Vegan jet-setters are rejoicing over Malcolm Fontier‘s elegant faux-leather bags, wallets, luggage, and laptop cases, which Daily Candy calls classy enough to “make quite a splash in the Sky Club.” And one lucky PETA Files reader can be the first of her friends to own one of Malcolm Fontier’s coveted vegan accessories. This week, we’re … Read more »
Take me out to the ballgame! Take me out to the crowd! Buy me faux-chicken and corn on the cob, nondairy smoothies, and veggie kabobs… The great American pastime has gotten even greater, as loads of vegetarian and vegan foods have been added to menus at ballparks across the country. Here is this year’s list … Read more »
boulter/cc by 2.0 These minor league teams are major players for animals with all the vegetarian deliciousness they’re offering up: 1. Fort Myers Miracle’s Hammond Stadium Is it any wonder that the Fort Myers Miracle takes the vegan cake? Just look at the list of cruelty-free foods the stadium offers: vegan chili cheese dogs, … Read more »
The following was first published on The Huffington Post. As 1.5 million people cheered, Pope John Paul II was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday. The beatification, declaring Pope John Paul II as holy, is a major step toward his likely sainthood. © Emirsimsek | Dreamstime.com His Holiness had great … Read more »
If you’re a little hungry after being up all night watching the news and chanting “USA! USA!” we’ve got the perfect snack for you: PETA’s “Bin Laden Bites” chocolates. When we sent these delicious dairy-free chocolates to troops in Afghanistan a couple of years ago, they were great for cravings and target practice. Now … Read more »
Like a warm-weather Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny delivers baskets full of treats to children every year. But photographers who use real rabbits as props in Easter photos shouldn’t expect anything in their baskets but plastic grass. Unlike real rabbits, this Easter bunny doesn’t mind being taken out of the wild for photo shoots. … Read more »
coxy/cc by2.0 Consumers duped into purchasing Ortho Home Defense MAX Kill & Contain Mouse Traps have reported finding mice writhing and squealing inside the traps. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the maker of the traps, falsely promised a speedy death and “no mess,” but the traps delivered anything but. Customers took to Scotts’ website and other consumer websites to … Read more »
My dog Hannah’s “papers” would read like this: “Sire: Best Guess. Dame: Whosy Whatsit.” Yep, she’s a thoroughly modern mutt, and that’s just fine with me. Dogs of mixed parentage are just fine with lots of other people, too, it turns out. The first-ever National Mutt Census, which surveyed mutt guardians and analyzed the DNA … Read more »
So you weren’t invited to tea with Kate and Will? That’s OK. You can still have tea and coffee stateside, and getting it all over your lips is completely encouraged. We’re giving away a set of fun, natural, vegan Crazy Rumors lip balms in your choice of either “Perk” (coffee) or “Brew” (tea) flavors. To … Read more »
In what was perhaps the PETA India demonstration that turned the most heads to date, a group of women in “cricket uniforms” gathered outside the stadium where the Cricket World Cup 2011 games are held in order to call on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to punt leather balls and replace them with synthetic ones. … Read more »
pmarkham/cc by 2.0 When PETA heard that the Committee on Bible Translation had revised the New International Version (NIV) of the Christian Bible to use gender-inclusive language, such as replacing “men” with “people,” we thought, wouldn’t it be great if the new NIV showed consideration for female (and male) animals too? So we wrote to the … Read more »
Most birds love a sweet little tune. But they aren’t so fond of disco music blaring right next to their cages all night. At the Costa Adeje Gran Hotel in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, a group of small caged birds is being used as a decorative prop in the foyer. Every evening, the foyer turns into … Read more »
hudsonthego/cc by 2.0 R.C. Bigelow is the latest tea company to agree to be a teatotaler, signing PETA’s Statement of Assurance that it doesn’t conduct or fund any animal testing of its teas. Bigelow is one of the leading tea manufacturers in the U.S., producing America’s number one specialty flavor, “Constant Comment.” The constant comment … Read more »
