© Star Max Inc. PETA pal Pink recently tweeted that she had “… the BESTest day” with her “amazing sexy hubby,” Carey Hart, riding around on beach cruisers and watching the circus. Not to worry, though—our girl Pink would never attend the kind of circus that tears baby elephants away from their mothers and beats … Read more »
Dr. Mehmet Oz’s wife, Lisa, has long been health-conscious. On a recent episode of The View, she mentioned that she’s been a vegetarian since she was 15 and that she cooks vegetarian meals for her family. She’s obviously having a positive influence: Her husband even convinced a guest on his show—a cowboy, no less—to … Read more »
Yes, it is, according to an audit conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General, which reveals that beef containing dangerous pesticides, antibiotics, heavy metals, and other toxins is showing up on supermarket shelves because the government has neither set limits for the chemicals nor is it routinely testing for them. Perhaps … Read more »
The saturated fat and cholesterol in KFC’s Double Down begins clogging arteries and potentially decreasing life expectancies nationwide in just a few days. The sandwich “vilest food product created by man,” consists of bacon and cheese sandwiched between two fried chicken breasts, and according to KFC, is only 540 calories—and 32 g of fat, and … Read more »
Got breast milk? In the wake of a recent report that says the nation could save billions on healthcare costs if more mothers breastfed their babies, we’re running a billboard in Lexington, Kentucky, that encourages people to DLJD (Do Like Jesus Did): Kentucky has one of the lowest percentages of women who breastfeed … Read more »
© Star Max Inc. Can the third wife of a polygamist ever be happy? According to HBO’s Big Love, it depends on the episode. But the ravishing Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays Margene on the acclaimed series and who is radiantly vegan in real life, knows that there’s no happiness to be found for the drugged-up, … Read more »
Despite overwhelmingly sad video and photographic evidence of lame, thin, and downed cows left to suffer and die and a cow whose teat was banded and left to decay and fall off—not to mention expert testimony that all this constituted cruelty—a judge whose courtroom was packed with dairy farmers today found the owners of Reitz … Read more »
Keeping on top of the media sensation that is Daniel Angerer’s “Mommy’s Milk Cheese” is like trying to chase an out-of-control toddler. The compassionate concoction has some skeptics who claim that the only thing that goes with this food is whine, but the fromomage has also attracted some intrigued fans. Famed foodie and critic Gael … Read more »
David Angerer, owner of the New York City restaurant Klee Brasserie (which is just a stone’s throw from the excellent all-vegan restaurant Blossom), is making headlines with his newest offering: “Mommy’s Milk” cheese, made possible by his lactating wife. erikogan / CC by SA 2.0 (Let the punning commence.) This certainly isn’t the … Read more »
makelessnoise / CC by 2.0 Who’s putting the party into “Republican Party”? Vegans! Rich Karlgaard—publisher of Forbes magazine—recently explained his mostly vegan diet on The Huffington Post, attributing his healthy and lively existence to his compassionate food choices. Karlgaard is proof that kindness knows no party lines. Whether you’re conservative or liberal, granola-crunching or pizza-munching, … Read more »
Many folks can’t help shaking their hips to Kissin’ Cousins, but when it comes to breeding imprisoned polar bears who share the same grandfather, you can be sure that our friends at PETA Germany will only be shaking their protest signs. Here’s the situation: Do you remember Knut? If not, you’re not alone. A few … Read more »
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 »
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 »
urinaryincontinencesolutions / CC Ladies—if KFC’s cruelty to chickens hasn’t convinced you to (as the company suggests) “UnThink the Wing,” this wing-induced woe for women might wipe away any cravings for the Colonel’s unhealthy offerings. ScienceDaily.com reports that researchers have found a link between the consumption of E. coli-contaminated chicken flesh, which is available in abundance … Read more »
Last week, PETA Germany released an undercover investigation inside a farm owned by “cage-free” Wiesenhof. The company is a giant producer in the world’s chicken-meat industry, and it sells its chicken flesh worldwide, including right here in the U.S. Undercover footage taken at Wiesenhof’s hatching facilities shows untrained workers breaking chickens’ necks, failing to treat … Read more »
