Category: Main Issues
Amy Cook
I almost forgot! I’m going to be away next week in sunny Berkeley, California, but my arch-rival Amy Cook, whom you may know from the Veg Cooking Files (or whatever it is she calls her blog) will be running the show in my absence. What Amy lacks in worldliness and savoir faire, she makes up… Read more »
Beagle Wins at Westminster but May Not Live to Tell the Tale
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that selectively breeding dogs for certain “aesthetic” traits like a shiny nose, or perky ears—or whatever the hell it is that breeders are looking for in the animals they use for self-gratification and profit—isn’t good for the animals, and in fact can cause extreme health problems. All of the animals who… Read more »
Investigator Discusses PETA Sting on Kosher Slaughterhouse
PETA’s Investigator Inside the Slaughterhouse Last week, PETA revealed shocking footage taken inside a South American slaughterhouse which exports kosher meat to the U.S. The abuse our investigator found was especially horrific due to the use of a method called “shackling and hoisting,” which is extremely painful and frightening for the animals. I spoke with… Read more »
Abuse at Ross University?
We sent this letter to the St. Kitts Attorney General yesterday urging him to immediately investigate the “teaching” procedures being performed on dogs, donkeys, and sheep at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, which is owned by Chicago-based DeVry, Inc. (of late-night TV commercial fame). We’re also calling for prosecution of any school officials who… Read more »
Three Government Agencies to End Animal Testing?
PETA Demonstration Against Cruel Toxicity Testing in the ‘90s You may have heard the news that the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Toxicology Program, and the National Institutes of Health have signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” to coordinate efforts on alternative methods to animal experimentation. This stuff is always more complicated than it sounds, so… Read more »
Pamela Anderson’s Paris Press Conference
askmen/Creative Commons I got the following e-mail yesterday from PETA Director Michael McGraw, who was in Paris to accompany Pamela Anderson after she was asked to fill in at Brigitte Bardot’s annual press conference to protest the Canadian seal slaughter. Brigitte Bardot has been an advocate for animal rights since before most people had even… Read more »
A Brief Exchange With Queen Aretha Franklin
One of our most popular anti-fur slogans here at PETA is “Fur is worn by beautiful animals and ugly people”. And we’ve got some great ads to back it up. But the pictures that have been circulating of Aretha Franklin at the Grammy awards last week don’t even really need the tagline to drive that… Read more »
Roger Clemens Asks Congress: “What’s a Vegan?”
Seriously, our letter pretty much wrote itself after that. If you’ve been following the Clemens hearings, you may have caught a surreal moment yesterday when a Congressman asked Roger whether he was vegan or not. Honestly, I’d be happy if this were a mandatory question at all congressional hearings, but I have to admit that… Read more »
Happy Valentine’s Day From PETA Europe!
And remember: Pels Ud, Kaerlighed Ind! Some more pics and video at these sites, which are presumably more informative if you speak German Danish. http://politiken.tv/nyheder/indland/article470983.ecehttp://galleri.tv2.dk/index.php/category-Nyhederne/id-10407233/page-1.html
Emmylou Harris in the Country Hall of Fame
The title says it all really. The country sensation took her rightful place alongside country’s biggest stars this week in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Emmylou, for this well-deserved honor, and thanks again for everything that you do for animals.
Suggestion for Britney’s Parents
latimes/Creative Commons When the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the U.K. studied the relationship between mental disorders and eating meat and dairy products, they found that “a higher national dietary intake of … dairy products predicted a worse two-year outcome of schizophrenia.” It’s a testament to the wildly varied interests of the folks in our… Read more »
Letter From an Undercover Investigator
Shortly after the North Carolina Department of Agriculture announced that it was launching an operation to transfer the animals out of All Creatures Great and Small this month following the release of a seven-month long PETA undercover investigation which revealed nightmarish conditions at the no-kill shelter, our Cruelty Investigations Department received the following e-mail from… Read more »
Uninvited Guests at the Westminster Dog Show
I talked a bit yesterday about the ad we have running during the Westminster Dog Show, which is like a great big frat party for dog breeders, but what I didn’t mention was that we also had a team on the ground waiting to greet attendees, and inform passersby exactly what the breeding industry means… Read more »
7-11’s Vegan Sandwiches (Bikini Babes Not Included)
It’s a new dawn, people. A fresh, vibrant world full of hope. The storm clouds have dispersed and the sun is shining on a happier future, where anything is possible… On a trial basis, in the fine city of Philadelphia, 7-Eleven is offering vegan sandwiches. To celebrate this glorious news, and to help make sure… Read more »
“Buy One, Kill One” to Air During Dog Show
If you haven’t seen this ad yet, you should check it out. It’s all part of our new campaign to let the world know that the breeders bear a direct responsibility for this country’s massive animal-overpopulation crisis. It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to make the connection that people who are deliberately breeding animals for… Read more »
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