Stephanie Sigman, the model-turned-actor partnered with PETA Latino in PETA’s “Angels for Animals” program to stand up for dogs and cats.
June is “Adopt a Shelter Cat” Month, and I implore anyone who has the time, resources, energy and love to devote to a cat to consider opening their hearts and homes to a feline (or two!) in need. Shelters are overflowing with cats of every stripe—from frisky kittens to loyal “lap cats.” (c) Kencredible As … Read more »
Some people may know about PETA only from what they see on TV or read online or in the gossip mags, but celebrities aren’t the only stars who work for PETA. I’m talking about our hardworking superstar spay-and-neuter clinic staffers, of course. Six—sometimes seven!—days a week, PETA’s mobile clinics provide animals in Virginia and North … Read more »
A recent article on CNN’s website helps explain why many animal advocates—PETA included—support policies requiring in-depth assessment before placing companion animals into new homes: By screening properly, rescue workers and animal shelters can help make sure that animals who have often survived cruelty, neglect, or abandonment will find safe homes in which they will be … Read more »
Enjoy! Please remember: Always adopt—never buy.
It’s a boy for Tommy Lee and his girlfriend, singer and dancer Sofia Toufa. On National Puppy Day, the pair rescued their new pup, Bowie, from a shelter. Mia anelli Of course, Tommy rescued his new best friend rather than buying him. What else would we expect from a guy who chooses ink over mink, … Read more »
Can DSK’s experience be used for good? Dominique Strauss-Kahn may no longer preside over the International Monetary Fund or be running for the highest office in France, but PETA France is banking on his ability to illustrate one pitfall of having unprotected sex: DSK might not have considered “spay-and-neuter advocate” to be his next move, … Read more »
To look at 5-month-old siblings Bronson and Felix now, it’s hard to picture them as the sickly newborn kittens a PETA investigator discovered at Caboodle Ranch, Inc., a no-kill hellhole that was raided this week after masquerading as a “cat rescue sanctuary.” On Monday, based on evidence that PETA gathered during a five-month undercover investigation, … Read more »
As viewers of the popular reality shows about hoarders can likely confirm, peering inside the homes of people who suffer from the psychological compulsion to collect things has a certain morbid attraction, until you realize the toll it takes on the families of the afflicted—and it’s far worse when the “things” they’re collecting are living, … Read more »
The length of the current economic downturn has taken its toll both on people—many of whom are struggling to find housing and jobs—and on the animals who depend on them. As a result, animal shelters are receiving record numbers of abandoned animals, stretching their already limited resources to capacity. Overcrowding at a limited admission (no-kill) … Read more »
PETA and other Virginia animal shelters have just submitted to the state the numbers of animals they received, found wonderful homes for, reunited with guardians, had to euthanize, or were able to release back into nature in 2011. Because numbers can’t begin to tell each animal’s story, let me describe one of those animals: Pepper. … 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 »
We don’t know what started the feud between a man (we’ll call him “George”) and his neighbors. We only know that when George fled his home to escape the wrath of his neighbors for a few days, he left the mother cat he had taken in as a stray and her three 7-week-old kittens behind … Read more »
In what could prove to be a groundbreaking case for the legal rights of animals, New Yorker Elena Zakharova is suing a pet store because of the chronic pain that her dog, Umka, suffers from as a result of hip and knee problems, which she attributes to the dog’s puppy mill origins. While New York … Read more »
© Audrey Coleman Pusuke, who held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest living dog, died in Japan on December 5, 2011. He was 26 years and 9 months old. He was also a mutt. Coincidence? Not likely. Mixed-breed dogs like Pusuke tend to be healthier than their “purebred” cousins, because purebreds are often … Read more »
