October 2013
After a compassionate person notified us that a local festival was giving away hermit crabs as prizes, a violation of California law, we sent organizers a letter and asked that they cancel this portion of future events. They spoke with the carnival operator and made the decision to be compassionate and to comply with the law by no longer giving animals away as prizes.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE
— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind
