If rats, mice, dogs, and monkeys were choosing public enemy number one, they would probably go with Charles River Laboratories (CRL), which breeds and sells millions of animals every year to laboratories around the world, supplying half of all the animals used in experiments. CRL is the second largest U.S. importer of nonhuman primates sold … Read more »
If these atrocious acts were committed outside laboratories, they would be felonies.
Voters in Ecuador recently banned bullfighting in the country, ending 500 years of stabbing bulls to death for “entertainment.” While it is still legal for matadors to fight bulls (as long as the animal is not killed), a similar 2004 restriction in the city of Cuenca resulted in the virtual disappearance of bullfighting. Bulls are still being … Read more »
As Canada’s annual seal slaughter garners worldwide disgust, the government is frantically grasping at straws in its effort to prop up this cruel, dying industry. Despite the fact that Canada spent millions of taxpayer dollars this year to promote the massacre, very few sealers took part. Of the 400,000 seals allowed to be killed, 37,609 animals … Read more »
Things got steamy when Nikita star Maggie Q appeared on Conan last week. The famous redhead showed the famous red-hot ads that longtime vegetarian Maggie Q shot for PETA Asia-Pacific promoting a healthy, animal-friendly diet. Maggie’s lettuce bikini and chili-pepper romp had Conan and his audience aflutter, and she sweetly said, “For the animals, anything.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vBpG2I26SA … Read more »
I’ve got some great news and some not-so-great news. The great news is that the Toronto Zoo has heeded the call of animal defenders, including Bob Barker, and decided to close its elephant display, joining more than a dozen other zoos that have done the same thing. What’s more, the Toronto Zoo has agreed that … 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 »
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 »
We at PETA have always known that fur is worn by beautiful animals and ugly people, and it looks like Seoul, South Korea, agrees. Fur-monger Fendi got into a hairy situation when it wanted to send a forest’s worth of animals down the runway at Seoul’s exclusive new Floating Island culture center. After animal advocates lodged … Read more »
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 »
If heavy metal music doesn’t conjure up visions of playful puppies and fluffy bunnies, maybe it should. These metalheads are proving that nothing rocks like being kind to animals: One of the “hottest women in metal” is also one of the most compassionate. Alissa White-Gluz, who sings in band The Agonist, says that as a … Read more »
An employee of a New Jersey PetSmart store has been charged with three counts of cruelty to animals after allegedly punching a cat, attacking another, and killing a rabbit at his girlfriend’s home. One of the cats was injured so severely that he had to be euthanized. PetSmart has “suspended” the alleged animal killer. That’s not … Read more »
A Utah town councilmember allegedly shot and killed his neighbor’s 9-month-old Chihuahua, Rocky, simply because he was annoyed by the puppy’s barking. Yes, there was reportedly alcohol involved, but surely even an inebriated government official should know that you try talking to your neighbor instead of hauling out the heavy artillery. Unfortunately, hotheaded numbskulls like the person who … Read more »
If there is one person who can command national attention for an issue, it is “queen of all media” Oprah Winfrey. That’s why Saving America’s Mustangs, a group run by PETA supporter Madeleine Pickens, has enlisted actors, musicians, and athletes to film an appeal to Oprah asking her to help them protect the few wild … Read more »
Deer Deaths Prompt Fence Makeover
