After speaking with PETA, Westfield agreed to remove the “Feed the Fish—Make a Wish” vending machine tank at its Sarasota Square mall. The machine—which encouraged people to pay to feed the fish—was problematic because it supported the cruel commercial pet trade and didn’t offer a way to ensure that each fish received the amount of … Read more »
After learning from PETA and a local activist that several Stardust Circus shows were scheduled to bring elephants owned by the notoriously cruel Carson & Barnes Circus to Arkansas armories, the major general of the state National Guard immediately prohibited upcoming performances and implemented a policy banning future animal acts. This is a victory for … Read more »
PETA contacted J.McLaughlin—a clothing retailer that has more than 100 stores and also sells online—after receiving multiple complaints that it was selling fur. After urging the company to ban it, we were pleased to hear that its bestselling furry items are faux and that it won’t sell real fur again.
A Lawrence County District Court judge ordered that Nosey the elephant wouldn’t be returned to her abusive former handlers, Hugo and Franciszka Liebel. The judge’s order granted custody to the county’s animal control officer, who placed Nosey at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in November 2017, after she was first seized. Sanctuary vets found that … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC, is ending its goldfish and guppy rental program, in which live fish were delivered to guests’ rooms upon request as a perk. PETA is working with the company to remove and find appropriate adoptive homes for the more than 200 fish at nine hotels across … Read more »
Malaysia’s Astro TV was planning to hold and broadcast a jallikattu competition in January at the Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur. After hearing from PETA Asia, Astro TV pulled their involvement from the event and the competition was cancelled. Jallikattu violates Malaysia’s Animal Welfare Act 2015, which states that there are penalties for any … Read more »
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., the largest senior living community owner and operator in the country, has taken a big step against animal abuse. After one of its communities recently visited the Bearadise Ranch roadside zoo in Florida, PETA informed Brookdale about the cruelty inherent in keeping wild animals captive in roadside zoos and forcing them … Read more »
Following declining ticket sales and public outrage over its cruel animal acts, former Kelly Miller Circus owner John Ringling North II was forced to sell the circus and retire at the end of its 2017 season. In a decision consistent with growing public opposition to the use of animals for entertainment, incoming owner James Kendrick … Read more »
Just weeks after PETA urged food and beverage giant Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., to stop force-feeding, poisoning, and killing rats, mice, and hamsters in order to make various questionable health claims about its products, the Tokyo-based company—along with its Korean subsidiary—pledged to end all such experiments on animals.
After hearing from PETA about the cruelty and public-health dangers of camel and pony rides, which subject the animals to a lifetime of chronic stress and deprivation, executives at the Westchester Parks Foundation in New York agreed to refrain from hosting these exploitative exhibits at future Westchester Winter Wonderland festivals.
Thanks to PETA, two bears who were carted around the country for years with Steeple’s Bears have started new lives at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Texas. The bears had been forced to pose for photos and perform confusing and even painful tricks, but they are now finally able to nap in the … Read more »
In a major collaborative effort with government and industry officials as well as academics, PETA scientists spearheaded a journal publication detailing ways to replace animals in inhalation tests. The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. co-authored the comprehensive report with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Dow Chemical Company, Syngenta, British American Tobacco, the University of … Read more »
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to strike down provisions of an “ag-gag” law, upholding the district court’s decision that Idaho’s ban on recording conditions at factory farms and slaughterhouses violates the First Amendment. This victory for free speech came in response to a lawsuit … Read more »
Following talks with PETA about expanding its vegan offerings, Panera Bread introduced two new vegan broth bowls: the Vegan Lentil Quinoa Broth Bowl (organic quinoa and brown rice, lentil blend, tomato sofrito, fresh kale and spinach, with a lemon wheel in an umami soy-miso broth) and the Soba Noodle Broth Bowl with Edamame (soba buckwheat … Read more »
