April 2009 PETA met with executives at Arnold Worldwide–a powerful and respected advertising agency–to alert them about the abuse that great apes endure when they are used in the advertising industry. After learning about the cruelty, the executives pledged never to use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
April 2009 After an incident in which a chimpanzee named Travis attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to Gap Inc., which had featured Travis in an Old Navy commercial as a young ape. After learning about the abuse suffered by great apes forced into the entertainment industry, Gap Inc. promised … Read more »
April 2009 After a recent incident in which a chimpanzee named Travis attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to grocery-store chain Harris Teeter to explain that great apes who are forced into the entertainment industry suffer terrible abuse. Several years earlier, Harris Teeter had used a chimpanzee in a … Read more »
January 2009 PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department (LID) received a report that students at a North Carolina high school were instructed to take fish home as part of a classroom science experiment and that some students were putting Monster Energy drink in the water. LID contacted the principal, who has now agreed to permanently end the use … Read more »
January 2009 After PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Division learned that Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was purchasing cats from an animal shelter and using them in cruel and deadly medical training exercises, we launched an aggressive campaign to urge the school to replace the use of animals with modern, educationally superior medical simulation methods. In these … Read more »
January 2009 PETA learned that Florida’s Clay County Animal Control (CCAC) conducted an experiment in which employees locked a helpless dog in a hot truck. They were trying to determine whether heat stress had caused the death of another dog who had previously been transported in a CCAC vehicle. PETA filed a complaint with the … Read more »
January 2009 After hearing from a whistleblower that students in an animal science class at a Texas high school were forced to kill and skin rabbits, PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department immediately contacted the school’s principal with information about teaching methods that don’t involve animals. The school has announced a permanent end to the rabbit killings.
January 2009 After receiving complaints about an Armstrong World Industries commercial featuring a grizzly bear, PETA wrote to the company to urge it to pull the ad from rotation immediately. After learning about the abuse that exotic animals in the entertainment industry endure, Armstrong quickly removed the commercial from circulation.
January 2009 PETA received a barrage of complaints about a senior staff member of Philadelphia Insurance Companies when reports surfaced that he had swallowed a live goldfish for a company fundraiser. We fired off a letter to the company’s corporate headquarters to inform executives that this could be considered illegal by local laws, and we asked … Read more »
January 2009 PETA was inundated with complaints about live pig races scheduled at the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Maryland in Annapolis. We contacted Special Olympics organizers to notify them that it was cruel for exhibitors to haul pigs around the country and subject them to terrifying situations. Organizers responded on the … Read more »
January 2009 After an incident in which a chimpanzee named Travis attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to leading pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson. After learning about the abuse that is suffered by exotic animals who are forced into the entertainment industry, Johnson & Johnson promised not to produce any … Read more »
January 2009 Local citizens asked PETA for help in preventing the Marion High School basketball club from exploiting donkeys for a local fundraiser. After supplying organizers with information about the liability that schools can face if participants are injured as well as the cruel treatment that donkeys endure when they are roughly handled by excited players, … Read more »
January 2009 When PETA learned that Florida’s Blood Centers ran a promotion in several Florida counties offering individuals free Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey tickets for donating blood, we immediately contacted the organization to urge them to end their relationship with the notorious circus. Following conversations with executives about how baby elephants used in the … Read more »
January 2009 When PETA received word that a ”donkey basketball” game was planned at Kuna High School in Kuna, Idaho, we wrote to the district superintendent to let him know that donkeys are regularly dragged, pulled, kicked, and shoved during these events. After PETA discussed our concerns with the superintendent and just days before the event, … Read more »
January 2009 PETA received calls from concerned Clearwater, Florida, residents about an exhibitor named Philip Dolci who forced a chained capuchin monkey to perform in photo opportunities during the nightly Sunsets at Pier 60 Festival. We immediately contacted the organizers to let them know that the chaotic atmosphere of a festival is no place for an … Read more »
