vivatier/CC by 2.0 Who says bipartisanship is dead? Legislators on both sides of the aisle have at last found something they can agree on: So-called “crush videos” depicting the crushing, burning, drowning, or impaling of animals have no place in a civilized society. After the Supreme Court struck down a previous law banning such videos, … Read more »
Not only do PETA folk get to help animals (of course), and get e-mails with subject lines like “Has anyone seen our giant bunny costume?”—they also get to share in the involvement of the super-cool rock legends (from Macca to Grace Slick to Chrissie Hynde) who throw their considerable weight behind our efforts to help animals. … Read more »
Compassion is always in fashion, and you can show you’ve got a good heart—and look great at the same time—by wearing a Vaute Couture “Friends, Not Test Subjects” or “Friends, Not Fashion” racerback tank. They’re so cute that they were featured in Marie Claire, prompting tons of readers to think about cruelty-free cosmetics and animal-friendly … Read more »
Ralph and Jenny/CC by 2.0 If you think that animals who are used in movies are trained with a magic wand, consider the latest charges lodged against two British animal trainers who supplied a tawny owl named Cuddles for the production of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The RSPCA is taking the pair … Read more »
Amy Loves Yah/CC by 2.0 Animal abusers, watch out: Suffolk County, New York, has voted to create the country’s first animal abuser registry! This online “hall of shame” will be similar to registries that already exist for sex offenders and will allow people to find out if there is an animal abuser in their neighborhood … Read more »
We’ve shown you before how PETA’s Cruelty Investigations Department (CID) caseworkers move mountains for animals in dire circumstances. Here is just a glimpse of their recent work: We orchestrated the rescue of four pit bulls who had been left to starve on their chains on an abandoned property in Texas. Local authorities wouldn’t help these … Read more »
Over the years, we’ve appealed to the United Way to do away with cruel fundraisers such as kiss-a-pig contests, puppy raffles, and greased-pig chases, so we are pleased to see that the charity is getting the message. Check out this cool footrace in which all the participants have two legs instead of four. No animals … Read more »
rsgranne/CC by 2.0 A population explosion, that is. Belgium is planning to tackle its feline overpopulation problem head-on by requiring most of the country’s cats to be spayed or neutered by 2016. If funded, it will be one of the most advanced sterilization laws in the world! While most other countries have yet to … Read more »
PETA’s 30th anniversary celebration was everything that we had hoped for and so much more. Jampacked with celebrity supporters and caring people from all over, the party went into the wee hours as emcee Alec Baldwin dined on scrumptious vegan food and dished with honorees Anjelica Huston, Eva Mendes, Twilight‘s Kellan Lutz and Christian Serratos, … Read more »
The following new undercover footage from a KFC supplier’s slaughterhouse will stun you. And that’s more than we can say for the chickens who are conscious when they face the killing blade, one by one… As you can see, KFC doesn’t give a cluck whether chickens are stunned (rendered unconscious) before they’re killed. Birds are … Read more »
At a press conference yesterday, Life as We Know It star and PETA T-shirt fan Katherine Heigl announced that she would be donating $1 million to fund low-cost and no-cost spay-and-neuter programs in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. The donation is part of the new “Compassion Revolution” campaign, which aims to combat companion-animal overpopulation by … Read more »
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chicago-area zoos are without elephants. Recognizing the elephant’s need for companionship, officials at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo have returned the facility’s only elephant, Joyce, who was on loan from Six Flags. b.jelonek/CC by 2.0 The “Windy (and freezing) City” is no place for elephants. PETA has urged … Read more »
Just a week after PETA’s undercover investigation of Professional Laboratory and Research Services, Inc. (PLRS) forced the laboratory to shut down, the 200-plus animals who were rescued from this hellhole are safe and are beginning to heal physically and emotionally. PETA’s friends at the Virginia Beach SPCA (VBSPCA) assisted with the rescue of the animals on … Read more »
Just in time for the season-two premiere of ABC’s Emmy award winning comedy Modern Family, rising star Sarah Hyland, who plays Haley Dunphy, sat down with peta2 to talk about the importance of buying cruelty-free products that haven’t been tested on animals, why the only good fur is faux fur, and other animal rights issues that … Read more »
Thailand’s first animal welfare legislation, which is currently pending review and approval by the Thai government’s Decree Office, is in trouble, and officials need a nudge to get it back on track. The bill makes it a crime for anyone to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal and includes welfare requirements that would help protect animals … Read more »
