Approximately 50,000 minks got a taste of freedom after someone apparently broke into two fur farms in Greece last weekend and released the animals from their hideous, cramped, filthy little cages. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for freeing the minks, but you only need to watch a few seconds of this undercover footage, … Read more »
Update: Exotic animal smuggler, Anson Wong, sentenced! Six months in jail and a hefty fine for illegally exporting 95 boa constrictor snakes. A broken suitcase at the Kuala Lumpur airport led to the discovery of a mata mata turtle and nearly 100 boa constrictors and other snakes who had been crammed into bags. Notorious international … Read more »
Enjoy! Pamela Anderson is willing to bare her skin to save animals on fur farms. Lucy Clarkson, former Lara Croft model, protesting the Queen’s Guards’ caps for PETA U.K. PETA protesting Mars outside the M&Ms World store in Times Square PETA U.K.’s Running of the Nudes Check out the NSFW version of Keeley’s PETA ad. … Read more »
With Sweden poised to consider whether it should ban all fur factory farms (the country has already banned fox fur farms), the Stockholm-based Animal Rights Alliance has just released a new video showing the horrors that it found during its undercover investigation of 17 mink farms across the country. To help ensure that the footage … Read more »
Officials in Montréal may have banned Pamela Anderson’s pro-veggie ad, but thongs—I mean, throngs—of folks in Victoria came out to greet these two bold PETA babes and hear their take on the subject: Two things are certain: They’re hot, and they give meat the cold shoulder. The big question is, do you? Written … Read more »
Forty spectators were hurt when a terrified, frantic, and injured bull leapt for his life from a Spanish bullfighting arena and ran through the stands trying to escape. We regret that there is no shame in Navarra: The bull was recaptured and killed. Some media outlets have spun this story as if the bull were … Read more »
TuesdayHorse / CC Philanthropist and activist Madeleine Pickens needs your help to save a whole bunch of wild horses who are now in peril. Our pal Madeleine’s “Pony Express Campaign” is working to stop Bureau of Land Management (BLM) round-ups in which wild horses and burros suffer great anguish when they are captured, housed in … Read more »
More than a quarter of a billion eggs—a quarter of a billion!—have reportedly been recalled because of an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened hundreds of people in at least three states. A nationwide recall of 13 brands sold by an Iowa egg factory farm has launched a multi-agency investigation that is only expected to … Read more »
Is that a real fur vest being worn by dog rescuer Shelly Bookwalter on Last Chance Highway, Animal Planet’s great new show about a trucking company that transports homeless dogs in the South to new homes in the North? Inquiring minds need to know, and the word we received from an Animal Planet … Read more »
Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott holds a lot of sway when it comes to Australia’s sheep. The proof? He inspired PETA Australia’s Lucy the Sheep, who is following him all over the place these days, to wear a red Speedo similar to his (in)famous “budgie smuggler.” (Warning: The link is possibly NSFW.) Maybe … Read more »
Sheep may safely graze, but foxes are out of luck at an abysmal fur farm in Joliet, Illinois, that’s run by, of all people, a Catholic priest. PETA recently filed a complaint with law-enforcement authorities regarding the fox fur farm, which is operated by the Rev. Richard Ross of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Joliet. … Read more »
It’s a boy girl kitty! Nicole Richie’s household recently grew by one when a stray cat showed up on the celebutante’s doorstep. “[S]he was so skinny and I could tell she was starving. I couldn’t resist,” wrote Richie on her blog. After a nice square meal, the kitty, now called Tabitha, was “as happy as … Read more »
Restaurants are already reluctant to post calorie counts; can you imagine how hard it is to get fast-food joints to post a skull and crossbones—or at least a warning sign—letting customers know that their grilled chicken contains a carcinogen? It’s pretty dang hard—but the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) just got one step closer … Read more »
We are not alone. No, I’m not talking about the existence of aliens. I’m referring to the existence of other passionate anti-fur advocates such as the South African organization Fur Free. The proof of this group’s passion is in this winning poster from its recent anti-fur poster competition. It’s a powerful poster that’s … Read more »
Kiley Stinson may or may not have been raised in a sow stall. Kiley Stinson, an intern for an agriculture site, recently blogged about picking up a vegetarian/vegan starter kit from one of PETA’s stands in D.C. Here’s her confounding attempt to defend factory farms: “If animal rights activists are so appalled to the idea … Read more »
