Recently, members of PETA Asia-Pacific and Animosa stripped down to their daisies and took to their coffins outside the Giorgio Armani store in Taipei. In 2007, Armani vowed to stop using fur, but several months later, his collection was full of rabbit fur. PETA Asia-Pacific wanted to remind the designer that the pelts, … Read more »
dailymail.co / CC As the high cost of health care was debated this week in the nation that was once the most powerful on Earth and is now just the fattest, two announcements were made. Time showed a slab of meat on its cover and declared, “The real cost of cheap food” (meat, in particular) … Read more »
Tourists are flocking to Kiryat Yam, Israel, in hopes of spotting a mermaid who has reportedly been seen frolicking during sunset swims, and the Town Council is offering a $1 million reward for anyone who can provide a photograph that proves Ariel’s kin are kicking back on local beaches. If it’s a photo of a … Read more »
The Pretenders’ world tour landed in Salt Lake City on Sunday—and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chrissie Hynde was happy to use the occasion to launch her PETA campaign urging McDonald’s to require its suppliers to upgrade to less cruel slaughter methods. In addition to using her stage as a platform to advocate a … Read more »
livesets.nu / CC I got my first vegan pancake recipe from Moby when his berry flapjacks were featured way back when in Seventeen magazine. He could have stopped there, but it seems like Moby keeps coming up with ways to win my animal-loving heart. In a recent blog entry, Moby goes the extra mile for … Read more »
Our favorite naked vegan has written a new book, The Kind Diet, which comes out in October. The book is all about living a vegan lifestyle, and Alicia had some great things to say to Health about the benefits of eating cruelty-free: daemonstv / CC “You can hear your needs and desires more … Read more »
Last week, vegetarian Carmen Cusack walked into the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles looking to change her license plate to read “ILVTOFU.” Dreaming of kung pao tofu, barbecue tofu sandwiches, and tofu tacos, Carmen was ready to educate everyone she shares the road with about the benefits of a vegetarian diet. Well, it seems that … Read more »
store.afa-online / CC I’m fascinated by some celebrities’ bizarre backstage demands—the Backstreet Boys’ list of “must-haves” includes black nail polish while John Mayer’s concert rider includes a demand for four soft-headed toothbrushes. The most recent celebrity requests to pop up during my Internet perusing left me giddy instead of scratching my head. Sir Paul McCartney, … Read more »
ecorazzi / CC We already loved Kathy Freston for her wonderful books, Quantum Wellness and The Quantum Wellness Cleanse, which promote a vegan diet as part of a healthy lifestyle. (Even Oprah tried the cleanse!) Now we have yet another reason to love Kathy: Her animal-friendly fashions have earned her a spot in Vanity … Read more »
It’s hard for me to think of anyone who can think bigger than PETA Prez Ingrid E. Newkirk. It’s not surprising then, that you can find a number of her videos on BigThink.com. Go ahead and check out her insights on a wide range of animal rights topics, including getting our message out in the … Read more »
shazgood.wordpress.com / CC The Zookeeper has recently begun filming at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. It’s a movie about, well, a zookeeper, played by Kevin James, who wins Rosario Dawson’s heart with the help of his animal charges. Well, presumably he wins her heart—what a bummer of a movie if not! Something else that … Read more »
Years later, studies are still proving what the masterminds behind PETA’s “Got Beer?” campaign knew all along: Beer is better than milk. While that pus-filled glass of milk actually depletes your bone mass, a new study shows that beer just might be the key to keeping your bones from going brittle. So crack open a … Read more »
Ah, Moe’s. Your Art Vandalay Burrito—a dee-lish medley of black beans, rice, pico de gallo, and guacamole—always ensures a “happy meal.” But you, McDonald’s, with that scary clown pimping your packages of abused and bruised chickens—you always ensure a very unhealthy, unhappy meal. For this week’s “Win It” Wednesday, we’re giving away 10 of PETA’s … Read more »
Late last year, one of PETA’s fieldworkers answered a request for a PETA dog house, and she spotted Buxton—then just 8 weeks old—hobbling down the road by himself. When she went to pick him up, he screamed in pain and wet himself. It turns out that his harness had become embedded and had caused deep … Read more »
Beach bums everywhere agree that Puerto Rico’s beaches are heavenly, but the island will become hell on earth for thousands of monkeys if a massive primate-breeding facility is approved. PETA is taking no time off in our efforts to shoot down the proposal by Bioculture, a company that breeds and sells monkeys to foreign laboratories, … Read more »
