One day 18 years ago, I was out walking my dogs along a bike trail when I saw a bicyclist stop and do something peculiar: He took out his water bottle, and instead of taking a swig, he opened up the top and dumped a pile of cat kibble onto the ground. He was immediately … Read more »
A cat was found in the back of someone’s garage, emaciated, anemic, and suffering in the final stages of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), which attacks cats’ immune systems much like HIV does in humans. Several people in the neighborhood had been feeding her and noticed that she was eating less and losing weight, but no … Read more »
Her story is a haunting reminder of why it should be illegal to chain dogs. Storm was just 2 years old when she strangled to death at the end of her chain after being chained up outdoors like a rusty old bicycle and left unsupervised. After calls about Storm’s horrific death flooded our office, PETA … Read more »
Realtor to the stars and Million Dollar Listing celebrity Chad Rogers has a million-dollar idea: Encourage people to adopt their animal companions from animal shelters and donate to PETA’s doghouse program. In an exclusive interview, Chad—joined, of course, by his canine family member, Starla—talks with PETA about doing both: Chad spends his days brokering some … Read more »
© David Thompson/ iStockphoto.com Even while admitting to myself that I was probably well past the target age for Puss in Boots, I couldn’t resist the allure of the swashbuckling, lady-killing feline hero. I wasn’t disappointed. This movie has plenty for young and old alike, from madcap adventures to the hilarity of Antonio Banderas‘ smooth, … Read more »
Following last week’s killing of dozens of wild animals in Zanesville, Ohio, PETA supporters gathered in front of the Ohio statehouse today calling on Gov. John Kasich to ban ownership of wild animals as “pets” immediately, before other tragedies occur. Earlier this year, the governor refused to extend an emergency ban on keeping captive exotic … Read more »
When veterinarians gathered for the annual American Veterinary Medical Association conference in St. Louis, they were met by members of the St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START), who wanted to know why the organization continues to support mutilating cats’ paws to please their owners. PETA, START, and other groups have been taking the AVMA to … Read more »
If declawing were more accurately referred to as “amputation,” would people still declaw their cats? The Paw Project doesn’t think so. In this provocative new public service announcement, the group shows exactly what the procedure would look like on a human. Its website explains that “[t]o declaw a cat, the veterinarian cuts off the last … Read more »
Last week, PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) received a call for help from an indigent man whom we had already provided with a doghouse and spay surgery for his own dog. The man had tried, without success, to nurse back to health two sickly dogs whom he had found by the side of the road … Read more »
Dogfighters are cowardly scum. Just ask the “Scumdogs of the Universe”—better known as thrash-metal band GWAR, whose lead shrieker Oderus Urungus unleashes his wrath on dogfighting in a new peta2 video. In the video, a chained GWAR “slave” is pitted against Guy Kozowyk of metal masters The Red Chord in a WWE-esque, no-holds-barred … Read more »
Mike Johnson – TheBusyBrain.com / CC by 2.0 Q: If “Happiness Is a Dead Animal,” then what does that make a malnourished, exhausted, or mistreated animal? A: A hot dog, according to the meat industry, which recently admitted that it uses dark, firm, and dry (DFD) meat—which “can be the result of prolonged stress in … Read more »
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you may have already read about the man in Leeds, England, who was cleaning his tarantula’s tank when he was shot in the face with urticating hairs early last year. The incident left the man with a red, watery, and light-sensitive eye for months, … Read more »
Earlier this year, Travis, a 15-year-old “pet” chimpanzee, was stabbed repeatedly, pounded with a shovel, and finally shot to death after he attacked a Connecticut woman named Charla Nash. Yesterday, Ms. Nash, who has been in a hospital since the attack, appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and spoke for the first time about her … Read more »
mediabistro / CC Purrrrr. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to make disabling declawing cats illegal, and other California cities are set to vote on similar measures this week. Painful and traumatic, declawing is really 10 separate amputations in which the last joint of every single toe gets cut off along with the … Read more »
When I was in high school, I took a peanut butter sandwich with me for lunch every day. Every. Single. Day. For four long years. My mother probably thought I was being stubborn just to annoy her, but the truth is that even before I stopped eating animals, I couldn’t stomach the cafeteria’s nauseating (and … Read more »
