May 6, 2015 The Islip, New York, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs opted to ban Cole Bros. from performing as part of a fire department fundraiser after hearing from members of PETA and Long Island Orchestrating for Nature about the circus’s long history of animal abuse. Cole Bros. doesn’t even have a license … Read more »
May 1, 2015 The Caroline County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors enacted an emergency ordinance to ban the possession of wild animals after learning that wild-cat exploiters Gretchen Mogensen and Paul Malagerio sought to enter the county with a tiger, two mountain lions, and other wild cats. After learning about the planned move from concerned Caroline … Read more »
April 2015 In a resounding victory for animals and freedom of information, Wisconsin legislators have killed a sneaky proposal that would have allowed the University of Wisconsin (UW) to exempt the records of its cruel experiments on animals from open-records laws. The bill died shortly after state lawmakers began receiving hundreds of e-mails opposing the … Read more »
April 22, 2015 Mike Stapleton, who is notorious for illegally harboring tigers on his property, was hit with an official 30-day notice from the Ohio Department of Agriculture requiring that he comply with laws mandating minimum standards of care for tigers or surrender the animals to authorities. The notice followed a PETA complaint alerting authorities … Read more »
Dannon updated its position statement (under the Nature tab of its corporate social responsibility page) to include its support for breeding “polled” (hornless) cattle as a solution to dehorning. The statement reads: “Dannon believes the use of genetic breeding programs to promote naturally hornless cattle—or ‘polled’ cattle—will benefit the welfare of cows and the farmers who … Read more »
April 2015 After learning from PETA that cows on dairy farms have their horns gouged out with sharp metal scoops or their horn tissue burned out of their heads, General Mills came out in support of polled, or naturally hornless, cattle, paving the way for the elimination of the painful dehorning process in its supply chain. … Read more »
March 2015 When PETA learned that Rite Aid was selling “Teddy Tanks”—stuffed animals with tiny tanks in their stomachs, meant to hold betta fish—we contacted the drugstore chain and urged it not to carry the product, as it encourages children to treat living beings like playthings. Rite Aid agreed, and it has informed us that … Read more »
March 5, 2015 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has announced that in response to growing public concern over “how the animals are treated,” it will end elephant performances by 2018. This comes after 35 years of PETA protests against Ringling’s cruelty to elephants. PETA has caught Ringling’s abuse on video and released to … Read more »
February 28, 2015 A groundbreaking study by PETA scientists, published in the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics, determined that animal use at leading federally funded U.S. laboratories rose by a staggering 73 percent in recent years—despite growing public opposition to animal experimentation, mounting evidence that results from animal studies are often not applicable to humans, … Read more »
February 27, 2015 A groundbreaking study by PETA scientists, published in the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics, determined that animal use at leading federally funded U.S. laboratories rose by a staggering 73 percent in recent years, despite growing public opposition to animal experimentation, mounting evidence that results from animal studies are often not applicable to … Read more »
February 2015 After hearing from PETA about dehorning in the dairy supply chain, Round Table Pizza set the following policy for its new fast-casual concept Fresh Pixx: “Fresh Pixx opposes the practice of dehorning cows used in the dairy industry, including disbudding. Fresh Pixx asks all suppliers and farmers in our supply chain to put … Read more »
February 2015 Following talks with PETA, Inditex—the world’s largest clothing retailer—agreed to ban angora wool products permanently and donate its remaining stock to Syrian refugees through the charity Life for Relief and Development, rather than profiting from the garments. The multinational company, which owns the popular brand Zara, is sending 20,000 brand-new angora sweaters, coats, … Read more »
February 2015 In 2013 and 2014, the designated “leather-free” models of the Mercedes-Benz–engineered Smart Fortwo still included leather steering wheels. But following appeals from PETA pointing out that leather is a poor choice for a purportedly Earth-friendly car, the company has confirmed that the base model for the all-new manual transmission Smart Fortwo (C453)—anticipated for … Read more »
January 2015 Following more than three years of campaigning by PETA, PETA Foundation U.K., and local activists, the Norwegian government has, for the first time, rejected an application by the Norwegian Armed Forces to shoot, stab, and break the bones of live pigs in crude medical training exercises on the grounds that non-animal training methods … Read more »
