justhungry / CC On Sunday, a group of visitors to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium took part in what can only be described as one of the most morbid lessons in fish appreciation that we’ve heard of. After aquarium patrons had had their fill of staring at aquatic animals in glass prisons, they were taken to a … Read more »
aceshowbiz / CC “There wouldn’t be a swine flu if we treated the pigs better!” That was superstar comedian and professional face-contorter Jim Carrey’s shout out to pigs during his acceptance speech for Best Comedic Performance at the MTV Movie Awards last night. While Rob Pattinson cleaned up in every other category and “Bruno” shocked … Read more »
Yesterday, Nicola McLean—model, star of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here, and all-around hottie—teamed up with our friends over at PETA Europe to wish the dastardly European department store Selfridge’s an “Unhappy Birthday.” Nicola, flanked by two other models, burst out of a cake in front of Selfridges’ Oxford Street store despite … Read more »
So long, So You Think You Can Dance?! Tonight at 9 p.m. EST, I’ll be watching the series premiere of ABC’s animated sitcom, The Goode Family. Mike Judge, creator of King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-head, is bringing vegans to primetime. The entire Goode family, including the dog, Che, is vegan, and you … Read more »
PETA is poised to take the mic on Wednesday to speak in behalf of chickens at McDonald’s shareholder meeting in Oakbrook, Illinois. We’re all set to grill CEO Jim Skinner and plan on asking him to change the way that his restaurants’ suppliers slaughter birds by switching to controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK), a less cruel slaughter … Read more »
Olympic official Carol Gross really wants our Vancouver Olympics 2010 T-shirts off CafePress.com. As in, she literally wants them and all merchandise bearing PETA’s anti-fur parody of the Olympic logo removed from the CafePress Web site. Gross e-mailed CafePress asking that it “take necessary steps to prevent Sellers to advertise [sic] Olympic merchandise via … Read more »
There was no love lost between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings as they battled on the ice last night in game three of the Stanley Cup playoffs, but there was love in the stands during intermission when Jason Levy asked his girlfriend, Nicole Hughes, to marry him. But wait—there’s more! While the … Read more »
made-in-china / CC From the category of “Well, duh” comes this story out of Copenhagen: A Danish journalist was found guilty this week of deliberately killing 12 guppies and, logically, of violating animal protection laws. In an effort to demonstrate the toxicity level of a shampoo, TV host Lisbeth Koelster poured shampoo into an … Read more »
The swine flu epidemic has hit Asia—and so has PETA Asia-Pacific’s intrepid team of biohazard-suited protesters. They gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila to point out the fact that factory farms are breeding grounds for deadly diseases such as swine flu and avian flu. Thanks for the guard detail, boys! We’ll take it … Read more »
destination360 / CC Somewhere between the golden cartoon age of Bugs Bunny and the pop-centric youth culture of Hannah Montana, a few television networks thought it would be a grand idea to start airing fishing and hunting shows on Saturday mornings—during that crucial time slot when impressionable children in pajamas slurp soymilk from bowls … Read more »
statesymbolsusa / CC Hunted and killed for entertainment, food, and even more absurd reasons, birds of all species don’t have it easy. Well, it seems that, for one species at least, enough is enough, and they’re out to level the playing field. A new study has revealed that North American mockingbirds can distinguish one … Read more »
tv.yahoo / CC Last night, J.T. Thomas, a 24-year-old cattle rancher from Mobile, Alabama, was unanimously voted the winner of reality show Survivor. J.T.’s good looks, southern drawl, and sickeningly friendly disposition pegged him as the token “nice guy” this season—but it was always hard for me to figure out how much of his charm … Read more »
aidinvaziri / CC She had always dreamed of going on an African safari, but now that the time is here, Lily Allen feels like she could never take pictures of the animals because of the stalked feeling that she gets from the paparazzi in her own life. In two recent tweets, she wrote, “Safari … Read more »
Why has Cheers star Kirstie Alley packed on 83 pounds after her widely publicized diet as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig in 2007? dailymail.co / CC She told People magazine, “A vegetarian would probably be eating vegetables. But to me being a vegetarian meant I’m going to eat enchiladas with no meat, and … Read more »
