It’s officially award season, the time of year when our televisions are dominated by red carpets, elegant gowns, and hilarious Ricky Gervais zingers—and oh, yeah, awards are given out too. If animals had submitted the Golden Globes ballots, the roster of winners might have looked pretty similar to Sunday’s lineup: Friend of fowl Kate Winslet … 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 »
SD Dirk/cc by 2.0 San Francisco Giants outfielder Cody Ross just knocked one out of the ballpark. When the postseason hero learned that foie gras is made by shoving tubes down the throats of ducks and geese, often causing serious injuries, and force-feeding the birds until their livers become painfully engorged, Ross immediately decided to … Read more »
Top contender for Most Disturbing Food of the Month: foie gras doughnuts from Do or Dine restaurant in Brooklyn. That’s right—fried dough coupled with diseased, fatty duck liver. Want a stomach pump with that? To produce foie gras, workers ram metal pipes down the throats of ducks and geese and force-feed them until their livers … Read more »
Adult film star Raul Armenteros and another man have each been charged with 22 counts of cruelty to animals after police allegedly discovered a menagerie of animals—including roosters, guinea hens, pigeons, goats, and a duck—baking inside their locked van in the scorching Miami heat. Reportedly, the goats were all tied up inside plastic bags, and … Read more »
The Mentalist star Owain Yeoman investigated a “crime scene” outside Queen Elizabeth’s favorite store, Fortnum & Mason, yesterday. Despite months of pressure from PETA U.K., the British retailer has so far refused to stop selling foie gras, the production of which is so cruel that it is illegal under U.K. law. “In the UK, foie gras production is literally … Read more »
When gourmets say something is “sinful,” they usually mean “decadent.” When Dominic Walker, the bishop of Monmouth in Wales, says foie gras is sinful, he means in the biblical sense. In a letter he sent on behalf of PETA U.K. to the Welsh Western Mail newspaper, Bishop Walker urges Christians to refuse to eat the deadly “delicacy”: … Read more »
Joanna Lumley, the Absolutely Fabulous former Bond girl and current star of the Broadway play La Bête is still as fabulous as ever. What’s her secret? Not being part of the “blood chain,” as the longtime vegetarian puts it. She recently took a break from treading the boards to chat with PETA V.P. Dan Mathews … Read more »
Award-winning chef Amanda Cohen can add another notch to her (cruelty-free) lipstick case: Her not-so-sinfully delicious Mushroom Mousse has won the top prize of $10,000 in PETA’s Fine Faux Foie Gras Challenge. Cohen, who is a veteran of New York City vegan hot spots TeaNY, Angelica Kitchen, Pure Food and Wine, and Blossom Café, wowed … Read more »
Fir0002/Flagstaffotos / GFDL As the home of Western Europe’s largest Muslim population, it’s not surprising that France is experiencing a boom in halal food sales. But in their zeal to cater to the second-largest religious group in the world, food retailers are marketing so-called “halal” foie gras. Because Mohammed (PBUH) admonished his followers … Read more »
thef1 / CC Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, has the ideal formula for success: compassion, intelligence, and beauty. Tamara—who bared it all to reveal the naked truth behind foie gras for PETA U.K. last year—recently bought one of her father’s favorite pubs. Her first order of business as restaurateur? Banning … Read more »
British socialite Tamara Ecclestone exudes high-class elegance—so it’s no surprise that she despises cruel foie gras. Following PETA U.K.’s recent victory in getting Selfridges to stop selling the “delicacy of despair,” Tamara—the gorgeous Sky Sports TV presenter and daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone—has taken it all off in the name of compassion. … Read more »
Two years ago, PETA UK began urging Selfridges to drop foie gras from its shelves so that it would stop contributing to the fatal force-feeding of ducks and geese. PETA UK and its supporters dauntlessly demonstrated, sent more than 5,000 e-mails to Selfridges, and placed thousands of phone calls to the retailer. We are thrilled … Read more »
A Christmas gift just isn’t a Christmas gift if it’s not sealed with a kiss, which is why our snuggly seal jumped aboard a float at Toronto’s Santa Claus Parade: Follow the lead of Santa’s surprise helper and urge Prime Minister Harper to end the seal slaughter. Written by Logan Scherer
Last year, PETA filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Motomco, the glue trap manufacturer that supplies Lowe’s with its sticky death traps. Our complaint stated that Motomco was selling misleadingly labeled glue traps designed to make people believe that these traps were somehow acceptable. The label stated that the glue trap … Read more »
