The website TheDailyMeal has just released its list of the 50 Most Powerful People in Food, and appearing on that list is (drumroll, please) PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. TheDailyMeal is positioning itself to be the end-all be-all of food resources, and for this list, it chose people who “directly or have the ability to … Read more »
This week, the City Council in Arcadia, California, voted to suspend its cruel coyote trapping program. The victory for animals comes after supporters of humane coyote control, including San Gabriel Valley Friends of Wildlife, worked tirelessly for months e-mailing council members, packing City Council meetings, organizing an education session about living with coyotes, and collecting … Read more »
Woody Harrelson has a heart for animals that’s as huge as his list of acting credits. Now, he’s teaming up with PETA to help 14 chimpanzees who have been yanked from retirement and sent to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in Texas to be used in invasive and painful infectious disease experiments. As … Read more »
Although consumers don’t necessarily see “Made in China” on honey labels, a new exposé published in the UK’s Globe and Mail tells of the almost spy-thriller-like process in which honey produced in China travels through southeast Asia and onto millions of tables—and into millions of stomachs—around the world. don hankins/cc by 2.0 In China, … Read more »
Jesse Eisenberg, the critically acclaimed star of The Social Network, isn’t just known for his comedic wit and acting chops. The newly minted vegetarian and reigning “Sexiest Geek Alive” is also a foster parent to homeless cats. All together, girls: aaaaaaaaaaaaw. During a recent appearance on Conan, Jesse said, “I have two [cats] now, but I’m … Read more »
In a case of literal overkill, Sweden is turning more than 6,700 hunters loose on just 20 wolves. In case you don’t have a calculator handy, that breaks down to about 335 armed-and-dangerous folks per animal—in a country with only about 200 wolves. And Sweden claims that this is being done to increase the country’s … Read more »
A meat processing plant in British Columbia found itself in deep doo-doo after a whistleblower let it slip that the company had covered up test results that found dangerous E. coli in a product sample. E. coli resides in animals’ intestinal tracts and ends up in meat when—and there’s no nice way to put this—their … Read more »
Prevention magazine is the latest publication to jump on the vegetable cart, extolling the benefits of swapping meat for vegetables. “Eating less meat is a proven way to lighten up on the scale. Research shows that vegetarians weigh an average 20% less than nonvegetarians,” Prevention reports. Ditching meat is an even more effective way to … Read more »
nathan cremisino/cc by 2.0 As a nutrition and fitness expert for almost 80 years, Jack LaLanne dedicated his life to inspiring people to eat properly and exercise. So it’s no wonder that the nonagenarian was still remarkably spry when he passed away on Sunday at the age of 96. For LaLanne, eating properly meant avoiding … Read more »
After 18 months of protests, thousands of calls and e-mails, and appearances outside Brookstone stores by our giant “frog,” Brookstone has finally decided to pull a cruel product called the “Frog-O-Sphere” from its shelves! PETA started campaigning against the tiny plastic frog prisons after receiving complaints from Brookstone customers and after a whistleblower reported that frogs and snails … Read more »
Two former trainers at SeaWorld have released a report that includes firsthand information about the stress that killer whales endure in captivity—stress that the ex-trainers feel led to the deaths of at least two SeaWorld employees. Jeff Ventre (now a doctor) and John Jett (now a biology professor) worked at SeaWorld Orlando and knew trainer … Read more »
You’ve probably never heard of elephant polo, and now that Guinness World Records has agreed to stop documenting records for wins in elephant polo matches, perhaps you never will again. The publishing giant made the move after learning from PETA U.K. that captive elephants forced to perform in such matches in India and Thailand are … Read more »
People should be encouraged to dump meat just as smokers are encouraged to give up tobacco, according to The Future of Food and Farming, a British report featuring contributions from 400 researchers around the world. With the global population expected to jump from 6.8 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050, the report predicts that … Read more »
Cosmopolitan magazine just released its list of “Fun, Fearless Males of 2011,” and these boys aren’t just kind to the eyes, they’re kind to animals too. The Vampire Diaries‘ smoldering Ian Somerhalder may play a “cold one” on TV, but he won’t date a girl who doesn’t have a warm heart for animals. The … Read more »
PETA is known for moving mountains, and the mountain known as the U.S. Department of Transportation has finally moved. In response to pressure from PETA and thousands of our supporters, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has just issued a new rule promoting the use of non-animal testing methods to replace the use of rabbits in … Read more »
