President Barack Obama revealed that his favorite food is broccoli. Now you can celebrate our veggie-loving commander-in-leaf with a “Broccoli Obama” T-shirt.
PETA has long been an advocate for LGBT rights, so we thought we’d take advantage of yesterday’s historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling by announcing our support for all those new married couples starting families.
Following numerous complaints from PETA—as well as a lawsuit filed by PETA, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and local citizens—the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking to revoke the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license of the notorious roadside zoo Jambbas Ranch Tours. A recent formal complaint by the USDA charges Jambbas with nearly a dozen AWA violations, including … Read more »
PETA is calling for the state of Montana to seek manslaughter charges against Troy Hyde, the owner of Animals of Montana—which supplies animals for films, advertisements, and the like—over the fatal mauling of a 24-year-old employee. The request comes after a determination by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)—following a PETA complaint—that Benjamin Cloutier’s death was … Read more »
Here it is: the car that can save animals’ lives: New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS), a group that has been working with PETA to free the horses who are forced to pull carriages on New York City’s streets, commissioned a car designer to build a replica of a classic car that … Read more »
As Pope Benedict XVI resigns from the papacy, PETA hopes that the newly elected pope will also encourage believers to respect animals, as Benedict and his predecessor Pope John Paul II did. Sergey Gabdurakhmanov | cc by 2.0 When asked about the rights of animals in a 2002 interview, the pope, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, responded, “That is … Read more »
When a young couple on vacation in Florida decided to take a leisurely afternoon stroll through a park, they had no idea that they were about to save a life. But that’s exactly what happened. The pair came upon a duck sitting in the grass who didn’t attempt to waddle away or even stand up … Read more »
What do you get for 10 years of loyal service to Green Mountain College? Well, if you’re an ox, you get strung up by one leg, your throat is slit, and you are bled to death. Oxen Bill and Lou have served the agricultural school in Poultney, Vermont, as laborers for the past decade, and … Read more »
The world is remembering Michael Clarke Duncan as “the most gracious of a man,” “one of the finest people I’ve ever had the privilege to work with or know,” “the most gentle giant,” and a “treasure.” The Oscar-nominated actor had a history of serious heart trouble, more complicated than diet alone could cure, which finally … Read more »
PETA wants to give merit badges to gay Boy Scouts. Well, more accurately, PETA is offering merit badges to would-be gay Boy Scouts, since the Boy Scouts of America just reaffirmed its policy of not allowing openly gay boys and scoutmasters to participate in scouting. But it’s just as important that gay boys get the … Read more »
Update: Tom and Misha were released back into the ocean earlier this month and within hours were already chasing and hunting fish together and socializing with other wild dolphins. Born Free kept their release on May 9 a secret to avoid human interference with Tom’s and Misha’s progress, but satellite transmitters on their dorsal fins … Read more »
Update: On May 15, 2012, officials filed 17 additional charges of cruelty to animals against Susan Marino, based on evidence gathered as a result of PETA’s undercover investigation. Animals like Tuxie—the cat whose gaping neck and head wound Marino picked at and who, PETA learned, died last fall after suffering terribly for many months—will finally … Read more »
He limped around in circles, desperately searching for a way to escape the heavy metal trap with steel jaws that cut into his paw and sent pain shooting through his body. A crowd of people was forming, pointing at the blood in the snow, graphic evidence of the potshots taken by passing hunters who had … Read more »
The first time that PETA staffer David Perle saw Dizzy, the hamster was nestled in the arms of a young girl who had rescued him from an apartment complex parking lot and was searching for his owner. A group of boys had tried to tell her that he was theirs, but she suspected their motives … Read more »
