Update: Our vegan Ultra champion did it again. Rich Roll finished seventh in the race on Sunday. Despite a bad accident on his bike on Saturday during challenging weather conditions and even with an injured knee, he did the 52-mile run in 7:51. Amazing. Congrats, Rich! It’s Fur-Free Friday, and we’re all about spreading joy … Read more »
wikimedia / CC When President Obama received this year’s lucky turkey to be pardoned, he had some brow-raising reservations: “I’m told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys. You can’t fault them for that; that’s a good-looking bird,” he said. Malia and Sasha’s response? No. He. Couldn’t. “Thanks to the interventions of Malia and … Read more »
Our sexy pilgrims put the free in cruelty-free in Atlanta yesterday, giving out complimentary Tofurkys to lucky passersby. The sizzling settlers charmed the lunchtime crowd and even convinced a restaurant owner to give a Tofurky to his chef. How do Hooters’ ladies stay sexy? Vegan food, of course. The visit to Atlanta marked … Read more »
everyjoe / CC Ricky Williams is hulking proof that vegan athletes last longer and play harder, and we’re sure that his new restaurant, PROOF, will have the same stamina that he has. PROOF opened today in the Z Ocean Hotel on Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive, and the most delectable part of its menu is … Read more »
Last year’s McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago was chock-full of behemoth balloon characters and live entertainment (was that the cast of Jersey Boys I saw serenading their way down State Street?), but something was missing … Wait, I know! Where was the killer clown? Considering that McDonald’s refuses to adopt controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK)—the less cruel … Read more »
How would you react if you learned that your father was Charles Manson? loyalkng / CC DJ Matthew Roberts was adopted as an infant. When he recently found out that his biological father is the infamous criminal, he made it very clear that he’s nothing like his old man: “My hero is Gandhi,” … Read more »
Hey, NBC: We’d like to know … if a family-friendly announcement against abusing turkeys (who live in dark, ammonia-filled sheds where workers clip their beaks, break their legs and wings, and crush their heads) doesn’t meet your standards, then what does? When we first submitted our newest commercial to NBC in the hopes of running … Read more »
athensboy / CC It’s official: Oprah will end her show in 2011. Feel that collective surge of sadness? We sure do. Oprah’s groundbreaking program has transcended the talk-show format and has paved the way for social and political change. In honor of PETA’s 2008 Person of the Year and her show’s long run, we’re revisiting … Read more »
This week Windsor, North Carolina, officials cut the red ribbon that wrapped PETA’s very special gift to animals in this small Southern town. For nearly a decade, PETA has been working with Windsor and other area towns to provide homeless animals in their care with better housing conditions and a peaceful end when euthanasia is … Read more »
Right on the coattails of Ireland’s fur-farm ban, here’s a sizzling fur-free first: Supermodel and longtime vegetarian Suzanne McCabe has become Ireland’s first celebrity to bare it all in an anti-fur ad. McCabe’s sexy new ad for PETA U.K. and Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) is sure to turn heads: A finalist for … Read more »
ace-clipart / CC Bugs are fascinating, and if anyone tries to tell you different, have them check out this article, which offers proof that many insects are tiny geniuses who are capable of counting, categorizing objects, and recognizing human faces. Recent studies show that even though their brains are oh-so-teeny-tiny, ants, bees, and other braniac … Read more »
On July 4, we celebrated Independence Day for greyhounds in New Hampshire when the state’s two racetracks closed. Well, get ready to toast “New Life’s Eve” for many racing greyhounds: Wisconsin’s only dog-killing racing track, Dairyland Greyhound Park, will hold its last race on December 31. Life in the fast lane is hard and cruel … Read more »
It was literally a sticky situation for employees at one Lowe’s store in Toledo, Ohio, yesterday, when a woman dressed as a mouse entered the store and “glued” herself to the floor. As the “mouse” screamed and writhed, customers surrounded her with caution signs reading, “Lowe’s Tortures Animals.” The “mouse” was taken into … Read more »
In the wake of the recent release of our undercover investigation exposing cruelty and suffering inside animal labs at the University of Utah, students, local PETA supporters, and members of Salt Lake Animal Advocacy Movement gathered outside the university’s Park Building yesterday and urged the swarm of spectators to help put an end to the … Read more »
Last Sunday, Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams ecstatically extended his middle fingers as he rejoiced in his team’s victory against the Buffalo Bills—and later paid a titanic fine of $250,000. Who knew that giving the bird could be so expensive?! Lucky for Adams, we’ve got a bird for him to give that costs nothing and … Read more »
