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First there was Wilbur, then Babe, and now another hero pig is capturing hearts. Watch as an intrepid pig saves a baby goat from drowning.
What's 4 inches wide and pollutes more than an 18-wheeler traveling nearly 150 miles?
When a fire killed 50 cows on a dairy farm in New York, the owner remarked, "We are so thankful that no one was hurt."
Another dairy farm in Colorado was made to pay out $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit in which consumers said the company misled them to believe that its organic milk came from cows who grazed outdoors on small farms, when in reality the cows were crammed onto filthy feedlots, just as they are on many organic dairy farms.
Sales of the limited-edition chalk bag designed by vegan extreme athlete Steph Davis and outdoor apparel company prAna will benefit PETA, but you can enter to win one!
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White milk, dark secret: Casey Affleck's new exposé of cow dehorning on dairy farms may make milk guzzlers put down the glass.
New Action Alert
Tell NBC that forcing wild animals to perform is no laughing matter and that you will not be watching the network's upcoming sitcom Animal Practice.
You'll never guess what one little thing shortens a woman's life span as much as if she had smoked 25,000 cigarettes.
You know about the zombie apocalypse: people attempting to eat each other. But did you know that people eating animals is also leading to something sinister: the water apocalypse?
The U.S. military has revealed its powerful new canine service member—a robotic dog! Hopefully, this will save real military dogs from some of the more dangerous duties.
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And a British canine military hero is being honored with the highest award that an animal in the British military can receive for lifesaving devotion to duty. Theo is said to have detected more Taliban roadside bombs and weapons caches than any dog in Afghanistan to date.
Another hero dog gave his own life to pull his guardian out of the path of an oncoming train. If only people were as loyal to animals as they are to us.
But at least this man is: Check out the impressive cat tower that one guardian built to apologize to his cat for having to give him painful ear drops to treat an infection.
New Action Alerts
Cats should be cherished, not tormented in laboratory experiments. Ask the National Institutes of Health to stop giving taxpayer money to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to conduct crude experiments in which cats have steel coils implanted in their eyes, holes drilled into their skulls, and electrodes implanted in their brains.
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You can read more about the University of Wisconsin–Madison's cruel cat laboratories here.
Hip-hop artist and producer k-os always speaks up about things that matter, and he's showing everyone how to find their own voice for animals in his new PETA spot.
The end of summer means that pools close for people but open for dogs! Across the country, dogs are closing out the season with a splash.
Randall, famous for his video of the "crazy" honey badger, is back and taking on something truly crazy: horse-drawn carriages.
Would people respect pigeons more if the pigeons were disguised as other birds? One artist aims to make us take another look at our fellow urbanites through an unconventional method: pigeon sweaters.
Should "tastes like chicken" really mean "tastes like drugs"? That's certainly how it seems in a video comparison of how fast chickens on factory farms grow vs. how fast a chicken should grow naturally.
As McDonald's prepares to open its first vegetarian restaurant, the chain should commence with some other firsts, such as ending its McCruelty to chickens and offering veggie burgers at all its U.S. restaurants.
Don't want to imagine a world without PETA? Donate to our 2012 Annual Fund today and help ensure that we can be there when animals need us.
Glee star Kevin McHale and his rescued dog, Sophie, star in a new PETA ad with a message that is music to animals' ears: Always adopt—never buy.
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Check out top model Austin Armacost giving PETA's anti-fur campaign his, ahem, full backing, and get inspired to ask designers to ditch fur.
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Your dogs will think they've died and gone to the big dog park in the sky if you win a six-month supply of dog food from cruelty-free company V-Dog!
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A teddy bear and a dog shoot an ad for PETA … New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis and his dog Max ask everyone to make a plan for caring for their animals during natural disasters.
Once again, an accident on a factory farm has claimed thousands of animal lives. A drunken man shut off the power to three buildings that were packed with chickens, killing all 70,000 birds inside. You can help them: Go vegan!
How to solve the worldwide water shortage brought on by the exploding population? Scientists agree: Ditch water-wasting meat.
Raising animals for food also wastes a substantial amount of land, energy, and crops. If we're going to throw away as much as 40 percent of the food we buy, shouldn't we at least buy plant-based foods, which don't waste natural resources?
Yet another thing vegetarian and vegan diets have been proved to help limit: postmenopausal weight gain.
Disgraced John Galliano has been stripped of the Legion d'Honneur medal that France awarded him for his haute couture work, though the work itself was disgraceful as well since it included the skins of countless animals who were killed for their fur.
Tired of Ringling trainers' beating animals? Help stop it by organizing a demonstration when Ringling comes to your town.
The perfect way to end the week: Check out the video of Ben the Bear, who, after years of effort by PETA, is finally free of his barren cage at a dirty roadside zoo. Ben will now spend his days exploring the beautiful and spacious wildlife sanctuary that is his new home, splashing in a pool for the first time in his life. Just try not to get misty-eyed.
What better way to end the week than with a hearty laugh at some of the Internet's funniest dogs?
Man's—and woman's—best friend deserves better than dog shaming. PETA is turning the tables on dog-shaming guardians with a little "human shaming" reality check.
Here's simple, irrefutable logic against animal testing.
Watch a chef compare a factory-farmed chicken to one who wasn't factory farmed, and you won't believe the difference.
Elephants want to be free, as one elephant makes abundantly clear during a daring attempt to escape from captivity, which was caught on camera.
Help animals wherever you are with just a tap of your finger using PETA's free app for iPhone and Android.
And if you'd like to be where you can help animals most, check out the list of job openings at PETA.
Milk: It's a dark story of how the white stuff gets from the cow to the fridge.
The perfect kickoff to the weekend: captivating photos of a mother dog who rescued her puppies one by one from a burning building and placed them safely on a fire truck.
Employees at a Sanderson Farms chicken slaughterhouse say they are forced to work in miserable 100-degree heat inside a building that's "nasty" and that they have inadequate bathrooms and few water breaks. Sounds kind of like a factory farm …
This is your brain on yolks. Any questions?
Finally, scientists conclude that animals are, in fact, "conscious beings." And animals respond, "Um, duh?"
Tell Louisiana Tech to quit baking bulldogs. School mascot Tech XX died after being left outside in scorching heat, and his predecessor, Tech XIX, had to be retired after he nearly died of heat exhaustion during a game. Ask the school to use costumed human mascots at its sporting events instead of vulnerable dogs.
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If you haven't yet read about Animal Rahat, treat yourself to some of the PETA-supported working-animal relief organization's touching rescue stories.
The photos of a mother lion's dramatic rescue of her tiny cub might have you singing, "Can you feel the love tonight?"
These little piggies went to the state fair … and now there are 165 new human cases of swine flu.
You may have taken a tour of New York City, but did you ever do it vegan style? If not, Vegan Tours can help you take a bite out of the big vegan apple.
If anyone wonders how primates feel about being kept in zoos, this heartbreaking video of a clever chimpanzee who tries to orchestrate his escape should make it crystal clear: They want out.
"KittyCams" show cats as they stalk and kill lizards, chipmunks, birds, frogs, snakes, and other small animals. Protecting wildlife: another great reason to keep cats indoors.
Rescuing their animals, saying "No, thanks" to meat, and starring in ads for PETA: Here are the Olympians who always medal in compassion.
Air France is maltreating monkeys, profiting from shipping them to their deaths in laboratories. Tell the airline that contributing to primate torment n'est pas gentil.
Post this fun, informative infographic on vegan eating to your social-networking sites, and watch the "But where do you get your protein?" questions dwindle.
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Don't call the female dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, "fashion-obsessed." They just prefer to bond with gals who dress like they do. Dolphins who choose to wear sponges on their noses to root in the sand for fish generally hang out with other "spongers," while dolphins who prefer the sponge-free look bond with each other.
On Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto, traffic moves slowly enough that people can see—and videotape—trucks filled with pigs on their way to slaughter. The horrifying videos have gone viral—now will viewers go vegan?
As if you needed one more reason to love Stella McCartney, the cruelty-free fashion phenom is now offering a scholarship to inspire young designers to follow in her well-heeled, animal-friendly footsteps.
Teamwork! A thoughtful and enterprising passerby helped three precocious bear cubs get out of a Dumpster.
Who said it? "Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, it were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'"
You despise the cruel slaughter of chickens, cows, and pigs with the fire of a thousand suns. So what to do about it? Try these suggestions.
You saw her naked anti-fur ad—now you can have a piece of designer Cornelia Guest all to yourself. Enter to win one of the elegant vegan bags that she's giving away only to PETA supporters.
Paul McCartney stopped Olympic rehearsals to do it. Would you take a moment to ask the forest minister of Maharashtra, India, to send an abused young elephant to a sanctuary?
Tell officials at Lagoon amusement park that keeping wild animals in filthy enclosures is not amusing, and ask them to retire the animals to sanctuaries and let parkgoers enjoy more rides and games instead.
Officials in Ottawa are considering using cruel steel-jaw and snare traps to kill beavers. Ask them to use any of the many proven humane beaver-control methods that are readily available instead.
Tell Groupon that circuses give animals a raw deal, and let the company know that you won't be using its services until it stops promoting the three rings of misery.
Sugar gliders, tiny nocturnal marsupials, prefer to live in groups of about 30 and spend their time climbing trees and exploring the forest. But a company called "Pocket Pets" is setting up mall kiosks and selling the animals one by one to anyone who wants an impulse "pet." Urge Bayer Properties to prohibit the sale of sugar gliders at its malls.
California's recent foie gras ban was a huge victory for animals, but a bill before Congress aims to gut it. Farm Bill Amendment 45 would force states to allow cruelly produced meat and dairy products across their borders, even if a state has already banned the product. Urge your representatives to oppose Amendment 45 and let states retain their right to protect animals.
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Here's one of the most fun things that you'll see all weekend: Morrissey's version of a cat in the hat.
The abuse that snake charmers inflict on snakes to make them "dance" is anything but charming, so PETA India offered a simple solution: Use fake snakes.
This is perhaps the most consequential quote of the animal rights movement. It never gets old.
Here's just a small excerpt from the eye-opening article "How I Failed as a Rescuer: Lessons From a Sanctuary," which is a must-read for those you know who may not understand the problems with "no-kill" shelters: "Here's what I know now, having worked at a shelter and in rescue: All animals deserve love at the end of their lives. Sometimes the most loving thing we can do is to provide a peaceful death. And a peaceful death comes from a human taking full responsibility for the life of that animal. I wish I had done that."
United Airlines' mistreatment of animals continue: A disabled veteran says airline workers abused his service dog.
George Brett's new PETA spot is so cool—and he wants dogs to be cool, too.
Tell 99 Cents Only stores that only stores without sense still sell glue traps.
And while you're at it, let Menards know about the suffering that glue traps cause small animals, too.
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How can a property management group require tenants to mutilate their cats? By calling it "declawing." Urge Bruce Tanski Construction & Development to stop requiring this cruel amputation.
Unless trainees at the Madigan Army Medical Center plan to spend their careers intubating ferrets, the center needs to prepare students to treat real children. Tell the center to replace animals with lifelike human simulators.
Thank you for speaking up for Diego, an aging military dog, and Logan Black, the soldier who wants to bring him home. The Air Force has now told PETA that Diego is ready to retire and that Black is at the top of the list to adopt him!
Have you seen PETA's new plan to put abusers at SeaWorld in a "SeaWorld of Hurt"?
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Here's a little Coolio parody to kick off your weekend:
We were destined for the slaughterhouse and life looked grim
'Til the farmer saw a piglet's eyes and had mercy on him
Now he believes that animals are friends, not food
And we're hangin' with our homies like all animals should
Now we're spendin' most our lives livin' in this piggy's paradise …
What has "contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined?" It's not the IRS …
Know any pescatarians? Have we got the video for you.
A new study found that 2-day-old chicks had skills that it took human babies months to develop, such as, for example, the ability to retain recognition of partly hidden shapes.
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Sure, you know you saved a life when you rescued your animal, but did you know he or she might have already returned the favor?
NEW ACTION ALERTS
A canine military veteran needs your help. The soldier he worked side-by-side with in Iraq wants to adopt the now decertified dog. Urge Air Force Secretary Donley to let it happen.
Two congressional committees are considering opening federal public lands to hunting—including bowhunting. Urge the committee members to oppose this cruel measure.
The Australian government is gunning down feral camels from helicopters because it claims there are too many of them. Ask the government to choose humane population control methods.
instead of terrifying and inaccurate aerial shooting that often only maims the animals, leaving them to suffer and die slowly.
A nursery in Pittsburgh is keeping three deer confined to a tiny, windowless shed year-round when it isn't exhibiting them during the holidays. Tell Meder's Nursery either to provide the animals with a suitable habitat or to retire them to a sanctuary.
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