January 2002 After viewing a videotape of workers bludgeoning “unusable” chickens with baseball bats and later breaking their necks, PETA sent information to the president of Puerto Rico’s largest poultry company about using gas killing as a more humane alternative. We also provided contacts who could help establish a gassing system. After several months of correspondence … Read more »
January 2002 A New York resident called PETA to report that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) routinely advises citizens to drown captured wild and domestic animals, a violation of New York state’s anti-cruelty statutes. To confirm the allegations, we recorded a conversation between a PETA investigator and a NYDEC officer. Not only did … Read more »
January 2002 A concerned member sent PETA a flier distributed in her community by one of the few remaining donkey ball outfits that listed all the cities in which schools had recently used their services. We located the school districts that include each of the cities and wrote each superintendent a letter explaining the inherent cruelty … Read more »
January 2002 A Florida man, annoyed by his cat’s meowing, cut her throat and mutilated her with a steak knife while a friend took pictures. The owner and his accomplices were arrested after Walgreens photo developers called the police. Photographs depict not only the attack, but also the butchered carcass suspended from a shower rail while … Read more »
January 2002 When a New Jersey activist called us for help in persuading the Monmouth, New Jersey, Education Association (NJEA) to ban donkey basketball, we eagerly provided her with materials explaining why donkey basketball is cruel to the animals and a harmful spectacle for children. In addition, we wrote to the president of the NJEA and … Read more »
January 2002 Following an onslaught of letters, faxes, and e-mail messages from PETA and activists around the world, the mayor of Moscow decided to ban the bullfights that were being planned in Moscow. Though organizers claim that no bulls would have been killed in the Portuguese-style bullfights that were to be held in Moscow, Sergei Tsoi, … Read more »
January 2002 In March 2001, PETA began receiving complaints about the use of big cats for photo ops at American Furniture stores, based in Colorado. We immediately contacted store officials to alert them to the cruelty of exploiting animals for profit and to provide information to them about Gatekeepers Wildlife Sanctuary, the outfit supplying the animals. … Read more »
January 2002 PETA was notified that The Zoo had set up at Coralwood Shopping Center in Cape Coral, Florida. We immediately faxed a letter to officials of the company that manages the property, alerting them to the cruelty associated with this tawdry display and asking that they reconsider contracting with animal exhibitors in the future. We … Read more »
January 2002 When PETA was alerted that a “bloodless” bullfight was to be held at the Stade de France in Paris, we immediately sent a letter to the president of the consortium of the large venue, explaining the inherent cruelty and barbaric nature of such events and asking that it be called off immediately. We also … Read more »
October 2001 After securing victory over Burger King in June 2001, PETA launched a campaign against Wendy’s. In the first demonstration of the campaign, actor James Cromwell and others were arrested inside a Wendy’s restaurant in McLean, Virginia, after asking customers to eat elsewhere while Wendy’s still permits the worst animal welfare abuses. Our campaign lasted … Read more »
October 2001 The Washington, D.C., Dining Society held a banquet that was scheduled to serve and promote foie gras to its patrons. After learning about the cruelty of foie gras production and hearing from our members, the event’s organizer made the compassionate choice to remove foie gras from the banquet. Foie gras is produced by forcing … Read more »
October 2001 PETA wrote to Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center after receiving reports that medical students were cutting off the nipples of live dogs and then sewing them back on as a surgery exercise. According to students who participated in this exercise, dogs woke up during “surgery” and were kept alive for up to two weeks … Read more »
October 2001 After the two airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center, residents of nearby apartment buildings quickly fled, not realizing that it would be days before they were allowed to return. Others were at work and returned home to find their entry barred. PETA received dozens of calls from New York City residents, desperate to … Read more »
July 2001 PETA’s undercover investigation of Seaboard Farms, Inc., a pig farm located 8 miles east of Guymon, Oklahoma, shows employees routinely throwing, beating, kicking, and slamming animals against concrete floors and bludgeoning them with metal gate rods and hammers. Other pigs were left to die agonizing deaths from severe injuries, illness, and lameness―often unable to … Read more »
July 2001 In January 2001, PETA launched a campaign against Burger King after more than three months of negotiations in an attempt to persuade the chain to follow McDonald’s lead by instituting policies to protect farmed animals. Our campaign lasted six months and included provocative ads, celebrity support from Alec Baldwin, James Cromwell, and Richard Pryor, … Read more »
