When rock deity Chrissie Hynde says “I’ll Stand By You,” she really means it. When we told Hynde that we were resurrecting our McCruelty campaign, she pulled out all the stops, starting by unveiling her new “i’m hatin’ it” ad in Salt Lake City, where throngs of people were thrilled to see the powerful image. … Read more »
celeb9 / CC Alarms went off at PETA when we learned that filming for Tom Cruise’s upcoming movie, Knight and Day, included the use of live animals to recreate Pamplona’s infamous and cruel Running of the Bulls. The Mirror reports that seven bulls used for the production in Spain escaped and injured two women. We … Read more »
Today, I sing the praises of the Internet. Not for e-mail—which is handy, yes—but all that Viagra spam irks me. (Hello? It’s called “Veggie Viagra“). Or online games (like I need another addiction. The real reason I love the Internet so much is because now my “cosmic justice file” has grown exponentially and now comes … Read more »
cbs3springfield / CC “California cows can keep their tails.” That sentence in the Central Valley Business Times says it all. California state proved it was full of animal-friendly folk when Prop. 2 passed last year, and now lawmakers in the state have just signed a law that will make the docking of cows’ tails illegal … Read more »
smh.com / CCBuñol’s annual Tomatina festival Looks like a lot more fun than this: stopbullfighting / CCPamplona’s annual Running of the Bulls Written by Shawna Flavell
Celebrate by watching this Creole (not cruel) “Running of the Bulls.” Written by Karin Bennett
For the first time in nearly 15 years, a human has died after being gored by a bull at the Running of the Bulls. How many bulls have died this time around as a direct result of being gored by humans? All of them. Every year, all bulls who are sent charging down the narrow, … Read more »
banbloodsports / CC At a time when protests of the gruesome Running of the Bulls are making a bigger splash than ever, the sagging global economy is apparently taking a toll on the annual festival as well. It turns out that bombed bull abusers are scaling back their bar tabs. This means fewer euros for … Read more »
warkscol.wordpress / CC The American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) annual conference starts July 10 in Seattle. On the agenda is a pitch for the AVMA to change its current opposition to ear-cropping and tail-docking and give a thumbs-up to the painful procedures. Say what?! Our friends at NYCVet.org alerted us to a recent issue of … Read more »
For two days, the exhausted dairy cow had lain in the pasture, dying. Her eyes were missing, probably eaten by birds. A commuter passing by saw her and had been trying desperately to get help, with no luck. Eventually, this kind person, frantic to find help for the tormented animal, contacted PETA’s after hours emergency … 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 »
nytimes / CC Recently, an 11-year-old Mexican “bullfighter,” goaded on by parents who make Brooke Shields’ mom look overprotective, tried to establish a Guinness world record by killing six bull calves in one day in Merida, Mexico—despite attempts by the courts and animal protection groups to cancel the event. Bullfighting is always cruel—the bulls are … Read more »
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk‘s new book One Can Make a Difference is a collection of essays by some pretty awesome people—and one of my favorites is the wonderful Stella McCartney. You can’t help but love Stella; she is not only a fabulous (and award-winning!) fashion designer but also a staunch opponent of fur and leather. … Read more »
Check out the gaggle of nearly naked PETA members who converged on the Spanish Embassy in Washington D.C. yesterday in a warm up for PETA UK’s sixth annual Running of the Nudes in Pamplona, Spain, to protest the cruelty of the Running of the Bulls. OK, so I guess this demo is more like the … Read more »
