Animal Cruelty Events

Animal Legal Defense Fund is established.

Sep 25, 1979

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is founded

Jul 7, 1980

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded

Fur Free Friday, an annual nation-wide fur protest on the day after Thanksgiving, begins.

Apr 25, 1986

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded

General Motors stops using live animals in crash tests.

Mar 28, 1993

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded

Compassion Over Killing is founded.

Nov 11, 1995

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded

PETA releases an undercover video showing animal abuse by Huntington Life Sciences.

Feb 27, 1997

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded

Clothing chain Forever 21 promises to stop selling fur.

Sep 12, 2004

Month and day are made up because it has no information on when exactly it was founded