What do you get when you cross a raven with a chicken? A whole lot of grief from PETA. After learning that KFC has been named the “Official Chicken of the Baltimore Ravens,” PETA dashed off a letter to team owner Steve Bisciotti, alerting him to KFC’s refusal to implement even basic animal welfare improvements—including … Read more »
Two Brazilian ranching companies have been charged with illegal deforestation and their “herd” honchos could go to jail if convicted.
Update: The head of the rabbinical court strongly denies that the stray dog who wandered into the courtroom was ordered to be stoned, saying that the dog was instead removed by animal control, and the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv has apologized for errors in its initial report. However, the orthodox watchdog website FailedMessiah.com reports that one of … Read more »
My anger is mostly a civically oriented one … I am tired of the little guy getting bullied by the rich, the mean and the opportunistic. Call him Morrissey on steroids. Henry Rollins—the oft-apoplectic musician, DJ, author, and actor—has been tapped to host Animal Underworld, a new show on the National Geographic Wild channel that … Read more »
A member of PETA’s herd of “cows,” who were in L.A. earlier this week to protest the plethora of leather at the Los Angeles Shoe Show, gives Will Ferrell a run for his money with the cowbell. If you’ve had all the cowbell you can take, check out our cruelty-free clothing guide, which includes a list … Read more »
More than 200 people—mostly children—have been sickened by a unique strain of salmonella, a serious infection that can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. The culprit? The African dwarf frog breeder who supplied frogs for EcoAquariums. These cruel tiny plastic cubes—to which frogs are confined for life—are sold by national retailers across the United States and Canada. The … Read more »
A mother-and-daughter dog-breeding duo who had won several awards at Crufts, the UK’s most prestigious dog show, were convicted this week of cruelty to animals after 104 dogs were discovered living in “unimaginable squalor” at the women’s home last year. Many of the dogs were kept in cramped, filthy cages or in dark, cluttered rooms … Read more »
n0rthw1nd/cc by 2.0 Rooster feathers look best on their rightful owners, but some salons are now weaving them into customers’ hair as an “accessory.” To obtain the feathers (which are traditionally used as fishing lures), roosters are typically confined for 30 weeks—the majority of their short lives—in tiny, stacked cages inside deafeningly loud barns before … Read more »
Ever wonder what persuaded self-described “professional idiot” Steve-O to adopt a vegan diet? Believe it or not, it was a religious experience. “I heard a Krishna Consciousness guy in a YouTube video ask ‘How can you expect to be saved if you eat meat?’ I became terrified of having to ‘answer’ for all of the suffering … Read more »
Anthony Weiner isn’t the only person to be caught being an, ahem, weenie via social networking. Utah resident Andy Ray Harris apparently thought he was among “friends” when a video of him allegedly eating a live baby rat was posted on a tattoo parlor’s Facebook page. But one of the business’s “friends” is also a … Read more »
A little birdie told me that PETA’s cruelty caseworkers are her heroes. After reading about some of the ways that they’ve helped our feathered friends recently, I must agree—they are flock stars! A young bird was found stuck and struggling in a sticky gel that had been applied to the rafters of a hardware store … Read more »
Many people will remember Peter Falk best as the detective on the hit television series Columbo, but PETA will remember him fondly as a real-life hero for animals. He was one our first celebrity supporters and helped us defeat Bobby Berosini, the Las Vegas animal trainer who was caught beating the orangutans he used … Read more »
Animals winning at Cannes? Yes, they can. Check out this clever ad campaign from PETA Asia-Pacific and top ad firm McCann Erickson Singapore that just snagged a Silver Award for creative excellence at the Cannes International Festival Outdoor Awards: The ads offer designer shoes, belts, and handbags at “unbelievable prices.” When curious smart phone users … Read more »
When Dutch animal rights group Ongehoord (“Unheard” in English) secretly filmed 26 pig farms in the Netherlands, it found that cruelty was just as prevalent on organic farms—and on those that labeled their meat with the misleading “Better Life” stamp from the Dutch SPCA—as it was on factory farms. Video taken on a farm … Read more »
Animal Defenders International (ADI), which released video footage of an elephant, Tai, and others being hit with bullhooks and shocked with a stun gun, has filed suit against exhibitor Have Trunk Will Travel (HTWT) for allegedly making misleading claims about how Tai was treated. PETA Files readers may recall that HTWT is the same outfit … Read more »
