These Queens Know That Animal Abuse Is a Total ‘Drag’
These Queens Know That Animal Abuse Is a Total ‘Drag’

These drag queens have spoken up in favor of animal rights or going vegan. If you’re excited about the new season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ check this out!

Kentucky Fried Chicken Sells Death by the Bucket—Here’s What You Can Do
Kentucky Fried Chicken Sells Death by the Bucket—Here’s What You Can Do

We’ve beaten KFC before, and we can do it again. Help PETA save chickens around the world.

New PETA Ad Blitz Targets Bus Stops Outside Popular Fast-Food Joints
New PETA Ad Blitz Targets Bus Stops Outside Popular Fast-Food Joints

A dozen PETA bus shelter ads have popped up near fast-food restaurants to remind hungry travelers that animals are individuals.

In One Bloody Bite, Woman’s Perception of KFC Comes Crashing Down
In One Bloody Bite, Woman’s Perception of KFC Comes Crashing Down

Here’s a reminder that chicken meat was once a living, breathing, bleeding being.

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How to Lose a Girl in One Day: Buy Her a KFC Corsage
How to Lose a Girl in One Day: Buy Her a KFC Corsage

PETA has produced shocking artwork showing promgoers the rest of KFC’s disgusting chicken corsage.

Run Away, Train—From KFC Cruelty
Run Away, Train—From KFC Cruelty

Courtesy of USDA Hey, Soul Sister! PETA has sent an urgent letter to the rock band Train urging the group to cancel their performance at KFC’s franchisee convention in San Antonio—or else face the music from PETA supporters—because of KFC’s refusal to stop its suppliers’ cruelty to chickens. Many of the top names in music … Read more »

Photo: You May Have Eaten This
Photo: You May Have Eaten This

The picture has been circulating around the Internet for a while, but it’s still creating buzz because it shows something we rarely see.

Al Sharpton Does a Bill Clinton
Al Sharpton Does a Bill Clinton

What do Bill Clinton, former President George W. Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully, and the Rev. Al Sharpton have in common? They’re all political animals who don’t eat meat. Sharpton first got an idea of what happens to animals on factory farms when he appeared in PETA’s video exposing cruelty in slaughterhouses that supply KFC and … Read more »

McDonald’s Spent $1.1 Million on Lobbying
McDonald’s Spent $1.1 Million on Lobbying

How do you convince lawmakers to turn a blind eye to the devastating effect that fast food has on our health? If you’re McDonald’s, you spend more than $1.1 million (in 2011 alone) lobbying political representatives. YUM! Brands, the owner of KFC, wasn’t far behind, at $845,000. The Center for Responsive Politics reports that the food … Read more »

McDonald’s Sneaky Little PR Move
McDonald’s Sneaky Little PR Move

McDonald’s has kicked its PR machine into high gear after a terrific undercover investigation by Mercy for Animals at Sparboe Farms, one of McDonald’s primary egg suppliers, revealed that workers grabbed hens by the throat and slammed them into cages, that an employee swung a hen by her feet, that male chicks were tossed into … Read more »

Six Scary DIY Halloween Costume Ideas
Six Scary DIY Halloween Costume Ideas

Tired of going through racks of Halloween costumes and seeing the same old hockey masks and sexy nurse uniforms? Here are six scary DIY costumes guaranteed to make the most fearless revelers do a double-take—and then think twice about eating meat, wearing fur, or going to the circus. Steal an idea from PETA Vice President … Read more »

KFC Makes for Really ‘Angry Birds’
KFC Makes for Really ‘Angry Birds’

Last weekend, a flock of really “angry birds” showed that green pigs aren’t the enemy—the Colonel is. The birds landed at a San Jose, California, KFC to make the point that the fast-food chain’s suppliers use a cruel method of slaughter in which chickens have their throats cut while they’re still conscious and millions of … Read more »

Ryan Gosling, Our Hero
Ryan Gosling, Our Hero

Ryan Gosling has certainly earned his cape this month. First, he broke up a street fight in Manhattan. Then, the Academy Award-nominated actor leapt to the defense of chickens and turkeys on factory farms. Gosling wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on PETA’s behalf calling on the agency to revoke its … Read more »

Happy 60th, Chrissie Hynde!
Happy 60th, Chrissie Hynde!

PETA wishes a very happy 60th birthday to rock legend Chrissie Hynde, who, when she isn’t using her beautiful voice to sing platinum hits, uses it to stop cruelty to animals. From opening her vegan restaurant, VegiTerranean, to having her hit song “I’ll Stand by You” featured in a heartbreaking public service announcement, the Rock … Read more »

Morrissey Praised for Being Blunt
Morrissey Praised for Being Blunt

Never one to shy away from speaking up for animals plainly and forthrightly, Morrissey urged fans who were upset about the tragic bombing and shooting rampage in Norway to consider the animals who face needless, terrifying deaths every day. Before launching into “Meat Is Murder” during a concert in Warsaw on Sunday, Morrissey told the … Read more »

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