Rosa Parks is remembered as one of the most fearless civil rights activists in history. So it’s fitting that her birthday, February 4, has been deemed the National Day of Courage, when we are all encouraged to raise our voices against injustice. The Henry Ford Museum in the Detroit area, where Parks spent the latter … Read more »
Lady Gaga seems to flip-flop more than a new pair of Havaianas. Now Sharon Osbourne is calling the singer out on it, saying: [W]hen I saw you wear a dress made out of raw meat, I was sickened. When I see you wearing fur, and using it as a fashion statement, the fact that defenseless … Read more »
As harsh winter weather rages across the country, some of those facing the greatest risk are the dogs forced to live outdoors at the end of a chain, where they must endure some of the worst conditions that nature has to offer. Now, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt is stepping up to help them with a … Read more »
When boyfriends go vegan, sexy videos go viral. “Boyfriend Went Vegan and Knocked the Bottom out of Me” is PETA’s cautionary tale of what can happen when men stop clogging up the blood vessels to all their organs (and not just the heart!) with meat and dairy products. More than 3 million people have watched … Read more »
Ne-Yo is making it a happy New Year for animals: The singer has resolved to go vegan in 2013. When Ne-Yo first tweeted his New Year’s resolution, he deemed it a discipline test. But after he learned about the cruelty of the meat and dairy industries, he said that there was “much more meaning to it.” PETA … Read more »
PETA’s Community Animal Project staffers’ days are filled with tending to “forgotten” dogs, animals who have been relegated to a chain or a cage in the backyard and left to live out their days in solitary confinement—a punishment reserved for society’s most dangerous criminals, yet these dogs have committed no crime. When our caseworkers find them, forgotten … Read more »
As a vegan, Jessica Chastain has famously said, “I don’t want to torture anything in my life.” And shooting disturbing torture scenes for the upcoming film Zero Dark Thirty, which details the hunt for and takedown of Osama bin Laden, was understandably rough on the actor. But Jessica revealed how she and director Kathryn Bigelow … Read more »
The new 3-D animated film Delhi Safari has all the elements of a kid-friendly romp: wise-cracking animals, madcap adventure, and sing-along–worthy musical scores performed by the likes of dancing parrots and turbaned flamingoes. But cleverly disguised beneath the hilarity and hijinks, the film’s message is one that’s never too early for kids to hear: Human beings … Read more »
Vegan Anne Hathaway’s footwear at the Les Miserables premiere was the talk of Tinseltown this week. The 2013 Golden Globe nominee asked Tom Ford to design the custom leather-free boots that made her daring look. Word on the street is that Anne is also a huge fan of cruelty-free Stella McCartney heels. And she’s not … Read more »
“I was definitely one of those people that wore fur,” Evelyn Lozada admits. But the Basketball Wives star had a change of heart after seeing footage of how animals killed for their fur are beaten and skinned alive. “I was looking online, and I [saw] how these animals are tortured and skinned, and you don’t really … Read more »
If director Peter Jackson were hoping people would forget about the controversy surrounding The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at the film’s New York City premiere, he was in for a disappointment. Amidst the crowd that gathered to watch the cast and crew waltz into the Ziegfeld Theater were PETA members wearing horse masks and holding up … Read more »
The Goddess of Pop is also a goddess to pups. When Cher tweeted, asking for information from PETA on how to help dogs left to face the harsh winter weather alone outdoors, many of her fans responded, and PETA sent her information on our “Angels for Animals” doghouse sponsorship program. Elsewhere on Twitter, Miley Cyrus showed us … Read more »
So are you feeling a little bummed that you missed out on the record-breaking $500 million Powerball jackpot? No need. As PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk points out in an opinion piece just published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, you’ve already won the jackpot just by being in the right place at the right time—and of … Read more »
Chaka Khan says all she wants to do is keep eating vegan—because she no longer needs medication for type 2 diabetes. And as a bonus, the singer with the big voice is now quite a bit smaller—to the tune of 60 pounds! Bethenny Frankel‘s little daughter Bryn probably doesn’t even weigh 60 pounds yet, but she’s already … Read more »
If there’s anything that can cause a traffic jam even by New York City standards, it’s a naked Wendy Williams in Times Square. As a crowd of cheering fans and snapping flashbulbs drowned out the honking taxis, a fully clothed Wendy unveiled her much-anticipated nude anti-fur ad for PETA: © StarMaxInc.com The talk show host … Read more »
