With the discovery of mad cow disease in a cow from a California dairy farm and in potentially more cows as the U.S. Department of Agriculture searches for her former herdmates, PETA presents the top 10 reasons why cows are so darn mad: How Many Kids and Counting?Unless you’re Michelle Duggar, you probably have no … Read more »
This sultry snake charmer looked bootiful enough to charm the snakeskin shoes and accessories right off folks outside a Washington, D.C., metro station and convince them to scale up their fashion sense with faux skins. Since the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority rejected our offer to wrap rubber snakes around subway car poles to convince people … Read more »
It shouldn’t happen to intelligent, sensitive cows, but it does: With holes cut into their sides, they are used as sideshow-like attractions to lure children and prospective students to university events and fundraisers. Distraught attendees at some of these recent events sent PETA these disturbing photographs: The cows are part of common experiments that involve … Read more »
As a result of the latest case of mad cow disease on a dairy farm, PETA is placing a billboard near the Hanford, California, testing facility that found the disease. The billboard is a parody of the ludicrous “real milk comes from cows” ads that the California Milk Processor Board pushes. No one who eats … Read more »
Following discussions with PETA, PUMA—one of the world’s largest designers and developers of sports footwear, apparel, and accessories—has pledged never to use animal fur, wool that comes from mulesed (i.e., mutilated) Australian sheep, or exotic-animal skins. How appropriate that a company named after one of nature’s most beautiful animals would help protect so many others! … Read more »
Torrey DeVitto has been part of some of Hollywood’s best onscreen teams, starring in One Tree Hill, Pretty Little Liars, and Vampire Diaries. But now she’s joining Team PETA to help animals in animal shelters find a happy Hollywood ending and to speak out against the cruel fur industry. Torrey’s tips for star-like style? Anyone … Read more »
It’s time for the Canadian government to face it: The seal slaughter is dead in the water. As Grammy Award–winning Canadian icon Sarah McLachlan wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the logical next step is for Canada to buy out the sealers rather than continuing to waste millions of dollars fighting seal-product bans. A Political … Read more »
Want to wake up Easter morning to a basket filled with goodies? Here are five ways to be sweet to rabbits this spring—and make sure the Easter Bunny’s trail runs right up to your house. wwarby|cc by 2.0 Hoppy Easter!
Yep, you read that right. We want to thank Kanye West for the shout-out to PETA in his new song, “Theraflu.” While the aptly named tune does make us want to reach for an over-the-counter remedy as Kanye opines about his inexplicable penchant for slinging tortured dead animals across his back, the song did make … Read more »
We know the beef industry isn’t averse to a little sleight of hand (pink slime, anyone?). So, you would think the cowpokes could take a good-natured April Fools’ Day prank. It All Started With a Joke … On April Fools’ Day 2010 (yes, two whole years ago), PETA published a blog post saying that we … Read more »
Are you ready for (cue ominous music) … Snakes on a Train? No, it’s not the sequel to that (in)famous Samuel L. Jackson film—although it is the title of a straight-to-video rip-off. In this case, it’s a new PETA campaign that is sure to get some attention for reptiles killed for their skins. What Are … Read more »
Martina Navratilova is no stranger to winning, and we think she could soon have a victory under her dancing shoes, too, on season 14 of Dancing With the Stars. Martina’s Moves for Animals The tennis titan’s determination has served her well both on the court and off. Rallying against cruelty to animals, she has been … Read more »
Photo of the day: Wildly popular actor, singer, and writer Annie Yi unveiled her dramatic new anti-fur ad for PETA Asia-Pacific in Beijing this week. Annie—whose video exposé of the cruelty behind fur has already had more than 200,000 views(!)—is the first Chinese celebrity to tell the public, “I’d rather go naked than wear fur.”
Writing for the website of the U.K.’s Daily Mail, Liz Jones brilliantly eviscerated bloated bag of ego “musician” Kanye West for his use of animal fur and skins in his Paris Fashion Week show. Jones reminds readers that astrakhan, West’s material of choice, “is the fur of an unborn lamb. Yes, a foetus. The sheep … Read more »
D.C.’s Washington Humane Society gave away rabbits for pennies recently. As one commenter who read the disturbing news article posted, “I hope this is … [an] April Fool’s joke.” Sadly, it wasn’t. The animals were being adopted out for “29 cents in honor of the Leap Year.” St0rmz | cc by 2.0 A Dangerous Plan … Read more »
