Here’s an idea that hockey star and seal defender Georges Laraque would probably like to take credit for: We’re planning to place a giant version of our Olympic Shame 2010 logo under the ice at several Canadian skating rinks. After all, denizens of the Great White North love their icy sports. Once they start … Read more »
Check out this stellar tweet from My Name Is Earl star Ethan Suplee: channel14 / CC Way to spread the word, Ethan! Written by Shawna Flavell
This is it, people! The circus industry is built on masking animal torture as family fun—and it’s time to force that industry to crumble. As you may know, this week PETA broke our latest undercover investigation into Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. With the powerful footage obtained by our investigator, we are closer … Read more »
Oof. I imagine this is what a certain fur hag might look like on a “good” day. PETA’s “Grim Reapers” recently greeted tourists at a crowded tour-bus stop in Toronto to reveal frightening facts about Canada’s shame: the cruel slaughter of baby seals for their fur. Their scary outfits didn’t stop tourists from … Read more »
Today we released a new investigation inside Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus that shows workers on video as they beat and whipped elephants dozens of times in venues across the country. It’s an investigation that I helped work on. Once investigators capture video from an investigation, my job is to review all the … Read more »
The adorable peta2 mascot, Not a Nugget, is out to educate people about an issue that is near and dear to his heart: the abuse of chickens killed for McDonald’s Happy Meals. To alert young and old alike to the suffering that goes into every McNugget, Not a Nugget is embarking on a tour of … Read more »
celebritysmackblog / CC Elvis swiveled his hips to that hit single decades ago, and today his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, is singing a similar tune in behalf of a baby chimpanzee who is named after her. An anonymous whistleblower at an Illinois Park District contacted PETA after witnessing the owners of Ed and Annette’s Monkeys … Read more »
Here’s your first look at PETA’s newest campaign: “Animal Testing Breaks Hearts.” We first launched “Animal Testing Breaks Hearts” as a youth-oriented peta2 campaign, but the reaction from everyone, regardless of age, was “Awww!” So below are pictures of our first “Big PETA” “Animal Testing Breaks Hearts” campaign event. We promise more to come. So … Read more »
It’s National Veggie Dog Day! This means that vegetarians across our great nation are pulling out the charcoal and gathering their friends for a summer feast that they won’t soon forget. In honor of this year’s “holiday,” we assembled several of our nation’s finest ladies, including Playboy Playmate of the Year—and stunning vegetarian—Jayde Nicole, on … Read more »
flickr / CC The folks who scoffed at our proposal to buy SeaWorld and convert its facilities into non-animal theme parks might reconsider their stance after reading about the real cost of having these parks continue with business as usual. Last week, we received word from a whistleblower that a dolphin named Dixie, who is … Read more »
If you’re trying to reduce your carbon footprint, changing your light bulbs is a good start—but PETA’s Lettuce Ladies are on a mission to let people know that there’s a better (and more delicious) way to go green. Our environmental crusaders’ first stop was the Consumers Energy building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where they gave … Read more »
Yesterday, crowds descended on Los Angeles’ Staples Center to pay respects to the “King of Pop,” but it was “Her Royal Hotness,” PETA’s Lettuce Lady, who stole the show outside Michael Jackson’s memorial. Wearing only her signature lettuce bikini and a single, white sequined glove, Christina Cho held a mirror reading, “Go Vegetarian for the … Read more »
What do you get when you combine our favorite hockey player with one of our favorite faux-chicken sandwiches? Hat trick! Georges Laraque was so impressed by a Canadian KFC’s vegan sandwich, he ordered two more to go. While there is one major animal offense that keeps Canada in the penalty box, KFCs in … Read more »
If our protest in the middle of New York City’s Times Square wasn’t enough anti-bullfighting action for ya, just wait until you see the pictures from this mother-of-all-protests in Pamplona, Spain, yesterday. Two hundred “bloodied” and bare bodies from all over the world (I’m not exaggerating—we’re talking U.K., Australia, America, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, … Read more »
PETA’s reenactment of our “Fur Is Dead” public service announcement (PSA) stunned D.C. tourists last week. News crews from WRC-TV, Roll Call, and others caught all the action—giving new meaning to the term “beat reporting.” “Clubbed” on the head, stripped of her fur, and left for “dead.” Ring any bells? This will probably be … Read more »
