Category: Activism
Photo: What Women Want for V-Day
Photo of the Day Alright, fellas, take it from a woman. Yes, we love flowers and chocolates and teddy bears, but what we really love is you. So dump impotence-causing, life-shortening meat and be around to celebrate many more happy Valentine’s Days with us.
Fur Store Closing, Thanks to Animal Advocates
Loz Flowers | cc by 2.0 Dworkin Furs in Ottawa has been peddling pelts for more than a century. But 100 years of cruelty is coming to an end as Dworkin Furs sells off the last of its skins and shuts its doors. While management at Dworkin is staying mum, business professor Ian Lee said… Read more »
Stray Mother Dog Picked the Right Porch
A stray mother dog in Mississippi thought that the comfortably cluttered porch of an elderly couple would be the best spot to deliver her seven puppies.
Will You Click Twice to Save Animals?
If you could wave a magic wand to help stop cruelty to animals, you would do it, right? Well, PETA doesn’t have any magic wands, but we do have a way to help animals that’s just as easy. Every day this month, our December Action Drive page will feature three new campaigns that need your… Read more »
A Tweet, a Toy, and a Toyota
What do a tweet, a toy, and a Toyota have in common? They can all be used to help animals! Hey, times are tough, and while lots of people may be in the giving spirit at this time of year, their wallets may not be feeling quite so generous. With that in mind, we’ve thought… Read more »
Hanukkah Gifts for Everyone on Your List
Hanukkah is almost here, and you know what that means: good food, festive gatherings with family and friends … and eight days of presents! PETA’s animal-friendly gift ideas will keep you going for all eight days of Hanukkah celebrations: Guilt-Free Gelt: The holidays will be much sweeter with dark-chocolate vegan gelt from Pangea Vegan Products.… Read more »
Fur Is for Dummies
The biggest shopping day of the year is also the biggest fur-free day of the year—from Anchorage, Alaska to our headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the young, the old, and even, well, dummies were out in force to urge shoppers to cross fur off their holiday lists. Even a little bit of fur trim means a… Read more »
The Best Christmas Gift Ever
If you can’t bear the thought of wrapping up another video game or pair of gloves, why not give your loved ones the gift of alleviating animal suffering? We’ve rolled out our PETA Presents website just in time for the holidays, and the site features gifts from $5 to $500 that protect animals every time… Read more »
Puerto Rico Dolphinarium Hits the Shoals
A protest held by PETA, Animal Concerns Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Committee for Free Dolphins against a proposed San Juan, Puerto Rico, dolphinarium went swimmingly as dozens of supporters came out to explain why the facility would be bad for dolphins and the city. Photo: El Comité por Delfines Libres de Puerto Rico… Read more »
Bet You’re Not Kinder Than This Fifth-Grader!
When 10-year-old Nicky Schwarz learned that the principal of his California elementary school had agreed to eat fried worms if the students read for a half-million minutes, this kind kid sprang into action. Nicky circulated a petition calling for an alternative to the event and rallied his friends and classmates to speak up, too—and the… Read more »
Suffering Puppy Left for Dead
When little Pokey’s family moved away, they simply left the malnourished, close-to-death puppy in the yard like an old sofa—except that sofas don’t get scared, go hungry or thirsty, or suffer and die when you turn your back on them, never to return. Although Pokey was about 7 months old, she was as small as… Read more »
Get Your Nuggets—From PETA
Every animal advocate has been faced with a challenging situation at some point, be it a question we aren’t quite sure how to answer or even a person who is downright rude. In her 30 years at PETA’s helm, President Ingrid E. Newkirk has faced them all, and she wanted to share her wisdom for… Read more »
Sweltering in August … in Fur
Imagine how it must feel to have to wear a heavy coat outside in August! PETA members in Lansing, Michigan, no longer have to wonder after sitting in cages on a hot sidewalk in order to illustrate the misery of animals on fur farms during hot weather, when they have no escape from the heat.… Read more »
Bathing Beauty Makes a Splash in Scotland
Nearly nude professional model—and vegetarian—Megan Currie sudsed up in a tub in Edinburgh, Scotland, for World Water Week while policymakers met in Sweden to discuss global water issues. The bathing PETA UK beauty informed passersby that it takes the equivalent of 50 bathtubs filled with water to produce just one steak. “Not only does the meat… Read more »
PETA Pig Pesters President
When President Obama held an economic forum in Peosta, Iowa, on Tuesday, PETA supporters were there getting piggy with it. A staffer was passing out leaflets at the forum when a group of enthusiastic young people ran up to her and offered to help with the demonstration. One donned the pig costume, and the others… Read more »
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind