Steven Seagal rides in on a tank, trailed by a line of armored cars. The tank reaches its target, and with one mighty shove, it levels the tall security fence. Seagal jumps out, flanked by the sheriff and his deputies, dust billowing around them. Seagal races to guard the far side of the house as … Read more »
Minarae/cc by 2.0 Great news out of Knoxville: The Knoxville Zoo has decided to permanently employ the protected contact (PC) system to manage the elephants there. PETA has been urging the zoo to switch to PC, which involves using a barrier such as a metal screen, bars, or a restraint chute to separate elephants and handlers at … Read more »
With a “woof woof” here and a “woof woof” there, dogs in Seminole County, Florida, are celebrating a new anti-chaining ordinance. © Reuben Steains Bryan and Carla Wilson with Animal Rights Foundation of Florida pushed for the chaining regulation to help protect dogs from neglect and people from bites and in doing so, earned themselves an award from … Read more »
A new viral e-leaflet is urging people to “avenge” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whom the leaflet describes as “the prime focus of a global manhunt.” We’re sure that Mr. Assange has his share of woes, but hey, at least he isn’t having his head bashed in. Canada’s harp seals are, however, which lead us to launch … Read more »
Knut, the polar bear cub who was the toast of the Berlin Zoo four short years ago, is dead. He was only 4 years old. Months ago, PETA Germany had warned the head of the zoo that Knut was being terrorized by his three female companions, one being his mother, Tosca, (who had once been used … Read more »
In Canada, you can have your pie—you just can’t throw it too. PETA supporter Emily McCoy is saying au revoir to Canada after a certain tofu cream pie left her hand and wound up in the face of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea. McCoy appeared in an Ontario courtroom yesterday to face charges of assault after she pushed … Read more »
Vida Guerra celebrates her birthday on March 19, and she wants you to join her. The cover model and video vixen is also an outspoken vegetarian, and she wants her birthday to make a positive impact for animals. Vida, who stars in a sexy new ad for PETA, set up a donation page on our website and is … Read more »
So long, rat torture! After a year-long PETA campaign and complaints from students and our supporters, a neuroscience class at the University of Texas–Dallas dropped a deadly classroom experiment on rats from its curriculum. Previously, students in the class had to drill holes into rats’ skulls, cause brain damage with toxic chemicals, force the rats … Read more »
If you were the governor of a state struggling in the economic downturn and you had $100,000 to spend, what would you do with it? Restore programs cut from schools? Aid homeless shelters? Or promote alligator-skin golf shoes? Florida’s budget currently includes about $100,000 a year to market alligator skin, but Gov. Rick Scott wants … Read more »
Ding-dong, the wicked bill is dead. The Utah state Senate killed the so-called “feral cat bill,” which would have allowed people to shoot on sight any cats, dogs, birds, rats, mice, pigs and other animals they thought could potentially be feral or otherwise considered a “nuisance.” bobmacinnes/cc by2.0 It sounds like a prank from The Onion, but … Read more »
PETA has asked officials with Tennessee’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health to penalize the Knoxville Zoo for repeatedly allowing handlers to come into direct contact with the elephants there. Handler Stephanie James was crushed to death when an elephant named Edie pushed her into a bar in her enclosure in January. sdixclifford/cc by 2.0 Despite a … Read more »
Every March, young women in Sweetwater, Texas, vie for the title of Miss Snake Charmer at the annual rattlesnake roundup.
Mike Tyson would have viewers of his new show, Taking On Tyson, believe that pigeon racers don’t think of the birds as “inventory.” But a long-time wildlife rehabilitator who has seen the victims firsthand begs to differ. In an e-mail to PETA, she told us about rehabilitating a thin and injured pigeon who, judging from his … Read more »
gore fiendus (jerry frausto)/cc by 2.0 A West Virginia man faces 29 charges of cruelty to animals after allegedly using various tools to torture and kill at least 29 dogs and puppies over the course of several months. According to reports, Jeffrey Nally Jr. told police that he got the dogs from ads in the … Read more »
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Steve-O! The vegan comedian and daredevil led a PETA protest outside the Edmonton Valley Zoo to call on zoo officials to allow Lucy, the ailing and lonely elephant at the zoo, to retire to an elephant sanctuary. “I’m sympathetic to Lucy because I know that elephants in their … Read more »
