January 2004 PETA received complaints from mall shoppers that an exotic-animal display called “The Zoo” was set up at Victoria Mall in Texas. We contacted the mall manager, as well as the CEO of Hull Storey Retail Group, which owns the mall, asking that the company prohibit animal displays at all its locations. We also posted … Read more »
January 2004 PUMA created a commercial in which a very young chimpanzee is seen admiring a shoe. PETA and other animal protection organizations contacted the company to alert them to the cruelty inherent in forcing baby and juvenile chimpanzees to “perform” for ads and asked that it remove the commercial from the air immediately. After reviewing … Read more »
January 2004 PETA received complaints from mall shoppers that an exotic-animal display called “The Zoo” was set up at Colonial Mall Temple in Texas. We contacted the mall manager, as well as the CEO of Colonial Properties Trust, which owns the mall, asking that the company prohibit animal displays at all its locations. Colonial Properties Trust is … Read more »
January 2004 Through the use of action alerts, e-mail alerts, and automated phone messages, PETA mobilized thousands of its members in a successful effort to help end the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s dog labs. The 100 dogs who would have otherwise been cut into and killed every year are being replaced by humane and … Read more »
January 2004 A student at Plant City High School in Florida alerted PETA to the fact that one of his agricultural science teachers had ordered her students to bury alive several baby rabbits and that when they refused, she had dismembered them with a shovel. PETA immediately forwarded this information to Hillsborough County Animal Services, which … Read more »
January 2004 When we learned that the University of New Mexico (UNM) was considering a plan to use a wolf as its football mascot, PETA fired off a letter to the school’s athletic director, asking him to reject this cruel plan. We had been inundated with calls and e-mail messages from people who were outraged by … Read more »
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 »
