Or, rather, holy smokin’… If Joanna Krupa’s previously released ad about animal adoptions somehow escaped anyone’s attention, today the supermodel and Dancing With the Stars alum joined PETA for a protest outside a Los Angeles pet store to reveal the racier version of her compassionate message. Other Viewing Options Joanna is taking action … Read more »
Elizabeth Carlisle—the former Petland employee who drowned two rabbits in the backroom of a store in Akron, Ohio, and then posted a now-infamous photo of the animals on Facebook—recently pleaded guilty to two counts of cruelty to animals. Carlisle’s case caused a media storm and drew attention to the epidemic of animal abuse … Read more »
British socialite Tamara Ecclestone exudes high-class elegance—so it’s no surprise that she despises cruel foie gras. Following PETA U.K.’s recent victory in getting Selfridges to stop selling the “delicacy of despair,” Tamara—the gorgeous Sky Sports TV presenter and daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone—has taken it all off in the name of compassion. … Read more »
On last night’s Family Guy, the show tried (sort of) to make the point that dogs’ lives are not worthless (how risqué of them). But I’m not totally convinced that the animal rights message came across through the myriad of violent deaths of cartoon dogs. Incidentally, I’ve been waiting, like, nine years for … Read more »
Donny Osmond may have taken home the disco-ball trophy last night on the Dancing With the Stars finale, but Joanna Krupa, the stunning Polish model and cha cha champ, just became this fan’s favorite, thanks to this ad: In a sneak peak of our ads with Joanna and Rugby, the two of them … Read more »
wikimedia / CC When President Obama received this year’s lucky turkey to be pardoned, he had some brow-raising reservations: “I’m told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys. You can’t fault them for that; that’s a good-looking bird,” he said. Malia and Sasha’s response? No. He. Couldn’t. “Thanks to the interventions of Malia and … Read more »
Our sexy pilgrims put the free in cruelty-free in Atlanta yesterday, giving out complimentary Tofurkys to lucky passersby. The sizzling settlers charmed the lunchtime crowd and even convinced a restaurant owner to give a Tofurky to his chef. How do Hooters’ ladies stay sexy? Vegan food, of course. The visit to Atlanta marked … Read more »
Eva Mendes’ performance in Bad Lieutenant has Hollywood talking. And today, with Fur-Free Friday fast approaching, the talk of tinsel-town debuted PETA’s new fur exposé. Eva says, “I didn’t always know how animals were killed for their fur, and I even wore fur once myself.” But then the compassionate (and smoldering-hot) actor learned … Read more »
PETA’s campaign to stop plans by biological supply company Bioculture to build a monkey-breeding facility in Guayama, Puerto Rico, just got another shot in the arm, courtesy of CNN Headline News’ Jane Velez-Mitchell. In an update to a story that originally broke on Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell back in July, PETA Vice President Kathy Guillermo … Read more »
athensboy / CC It’s official: Oprah will end her show in 2011. Feel that collective surge of sadness? We sure do. Oprah’s groundbreaking program has transcended the talk-show format and has paved the way for social and political change. In honor of PETA’s 2008 Person of the Year and her show’s long run, we’re revisiting … Read more »
This week Windsor, North Carolina, officials cut the red ribbon that wrapped PETA’s very special gift to animals in this small Southern town. For nearly a decade, PETA has been working with Windsor and other area towns to provide homeless animals in their care with better housing conditions and a peaceful end when euthanasia is … Read more »
The case of Oreo, a pit bull who inspired headlines and received an outpouring of public sympathy when her “owner” tossed her off a Brooklyn rooftop in June (she fell six stories and broke both of her front legs), has ignited a controversy. Oreo was nursed back to health by the American Society for the … 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 »
