Entertainment giant Live Nation, which owns or operates about 165 venues in North America and Europe, is warning people about the dangers of leaving dogs in hot cars by posting signage in its parking lots that reads, “WARNING: Hot temperatures can be fatal! Please check, and remove all pets from unattended vehicles.”
After talking with PETA, OurHarvest—an online grocer and farmers’ market serving the New York City area—has added new vegan products to its range, including, but not limited to, Watermelon Road’s Watermelon Lemonade and Pineapple Mojito fruit snacks and Smoky Balsamic Eggplant vegan jerky; Pipcorn’s Sea Salt, Cheddar, Truffle, and Kettle mini popcorn; and KiiNOA’s Cheddar … Read more »
Following outreach from PETA, Macerich—one of the country’s leading owners and operators of retail real estate—added a warning message about leaving dogs in hot cars to digital signage in more than a dozen malls across the U.S., from New York City to Los Angeles. The public service announcements, which run every six minutes, warn shoppers … Read more »
In a step forward for animals used for pesticide testing in India, the Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee has made several changes to a guidance document on pesticide registrations, such as providing criteria for waiving certain tests on animals and accepting non-animal testing methods. The move follows an appeal from and meetings with PETA … Read more »
After being contacted by PETA, Port of Portland (POP)—which controls Hillsboro, Portland International, and Portland-Troutdale airports in Oregon—said that it likely wasn’t using glue traps but that it would double-check. While doing so, POP discovered that glue traps had just been laid out in an attempt to catch a chipmunk. Now aware that the traps … Read more »
The Portsmouth City Council in Virginia first restricted dog chaining in response to efforts by PETA and compassionate residents in 2012, but local law-enforcement agencies quickly found that a time limit was largely unenforceable. In 2017, city officials strengthened the ordinance to ban unattended tethering altogether.
After learning that the Kelly Miller Circus was headed to the Wisner Memorial Stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, PETA told the venue and its sponsors that the circus contracts with abusive exhibitors for its cruel animal acts. Centro Multicultural La Familia dropped its sponsorship of this and all animal circuses after it quickly recognized that a … Read more »
Good Clean Love received PETA’s Compassionate Business Award for the company’s work with us to replace the use of rabbits and guinea pigs in painful experiments required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. This success paves the way for all personal lubricant companies to avoid these animal tests. See here.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) revoked the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) exhibitor license of Summer Wind Farms Sanctuary, where a PETA eyewitness exposé revealed chronic neglect. The USDA ordered the Brown City roadside zoo to sell or donate most of the animals there to other facilities, and if it fails to do so … Read more »
Following talks with PETA, Restaurant Brands International—the parent company to Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen—issued a new sustainability report stating, “RBI encourages the selective breeding of naturally polled cattle, as the best possible solution instead of dehorning.”
PETA contacted T-Mobile—the nation’s third-largest wireless phone company—after discovering that it was giving away goldfish during the Taste of Times Square event in New York City. After learning that goldfish are sensitive, intelligent animals—not disposable marketing props—the company confirmed that it was an isolated incident and wouldn’t be repeated.
After the suffering elephant Nosey was scheduled to give rides at Pettigrew Feed & Hardware in Edinburg Township, Ohio, PETA sent a letter to the store’s president explaining that the animal’s notorious exhibitor, Hugo Liebel, has been cited for nearly 200 animal-welfare violations, most of which have been related to mistreatment. The president quickly canceled … Read more »
