Chick-fil-A, the house of the homophobic waffle fries, wants homosexual people just to accept not having equal rights and chickens just to accept having their throats slashed and being scalded to death. But a flock of protesters crashed Chick-fil-A’s Appreciation Day to show that they don’t appreciate the fast-food chain’s efforts to keep people in … Read more »
The following graphic shows some of the things that we have in common with our animal friends—and some of the differences that humans can only envy.
When pig abuser Hormel‘s notorious nonfood Spam turned 75, the company decided to celebrate its saturated fat, cholesterol, and pig abuse in a tin with a party. Never ones to let an opportunity to share animals’ side of things pass us by, PETA sent brave “piggies” into Hormel territory. As people lured by free food … Read more »
Nobel Prize–winning physician, theologian, and vegetarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer once said, “The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own.” It was Schweitzer’s “reverence for life” that inspired our pals at PETA U.K. not only to sponsor the … Read more »
As part of the cast of The Real L Word, Whitney Mixter and Sara Bettencourt are all about being out and proud. And the couple says that it’s everyone’s responsibility to be out and proud advocates for animals. While Showtime offers T-shirts that proclaim the wearer’s crush on Whitney, she thinks wearing an animal rights … Read more »
When video surfaced showing an orca trapped at SeaWorld, Kasatka, lashing out at a trainer, it sent shockwaves through the media and the public.
“I just think about these animals that are there for months …. And the way they kill them—it’s just not needed, it’s not a necessity,” said actor Mayte Garcia, speaking out against fur farms on the set of the new ad she shot for PETA. “Doing this shoot and getting into the cage and putting … Read more »
Paul McCartney just made an Olympic-sized move for animals. In the midst of preparations for the London Olympics, which begin tomorrow, he put rehearsals on hold to send an urgent letter to Indian Forest Minister Dr. Patangrao Shripatrao Kadam asking him to help rescue an abused baby elephant. The young elephant, named Sunder, is confined … Read more »
International model Austin Armacost is used to mouths dropping open when he passes by, but we doubt anyone will be able to pick their jaws up off the floor after they’ve seen the ad Austin shot last week for PETA’s naked anti-fur campaign. The star of The A-List: New York walked a runway completely nude … Read more »
It happens that the smell of seared pork and cooked chicken doesn’t always come from a barbecue grill or oven. Sometimes it’s straight out of the barn. That’s because every year, hundreds of thousands of chickens, pigs, cows, and other animals are burned alive in barn fires. In March, hundreds of animals, mostly pigs and … Read more »
What better way to spend your birthday than being with the people you love, eating great food, and doing something good for animals! That’s exactly how Carey Hart celebrated—with wife Pink and a vegan meal at San Francisco eatery Prospect. Beantown is a great place to be vegan, too, as Tobey Maguire confirmed while munching … Read more »
For the past few years, PETA has been working with the College Art Association (CAA)—a national art organization whose membership includes more than 2,000 departments of art and art history in colleges, universities, and other institutions and more than 12,000 art professionals—pushing for the implementation of clear policies regarding the use of animals in art. … Read more »
When members of Congress took a lunch break from haggling over Obamacare, they were greeted on Capitol Hill by a naked man with several heads of lettuce. The majority whipped their heads around to see PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door, Zachary Koval, and the “Lettuce Ladies” as they handed out free vegetarian/vegan starter kits. And … Read more »
We’ve all seen the awesome YouTube videos of cows who were being lovey-dovey with dogs, cats, and all sorts of other animals. So it’s not surprising that a cow joined her chicken buddy at the opening of a Chick-fil-A food truck to ask people to be chicken champions and not eat either of them: On … Read more »
Things got rockin’ at our “Summer Is No Vacation for Animals on Fur Farms” demonstration in Portland, Maine, when Gavin Rossdale and his son Kingston stopped by: Gavin thanked the demonstrators for being there and mentioned that he and his fur-free wife, Gwen Stefani, are teaching their children to be kind to animals. Chad Ochocinco … Read more »
