What’s more important to the racing industry: horses or money? If you thought horses, we’ve found two recent news stories that will change your mind. Consider this: Thanks to a lawsuit involving the co-owners of former Kentucky Derby favorite I Want Revenge, it’s become even clearer how often horses used in the racing industry … Read more »
… and you can win it! Our favorite hockey player is at it again. This time, Georges Laraque of the Montréal Canadiens is joining the many other athletes who have stepped up to show how going vegan doesn’t just do a body good—it does a body great. Just in time for (Canadian) Thanksgiving, Georges is … Read more »
blogs.venturacountystar / CC Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which claims that dearly departed Aunt Suzie may be brought to life one day if she’s freeze-dried via cryonics, is under media fire, thanks to a former chief operating officer’s published tell-all. But it’s the account of Alcor’s horrific cryonics experiments sent to PETA by the author that … Read more »
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a bacterium that infects pigs—usually on crowded, inhumane factory farms, where infectious diseases such as swine flu spread like wildfire. Erysipelas causes fever, chronic arthritis, heart inflammation, painful skin lesions, and often death. Up until a few weeks ago, most of us at PETA had never heard of erysipelas either. blogs.venturacountystar … Read more »
Dancing With the Stars has hosted a virtual cornucopia of PETA supporters, from contestants Joanna Krupa and Steve-O to dancing pro Karina Smirnoff and judge Carrie Ann Inaba. So we were bummed to learn that DWTS planned to use a chimpanzee as a “guest judge” on last night’s episode. jrenseyblog.wordpress / CC Yesterday … Read more »
In case you forgot how smart, social, and absolutely adorable pigs are, meet Sherlock. Found wandering down a rural road in Suffolk, Virginia, this little guy was captured and taken to the local animal shelter: When he was found, Sherlock was still a baby, but he was already castrated and his tail had … Read more »
Starting with Tricky Dick, every president in office has issued proclamations supporting America’s “sportsmen and women,” i.e. wildlife killers. President Obama recently followed suit by naming September 26 “National Hunting and Fishing Day.” In response, PETA president Ingrid E. Newkirk has asked President Obama to declare a “National Wildlife Amnesty Day” in honor of the … Read more »
When I was in elementary school, I had a friend named Katie. We slept over at each other’s houses, hung out during recess, and wore the same clothes, pretending to be twins. I was so ready to give her the other half of my best-friend necklace—but then I heard her talking smack about me in … Read more »
Tropical Storm Ondoy caused severe flooding in many areas of metropolitan Manila last weekend. While PETA Asia-Pacfic’s Manila office survived Ondoy intact and local staffers and their animal companions are safe, the storm caused massive damage. As many of us remember from Hurricane Katrina, animals are often left in desperate situations after disasters, and PETA … Read more »
marlerblog / CC Ground beef is not a completely safe product.—Dr. Jeffrey Bender, food safety expert In a chilling reminder to all meat-eaters, Saturday’s New York Times recounted the tragic story of Stephanie Smith, whose meatborne illness almost killed her and left her paralyzed. Two years ago, Smith was a dance instructor who ate a … Read more »
While Nike the shoe company is named after Nike the Greek goddess of victory, unfortunately, in dogfighting, there are only losers: Even the victors end up in the grinder at the end of the day. Nike seems to have forgotten that little fact, as the company is reportedly now supplying Michael Vick with “product,” although … Read more »
Sound the alarm! Yet another emergency services department in California is facing a financial crisis. This time it’s the police department in Vallejo. PETA has offered to help by paying the department to run our pro-vegan ad on Vallejo’s police cruisers. Police departments across the country say that their goal is “to serve … Read more »
dailymail / CC British artist Damien Hirst—known for his series of “art” installations featuring dead (and yes, sometimes dissected) animals preserved in formaldehyde—has reportedly hung up his canning supplies in favor of a paintbrush. Apparently Hirst has spent the last three years painting in a shed behind his house. He says he had to … Read more »
topnews / CC This one goes out to any stonehearted, selfish so-and-so who still eats veal: Baby cows are torn from their mothers hours after they’re born and then kept weak and immobile in filthy pens for the entirety of their short lives. And if that fails to register your compassion or your disgust, let’s … Read more »
boston / CC Ever since notorious dog abuser Michael Vick got out of jail and was signed by the apparently desperate Philadelphia Eagles, there has been a lot of discussion in the press and at your local humane society and sports bar about the ethics of his return to the NFL—and all the other … Read more »
