Muhammad Mahdi Karim/CC by 3.0 It seems like only yesterday I was writing about the nationwide salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall. But now it’s time to move on to the latest food safety scare: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just shut down a Tyson Foods meat-processing plant in Buffalo, N.Y., after food safety … Read more »
Brian Gratwicke/CC by 2.0 Victory Update: Following a year of vigorous campaigning, PETA has learned that government officials have grounded plans for a cruel and ineffective radiation experiment on monkeys. Learn more about this victory for monkeys. PETA has obtained government documents showing that in August 2010, the Brookhaven National Laboratory—where NASA has been planning … Read more »
AZRainman/CC by 2.0 Today we’re joining thousands of bloggers from around the world who are participating in Blog Action Day, an annual event in which bloggers post about a common worthy cause—such as preserving water. So let’s dive right into the deep end by taking stock of how much water is wasted when animals are … Read more »
Knowing that millions of cats and dogs of all ages, sizes, and lineages are currently homeless, Oscar- and Grammy Award–winning songwriter and musician Melissa Etheridge knew that she’d adopt—not purchase—and she found two amazing pooches, Cooper and Scout. These lucky pups now live with Melissa and her four children—and love their long walks with Melissa … Read more »
Mobsters eating meat? Fuhgeddabout it—real wise guys know that a vegetarian diet is the only way to go. Take it from former Sopranos star Michael Imperioli. When asked about his favorite hotspot in Detroit, where he’s now filming his hit ABC cop drama Detroit 1-8-7, Michael replied, “I’m a vegetarian, so Inn Season is like … Read more »
When I was a kid, my parents would tuck me in at night, saying, “Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” But what had been a cute little saying has become a real nightmare for people facing a surge in bedbug populations. And like so many other problems, this one has a link to factory farming, as … Read more »
travlinman43/CC by 2.0 Update: On October 11, the Puerto Rico Senate approved Senate Resolution 1514 to “[e]xpress the most forceful objection” to Bioculture’s plans, and will now officially “request that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) deny any and all permit requests by Bioculture Mauritus, any of … Read more »
elbragon/CC by 2.0 Being shipped over great distances to slaughter with no food or water is agonizing enough, but a reckless driver recently overturned a transport truck carrying 235 pigs, killing 74 of them outright and leaving seven others so severely mangled that police and workers killed them on-site to put them out of … Read more »
Another day, another death at SeaWorld. The latest casualty is a 25-year-old orca named Kalina who died yesterday at the theme park’s Orlando location, far short of most orcas’ expected 50- to 60-year life span. As usual, SeaWorld will likely try to keep this death on the down low. Kalina spent two and a half … Read more »
Think experiments on animals are funny? Thomas Clarkson, a veterinarian at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine who conducts invasive experiments on monkeys, seems to think so. At the National Institute on Aging (NIA), he used “humorous” stock primate photos in a PowerPoint presentation about invasive menopause experiments on monkeys. One of the photos in … Read more »
For years we’ve asked Los Angeles Zoo officials to follow the lead of more than a dozen progressive U.S. zoos and close down its elephant display for good. Despite overwhelming public outcry over the cruelty and the cost to taxpayers involved in keeping elephants in captivity, the zoo has pushed full speed ahead to build … Read more »
Looks like we have to forgive Emily Deschanel for missing PETA’s 30th anniversary bash—she and David Hornsby were having their own star-studded vegan celebration: a wedding! The two recently got married in style, complete with caramelized vegan s’mores from our friends at Madeleine Bistro. David Boreanaz even raved about the seitan on The Late Late … Read more »
If anyone still believes that “organic” eggs are a humane choice, please look at these gut-wrenching photos from the Organic Valley farm in Wisconsin: They show birds in stinking, stifling, windowless warehouses, crammed so tightly together that they’re barely able to move—much less spread their wings, scratch in the dirt, or interact normally in any … Read more »
Adult film star Joanna Angel has taken time out of producing, writing, acting, and directing to conduct a PETA interview about the injustice of forcing animals to do tricks in circuses. In the interview, Joanna points out that chained elephants, whipped tigers, and stressed-out horses don’t perform because they want to—they do it because they … Read more »
Two decades of dumping wastewater from Hilmar Cheese Co. onto surrounding fields has polluted the groundwater in Hilmar, California, according to a report by consultants hired by the company. Eighteen wells in and around Hilmar are so contaminated with nitrates, arsenic, barium, and salts that the water is undrinkable, forcing some people to abandon their homes. … Read more »
