In response to Kage Games’ repulsive Dog Wars game in Google’s Android app market, PETA has released our own free iPhone app today. The PETA app features an up-to-date list of PETA’s action alerts (including our alert demanding that Google remove the Dog Wars Android app). After participating in an alert with a few simple keystrokes, … Read more »
I’ve been vegan for more than 20 years and thought that was a long time, but Loreen Dinwiddie takes the vegan cake. The Oregon resident, who just celebrated her 108th birthday, went vegan in 1922 and never looked back. Loreen attributes her longevity to “fruits, vegetables, and nuts. It’s all there in the Bible.” She … Read more »
A new attraction at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is being touted as a Broadway-style show, complete with costumed actors, animation projected on a huge screen, music recorded by a 61-piece orchestra, and, oh yeah, dolphins imprisoned for life in a chlorinated tank. Fun for the whole family—unless the family has a conscience. The aquarium … Read more »
Washington State’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is poised to join 14 other U.S. zoos that have closed or are phasing out their elephant exhibits. The zoo is in the middle of discussions about the future of 48-year-old Hanako and 47-year-old Suki, the two female Asian elephants kept in the zoo. tanya_little/cc by 2.0 … Read more »
Cameras caught notorious fur hag Donna Karan as she lied about using fur in her cruel collections. Maybe her fingers were crossed behind her back, because a quick glance at her stores and shows proves that she’s still in the bunny-butchering business. We already knew that the yoga follower was a New Age hypocrite, but … Read more »
Goldendoodles, cockapoos, cockadoodledoos, and whatever else they’re called, “hybrid” dogs fetch—a pretty penny, that is. And breeders and puppy mills are cashing in on the craze. It’s really silly that some folks are shelling out as much as $1,600 for one of these dogs when animal shelters and rescue groups are overflowing with dogs in every combination … Read more »
Hundreds of dogs in China avoided ending up on the dinner table when a suspicious driver blocked a truck that was carrying the dogs to a slaughterhouse last Friday. The driver alerted activists on his blog, and around 200 people swarmed the truck for a 15-hour standoff. As many as 520 dogs were saved and taken … Read more »
An undercover PETA investigation has revealed shocking, systemic, and sometimes fatal neglect of the animals taken to Angel’s Gate “hospice.”
Just in time for World Week for Animals in Laboratories, PETA has unveiled a new nationwide ad campaign: “If you call it ‘medical research,’ you can get away with murder.” What happens in laboratories—including burning, poisoning, crippling, and blinding animals—would be considered criminal cruelty if it occurred elsewhere. But no experiment—no matter how painful—is prohibited … Read more »
In the wake of the storm system that sent dozens of tornadoes spiraling across the southern U.S., PETA visited the hardest-hit state to aid animal victims. After 62 tornadoes hit North Carolina Saturday night, PETA staffers arrived Sunday morning, traveling to devastated neighborhoods to offer animals food, treats, medicine, and doghouses. Chaining dogs is common in … Read more »
Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Bonnie-Jill Laflin is cheering for vegetables in her new PETA ad.
Prompted by reports that churchgoers are more prone to obesity than those who don’t go to church, PETA wants to help one of the largest churches in West Virginia—the U.S.’s fattest state—become one of the slimmest. PETA is offering Chestnut Ridge Church, a mega-church in Morgantown, vegan ads to place on their pews and a yummy … Read more »
With all the recent buzz about taking toys out of unhealthy kid’s meals, PETA has come up with a way for kids to still have some fun at McDonald’s expense. The new “Where’s Evil Ronald?” video game challenges people to find the creepy clown played by Andy Dick in a crowd. The rounds get harder as the … Read more »
People frequently ask PETA what they can do to help stop the abuse of animals used in experiments. Here are five steps you can take.
Scream 4 had audiences gasping and jumping in their seats this weekend. But if the audience had seen PETA’s “scream” movie, they would really be terrified. Our undercover video of rabbits as they are killed for their fur shows the animals as they scream while their skin is peeled off their bodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k87wTVwGz0g Scream 4 … Read more »
