People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals

PETA supporters gathered directly in front of the entrance to the Boston Convention Center just as notorious experimenter Heather Gray-Edwards of UMass Chan began her talk at a conference. Attendees on their way in and out of the building couldn’t miss the protest calling out the university’s continued use of animals in cruel experiments and its unwillingness to follow even the most basic animal welfare standards.

With gas prices sky-high, PETA’s Commando Chicks came to the rescue of birds and budgets. Dressed in feathered fatigues, the radiant regiment reported for duty in Detroit to get passersby pumped about plant-powered eating by handing out delicious vegan chicken and 200 gallons of free gasoline.

As A‑listers offered first glimpses of their Met Gala looks, a PETA supporter burst onto the scene and shed her coat, revealing a striking pair of faux feathered wings and ‘bloody’ body paint. With “Feathers: A Look That Kills” written across her chest, this advocate gave the stars and throngs of paparazzi an up-close look at the plight of birds who are plucked repeatedly or simply killed for their feathers.

Lucky arrived at PETA severely matted with a fishing line wrapped around his leg. After we groomed him and provided medical care, we found him a permanent home where he’ll spend his golden years with a new dog friend.

After the death of Chanchal, an elephant used for rides and painted pink for a commercial shoot, PETA India supporters made a statement with pink masks and chains, urging everyone to choose only animal-free transportation.

PETA’s monkey mascot Dorothy appeared at the University of Washington on the eve of the eighth anniversary of her namesake’s death. She joined prospective students on a campus tour. The haunting visit educated tour participants about the plight of the real Dorothy, who spent her final years frail and sick in UW’s underground primate prison before being killed.

Chaos at Cane’s! Anyone stopping by the latest Raising Cane’s grand opening had some food for thought when PETA members bearing yellow caution tape and sauce buckets brimming with “blood” gathered outside the chicken chain to “close” it with a slash.

Bloodied “sheep” caused a stir outside H&M after PETA Asia’s latest investigation exposed the violence behind its wool supplier. Sheep are restrained, cut into, and left bleeding on the shearing floor so their fleece can be sold. Tell H&M to stop cashing in on their suffering.

Runners in SeaWorld’s Seven Seas Food Festival 5K were greeted with a haunting message as PETA supporters set up giant illuminated signs alerting them to the more than 40 orcas and more than 500 other dolphins and whales who have died so far at SeaWorld parks.

That’s the food for thought an animal defender dished out in the city of Whitby, recently named the UK’s fish-and-chips capital. On the menu was “freshly caught Siamese & chips” at a bargain price. The provocative display highlighted that cats and fish are the same in all the ways that matter.