One whistleblower’s powerful testimony about the abuse of pigs and calves in slaughterhouses throughout the country may bring about a serious overhaul in the U.S. government’s monitoring of slaughterhouses. Dean Wyatt is a veterinarian and supervisor of the Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). … Read more »
punxutawneyphil / CC by 2.0 The Alps. Chocolate. Here’s another reason to love la Suisse: Swiss laws already make it illegal to keep fish or any other naturally social animals isolated from others of their own species (no more lonely fish in bowls); require farmers to let horses and cattle out for exercise in winter; … Read more »
watchwithkristin / CC by SA 2.0 “How do you put an interactive, social animal, one of the smartest animals in the world … and you’re going to stick them in a tub and make them do tricks? How do you do that? Because they make money? It’s disgusting and SeaWorld is absolutely wrong. This … Read more »
OK, so we didn’t get to see a song-and-dance number featuring Steve Martin and vegetarian Alec Baldwin—who also narrated PETA’s now-classic documentary Meet Your Meat—but we’re still pretty happy about how the highly buzzed Food Inc./Cove face-off turned out. The Oscar for Best Documentary went to frontrunner The Cove—the universally acclaimed examination of Japan’s bloody … Read more »
SeaWorld may have animal pimp “entertainer” Jack Hanna in its corner, but Tilly has Jean-Michel Cousteau on his side. The world-renowned French explorer, environmentalist, film producer and, of course, son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau has issued a brief video statement addressing the cruelty and danger of keeping killer whales and dolphins imprisoned in marine amusement parks. … Read more »
Back in the 1950s, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in the segregated South. After learning of Parks’ arrest, an African-American resident in Montgomery declared, “They’ve messed with the wrong one now.” Let’s fast-forward to Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2009: Longtime PETA member and ardent animal defender Sheila … Read more »
Clubbing seals in Canada is cruel, senseless, and shameful. But clubbin’ bunnies—specifically those celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Playboy Clubs all over the world—that’s a reason to celebrate. After all, many Playboy Playmates have shed their bunny ears and tails for PETA’s campaigns. Behold: All right, mates: Play “Name Your Favorite Ad” in … Read more »
What do breeders breed—besides dogs with crippling congenital defects? Canine racism. PETA U.K. recently unveiled its new “Boycott Breeders” ad just in time for the Crufts Dog Show—an event that, like the Westminster Dog Show in the U.S., encourages the false and dangerous belief that some races breeds of dogs are superior to … Read more »
a.abcnews / CC We weren’t surprised when we heard that SeaWorld hired animal pimp “entertainer” Jack Hanna to defend its abuse of marine mammals as well as SeaWorld’s abysmal record of injuries and deaths of both trainers and animals. This is the same man who called Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey “the finest circus … Read more »
thef1 / CC Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, has the ideal formula for success: compassion, intelligence, and beauty. Tamara—who bared it all to reveal the naked truth behind foie gras for PETA U.K. last year—recently bought one of her father’s favorite pubs. Her first order of business as restaurateur? Banning … Read more »
blogs.glam.com / CC When we heard about the fur that was featured in the William Rast runway collection—backed by Justin Timberlake—at New York Fashion Week, we all said, “WTF?!” (Why the fur?!) The mother-loving chart-topper would support the beating, electrocuting, and drowning of animals for a fashion line that has previously used only faux? … Read more »
topnews.in / CC “I think they should just shut them all down. I’ve never been a fan of places like that.”—Matt Damon on SeaWorld This weekend, Damon joined Bob Barker and tons of other stars who are speaking out against SeaWorld after yet another trainer was killed by the imprisoned orca Tilikum. The only … Read more »
Our “weapon of mass distraction” struck again today when PETA bombshell Pamela Anderson delivered a package to the mailbox directly across the street from the Vancouver office of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Personally I’d watch her drop off her electric bill, but this piece of mail has lives depending on it: Anderson was sending Prime … Read more »
Ask a million different people what happiness is, and you might get a million different answers. Happiness is … a warm dog. A choice. A girls’ night out. Now animal agriculture proponents are talking about launching an ad campaign boasting, “Happiness is a dead animal.” That’s right—the communications “whiz” who proposed the slogan has got … Read more »
wintergames.ap.org / CC Some say Olympic snowboarder Greg Bretz “won” an informal McNugget-eating contest by downing 60 blobs of fried chicken bits. But judging by the dazed expression on his face in the second photo, I’m thinking that even he agrees: major biff! Regardless, we’ve asked Greg to lay off the McNuggets until McDonald’s adopts … Read more »
