July 2007 After three chickens were thrown onto the court at a KSU basketball game and at least two were killed, PETA contacted the university president and asked him to ban the use of live animals at all events and to enforce that ban rigorously. KSU responded by releasing an open letter to all its fans, … Read more »
July 2007 On Friday, July 27, 2007, PETA sent out a dozen news releases announcing demonstrations the following Monday outside every Niketown storefront in the United States–from Los Angeles to New York City to Boston to Atlanta. PETA had already protested outside Niketown’s New York City store, and PETA activists had flooded Nike with calls and … Read more »
July 2007 After learning that a carnival game vendor notorious for handing out live animals – such as rabbits – as prizes to fair attendees was to be at the Delta Fair and Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee, PETA contacted the fair’s owner, Mark Lovell. We explained that giving away animals at such an event to … Read more »
July 2007 For more than a year, PETA worked with PepsiCo–the parent company of brands like Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker Oats, and Gatorade–to convince the corporation and its partners to end their funding of animal tests, one of which involved infecting mice with a respiratory virus and then forcing them to exercise on a treadmill for … Read more »
July 2007 AIDS Walk New York, a 45,000-person event held annually in New York City’s Central Park, is the largest AIDS fundraiser in the world. Organizers contacted PETA to ask about a planned release of live doves. We let them know about the risks that these domesticated birds face – including predation, exposure, and becoming lost … Read more »
July 2007 After learning that a promotional stunt for the Los Angeles Pink Taco restaurant featured a live donkey whose entire body was painted pink and who was paraded around on busy sidewalks in the hot summer sun, PETA sent a letter to the chain’s owner, Harry Morton, pointing out the cruelty involved and asking him … Read more »
April 2007 After receiving calls and e-mails from thousands of PETA members and supporters, Raley’s Inc.–which owns grocery chains Raley’s, Bel Air, Nob Hill, and Food Source–announced that it will never again sell live lobsters in any of its 130-plus stores. PETA issued an action alert after learning that Raley’s was confining lobsters–while they were still … Read more »
April 2007 In a victory for farmed animals, Smithfield Foods–the largest pig-flesh-producing company in the world–announced that it will phase out gestation crates in its U.S. operations within 10 years. Gestation crates are metal-and-cement cages that mother pigs are confined to throughout their pregnancy; the cages are so small that the pigs can’t even turn around. … Read more »
April 2007 In 2001, PETA ended its “Murder King” campaign against fast-food giant Burger King after the company agreed to adopt a series of animal welfare guidelines. Since then, PETA has continued to hold behind-the-scenes discussions with Burger King about how the company could further improve its animal welfare requirements. In March 2007, after nearly six … Read more »
April 2007 Giant Eagle, a grocery chain with 230 stores, agreed to stop selling foie gras after receiving nearly 250,000 e-mail messages from PETA members and supporters. Foie gras is a so-called “delicacy” that is made by force-feeding ducks and geese until their livers swell up and become diseased. Giant Eagle is following in the compassionate … Read more »
April 2007 PETA received reports about a macaw display at a Colorado lodge owned by Sage Hospitality Resources. The macaw allegedly was neglected and had sustained injuries. We contacted the company to ask it to discontinue the display and place the bird, Coco, in a loving home. Not only did the company acquiesce to our request, … Read more »
April 2007 In a landmark victory for animals killed for their skins, fashion house Polo Ralph Lauren dropped all fur from its clothing lines shortly after meeting with PETA. According to the company’s news release, “[W]e feel that the time is right to take this action.” On behalf of the millions of foxes, raccoons, and other … Read more »
April 2007 Retailers CVS, Safeway, and Albertsons all ended the sale of glue traps after PETA staff members presented information on glue traps, the cruelest method of wildlife control. Animals trapped in these devices often linger in agony for days before dying of dehydration, suffocation, or starvation. Some attempt to chew off their own limbs in order … Read more »
April 2007 When PETA learned that Coral Springs Charter School in Coral Springs, Florida, was planning a “Kiss the Pig” contest, we immediately contacted the school and requested that it replace the event with a humane alternative. Not long afterward, we received word from students that the live pig had been replaced with a teacher dressed … Read more »
April 2007 Live pigs will no longer be subjected to cruel and invasive surgical procedures in Scott & White Memorial Hospital’s “Advanced Trauma Life Support” (ATLS) course. After hearing from PETA about a sophisticated human patient simulator called TraumaMan, a Scott & White executive wrote to us and agreed to end the ATLS animal labs in … Read more »
