A measure of justice has been served in South Carolina, where, following PETA’s undercover investigation, the woman who fatally neglected cats at the now-thankfully defunct Sacred Vision Animal Sanctuary (SVAS) outside Myrtle Beach was convicted of violating a county animal-care ordinance this morning before Magistrate Margie Bellamy Livingston. Elizabeth Owen, who didn’t even bother to … Read more »
Chelsea Handler is handling New York City’s horse-drawn carriage problem by writing to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and asking him to support a proposal to replace the abused horses with vintage-replica electric cars, which she donated $15,000 to help build. “As if [the cars] weren’t fabulous enough,” she writes, “they also get a 10-12 hour drive … Read more »
“As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d lead an effort to defend the symbol of the Republican Party,” writes Alec Baldwin in a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Baldwin is sending Vilsack the video he hosted for PETA exposing Ringling Bros.’ abuse of animals and asking … Read more »
Yep, you read that right. We want to thank Kanye West for the shout-out to PETA in his new song, “Theraflu.” While the aptly named tune does make us want to reach for an over-the-counter remedy as Kanye opines about his inexplicable penchant for slinging tortured dead animals across his back, the song did make … Read more »
Actor Ali MacGraw’s latest love story isn’t being played out on the big screen but rather in the halls of Congress. The longtime PETA member is working to protect U.S. horses from being transported across the border only to be slaughtered for dog food or human consumption. Ali wrote to her friend Sen. Tom Udall … Read more »
It’s a boy for Tommy Lee and his girlfriend, singer and dancer Sofia Toufa. On National Puppy Day, the pair rescued their new pup, Bowie, from a shelter. Mia anelli Of course, Tommy rescued his new best friend rather than buying him. What else would we expect from a guy who chooses ink over mink, … Read more »
Are you ready for (cue ominous music) … Snakes on a Train? No, it’s not the sequel to that (in)famous Samuel L. Jackson film—although it is the title of a straight-to-video rip-off. In this case, it’s a new PETA campaign that is sure to get some attention for reptiles killed for their skins. What Are … Read more »
After hearing that Noel Gallagher expressed excitement about teaching his sons to “throw stuff at cows,” Joan Jett called out the former Oasis frontman, stating: “This guy is a putz! I am embarrassed he is Irish and from [the] same county as my grandparents on my father’s side. Maybe if this bully wants to throw … Read more »
Courtney Stodden channeled her inner Marilyn Monroe for a recent photo shoot, but the buxom blondes disagree on one thing: Courtney says that veggies are a girl’s best friend. In this video that Courtney and her dog, Bazaar, shot for PETA, the teen newlywed shares how eating cruelty-free has helped her save animals’ lives, protect … Read more »
Lasse Hallström’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, might not sound like a film that would be fishing for praise from PETA, but the filming of the drama went swimmingly, thanks to fake fish. [View: A Brief Fishstory This isn’t the first time that fake fish have made a splash … Read more »
Forks Over Knives continues to change the way that America eats. Kristen Bell and fiancé Dax Shepard have both gone vegan after seeing it. Another awesome Kristin—Kristin Chenoweth—is throwing her support behind her Glee costar Lea Michele’s campaign to get horse-drawn carriages out of New York City. Chenoweth tweeted her disgust at seeing the miserable … Read more »
Photo of the day: Wildly popular actor, singer, and writer Annie Yi unveiled her dramatic new anti-fur ad for PETA Asia-Pacific in Beijing this week. Annie—whose video exposé of the cruelty behind fur has already had more than 200,000 views(!)—is the first Chinese celebrity to tell the public, “I’d rather go naked than wear fur.”
Last night in Tinseltown, celebrities crowded onto the red carpet while photographers’ flashbulbs went off like fireworks. But it wasn’t the premiere of a new movie. It was the grand opening of the Bob Barker Building, PETA’s new West Coast headquarters, located in L.A.’s Echo Park. The famed game show host and animal defender extraordinaire … Read more »
As the U.S. Congress considers the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, which would permanently ban the use of chimpanzees in invasive experiments and retire all 600 federally owned chimpanzees to sanctuaries, Rampart star Woody Harrelson has written a letter to one of his California senators, Barbara Boxer, on behalf of PETA imploring her … Read more »
After hearing from thousands of animal advocates, the owners of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier have canceled their plans to hold horse-diving shows, in which horses would be marched up a narrow ramp and out onto a platform and then forced to jump, plummeting many feet into a pool below. We know from past horse-diving events … Read more »
