July 2009 When PETA discovered that Jiffy Lube of Greater Los Angeles was giving away discounted Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tickets with the purchase of an oil change, we immediately contacted the president of the Southern California cooperative. PETA explained that Ringling denies animals everything that is natural and important to them and … Read more »
July 2009 PETA met with executives at BBDO Worldwide, the second largest ad agency network in the world, to alert them to the abuse that great apes endure when they are used for advertising. After learning about the cruelty, BBDO Worldwide agreed never to use great apes in any future ad campaigns.
July 2009 After meeting with PETA and learning about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes when they’re no longer useful to the entertainment industry, advertising agency Global Hue signed PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never again to use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
July 2009 After receiving complaints about a Bonobos Inc. ad that featured a trained chimpanzee wearing swim trunks, PETA contacted the men’s clothing and swimwear company. We told its CEO about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes and the negative effects that portraying chimpanzees as comical subhumans has on conservation. … Read more »
July 2009 After receiving complaints about a Samsung ad that featured Ozzy Osbourne and a grinning chimpanzee playing the guitar, PETA contacted the telecommunications company. We told Samsung executives about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes used in advertising, and the company pulled the ad from rotation.
July 2009 After PETA provided DraftFCB, one of the top 10 U.S. ad agencies, with information on how great apes suffer as a result of being used for advertising, the agency signed PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never to use great apes in any future ad campaigns unless undisturbed in their natural habitat.
July 2009 After PETA provided EuroRSCG with information about the abuse that is suffered by great apes who are forced into the entertainment industry, the agency immediately pledged never to use great apes in its advertising campaigns.
PETA helps fund computer model development to reduce the number of animals used in chemical testing.
June 2009 After learning from concerned moviegoers that Sprint Nextel was airing a commercial featuring a performing chimpanzee in movie theaters, PETA contacted the communications giant. We told its executives about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes and the negative effects that portraying chimpanzees as comical subhumans has on … Read more »
April 2009 After nearly a month of intense PETA campaigning against horrific combat training exercises conducted by the Bolivian military–in which live dogs were shown in a video being tied down, stabbed repeatedly, and screaming in agony–the Bolivian Ministry of Defense ended the killing by issuing the military’s first-ever animal protection regulation–Resolution 217–which “prohibit[s] all acts of … Read more »
April 2009 PETA received complaints about a donkey basketball fundraiser scheduled for Chichester High School in Pennsylvania and jumped into action. After PETA and our members contacted school administrators about the harm caused to donkeys when students pull, yank, and shove them across slippery gym floors, administrators agreed to cancel the game.
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 »
