December 2014 Upon hearing that the toy and board game company Hasbro was airing a commercial featuring a baboon to advertise its Connect Four toy, PETA contacted the company to explain the physical and emotional distress that animals forced to perform in the entertainment business endure. Hasbro agreed to pull the commercial, which was airing … Read more »
December 2014 When PETA U.K. learned that the agency responsible for overseeing the largest animal testing program in the world had failed to investigate numerous cases in which seemingly avoidable animal testing had been conducted, PETA U.K., with the help of PETA U.S. scientists, submitted a detailed official complaint. After two years of filing amended … Read more »
December 2014 Thanks once again to the generosity of friend to animals Sam Simon, PETA has rescued two Himalayan black bears who were illegally imported into Tennessee by the owner of the Three Bears General Store—a notorious tourist trap in Pigeon Forge that confines bears to a concrete pit. The bears are now living at The Wild … Read more »
December 2014 World Travel Guide, which logs more than 1 million unique visitors each month and is considered one of the most comprehensive travel guides on the planet, removed all references to SeaWorld after hearing about the failing park’s cruelty to animals.
November 2014 After PETA filed numerous complaints with Nye County officials, big-cat abuser Karl Mitchell—who has been operating illegally for more than a decade—has been ordered to remove all the big cats he has been keeping from Nye County, Nevada. The court’s decision specified that the removal should be undertaken “immediately.”
November 2014 PETA works hard to keep track of where the circus is headed and appeals to city officials and venue operators in attempts to keep Hugo Liebel—who continues to force Nosey the elephant to travel and work—out of their towns. Four Texas cities, including Decatur, Denton, Gainesville, and Terrell, have canceled performances by the ailing … Read more »