TMZ founder Harvey Levin is the breaking celebrity news—he’s newly vegetarian and no longer wears leather. It’s likely that Levin’s love of animals caused him to make the switch. He’s “deeply into animal rescue” and says that the last time he cried was when his beloved dog, Floyd, passed away. All aboard! Ozzy Osbourne is … Read more »
Tired of going through racks of Halloween costumes and seeing the same old hockey masks and sexy nurse uniforms? Here are six scary DIY costumes guaranteed to make the most fearless revelers do a double-take—and then think twice about eating meat, wearing fur, or going to the circus. Steal an idea from PETA Vice President … Read more »
Ducks and geese in North America are a bit safer, now that “celebrity” hunter Jeff Foiles has been banned from hunting for three years in Canada and two in the U.S. following convictions for cruelty to animals. Foiles, who sells videos of his hunts online, was reportedly seen in one of his taped hunts holding … Read more »
No animals were arrested in the making of this protest, but yesterday in Zuccotti Park Liberty Square, a “pig,” “cow,” and “chicken” joined the Occupy Wall Street protesters to push for more corporate accountability. Our animals were at the center of a whirlwind of police, photographers, protesters, and intrigued passersby who stopped to read the … Read more »
After reading these cheese facts, you won’t smile when someone says, “Say cheese!” In fact, the thought of cheese might make your stomach turn. Speaking of stomachs, let’s jump right into why eating cheese could make you heave: Many cheeses are made with rennet, an enzyme that comes from calves’ stomach lining. That’s right—the pre-cheese … Read more »
Toronto Fashion Week is all about the clothes, but one star was there in the flesh—hers. With her naked body painted to resemble a lizard’s skin, Laura Vandervoort, of Smallville and V fame, stars in a new ad for PETA (shot by photographer Nick Saglimbeni) that she unveiled at Toronto Fashion Week while asking her … Read more »
Just when you thought that footwear involving the mutilation of millions of sheep couldn’t get any ugglier…
With a terse dismissal, the State Fair of Texas denied PETA’s application to display our own version of a 4-H booth at the upcoming event. Fair officials must not want visitors to know that the cows, sheep, goats, and chickens 4-H participants have spent countless hours bonding with will ultimately make their way to a … Read more »
After the Sacramento Superior Court ordered the spin doctors behind the blatantly false “Happy Cows” advertising campaign to hand over to PETA thousands of pages of records they wrongfully claimed were “trade secrets,” it became obvious why the agencies wanted to keep the documents under wraps. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is … Read more »
PETA’s band of bovines had Georgia on their minds when dairy farmers and suppliers brought their propaganda-filled displays to the International Dairy Show in Atlanta. Our “cows” told passersby what the dairy farmers wouldn’t—that cows are continually impregnated in order to force them to keep producing milk and that their babies are taken from them … Read more »
In just three months, 180 sea lions and seals off the coast of Canada have lost their lives because they had the audacity to eat fish that farmers wanted to kill themselves. Many were shot by Canadian fish farmers, who are allowed to shoot animals who try to scoop a fish or two out of … Read more »
Canada’s barbaric seal slaughter continues its downward spiral—and it appears to be taking Canada’s integrity with it. Last week, the European Union (E.U.) rejected an attempt by the native Canadian Inuit to challenge the E.U.’s ban on seal products. Interestingly, the Inuit live far away from the area where the mass commercial slaughter takes place … Read more »
Best thing about PETA: ending cruelty to animals. Second-best thing about PETA: naked guys. Great things happen when studs meet suds. With Gay Pride starting in Las Vegas, it was the perfect opportunity to debut our first all-male shower demonstration. When our vegan guys stripped down to show passersby that meat production demolishes natural resources, … Read more »
Chances are that by now, you’ve seen the red-hot viral video of the Utah jazz band New Hot 5 playing music to entertain a herd of cows while on a trip to France. If, like me, you’ve always thought that “The Utah Jazz” was a strange name for an NBA team, the charming sight of … Read more »
Temperatures in Los Angeles were normal this afternoon, but on Rodeo Drive, it was positively steamy as Elisabetta Canalis unveiled her “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” ad to an enthusiastic crowd, getting the fall shopping season off to an animal-friendly start. Elisabetta explained why she wanted to go nude to protest fur, saying, … Read more »
