Chicago’s O’Hare said “Oh, no!” to PETA when we offered to buy one of the airport’s new high-tech mirror ads. Our ad would have filled a bathroom mirror, then shrunk to the corner when someone approached, and it would have warned them about McDonald’s cruelty to chickens. The airport rejected our ad on the grounds … Read more »
Throughout June, which is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, the PETA crew came out to LGBTQ pride festivals around the country to promote compassion for all beings. From San Francisco to Washington, D.C., PETA’s Lettuce Ladies were there handing out vegetarian/vegan start kits to promote a cruelty-free diet that can help you go from flabulous … Read more »
When Dutch animal rights group Ongehoord (“Unheard” in English) secretly filmed 26 pig farms in the Netherlands, it found that cruelty was just as prevalent on organic farms—and on those that labeled their meat with the misleading “Better Life” stamp from the Dutch SPCA—as it was on factory farms. Video taken on a farm … Read more »
A little birdie told me that PETA’s cruelty caseworkers are her heroes. After reading about some of the ways that they’ve helped our feathered friends recently, I must agree—they are flock stars! A young bird was found stuck and struggling in a sticky gel that had been applied to the rafters of a hardware store … Read more »
Ever wonder what persuaded self-described “professional idiot” Steve-O to adopt a vegan diet? Believe it or not, it was a religious experience. “I heard a Krishna Consciousness guy in a YouTube video ask ‘How can you expect to be saved if you eat meat?’ I became terrified of having to ‘answer’ for all of the suffering … Read more »
Two Brazilian ranching companies have been charged with illegal deforestation and their “herd” honchos could go to jail if convicted.
What do you get when you cross a raven with a chicken? A whole lot of grief from PETA. After learning that KFC has been named the “Official Chicken of the Baltimore Ravens,” PETA dashed off a letter to team owner Steve Bisciotti, alerting him to KFC’s refusal to implement even basic animal welfare improvements—including … Read more »
On his TV show, Food Revolution, chef Jamie Oliver filled a school bus with sand to illustrate the amount of added sugar that Los Angeles students consume every year in flavored milk. The stunt apparently paid off this week when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board voted to ban chocolate and strawberry milk from school cafeterias, … Read more »
You’ve no doubt seen the commercials with “happy” California dairy cows who chat and gossip in lush green fields. Obviously, the part in which the cows talk is fiction, but many viewers don’t realize that the rolling green fields are also figments of a marketing team’s vivid imagination. Cows in California are commonly raised ankle-deep … 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 »
In what appears to be a violation of PETA’s First Amendment right to free speech, the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, is denying our application for a permit to display our crippled-chicken statue near a McDonald’s restaurant. In a rejection letter, Little Rock City Attorney Thomas Carpenter blamed “public safety concerns.” But not only would our … Read more »
Pig ears. They’re pretty gross when you think about it, and they just got a little grosser after a nationwide recall of pig-ear dog treats because of salmonella contamination. It’s safe to say that my dog, Hannah, will be staying a safe paw’s length away from them. But she and other dogs aren’t going to … Read more »
Soon, Greyhound might be driving home the message about the importance of spaying and neutering. PETA is asking Greyhound Lines, Inc., to temporarily switch its well-known moniker to “Spayhound” and/or to “fix” at least one of its buses with this dog-friendly message: Click image for larger version One Greyhound bus takes an average of 19 … Read more »
As fingers are pointed over exactly who or what is responsible for the outbreak of a deadly new strain of E. coli in Germany, cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce have taken most of the heat. But just like you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, you can’t get E. coli from a cucumber—at least that’s not … Read more »
