‘Everyone Wins’—Including Other Species!—With PETA’s Kind Luxury Gifts for Top Oscar® Nominees

For Immediate Release:
March 5, 2026

Contact:
Hannah Nelson 202-483-7382

Los Angeles –

Lights, camera, compassion! This awards season, PETA is providing top Oscar^® nominees with a vegan take on ultra-luxury, with a chic, “Birkin”-style bag from GUNAS that’s crafted from exquisite vegan leather, not animal skins—and decadent plant-powered caviar from Cavi-art. As part of the “Everyone Wins” Nominee Gift Bags, independently distributed by Distinctive Assets, PETA’s gift proves that kindness belongs in the spotlight.

“It’s time for Hollywood to rewrite the script for animals like alligators and ostriches who are hacked apart for handbags,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Communications Lisa Lange. “PETA shows that we can all be shining stars for animals simply by never eating or wearing them, opting for humane brands like GUNAS and Cavi-art.”

Note: The “Everyone Wins” Nominee Gift Bags are NOT affiliated in any way with the OSCARS^®or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which does not award, sponsor, endorse, or provide these gift bags. Neither the Academy nor Distinctive Assets wants there to be any association between the “Everyone Wins” Nominee Gift Bags and the OSCARS^® or the Academy.

Animals feel love, fear, joy, and pain just as humans do, but in the wildlife skins industry, crocodiles, ostriches, and other animals are violently killed for “luxury” handbags and accessories. It takes three crocodiles to make a single Birkin bag. Sturgeons, one of the oldest species groups on the planet, have survived mass extinction events throughout history, yet are now endangered due to the fishing industry and the caviar trade, which cut the eggs out of the mother while she’s still alive.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kitsfor people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.