The world's largest animal rights organization delivers the latest animal right news. http://www.peta.org info@peta.org en-us Hundreds of the hottest people on the continent entered our annual Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest, and we need your help choosing the winners! http://www.peta.org/content/standalone/sexiestvegetariannextdoor2009/default.aspx Hundreds have submitted the cutest photos of their mixed-breed companions, but only one can be named the cutest mutt alive! Vote for your favorite now! http://www.peta.org/cutest-mutt-alive-vote.asp Help save baby seals this season by printing out and coloring in a ton of our "Club Soda, Not Seals" pictures and giving them out to everyone you know! http://www.petakids.com/help-baby-seals-mission.asp Sparkle like the stars and show your love for animals with an exclusive Christie Martin Designs necklace. Enter to win! http://www.caringconsumer.com/win-a-peta-necklace.asp The Wu-Tang Clan's Masta Killa is the latest celebrity to star in a PETA "veggie testimonial." Find out why the M.C. is raising his son, Eternal, as a vegetarian too. http://veggietestimonial.peta.org/psa.aspx?CID=a55ea1ca-672a-4d05-ab18-1711dece46d1 Following the release of a new USDA report on Michael Vick's dogfighting activities—and an ominous silence from Vick's attorneys, sports manager, and public relations representatives when we brought it to their attention--PETA has sent a letter to the NFL calling for Vick to undergo brain-scanning procedures that were recently developed. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/vick_psychopathic_brain_disorder Enter now to win fresh flowers from Organic Bouquet http://prime.peta.org/contest-organicbouquet.php PETA has received shocking information that medics at Fort Sam Houston are being forced to break and amputate the legs of living goats, cut their veins, wound their chests, and artificially clot their injuries. Nearly 990 goats are reportedly used every year at the Army base. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/fort_sam_houston_trauma_training A whistleblower has informed PETA that military medics are required to burn, stab, shoot, and break the limbs of live pigs and goats in outdated trauma-training exercises conducted at Fort Dix in New Jersey. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/fort_dix Check out the best in organic skin care from MOD Skin Labs and enter to win one of five cruelty-free prize packages today! http://www.caringconsumer.com/mod-contest.asp Tim Gunn narrated PETA's new fashion industry exposé because he believes that everyone—designers and shoppers alike—should know what happens to animals before they become clothing and accessories. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/tim_gunn Searching for fun things to do with the young ones in your clan over the holidays? Why not print out these activities and start the fun (they're so awesome that you'll like them too)! http://www.petakids.com/kids-6-and-under.asp Donna Karan knows about the suffering that goes into every fur-trimmed coat, hat, and bag—and once promised to stop using fur. But she continues to kill bunnies for their fur. We've launched a new online campaign, DonnaKaranBunnyButcher.com, to help stop the bunny butcher. Get involved now! http://www.donnakaranbunnybutcher.com/ We wish you and those you love a joyous holiday season. May the new year bring a more cruelty-free world. Click here to view PETA's Holiday Snowball Fight e-card, and send it along to those you care for. http://www.peta.org/feat/HolidaySnowballFight/index.aspx Do you have what it takes to be crowned the Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door? Enter the contest to win a trip for two to Hawaii! http://www.peta.org/feat-sexyveg-entry08.asp In 2002 and early 2003, a PETA undercover investigation at Sinclair Research Center, a laboratory hired by Iams, uncovered a dark secret: The dog and cat food manufacturer funds animal testing. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/iams_cruelty Attention all travelers: Indulging in delicious meals on the road just got more fun! Win a free copy of Vegan a Go-Go! and enjoy healthy, easy-to-make recipes and traveling tips for your next trip. http://www.peta.org/sarah-kramer.asp Recently, PETA exposed outdated trauma training exercises in which pigs were shot, mutilated, and killed at Schofield Barracks Army Base in Hawaii. Now we have learned from government documents how some of these pigs may suffer and die on barren and crowded cargo ships during their more than 2,000-mile, five-day ocean journey to Hawaii. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/trauma_training_pig_transport In honor of Bonnie-Jill Laflin's hot new "Bank on Your Health, Go Vegetarian" ad, we're giving away a piggy bank full of chocolate money. http://www.peta.org/feat-bank-on-health.asp Find out why the hot reality TV star decided to bare all for PETA's newest "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" ad and enter to win season one of her hit show Keeping Up With the Kardashians on DVD. http://www.furisdead.com/feat_khloe-Kardashian.asp With a historic election behind us, PETA is hoping that President-elect Barack Obama is looking toward the future and considering ways to make animal welfare a part of the "21st century government" that he has promised to create. http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/ActionAlerts-item.asp Prior to the release of Britney Spears's music video "Circus," in which elephants and lions are forced to perform humiliating and unnatural tricks, PETA fired off a letter to her manager urging her to leave animals out of her videos and live performances. Since this isn't the first time that Britney Spears has exploited exotic animals to promote herself, we must urge her to stop supporting an industry based on cruelty and violence to animals. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/britney_spears As 2008 comes to a close and 2009 dawns, it's time to resolve to help animals! Click on one or more of the resolutions below to get on your way to making a difference for animals. http://www.petakids.com/resolutions-09.asp PetSmart buys small animals by the thousands to sell to customers, even though breeders often treat their animals very poorly. If these animals get sick or injured, PetSmart does not provide them with veterinary care and leaves them to die. http://www.petakids.com/petsmart-mission.asp All the adorable animals in this video belong to species that are killed for their fur, and that's just plain wrong! Watch the video, then read on to learn more about some of these awesome (and cute) animals! http://www.petakids.com/furry-animals-video.asp Anyone who lives with mixed-breed dogs knows how adorable they are. If you think that your canine compadre is the cutest mutt of all, don't keep all that charm to yourself—send us a picture and enter to win! http://www.peta.org/cutest-mutt-alive.asp On a group of islands just north of Europe, the traditional bloody whale and dolphin slaughter takes place every year. The Faroe Islands are a part of Denmark, where whaling is banned, but they have laws that are independent of Denmark's laws, so they are allowed to continue with this mass execution. http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/faroe_islands_whales The Emmy Award–winning star of stage and screen is the latest star of PETA's campaign against horse-drawn carriages. See Kristen's sexy new ad and find out why she's calling for an end to New York City's cruel carriage industry. http://www.peta.org/feat-kristen-johnston-carriages.asp