Our friends at Animal Defenders International (ADI) have just released footage from their undercover investigation of the Great British Circus. If you’re like me, you just had déjà vu. ADI’s undercover footage of elephant beatings is sickeningly similar to our footage of Ringling’s elephant beatings. That’s because the routine abuse of animals in … Read more »
store.afa-online / CC I’m fascinated by some celebrities’ bizarre backstage demands—the Backstreet Boys’ list of “must-haves” includes black nail polish while John Mayer’s concert rider includes a demand for four soft-headed toothbrushes. The most recent celebrity requests to pop up during my Internet perusing left me giddy instead of scratching my head. Sir Paul McCartney, … Read more »
As promised, here are the photos from PETA India’s protest yesterday outside the Calcutta Zoo. You’ll probably remember the protest because of a certain police officer’s arrest “Fail.” This protest is just one of PETA India’s many actions to help animals in captivity—check out this latest ad. Hmm … looks like somebody’s out … Read more »
Last week, Elizabeth Carlisle appeared in court to face cruelty-to-animals charges for allegedly drowning two rabbits while she was working at a Petland store in Akron, Ohio. On the day of Carlisle’s arraignment, local PETA members and other outraged members of the community stood outside the courthouse calling on Akron’s chief city prosecutor, Douglas J. … Read more »
ecorazzi / CC We already loved Kathy Freston for her wonderful books, Quantum Wellness and The Quantum Wellness Cleanse, which promote a vegan diet as part of a healthy lifestyle. (Even Oprah tried the cleanse!) Now we have yet another reason to love Kathy: Her animal-friendly fashions have earned her a spot in Vanity … Read more »
My “case of the Mondays” went up in smoke as soon as I read about a capless, clueless cop who landed himself in hot water during a PETA India protest outside the Calcutta Zoo. The officer, Assistant Commissioner Anil Kar, wasn’t about to interrupt a smoke break to make an arrest. Instead, he held his … Read more »
The following is a guest post by Amy from the VegCooking blog: You may remember that back in June I asked for your help finding the best faux chicken sandwiches in North America. We read through your suggestions and set out to find the pick of the flock, and we’ve finally tallied the results in … Read more »
It’s hard for me to think of anyone who can think bigger than PETA Prez Ingrid E. Newkirk. It’s not surprising then, that you can find a number of her videos on BigThink.com. Go ahead and check out her insights on a wide range of animal rights topics, including getting our message out in the … Read more »
If there is anything I learned from Saved by the Bell that could help save an animal, it’s that oil can equal death for waterfowl. This knowledge was recently put to quick use by some PETA Foundation staff members. They were walking by the San Francisco Bay when they noticed a seagull struggling to say … Read more »
citypages / CC They’re smart, playful, and ridiculously adorable—but they don’t belong in ads. The hip swimwear and clothing company Bonobos has shown that it’s a champion for chimpanzees by pulling from its Web site a video that featured a chimpanzee cavorting in swim trunks. Once Bonobos gave it some thought (maybe after its staff … Read more »
Most of you probably remember the tragedy at the 2008 Kentucky Derby, in which a young filly, Eight Belles, was whipped mercilessly in the final stretch, only to break both her front ankles after she crossed the finish line. At that time, we called for the racing industry to eliminate, at a minimum, some of … Read more »
treehugger / CC Our terrific colleagues at Japan Anti-Vivisection Association (JAVA), who often work with PETA Asia Pacific, recently alerted us to Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido’s continued reliance on cruel animal tests for its products, which include wrinkle creams and its ironically named ZEN Eau de Parfum. Despite the fact that hundreds of … Read more »
Thanks to Richard Cohen for his Washington Post piece in which he asks if some sports reporters have a special key on their typewriters for “He’s served his time.” Michael Vick has indeed served his time, and that entitles him to walk free in our society. And as he walks, he can remember how lucky … Read more »
shazgood.wordpress.com / CC The Zookeeper has recently begun filming at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. It’s a movie about, well, a zookeeper, played by Kevin James, who wins Rosario Dawson’s heart with the help of his animal charges. Well, presumably he wins her heart—what a bummer of a movie if not! Something else that … Read more »
Years later, studies are still proving what the masterminds behind PETA’s “Got Beer?” campaign knew all along: Beer is better than milk. While that pus-filled glass of milk actually depletes your bone mass, a new study shows that beer just might be the key to keeping your bones from going brittle. So crack open a … Read more »
