I read Dracula when I was 8 or 9 (yes, I was one of those kids), which didn’t exactly help get rid of my fear of the bats who lived in our attic and occasionally needed to be guided out a window. As it turns out, the bats created by horror writers and children’s imaginations … Read more »
A participant in a photo shoot became a model of compassion when she saved a goat’s life. The goat was being used as a “prop,” and the shoot took place on a scorching-hot summer day on a California ranch. The visitor found the goat lying on the ground with hooves that were so overgrown that … Read more »
Update: The people have spoken, and the new word cloud is here! If you could prevent animal suffering with just one word, would you? PETA is creating our own word cloud that will encourage Facebook and Twitter users to join the cause and help us end cruelty to animals, and we need your help deciding … Read more »
Update: The suspects were arrested on August 2 and charged with violations of child abuse and animal welfare laws. The Ridons may face more charges, but they are currently out on bail. PETA Asia-Pacific has hired an attorney and is working to make sure that the suspects appear in court and are vigorously prosecuted. Please … Read more »
Sami Sieranoja | cc by 2.0 Update: Fine Featherheads has deleted the statement from its website indicating that the roosters are “treated ethically.” Fine Featherheads, which tacks the feathers of gassed roosters into its customers’ hair faster than you can say “misinformed fashion victim,” had the audacity to post on its website that the roosters are “treated ethically” … Read more »
Animals winning at Cannes? Yes, they can. Check out this clever ad campaign from PETA Asia-Pacific and top ad firm McCann Erickson Singapore that just snagged a Silver Award for creative excellence at the Cannes International Festival Outdoor Awards: The ads offer designer shoes, belts, and handbags at “unbelievable prices.” When curious smart phone users … Read more »
n0rthw1nd/cc by 2.0 Rooster feathers look best on their rightful owners, but some salons are now weaving them into customers’ hair as an “accessory.” To obtain the feathers (which are traditionally used as fishing lures), roosters are typically confined for 30 weeks—the majority of their short lives—in tiny, stacked cages inside deafeningly loud barns before … Read more »
More than 200 people—mostly children—have been sickened by a unique strain of salmonella, a serious infection that can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. The culprit? The African dwarf frog breeder who supplied frogs for EcoAquariums. These cruel tiny plastic cubes—to which frogs are confined for life—are sold by national retailers across the United States and Canada. The … Read more »
My anger is mostly a civically oriented one … I am tired of the little guy getting bullied by the rich, the mean and the opportunistic. Call him Morrissey on steroids. Henry Rollins—the oft-apoplectic musician, DJ, author, and actor—has been tapped to host Animal Underworld, a new show on the National Geographic Wild channel that … Read more »
I’m heading out to do my GTL, and I realize that my pretty-in-pink PETA capris are in my laundry basket. I still want my treadmill neighbors to ask me about PETA so that I can tell them all the ways that we work to combat animal abuse, so I reach for my trusty Stainless Steel … Read more »
The good folks at GOOD magazine want to “live well and do good,” which makes their June 30-Day Challenge quite fitting: Members of the GOOD staff are going vegetarian (or, in some cases, vegan) for the next month, and they’re inviting their readers to join in the fun. “It’s fast becoming a well-known fact that eating less … Read more »
Nature’s Gate is giving one lucky PETA Files reader a head-to-toe summer makeover. Just in time for beach season, this bountiful bag of body-care products has everything you’ll need to be cute and cruelty-free all summer long. The full-size products are stashed in a reusable canvas tote, perfect for the coast or the co-op. To enter, … Read more »
An outbreak of a deadly equine herpes virus has corralled rodeos and other events throughout the Southwest—including the Davis County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse Junior Queen Contest, which didn’t let the outbreak send its competition out to pasture. Instead, the aspiring rodeo queens put on their Sunday best ten-gallon hats and competed with … wait for … Read more »
As we honor those loved ones who have passed away, we’d like to take a moment to remember the many animals whose passing has gone largely unnoticed and unmourned—except by PETA and its supporters. Thousands of thoroughbreds die on racetracks every year, and thousands more “retired” racehorses are sent to slaughter in Canada and Mexico. … Read more »
