (SPRTA1-23-C-0003).

NAVY

BAE Systems, Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Greenlawn, New York, is awarded a $33,406,275 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0023) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0009). This order provides for the redesign of the AN/UPX-50(C) digital interrogator assemblies to resolve parts obsolescence and implement solutions to achieve compliance with the latest specifications, qualification, and certification standards for the Navy. Work will be performed in Green Lawn, New York (95%); and Hudson, New Hampshire (5%), and is expected to be completed in March 2026. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,508,812 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. 

General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded a $24,104,653 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0042123F0156) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0042119G0001). This order provides for engineering and engine system improvement support for the T408 Component Improvement Program. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,341,587 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $10,451,554 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00007) to a previously awarded contract (N0001922C0041). This modification adds scope to procure engineering, maintenance, logistics manpower and material support to continue to develop, sustain and produce software builds as well as carryout developmental flight tests in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (80%); Orlando, Florida (7%); Linthicum, Maryland (3%); Nashua, New Hampshire (3%); San Diego, California (2%); El Segundo, California (2%); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (1%); various locations within the continental U.S. (CONUS) (1%); and various locations outside CONUS (1%), and is expected to be completed in March 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $1,147,712; fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,147,710; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $801,216; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $801,215; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $858,606 will be obligated at the time of award, $1,602,431 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. 

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $10,300,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00113) to a previously awarded contract (N0001916C0002). This modification adds scope to provide for the mid-band expansion trade study in support of Next Generation Jammer engineering and manufacturing for the Navy and the government of Australia. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California (42%); Dallas, Texas (28%); Andover, Massachusetts (13%); Wexford, Pennsylvania (9%); and Fort Wayne, Indiana (8%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Foreign cooperative project funds in the amount of $10,300,000 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. 


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