When PETA discovered that D'Agostino, a New York grocery-store chain, was distributing coupons for discounted Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tickets to its patrons, we contacted company executives to share information about Ringling's history of cruelty to animals. We explained that Ringling beats elephants with sharp, metal-tipped bullhooks to force them to perform silly and physically uncomfortable tricks that they don't understand. After receiving correspondence from PETA and 5,800 members and supporters, company officials listened to our concerns, viewed the evidence we presented, and agreed not to partner with Ringling Bros. in the future.
PETA spent months providing Simplexity Health--an Oregon-based nutritional-supplement manufacturer--with information on humane non-animal testing methods. As a result, the company agreed to stop needlessly injecting mice with deadly toxins that cause the animals to convulse in pain. Simplexity Health has now adopted a permanent ban on all animal testing for its "Super Blue Green Algae" products.
After receiving complaints about a greased pig chase scheduled to take place at the Delta Fair and Music Fest in Cordova, Tennessee, PETA immediately contacted the fair's organizers. After writing a letter to the organizers explaining how greased pig chases are terrifying for the pigs and dangerous to both the pigs and the humans involved, Delta Fair and Music Fest organizers decided to cancel the event.
PETA jumped into action when we learned that national restaurant-chain Denny's had teamed up with notorious animal abuser Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to promote the cruel show at its restaurants. After less than six months of pressure from PETA, including sending letters to 1,300 franchisees, a barrage of e-mails and calls to restaurants and Denny's headquarters from PETA supporters, numerous demonstrations, a spoof Web site ("DeadlyDennys.com"), and a shareholder resolution, Denny's ended its Ringling promotions, once again leaving Ringling with no national sponsors. This is a huge victory for elephants, tigers, and other animals who are being dragged around the country in cramped boxcars and forced to perform silly and often painful tricks under the threat of beatings and punishment.
After being tipped off by a Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) insider that its "Pure 2002" Dallas Collection fashion show was to include a seal fur coat designed by Michael Faircloth (Laura Bush's designer), we wrote the foundation a letter demanding that all fur be removed from the show. DIFFA executive director called PETA to say that the seal coat was sent back, and Faircloth was told to submit something else. DIFFA even went a step further by including nonleather jacket and bag (donated by us) in its event.
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