2009 - Dollar General Dumps Glue Traps From Shelves
After receiving complaints that Dollar General was selling glue traps (the cruelest method of wildlife control), we wrote to Dollar General executives and urged them to stop selling glue traps immediately. Upon learning about the cruelty of these traps, representatives of the massive bargain retailer told us that the chain would stop selling all glue traps. Animals who become caught in glue traps often linger in agony for days before dying of dehydration, suffocation, or starvation. Some attempt to chew off their own limbs in order to escape. We applaud Dollar General for its compassionate and responsible decision.
2009 - United Airlines Cuts ''Texas Ranch House'' From In-Flight Entertainment Selections
After receiving complaints from United Airlines passengers that the airline was showing "Texas Ranch House" as an in-flight entertainment option, PETA wrote United to ask it to replace the series with a humane option. The selection showed Wild West re-enactors branding cows with hot irons and cutting off their tails without the use of any anesthetic. United Airlines representatives responded to PETA's letter and said that they have decided that the airline will no longer offer this series as an in-flight entertainment option.
PETA received calls of concern from JCPenney customers who were dismayed that the company was selling a product called "Planet Frog," a small aquarium kit that comes with a coupon to receive live tadpoles in the mail. After a harrowing journey by delivery truck, the tadpoles are placed in the small tank in which they mature into frogs and spend their entire lives. PETA wrote to JCPenney to explain the cruelty of subjecting frogs to life in a plastic prison and to request that the company stop selling the "Planet Frog" kits immediately. After hearing from PETA, JCPenney agreed to remove the product from its shelves.
2009 - Oakton Community College Drops Cruel Rat and Salamander Lab
PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department (LID) learned about an Oakton Community College anatomy and physiology course in which dozens of rats and salamanders were dissected alive so that students could observe their working organs before the animals were killed. LID immediately contacted the school to urge its administrators to end the cruel procedures. We sent information about modern, humane, and educationally superior simulators and rallied our members and supporters to urge the school to drop the cruel laboratories. In response, the school evaluated the information we provided and announced that the use of live animals in all classroom experiments has been replaced with sophisticated computer simulations and other learning methods that do not involve animals.
2009 - Global Advertising Agency Enfatico Signs PETA's Great Ape Humane Pledge
After learning from PETA about the suffering endured by great apes who are used in advertising, global advertising agency Enfatico signed on to PETA's Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never to use great apes in any future productions.
