Beautifulnewsmakers/Creative Commons Live Free or Die Hard and Mission Impossible III star Maggie Q just released two sexy new pro-vegetarian ads for PETA Asia Pacific. A vegetarian for many years, Maggie says that giving meat the boot is one of the most rewarding decisions she has ever made. “I feel better, I have more energy … Read more »
PETA’s regulatory testing division recently fired off a letter to Samuel H. Wilson, acting director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), urging him to cancel planned experiments on mice involving artificial butter flavoring and its ingredients. Yes, I said artificial butter flavoring, the stuff in microwave popcorn. One ingredient in artificial butter … Read more »
Fall is here, and the sounds of songbirds chirping morning greetings can be heard outside your window, while the animal moms and dads of the world rustle through the freshly fallen leaves seeking out a hearty breakfast for their children. Meanwhile, back in the lab, Jeffrey Cynx is busy as a bee burning lesions into … Read more »
OK, so not a bar exactly. Have you heard about the incredible shoplifting seagull from Aberdeen, Scotland? Apparently, the bird waits until the shopkeeper isn’t looking, then casually strolls into the store and grabs a bag of chips and takes off. Once outside, he rips the bag open and shares it with other birds. It’s … Read more »
It’s Thursday, which means another slice of genius from the mind of Jeff Corriveau. For anyone not familiar with the campaign, this one is a reference to a little drug called Premarin, which, yes, is made with horse urine. And on that note, here’s this week’s Deflocked! Click for a larger version To check out … Read more »
Hopefully everyone has checked out our new Animal Birth Control campaign by now, but if not, give it a peek. To promote it, we’re going to make some new stickers with the slogan “I love my [insert incredibly cute word to replace ‘mutt’ here].” We’ve all seen countless “I love my Golden Retriever” stickers, right? … Read more »
Before I go on—if you had a comment that was published but disappeared from the site recently, please be assured that it’s nothing personal. We had a small glitch in our blog software, which we’re sorting out today. And for the few people who submitted comments that never got published, sometimes our spam filter picks … Read more »
Talking about the cosmetics company here. e.l.f. Stands for “Eyes, Lips, Face,” and these guys are pretty rad. In addition to selling 100 percent cruelty-free cosmetics, e.l.f. have teamed up with PETA for a promotion to help draw attention to our fur campaign. They made these handy little tweezers with a faux-leather case so that … Read more »
OK, so normally I don’t just post links to videos or whatever as the entire content of an entry, but this is the cutest thing I’ve seen in ages, save for that baby hedgehog on cuteoverlord the other day, so I just had to share it. Alright, altogether now . . . Awwwwww.
WildAboutTheWorld/Creative Commons The famous African Grey Parrot named Alex died late last week at Brandeis University outside of Boston. Alex knew English well enough to identify over 50 different objects, seven colors and numerous shapes by name. He could also count and was able to express desires, including, get this, his frustration with the repetitive … Read more »
For readers who may be unfamiliar with the British vernacular, a “21 bum salute” is a charming, classically understated English way of saying “Hey chaps, we respectfully disagree with your actions. Any chance you might reconsider?” By way of an example, here’s a pic from PETA UK’s recent protest against the Queen’s Guards’ use of … Read more »
Who the hell sends their friends Labor Day cards? Well, we do, I guess. For some reason I feel duty-bound to post PETA’s official “Labor Day E-Card” for your edification and viewing enjoyment. After all, we did go to all the trouble of making it back in the day. I’d just like to point out … Read more »
In the wake of last week’s news about Spain banning bullfights from national TV comes this story from The Guardian about a man being gored to death while participating in a bull run. 30-year-old Jose Antonio Vaquero was tossed around on a bull’s horns while other runners tried to distract the animal, but apparently it … Read more »
I didn’t invent the iconic and timeless Saturday Night Live character Mr. Subliminal. I am not the rich and famous star of the Showtime series Weeds. And I’m not the guardian of millions of pet fish. But Kevin Nealon is all of these things, and he’s also the star of this hilarious new “veggie testimonial” … Read more »
Click for a larger versionI love love love this week’s installment of DeFlocked. The ending hits on an, umm, interesting bit of Ringling trivia, that, along with the inherent animal abuse involved, pretty much flies in the face of the whole “family fun” image the circus tries to portray. Check it: Ringling employees have been … Read more »
