Watch out, Waldo—you’ve got some cute and cuddly competition when it comes to getting lost in a crowd. My new favorite game: Where’s PETA’s seal? © Bob Timmons/www.bobtimmons.org Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it is increasing the quota for this year’s seal slaughter and projecting a death toll of 388,200 (that’s 50,000 … Read more »
Yesterday, Nanci Alexander—one of our most generous and tireless friends to animals—joined myriad PETA supporters in D.C. to cut the ribbon and officially open the doors to PETA’s Washington home, The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights: © Leigh Vogel Nanci, whom Ingrid E. Newkirk describes as “an animal rights activist’s activist,” is … Read more »
China’s fur farms—which supply more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the U.S.—are among the world’s most barbaric. So writer Andy Best and local Shanghai artist Kaine Lv have turned up the volume on the Chinese fight against skins. The two DIYers recently teamed up with music promoter Split Works … Read more »
Ryan Gosling is the heartthrob with a heart of gold—and now he’s got a message for the Golden Arches: Stop scalding chickens to death in defeathering tanks. The Oscar-nominated actor just fired off a letter on PETA’s behalf to McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner asking him to adopt a less cruel slaughter method. Controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK), … Read more »
PETA’s longtime friend and supporter, Bob Barker, along with some “Barker PETA Beauties,” joined our own Ingrid E. Newkirk today to cut the ribbon on the start of renovations to our new Los Angeles office, aptly named—what else?—the Bob Barker Building. Click here for more pictures. Bob Barker donated $2.5 million to help … Read more »
“It’s the triumph of fake fur … because fake fur changed so much and became so great now that you can hardly see a difference.”—Karl Lagerfeld on his show at Paris Fashion Week In a recent interview with the Telegraph, notorious fur pimp Karl Lagerfeld, the head designer and creative director for Chanel, spills about … Read more »
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 »
