Commando Chicks Cause Flap in Supermarket
PETA’s Commando Chicks, three sexy vegans armed with ticket guns and accompanied by a giant “chicken” (actually, a Time magazine reporter), “invaded” a Wilmington, Delaware, grocery store. They attempted to label poultry with stickers reading, “Warning! This package contains the decomposing corpse of a small, tortured bird.”

Chickens on factory farms suffer painful debeaking—without anesthesia—and stress and disease from overcrowding. Chickens are not even covered by slaughter laws. The Commando Chicks, who received national coverage, may be hitting a supermarket near you!

Drop that drumstick! Log onto CommandoChicks.com to find out why eating chickens is bad for the birds, for your body, and for the environment. Or write to PETA for more information


It’s GRRR-eat!
GRRR! is PETA’s magazine especially for young people (ages 8 to16). The issues are jam-packed with info to help kids get active for the animals. Call our Education Department (extension 450) for a free subscription for your kids, nieces, and nephews and your local schools and libraries.


“Leave Horses Alone,” Says Slick
Rock diva Grace Slick fired off a letter to Wyeth-Ayerst about the abuse of pregnant mares used to produce its estrogen-replacement drug Premarin—and included a small vial of her own urine. “Since you insist on putting urine in Premarin, I’m donating some of my own,” she wrote. Film star Rebecca De Mornay joined the effort by recording a message for PETA’s Premarin hotline. She tells callers, “...add just a few drops of water to a crushed Premarin pill—you can smell the urine.” And Cybill Shepherd revealed that her hot flashes stopped a week after she started taking natural plant estrogens.

Ask us for your free Premarin pack, or check out MenopauseOnline.com.

PETA Ads Feature Hispanic Favorite Emmy-winning journalist María Celeste Arrarás donated her time and talent to star in PETA’s series of Spanish-language public service announcements (PSA’s). In the ads, the wildly popular television personality addresses important issues, including animal-based circuses, spaying and neutering, and the link between animal abuse and violence toward humans. The five PSA’s will air throughout the United States and Latin America. Educate Spanish-speaking residents in your community: Order our Spanish-language PSA to share with your local television and radio stations (see box below). We also have information on chained dogs, vegetarianism, circuses and other animal issues for you to distribute—contact PETA’s Literature Department

PETA’s caged “tigers,” wearing painted-on stripes, reminded people around the world that animals in circuses spend most of their lives in storage. Elephants are shackled, and caged bears and tigers are taken out only to perform cruel and often frightening acts.

Patronize only animal-free circuses like Cirque Ingénieux, Cirque du Soleil and Circus Oz, which offer amazing human acts. Visit PETA’s Web site at Circuses.com.