erck / CC Forget Miley Cyrus’ terrible ‘tween “Sweet 16” bash at Disneyland; there’s something much, much sweeter to celebrate at Disney World: No more foie gras! Just this month, Disney World dumped this disgusting Donald Duck–derived “delicacy of despair” (produced by force-feeding ducks until their livers become diseased and engorged) from its menus. Disney … Read more »
turner / CC It’s official: Just weeks before he was to race in the Breeders’ Cup, Big Brown has officially been retired from horse racing because of a serious foot injury. The 3-year-old horse, who earlier this year won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness and who outran Eight Belles before she collapsed and had … Read more »
She may have a funny name, but she’s no classroom cut-up. Just in time for Cut Out Dissection Month (October), PETA intern Jennifer Thornburg has officially changed her name to CutOut Dissection.com. Latin for “compassionate frog lover” (I might have made that up), CutOut Dissection.com is on a mission to cut dissection out of school … Read more »
A distressed female becomes pregnant—but she’s still a virgin! Grave danger ensues! But no. I’m not talking about events in that Little Town of Bethlehem, circa 1 A.D. This happened just last year in Virginia Beach, practically next door to PETA’s Norfolk HQ. In a study reported today, DNA testing confirmed that the embryo carried … Read more »
We urged ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s to drop cow’s milk and start churning out recipes that use the only milk intended for humans: breast milk.
eeoc / CC Aw, McDonald’s—it’s having a pretty rough week! First, a McDonald’s in Liverpool decided to “acknowledge the outstanding contribution the Beatles made to both local and global culture” by using photographs of the band to decorate its walls. Our beloved Sir Paul McCartney, like me (great minds and all …), thought McDonald’s might … Read more »
blacksportsonline / CC Retired/unretired/whatever NFL quarterback Brett Favre isn’t just killing his team with big-game interceptions anymore! Now he’s moved on to killing animals for fun in a pathetic attempt at a locker room “prank.” According to the New York Times, Favre, who is “notorious for shenanigans involving lockers,” is reported to have “shot (presumably), … Read more »
newslib / CC As a towheaded tyke in Dallas years ago (how many years ago I’m not saying), I loved nothing more than to visit Six Flags Over Texas. It seemed like an enchanted wonderland of whimsy and harmless thrills …. Obviously, those days are long gone. In a sure sign of desperation, Six Flags … Read more »
Maybe you remember this phrase from your childhood: “Liar, liar, pants on fire, nose as long as a telephone wire.” Well, does that apply to Giorgio Armani, or did he hit his head—causing him to have a drastic about-face? Because the Armani who was once swearing off fur is now dressing babies in it just … Read more »
Michael B. Hennessycarleton / CC With Halloween this month and scary B movies certain to flood theatres (and the U.S. Postal Service via Netflix), we’re going to honor October’s worst vivisector with a special honor: the Frankenscience Award. We’ll serve up two “scientists” with horrendous records of drugging, isolating, and otherwise torturing animals and allow … Read more »
In 2007, PETA received a call from a whistleblower who tipped us off to a Cleveland lab, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF), that performed a fatal brain surgery on a dog for a useless medical-device sales demonstration. Fast forward to 2008. PETA has received yet another tip from a whistleblower because of yet another alleged … Read more »
Sad news—House Peters Jr., the man we all know and love as Mr. Clean, passed away yesterday at the respectable age of 92. I pretty much love the character of Mr. Clean. In a world of cleaning-product commercials featuring only women, Mr. Clean’s gender-stereotype–defying presence was always refreshing. (Plus, he had an earring, which is … Read more »
openentrance / CC Yes, you heard right! On Entertainment Tonight this evening, Michelle Obama was quoted as saying that the family is planning to adopt a rescue dog. We at PETA couldn’t be more thrilled! You may remember the letter that we sent to the Obama family back in July, immediately after we heard that … Read more »
drew / CC So, remember that blog from last week about PETA’s frustration with Armani’s broken promise not to use fur? Well don’t worry, we haven’t lost our steam! We’ve reached out to several celebs to ask them to stop wearing Armani until the designer goes cruelty-free—and now we’ve got our sights set on Glenn … Read more »
You know that we at PETA love to help out whenever we can, so when we heard about the extreme gas shortage plaguing the Southern states, we deployed our elite gasoline response team: the fabulous Lettuce Ladies. We’ve had these eye-catching demos before with great response (and even a hugely successful gas giveaway contest), but … Read more »
