After hearing from more than 125,000 people who watched PETA’s investigative footage, the government of Israel pressured Paraguay to set a deadline of the end of 2017 for eliminating the horrifically cruel “shackle and hoist” method of kosher slaughter. Paraguay supplies about 40 percent of Israel’s beef.
March 21, 2017 Animals and members of the military in Virginia are safer since John Hagmann—the sexual predator and twisted mind behind the military’s cruel trauma training program, in which thousands of live animals are shot, stabbed, dismembered, and killed each year—will not be allowed to reinstate his medical license. Two years ago, the Virginia … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, the city of Norfolk, Virginia, denied Garden Bros. Circus permits to exhibit animals at its shows at the Ted Constant Convocation Center because of its and its elephant exhibitor’s records of public-safety and animal-welfare violations.
Following a meeting with PETA, Dutch—the parent company of labels Joie, Equipment, and Current/Elliott—agreed to ban fur. The material was removed from its websites and stores, and none of the existing fur items in China will be shipped to the U.S. Dutch’s products are available in premium department stores and specialty shops in more than … Read more »
After the last remaining beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium died, PETA and other animal rights groups urged the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation to ban cetacean captivity (i.e., imprisoning whales, dolphins, and porpoises) at the facility, where 100 percent of such species born there have died short of their natural life expectancy. After … Read more »
March 2, 2017 Nearly two years ago, the Kentucky attorney general ruled against the University of Kentucky, confirming that the school violated a state open-records law by refusing to release records related to the use of animals in classroom experiments that PETA had requested. The university fought back and appealed the attorney general’s decision, but … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about the record of public-safety and animal-welfare violations of Garden Bros. Circus—as well as that of its elephant exhibitor, Carson & Barnes Circus—Hall County Animal Services in Georgia barred the circuses from exhibiting elephants during the Garden Bros. shows at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in Gainesville.
In March 2017, three black bears formerly on display at The Mobile Zoo started new lives. Following months of negotiations that were prompted by PETA, the roadside zoo’s operator was arrested on 28 charges of cruelty to animals, and the bears were confiscated and transferred to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.
Long-time PETA target Hollywild Animal Park, a roadside zoo in South Carolina, announced that it wouldn’t be opening for the 2017 season and that it may be closed for good. Its history includes a fire that killed dozens of animals in 2015 as well as numerous animal-welfare violations resulting in a nearly $19,000 fine from … Read more »
After being contacted by PETA, Jo-Ann Stores—a specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics with about 850 locations nationwide—confirmed that it fully supports PETA’s mission to prevent animal abuse worldwide. As such, it made the compassionate decision to stop selling fur.
After learning that UniverSoul Circus was setting up shop at Turner Field in Atlanta, PETA pointed out that the elephants used by the circus—who are provided by Larry Carden—are routinely lame, likely as a result of chaining and confinement. Carter & Associates, the development company that holds part ownership of the venue, pledged to PETA … Read more »
February 8, 2017 PETA pressed, and we got results: Multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical and medical-device maker Sanofi has committed to not killing animals anymore in training sessions for sales personnel. This comes after PETA uncovered evidence that the company was using live animals to demonstrate invasive medical-device procedures for sales representatives.
