Category: Activism
Things You Might Have Missed (07-21-12)
PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. This mayor could lick your mayor any day of the week. Art imitates life when art students join together to campaign to free the Philippines’ only captive elephant. Alright, North Americans, it’s time for us to step up. Our birds are ingesting plastic… Read more »
Chicken Crashes Chick-fil-A’s Party
We’ve all seen the awesome YouTube videos of cows who were being lovey-dovey with dogs, cats, and all sorts of other animals. So it’s not surprising that a cow joined her chicken buddy at the opening of a Chick-fil-A food truck to ask people to be chicken champions and not eat either of them: On… Read more »
9 Items You Might Have Missed This Week
PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. 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… Read more »
9 Things You May Have Missed This Week
Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Don’t stop believin’, cows! Sporting goods company PUMA says it plans to stop using leather in the future. They can delay gratification, plan ahead, show empathy, share, and set goals and see them through. Who am I talking about? I’ll give you a… Read more »
12 Things You May Have Missed This Week
Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Do you have 10 minutes to help animals this weekend? If so, watch this video and share it. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll just say that it’s one of the most convincing speeches I’ve ever seen from an unexpected source… Read more »
PETA Pounces on Parliament
After Canada’s House of Commons passed a budget bill that strikes down several environmental protection laws, PETA’s blue-painted supporters hit Ottawa’s Parliament Hill to rock the government’s world—almost literally—and to urge eco-conscious Canadians not to despair because they can still help save the planet by eating plant-based foods. According to the United Nations, the meat… Read more »
7 Things You May Have Missed This Week
Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR If you plan to spend part of the weekend knocking around the house, did you know that you can help animals every time you take out the trash? Been jamming to some One Direction? Guess what really makes you beautiful. Soccer moms aren’t… Read more »
14 Things You Might Have Missed This Week
Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health held a contest to create the most eye-catching and informative packaging for its free condoms, and … well, let’s just say that eye-catching and informative are what PETA does best. Doctors say that the Atkins… Read more »
9 Things You Might Have Missed This Week
PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. Are you tweeting to your fullest potential? Find out here. Not all bullies are in the schoolyard—some are in the kitchen. PETA Certificate of Appreciation recipient Abby Casarella talks about organizing her first protest and other easier-than-she-expected activism accomplishments. New Features Oliver Stone’s… Read more »
7 Things You Might Have Missed This Week
PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. Here they are: the Sexiest Vegetarians Next Door! Check ’em out (you’ll be glad you did). Guess what the Institute on the Environment is saying would have a big impact on the planet? If you’ve been keeping up with your PETA Files reading,… Read more »
A Vegan Walks Into a McDonald’s Meeting …
Here’s something that you might not know about PETA: We hold stock in companies whose policies we’re trying to change so that we can attend annual meetings and propose shareholder resolutions to try to push companies to stop cruel practices. McDonald’s had one such meeting today, so, of course, we were there with bells on.… Read more »
6 Things You May Have Missed This Week
PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. It’s the weekend! This little sloth has a great idea for how to spend it. As vegan eating goes mainstream, delicious new vegan products are popping up in grocery stores like dandelions in summer yards. Here are some of our favorites. I would… Read more »
PETA Crashes KFC’s Investor Pep Rally
PETA made sure that attendees at this week’s annual meeting of KFC’s parent company, Yum! Brands, in Louisville, Kentucky, would have something to chew on besides their cruelly obtained drumsticks and wings. Taking Stock—of KFC Cruelty As shareholders of Yum! Brands stock, PETA can attend the company’s annual meeting and ask a question during the… Read more »
Photo of the Day: Holy Vegans, Batman!
Fighting for truth, justice, and the cruelty-free way, PETA’s caped crusaders descended on the Ottawa Comiccon to ask fans to be superheroes for animals by going vegan. The meat and dairy industries are colder to animals than Mr. Freeze, but all people can fight for good every time they sit down to eat. Ready to… Read more »
11 Things You Might Have Missed This Week
PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. A New Jersey cow can spend her weekend fist-pumping (hoof-pumping?) after she escaped from a slaughterhouse. The slaughterhouse owner has agreed to let the cow spend the rest of her life on a farm. Monkey see, monkey throw rocks. A chimpanzee stuck in… Read more »
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind