colourfield.de / CC This post originally appeared in the Sacramento Bee. This month, HBO is premiering an original biopic starring Claire Danes about an extraordinary person, Dr. Temple Grandin. As a young woman, Grandin struggled with the isolating challenges of autism at a time when this disorder was almost a total mystery. Today she … Read more »
It’s time to play another round of “Who Wore It Worse?” In this round, two singers who consistently hit only low notes—thanks to their garish fur garments—are about to face off. First up: Is this “Loco for fur” Latina still “from the block?” That ghastly coat certainly suggests that she spends her nights … Read more »
img2.timeinc / CC Kate Moss has made many fatally ugly fashion faux pas, but today we were left pleasantly surprised after learning that Kate’s taken her friend (and PETA U.K.’s 2007 Person of the Year) Stella McCartney’s advice and decided to give Meat-Free Mondays a chance. We still can’t forgive the supermodel for her … Read more »
Poet Charles Baudelaire called the albatross “one of those big birds / which nonchalantly chaperone a ship / across the bitter fathoms of the sea,” and Samuel Coleridge deemed the animal “a bird of good omen.” (OK, no more 19th-century poetry references—I promise!) I wonder if those guys would be impressed to know that two … Read more »
With the Winter Olympics just a week away and all eyes turning to Vancouver, now is the perfect moment to draw attention to Canada’s upcoming slaughter of tens of thousands of young harp seals. These sensitive animals are often less than 2 weeks old when sealers beat them, hook them in the eye, mouth, or … Read more »
In planning for the upcoming Winter Olympics, will the folks at NBC take a cue from the CBS executives who decided to run more advocacy ads during this year’s Super Bowl? PETA is about to find out. We’re asking the network to air our animated anti–seal slaughter commercial during the Olympics: Share on Facebook … Read more »
One pie, two pie, red (cherry) pie, blue (berry) pie. Over at Twitter, we have a stockpile of (virtual) pies, and we’ve been having trouble deciding what to do with them (you can only eat so many virtual pies before you get a virtual stomachache). Then it hit us: We should share the tasty treats. … Read more »
Fur-loving figure skater Johnny Weir was pelted recently—with protests from animal defenders who were aghast to spot white fox fur in one of his costumes. Along with many others, we contacted Weir—and his agent was quick to point out that PETA made its case in a professional manner. Weir responded to the many complaints by … Read more »
Today, Mercy for Animals (MFA) released a new undercover investigation into New York’s largest dairy factory farm, Willet Dairy. The footage that the group’s investigator captured is strikingly similar to what we uncovered less than six months ago at a Land O’Lakes dairy farm and provides even more evidence that animals who are exploited for … Read more »
Gail Shea, Canada’s minister of fisheries and oceans, was greeted with a face full of pie as she arrived at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters today. It seems that one activist had had enough of Ms. Shea’s yammering in support of the seal slaughter and decided to fill the minister’s pie hole with something … Read more »
rap-up / CC The prettiest people do the ugliest things For the road to riches and diamond rings. . .We’ll buy a lot of clothes but we don’t really need ’em Things we buy to cover up what’s inside —Kanye West, “All Falls Down“ West apparently lives by his lyrics. The ethical dropout—who horrified … Read more »
I didn’t hesitate for a second to jump from 12,500 feet or touch clouds over Kauai—but I’m pretty certain it would take a lot of convincing to get me to strip in front of a camera. Check out the NSFW video. So I say “Hats (and skirt, blouse, and stay-ups) off!” to L.A.-based … Read more »
cidlines / CC Nothing ruins a road trip more than seeing an 18-wheeler driving down the highway crammed tight with animals destined for slaughter. From state to state, regardless of weather, animals are carted from factory farms and feedlots—where they suffer short, miserable lives—to slaughterhouses, where their throats are cut or they are scalded … Read more »
It’s official: President Obama’s State of Union address will air on January 27. Of course, this announcement has John and Jane Does everywhere wondering—but not about possible GOP outbursts or changes to the rules of the game. Here’s the hot topic on caring viewers’ minds: When will PETA’s annual State of the Union Undress be … Read more »
last.fm / CC Some of my best friends r bitches… Its ALWAYS fake fur. I don’t do the real shiz. My rekords called ANIMAL!I dont do fur!duhh—Tweet from Ke$ha I wake up every morning feeling like Ke$ha (clearly, the radio station my alarm is set to has flawless taste). And now that she’s blasted … Read more »
