Category: Activism
PETA to Airlines: Cruelty Doesn’t Fly With Us
PETA protesters wearing monkey masks and holding signs reading, “Deplane Monkeys,” recently held demonstrations outside the Chicago headquarters of United Airlines and the U.S. headquarters of Air France in New York. PETA is urging the airlines to commit to a ban on shipping primates to laboratories, as almost every airline in the world already has,… Read more »
6 Things You Might Have Missed This Week
PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. Kick off your weekend with Anti-Flag. The outspoken punk band is never silent—especially about injustice. They share their advice on how to “never be silent” for animals. Once again, animal rights activists in China have rescued a truck full of dogs who… Read more »
5 Things You Might Have Missed This Week
PETA News on Tumblr Follow us on Tumblr. It’s the weekend! A little leaping lamb knows just how to celebrate. Meet Roosevelt, an ATD (all-terrain dog). With the success of sex-offender registries, many states are now considering animal-abuser registries to identify and punish offenders. File this under karma: A man attempting to shoot a hog… Read more »
12 Things You Might Have Missed
PETA News on Tumblr Your weekly dose of “Awww!” Here are just a few of the animals who were rescued during PETA investigations. You may already know about feathers, but what else is hiding inside those McNuggets? A devoted dog puts herself in danger to stick close to her dead friend’s side in the middle… Read more »
5 Things You Might Have Missed
PETA News on Tumblr It’s the weekend! And it couldn’t come soon enough for a very sleepy pup. A new Value [the] Meal campaign (love that name) by Corporate Accountability International is telling hospitals containing McDonald’s restaurants that sending patients to the Golden Arches means putting them closer to the pearly gates. It’s almost swimming… Read more »
PETA Weekly: 8 Stories You Don’t Want to Miss
Update: After hearing from PETA and our supporters about the cruelty of the circus and the danger to residents, Bellevue officials denied Carson & Barnes a permit to perform. And after PETA sent a letter to the president of Bellevue University asking her not to host Carson & Barnes, PETA also received a call from… Read more »
PETA Weekly: 16 Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
PETA News on Tumblr Follow us on Tumblr. Panchita the sea lion has to be racking up some serious rewards points for checking into her favorite hotel every day. Soy milk does a body good—and it can also help manage developmental disabilities. Dogs often save their guardians’ lives, but this dog actually saved his own… Read more »
PETA’s Sexy Referees Make a Perfect Call
PETA’s sporty officials are easy on the eyes but not on cruelty to animals. The refs convinced people to take a right turn at Albuquerque and dump meat and dairy products. From the sidelines of a McCruelty restaurant, the gals called fouls on people caught being offensive to animals and gave them a vegetarian/vegan starter… Read more »
Week in PETA (March 16, 2012)
PETA News on Tumblr Follow PETA on Tumblr for health tips, animal news, and your weekly dose of cute: What’s comparable to smoking two packs a day? PETA offers to shed some light on a Wisconsin town’s streetlight troubles. First class got even snazzier when tuxedoed penguins hopped on board. Here’s proof that it’s bizarro… Read more »
Carrot Gives New Meaning to ‘Veg Out’
Chris P. Carrot got to reminisce about being a baby carrot when he visited with children at Memphis’ Peabody Park yesterday. The root enjoyed getting back to his roots and gave kids stickers and booklets encouraging them to eat their veggies, not their friends. A recent University of Minnesota study showed that when kids were… Read more »
The Week in PETA (March 9, 2012)
PETA News on Tumblr What’s better than a long lunch on Friday? A lunch with animals! Catch up on animal rights news with PETA’s Tumblr page. Elephant sweethearts hold trunks. Bears love a good pumice. What’s cold, as addictive as illegal drugs, and hiding in your freezer? It’s almost time for Canada’s annual seal slaughter—but… Read more »
Photo: Leaping Lettuce Ladies
Photo of the Day: Like Van Halen said, “Go ahead and jump.” After learning that Detroit was the second-saddest city in America, the leaping “Lettuce Ladies” made Detroiters hoppy by telling them about the cure for the blues: going vegan. Studies show that vegetarians have lower rates of depression and anxiety than meat-eaters do. The… Read more »
The Week in PETA (March 2, 2012)
PETA News on Tumblr Have your morning coffee with a side of animal news every day on PETA’s Tumblr page. The secret to looking decades younger? Hint: It’s not at your dermatologist’s office. S’mores that are better than you’ve ever s’magined. What’s better than statins at lowering cholesterol? What to do if you spot a… Read more »
Photo: Person Snared in a Steel-Jaw Trap
Photo of the Day Passersby outside a fur store in Toledo, Ohio, agreed that when the trap is on the other foot, fur looks really gruesome. As our re-enactor did an excellent job of portraying an animal writhing in agony and trying to escape a lethal steel-jaw trap, the fur store owners stayed hidden inside… Read more »
The Week in PETA (Feb. 24, 2012)
Snooki sees the light, more trouble for SeaWorld, and the Oscars are starting to look a lot like a PETA gala. Here’s what’s going on in PETA’s universe this week: PETA News on Tumblr Give us five minutes, and we’ll give you all the latest animal rights news on PETA’s Tumblr page. Don’t read this… Read more »
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind