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'Win It' Wednesday: PETA's 30th Anniversary Coffee Mug

Written by PETA

Posted 08-11-2010

PETA's 30th Anniversary Gala is right around the corner, and you can be the first to proudly walk around your office carrying one of our classy commemorative coffee mugs—sure to be an instant collector's item!

30th anniversary mug

How has PETA changed your heart and mind about how animals are treated? Was it a copy of our free vegetarian/vegan starter kit that started you on the road to cruelty-free living? Did you adopt instead of shop? Tell us how PETA has opened your eyes to how our choices affect animals, and the three people who post the most inspirational comments will be drinking their coffee in style.

The contest ends on August 25, 2010, and we'll select the winners on August 27, 2010. Be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. And don't forget to order your gala ticket today—they're going fast!

Written by Jennifer O'Connor

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fur, PETA 30, contest, win it wednesday, celebrity, vegetarian/vegan starter kit

Recent Comments

Miranda commented:

Aug 20, 2010 2:17 PM

PETA opened my heart. 3
Cristi commented:

Aug 19, 2010 2:02 AM

PETA changed how I view everything. I had always thought it's just how it was. I watched a PETA video on factory farming when I was 16 and have been vegetarian for going on 11 years now. I've fought hard to keep both my 3 year old and 7 year old vegetarian their entire lives. They have never had meat. My children have never been to a circus we won't go near pet stores and the one time they went to the zoo on a trip my 3 year old kept saying to everyone "They're in a cage they're sad they miss their mommy". I think the empathy in my children is the number one testament to how PETA has helped me shape my views and my life. I still have work to do and I will always have work to do but I am glad to live my life in a way where I know I am constantly taking animals into consideration and int my heart.
Alexa commented:

Aug 15, 2010 8:21 AM

well before my transition i was a huge carnivore. i was raised eating a lot of food most of which was meateggsdairy etc. and from that life i had become overweight and unhealthy and at that time in life i had very very few memories eating veggies and actual healthy foods! anyways on June 26th 2009 i went to Vans Warped Tour and got a free DVD. On it said that it had clips from a bunch of my favorite bands so i just HAD to watch it! so a few days later on the 1st i actually watched it. and since it was summer with no school i became completely nocturnal! and i watched the whole DVD i think it was really long!!! but i stayed up ALL night watching as much as i could. and once i turned off my TV i said to myself "That's it I'm vegan!" i actually said it out loud haha. anyways i finished that DVD at like 6 in the morning so i then went to bed. and the next morning i saw a little milk chocolate carmel on the counter so i ate that and that was the last of it! my very last real milk chocolate. so from July 1st and on i was a vegan. become even more committed as each day past. now knowing myself i was completely surprised at how easy it was because honestly i have like NO willpower. but i still did it. so now 14 years old i attended Vans Warped Tour with some friends and one friend got a PETA pamphlet and she is now a vegetarian with me helping her of course. anyways becoming vegan is and always will be the best decicsion of my life!
Alexis Carrillo commented:

Aug 14, 2010 4:49 AM

Becoming a vegetarian as really changed my life. I have a whole new view on the treatment of animals and I help to spread that positive view to others. My first dog was rescued from the side of the road where he was abandoned as a puppy. Now he is my best friend! Thank you PETA for doing what you do....I wish more people could stand up for the rights of animals like you guys do. Thank you!
Grace commented:

Aug 13, 2010 4:43 PM

25 years ago my mom's friend offered her a copy of PETA's magazine because it was sent to her by mistake. After she read it my mom immediately cut out meat from her diet. When she had kids she raised me vegetarian. It wasn't until I visited PETA's website and watched the videos of cows and chickens being tortured for their milk and eggs that I took it a step further and went vegan. I convinced my mom to go vegan with me. Thanks PETA for creating awareness. If it weren't for you I'm sure many people would still be eating animal products not having a clue where they came from.
Brittany commented:

Aug 12, 2010 7:05 PM

I think most of us become fans of PETA by watching cruel animal videos that you guys share. Though it is horrid to watch it has opened my eyes completely. Not only have I gone Vegan but i've been a foster mommy for about 2 years now. I go to my local animal shelter ask which dogs have been there the longest which will most likely be put down. I adopt two dogs at a time until I find a forever home for both dogs. Then I go back to the pound and do the same thing over again. Saving dogs is something that I really love doing. Right now i'm fostering a 3yearold poodle mix a 7yearold pug mix. They've been here for about two weeks will be ready to go home after they've had their shots. I will continue doing this for as long as I can. D
Julie Wheeler commented:

Aug 12, 2010 12:39 PM

I have always been an animal lover but it wasn't until I became a fan of PETA on facebook and started reading the posts and watching the horrifying videos that I truly became aware of the violence against animals. Since then I have become a vegetarian and an advocate for animals everywhere. I speak to anyone who will listen try to buy only cruelty free products and will be going to my first circus protest next week. Keep up the good work PETA and thank you for opening my eyes!
Rini commented:

Aug 12, 2010 12:00 PM

In my 8th grade i was asked to create posters about animal cruelty that's when I discovered PETA organization and their efforts. I read many articles on animal cruelty how fur is made lab testing etc and it completely changed my outlook on society itself. I realized how much we have stooped down in the name of fashion and research. The articles not only inspired me to do my posters but also made me stay away from leather fur and any product that doesn't say not tested on animals. I was a vegetarian since birth and so are my parents thus i can proudly say i'm doing my part in respecting the animalbird kingdom.
Cassie commented:

Aug 12, 2010 8:20 AM

PETA is literally the sole foundational influence for my vegan lifestyle. It is also the starting grounds for my advocacy in not buying animals or better yet adopting the abandoned animals. It was the undercover investigations that tugged at me to go deeper and spend a term in school reporting on facts of factory farms. And I could not believe my Mom would raise me to be oblivious to what she was feeding me. I will learn from her mistakes and raise a vegan family. I still 3 you Mom!
Rev. Meg Schramm commented:

Aug 12, 2010 2:33 AM

A few years ago I ordered a video through PETA. That video was entitled "A Cow At My Table." That video forced me to sit up pay attention and take action...especially the part featuring an anonymous trucker relating how a crippled bull was unloaded from his truck...how the animal fought to get to his feet but simply could not because his hips had given out. How the slaughterhouse crew finally attached him to a winch and attempted to drag out of the truck and how the poor creature fell 20 feet from the truck to the slaughterhouse floor and about how when the trucker asked why the animal was not euthanized one of the slaughterhouse crew stated "I never shoot. Why would I shoot when there's still good meat there?" I still have this video and I show it to people every chance I get usually at my house now that most people have DVD players and not VCRs.

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