January 2004 Honda’s advertising agency, Rubin Postaer and Associates (RPA), created a commercial for Honda in which an orangutan portrays a beauty contestant’s assistant. PETA contacted RPA to alert the agency to the inherent cruelty involved in forcing young orangutans to “perform” for ads and asked that the commercial be removed from the air. RPA and … Read more »
January 2004 MasterCard joins Sears, Roebuck, and Co. and Visa to become the third national sponsor to end its Ringling promotions amid a flood of complaints. PETA had written to the credit-card giant describing Ringling’s record of tragic animal deaths, USDA investigations, penalties, and warnings and recently sent MasterCard’s president and board of directors undercover videotape … Read more »
January 2004 Upon learning that Forever 21 was selling clothing made of fur, peta2 threatened a boycott and called on its supporters to take action against the popular clothing chain. The response from activists was so overwhelming that Forever 21 contacted PETA to begin negotiations. The company’s senior vice president soon vowed that the company would … Read more »
October 2003 KFC and Yum! Brands made sweeping changes to their Web sites and customer service scripts in response to a lawsuit that PETA filed against KFC and its parent company, Yum! Brands, accusing the corporations of lying to the public about their animal-welfare policies. PETA’s victory in this lawsuit put corporations on notice that they … Read more »
October 2003 Thanks to PETA’s efforts, a Kentucky high school teacher was charged with three counts of cruelty to animals for poisoning and killing three of her neighbors’ dogs with antifreeze. Read about the link between animal and human abuse.
October 2003 A Seattle man was convicted of multiple felony charges stemming from an incident in which he attacked his girlfriend, choking her, and repeatedly slammed her 6-week-old kitten onto the ground, killing the animal. PETA put pressure on the prosecutors, and the abuser was sentenced to six months in prison. Read more about the link … Read more »
October 2003 PETA came to the rescue of a 9-year-old pot-bellied pig named Wilbur, who was being neglected by an elderly Virginia couple. He was extremely overweight; he had open, bleeding sores on his skin; his eyes were swollen shut; his tusks had grown so long that he could not eat comfortably; and his hooves had … Read more »
October 2003 A Virginia man picked up a dog from the road and then threw her to the ground, crippling her. The dog was reportedly unable to walk and had to be carried by the abuser. A whistleblower contacted local police and then called PETA for assistance when she was told that the investigating officer would … Read more »
October 2003 PETA contacted an Ohio judge to ensure that a man would be charged with felony cruelty to animals for attacking his neighbor’s terrier. The abuser attached the wandering dog to a leash, repeatedly beat and kicked her, doused her in gasoline and oil, and set her on fire. The dog made her way to … Read more »
October 2003 Students at Hamilton High School in Michigan contacted PETA when they learned that a donkey basketball game was scheduled at their school. We immediately contacted the school’s principal and the school district’s superintendent to point out that making public spectacles of animals teaches the wrong message to young adults and that these events can … Read more »
October 2003 Thanks to PETA’s efforts, two North Carolina men were charged with felony dogfighting after police found a blood-covered chain and two dogs with puncture wounds. Click here to read about the link between animal and human abuse.
October 2003 Thanks to PETA’s efforts, a Washington state hoarder was arrested on suspicion of first-degree cruelty to animals after police removed 30 animals from her property, including a goat whose head she had held up to the tailpipe of a running car in an attempt to euthanize him after he was attacked by one of … Read more »
October 2003 A South Carolina man was slapped with felony charges for dragging his small dog behind his moped for three miles, while–according to one witness–the dog was “flailing [her] legs and crying.” The dog was killed, and another dog, alive but in “poor condition,” was found by officials at the abuser’s home. PETA contacted authorities, … Read more »
October 2003 PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) responded to an emergency call about a 10-year-old basset hound named Pokie who had been missing for 24 hours and was stuck in a drain pipe. A neighbor heard his cries below the street, and after three hours, CAP and the local fire department managed to rescue him from … Read more »
October 2003 A Florida man was slapped with felony charges for binding his dog’s paws and snout and cutting off the animal’s testicles with a dull pocketknife. Police reportedly discovered the dog, Lightning, bleeding profusely and rushed him to a veterinarian, who saved the animal. PETA contacted authorities, and the abuser was sentenced to one year … Read more »
