evasitoe / CC Jada Pinkett-Smith, who currently stars in the number one film in the country, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and is married to megastar Will Smith, recently made a compassionate pledge. The longtime animal defender recently told reporters that she just can’t go on keeping her beloved animal friends in tiny cage prisons. Apparently, … Read more »
It’s a good day for mice and rats in Taiwan! Thanks to a whistleblower, PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department got a tip that led us into high-level talks with National Yang-Ming University’s president about her school’s cruel pharmacology experiments. And what do you know—the university has decided to end not one but two of these outdated … Read more »
Earlier this year, I was driving along the crowded streets of Hyderabad in India, near one of the Mahatma Gandhi shrines, when I saw something I’d never seen before that almost flipped my lid. I was there to launch the Indian version of PETA’s kids’ book, 50 Awesome Things Kids Can Do to Save Animals, … Read more »
wikimedia / CC After learning from PETA just how hideous life can be for great apes who are kept captive and forced to perform in advertisements, thanks go to Ad Council president and CEO Peggy Conlon for signing our “Great Ape Humane Pledge,” committing never to use great apes in ads! This means the Ad … Read more »
instyle / CC The following is a guest post from PETA Europe’s Fish & Chimps blogger Alexia Weeks: Avid Fish & Chimps fans were probably wondering why PETA didn’t jump in with teeth bared after Kate Winslet posed naked on what looks like a real fur throw in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. But … Read more »
sonybmg / CC So who besides me ran screaming to their local music store to pick up Pink’s new album Funhouse, which dropped last week? OK, so maybe not screaming … but I know I’m not the only one who anxiously anticipated this album, because its first single, “So What,” has been #1 on the … Read more »
imagesofcolorado / CC So, the president and CEO of Seattle-based Attachmate has found himself knee-deep in bison dung. No, really! Software executive Jeff Hawn apparently warned the neighbors of his Colorado home to keep the bison off his property or else … and he meant it. According to CNN, Jeff alleged in a lawsuit that … Read more »
kotaku / CC We’re officially bananas about SEGA. In fact, we’re sending them a thank-you card and little vegan chocolates in the shape of monkeys (closest we could get to apes) as I write this. Why is this gaming giant scoring such a sweet treat? After learning that SEGA used a real chimpanzee in an … Read more »
So off we go to the polls today (I went this morning; shazam!)—and we’ve got a lot of important decisions to make. Not all of us will get the opportunity to take a big step forward for animals, but we can all support the candidate whose platform includes going vegetarian to fight climate change, taxing … Read more »
Well, as we promised last week, Ingrid has responded to 10 lucky commenters’ questions (see, it always pays to leave comments). Check out her responses below. 1. Question from Sasha: When will a movie about your life be made, and who will take your place in PETA when you retire? In a way, the HBO … Read more »
Katherine Heigl wearing our “Have a PETA Day” T-shirt OK, if you’re like me, you cancel all your plans, shut off your cell phone, lock your door, and glue yourself to your couch every Thursday at 9 p.m. for none other than the greatest hour of television all week: Grey’s Anatomy. Well, last night was … Read more »
poptower / CC You probably remember Maureen McCormick as Marcia from The Brady Bunch—as in, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” These days, she’s enjoying a renewed sense of celebrity as a result of her appearances on popular reality TV programs, such as Celebrity Fit Club, Gone Country, and its sequel, Outsider’s Inn. She’s also just released an … Read more »
Back in January, we told you about one of our cheekier stunts in our ongoing quest to help chickens who are raised and killed for KFC. Long story short: It involved the cemetery where KFC founder “Colonel” Sanders is buried and a headstone for PETA’s own Matt Prescott (who, don’t worry, is still among the … Read more »
If you’re looking for a truly scary haunt this Halloween, look no further than Postville, Iowa–based Agriprocessors. Seriously folks, it’s a real house of horrors for all living creatures. The kosher slaughterhouse is severely lacking when it comes to humane treatment of animals and humans. Here’s a perfect example from one of our undercover investigations: … Read more »
wikimedia / CC Remember how people were disgusted when we suggested putting human breast milk in ice cream? Compare that to the latest news story out of Australia—the one about the family of vacationers who discovered that, no, that wasn’t chocolate ice cream; it was more of a dookie congelée. Now whose ice cream is … Read more »
