Voters in Ecuador recently banned bullfighting in the country, ending 500 years of stabbing bulls to death for “entertainment.” While it is still legal for matadors to fight bulls (as long as the animal is not killed), a similar 2004 restriction in the city of Cuenca resulted in the virtual disappearance of bullfighting. Bulls are still being … Read more »
Lights, camera, justice for animals! A controversial Florida bill that would have made filming and photographing factory farms without the owner’s permission illegal—and which PETA Vice President Dan Mathews personally visited Florida to speak out against—has died in the House. This is a huge victory for animals, since the bill would have essentially banned the undercover … Read more »
Harry Morton, owner of popular Mexican eatery Pink Taco, had reason to be pink in the face following the public outrage generated over the restaurant’s decision to paint a donkey pink and tie her to the sign of his establishment at a busy shopping mall for hours in the blazing Los Angeles heat as part … Read more »
Beverly & Pack/cc by 2.0 Among the 80 Navy SEALs who raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad was a member of another species—a dog. The New York Times reports that a dog who was likely trained to detect explosives was strapped to a SEAL’s chest and lowered from a helicopter into the walled compound. Like … Read more »
Italian model, actor, and George Clooney’s leading lady Elisabetta Canalis has just shot a new anti-fur ad for PETA, which she calls “the best reason why I got naked in my life.” Canalis says that her opposition to cruelty to animals started when she was very young. “I was a kid, a little girl, and … Read more »
Call it “animal magnetism,” but we couldn’t help but notice how many of the women on Maxim’s Hot 100 list look awfully familiar. Olivia Munn edged out almost everyone, claiming the number two spot, but she’s number one in our eyes for her defense of animals used in circuses and horses forced to pull carriages—just ask Hoda … Read more »
PETA is bringing sexy back for the final round of our contest to crown the Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door, and we need your help. The voting is on for the 20 finalists aiming to win the title and a trip to Hawaii. 2010 Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door Contest Winner Marie Visit our contest page to … Read more »
We’re betting that when that shameless front for the cruel animal experimentation industry, the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR), started putting up a series of misleading and offensive billboards, it wasn’t expecting them to get a makeover: Click picture for larger image While daredevils have been giving FBR a piece of their minds, PETA has … Read more »
Just in time for Canada’s tax day, William Shatner has news for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper: He’s living in deep space if he thinks the annual seal slaughter is fiscally responsible. In a letter to the prime minister, Canadian-born Shatner says, “Not only is it cruel to bludgeon and shoot thousands of seals every year, the slaughter … Read more »
An undercover PETA investigation has revealed shocking, systemic, and sometimes fatal neglect of the animals taken to Angel’s Gate “hospice.”
Just in time for World Week for Animals in Laboratories, PETA has unveiled a new nationwide ad campaign: “If you call it ‘medical research,’ you can get away with murder.” What happens in laboratories—including burning, poisoning, crippling, and blinding animals—would be considered criminal cruelty if it occurred elsewhere. But no experiment—no matter how painful—is prohibited … Read more »
Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Bonnie-Jill Laflin is cheering for vegetables in her new PETA ad.
With all the recent buzz about taking toys out of unhealthy kid’s meals, PETA has come up with a way for kids to still have some fun at McDonald’s expense. The new “Where’s Evil Ronald?” video game challenges people to find the creepy clown played by Andy Dick in a crowd. The rounds get harder as the … Read more »
Scream 4 had audiences gasping and jumping in their seats this weekend. But if the audience had seen PETA’s “scream” movie, they would really be terrified. Our undercover video of rabbits as they are killed for their fur shows the animals as they scream while their skin is peeled off their bodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k87wTVwGz0g Scream 4 … Read more »
Yes, you read that right. The upcoming movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the eagerly anticipated sequel to Planet of the Apes, has done the original one better. Unlike Planet of the Apes, no great apes were used in the production of the sequel—it relies entirely on computer-generated imagery (CGI). As seen in … Read more »
