After learning that the Kelly Miller Circus was headed to the Wisner Memorial Stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, PETA told the venue and its sponsors that the circus contracts with abusive exhibitors for its cruel animal acts. Centro Multicultural La Familia dropped its sponsorship of this and all animal circuses after it quickly recognized that a … Read more »
Good Clean Love received PETA’s Compassionate Business Award for the company’s work with us to replace the use of rabbits and guinea pigs in painful experiments required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. This success paves the way for all personal lubricant companies to avoid these animal tests. See here.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) revoked the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) exhibitor license of Summer Wind Farms Sanctuary, where a PETA eyewitness exposé revealed chronic neglect. The USDA ordered the Brown City roadside zoo to sell or donate most of the animals there to other facilities, and if it fails to do so … Read more »
Following talks with PETA, Restaurant Brands International—the parent company to Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen—issued a new sustainability report stating, “RBI encourages the selective breeding of naturally polled cattle, as the best possible solution instead of dehorning.”
PETA contacted T-Mobile—the nation’s third-largest wireless phone company—after discovering that it was giving away goldfish during the Taste of Times Square event in New York City. After learning that goldfish are sensitive, intelligent animals—not disposable marketing props—the company confirmed that it was an isolated incident and wouldn’t be repeated.
After the suffering elephant Nosey was scheduled to give rides at Pettigrew Feed & Hardware in Edinburg Township, Ohio, PETA sent a letter to the store’s president explaining that the animal’s notorious exhibitor, Hugo Liebel, has been cited for nearly 200 animal-welfare violations, most of which have been related to mistreatment. The president quickly canceled … Read more »
Red Mango introduced its new Fro-No line of vegan probiotic frozen treats, starting with two flavors: Caramelized Pineapple and Blood Orange. The frozen-yogurt chain already offers great vegan Skinny Sorbettos, and we had encouraged it to expand its vegan offerings.
Online grocer FreshDirect has added three Hodo Soy products—Sichuan Mapo Tofu, Five Spice Tofu Nuggets, and Thai Curry Tofu Nuggets—making it the only large grocer in the Northeast U.S. to carry them. (Usually, you’ll find them in only small natural-food stores.)
After learning that the Banana Derby—a “monkey rodeo” that chains and tethers capuchin monkeys to dogs’ backs and races them around a track—was coming to the Northport Firemen’s Fair in Northport, New York, PETA and Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) urged the village’s fire department to cancel the cruel act and took to the … Read more »
After nearly 80,000 PETA members and supporters wrote to the management of an Oklahoma City mall where a storefront called Neon Jungle sold inherently cruel and dangerous “playtime” with tiger cubs and other juvenile exotic animals, the exhibitor moved out of the mall—and out of the city. PETA also submitted a complaint to the city … Read more »
After the suffering elephant Nosey was spotted outside two Tractor Supply Company stores in Ohio, PETA sent a letter to a company executive explaining that the animal’s notorious exhibitor, Hugo Liebel, has been cited for nearly 200 animal-welfare violations, most of which have been related to mistreatment. The company quickly banned him from using its … Read more »
After meeting with PETA and learning that animals caught in glue traps’ adhesive may struggle for days, tearing flesh, breaking bones, and becoming increasingly entangled, The Home Depot agreed to prohibit the use of glue traps in all of its more than 2,200 stores nationwide.
