While we don’t know exactly how Emma’s life began, her story starts the way that too many dogs’ stories do: She was wandering the streets, homeless, thin, petrified, and alone. Her luck changed when a PETA Community Animal Project (CAP) staffer found her on a neighbor’s front stoop, soaking wet and trembling, and cajoled the … Read more »
Q: How many lawyers does it take to save a dog’s life? A: In this case, two, but they didn’t need to use their law degrees to do it. PETA attorneys Jeff Kerr and Jared Goodman (who work for animals’ legal rights every day) were on their way to talk about our landmark lawsuit in … Read more »
PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. Don’t call the female dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, “fashion-obsessed.” They just prefer to bond with gals who dress like they do. Dolphins who choose to wear sponges on their noses to root in the sand for fish generally hang out with other … Read more »
Thanks to your efforts, this will be the first time in 15 years that August passes without the torture of turtles in a barbaric event called “Snapperfest” at Campshore Campground in Aurora, Indiana. Animal advocates were appalled last year when they saw the video that PETA posted showing participants who slammed turtles into the ground, … Read more »
Thanks to a donation of simulation equipment from PETA, goats will no longer have holes cut into their chests and necks and be killed for trauma training exercises in Egypt. piddy77|cc by 2.0 Traumatic Trauma Training Earlier this year, PETA was contacted by Dr. Abdelhakim Elkholy—director of the Egyptian Life Support Training Center (ELSTC) in … Read more »
Chick-fil-A, the house of the homophobic waffle fries, wants homosexual people just to accept not having equal rights and chickens just to accept having their throats slashed and being scalded to death. But a flock of protesters crashed Chick-fil-A’s Appreciation Day to show that they don’t appreciate the fast-food chain’s efforts to keep people in … Read more »
The following graphic shows some of the things that we have in common with our animal friends—and some of the differences that humans can only envy.
Our animal companions give us all the time, attention, and affection that we want, and in return, they deserve the best care that we can provide. Here are the top six ways to return the favor: 1. Suppertime Just like people, animals need high-quality, nutritious food, which is the basis for good health. They also … Read more »
A lot of us can get pretty animated when we start talking about being vegetarian or vegan. Now, our plant-based persuasions are getting animated in a new series, Vegtoons. As its name suggests, Vegtoons is a Web-based animated series that educates viewers about the benefits of a plant-based diet. Here’s a clip from the first … Read more »
After residents complained about a smell coming from a neighboring apartment, the building’s management company left several notices and tried to contact the tenant. But after getting no response, company staffers entered the apartment, where they found this abandoned puppy, less than 5 months old, who had been left tied to a radiator. So they … Read more »
Following a vigorous PETA campaign, Air China has confirmed that it’s joining nearly every other airline worldwide by refusing to transport monkeys to laboratories. The airline’s decision comes less than 24 hours after PETA asked its Facebook and Twitter followers to call Air China Cargo’s main office at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport … Read more »
When pig abuser Hormel‘s notorious nonfood Spam turned 75, the company decided to celebrate its saturated fat, cholesterol, and pig abuse in a tin with a party. Never ones to let an opportunity to share animals’ side of things pass us by, PETA sent brave “piggies” into Hormel territory. As people lured by free food … Read more »
Nobel Prize–winning physician, theologian, and vegetarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer once said, “The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own.” It was Schweitzer’s “reverence for life” that inspired our pals at PETA U.K. not only to sponsor the … Read more »
As part of the cast of The Real L Word, Whitney Mixter and Sara Bettencourt are all about being out and proud. And the couple says that it’s everyone’s responsibility to be out and proud advocates for animals. While Showtime offers T-shirts that proclaim the wearer’s crush on Whitney, she thinks wearing an animal rights … Read more »
When video surfaced showing an orca trapped at SeaWorld, Kasatka, lashing out at a trainer, it sent shockwaves through the media and the public.
