Giving Animals a Future booklet

Augustus Club The Augustus Club is a vital community of PETA members who have chosen to make long-term gifts to aid in our fight against cruelty to animals. In the late 1970s, 17 monkeys were purchased by an American animal experimenter who worked in Silver Spring, Maryland. Augustus was one of them. In its first eyewitness investigation, PETA US exposed the extreme cruelty and neglect that Augustus and the other Silver Spring monkeys endured. The investigation resulted in the first arrest and conviction of an animal experimenter in the US for cruelty to animals and the first US Supreme Court victory for animals in laboratories. Despite the ongoing custody battle, Augustus was experimented on and killed in July 1990. There are few who inspire our tenacious work more than he does. His noble image, dignity, and defencelessness make him a fitting symbol of the plight of all animals who have endured – and are today enduring – callous and abusive treatment. The memory of Augustus will forever give us strength, and his name and the Augustus Club are our way of giving special recognition to the legacy of compassion created by those who make a legacy gift to PETA.

Create a Legacy for Animals • PETA.org.uk/Legacy