Could the Lake Superior Zoo have taken steps to prevent the deaths of 14 animals, including a donkey, sheep, goats, a snowy owl, a turkey vulture, and a raven, after their enclosures were engulfed in floodwaters during a flash flood last week? PETA thinks so, and we sent a letter to the Duluth, Minnesota, city … Read more »
Who says cats can’t edit? PETA’s office cats Marshall and Bubbles seem to think that our Ringling slogan needs a rewrite. As far as we’re concerned, this is as close as cats should ever get to Ringling.
PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. Are you tweeting to your fullest potential? Find out here. Not all bullies are in the schoolyard—some are in the kitchen. PETA Certificate of Appreciation recipient Abby Casarella talks about organizing her first protest and other easier-than-she-expected activism accomplishments. New Features Oliver Stone‘s … Read more »
Canada’s most wanted man, Luka Rocco Magnotta, has been captured after allegedly posting a gruesome snuff video of the murder and dismemberment of an acquaintance, Lin Jun, online and mailing some of the victim’s body parts to government offices. It turns out that this probably isn’t the self-described porn star’s first videotaped killing. Serial Kitten … Read more »
Which TV show is tops with cats? No, it isn’t Real Housecats of Beverly Hills, CSI: Meowmi, or even Purrsey Shore. As PETA staffer Lindsay Rajt’s kitties illustrate, cats would rather watch real songbirds perform aerial acrobatics than watch Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler put human songbirds through their paces on American Idol any day … Read more »
You don’t have to be a Rhodes Scholar to know that all mammals need water to survive, yet this basic biology principle is apparently lost on the clever folks at Harvard. For the second time in three months, a monkey has died of dehydration at the Ivy League institution: On Sunday, an elderly cotton-top tamarin … Read more »
As usual, the commercial lineup during Super Bowl XLVI featured some real dogs—and we’re not just talking about CareerBuilder‘s tired old re-tread of the “immature chimpanzees” storyline. Yes, the chimpanzees are immature—that’s because they’re babies who should be with their mothers, not being forced to perform tricks for an ass-backwards company’s cruel and unimaginative Super … Read more »
It’s not over yet, but Iggy Pop, Perez Hilton, Kelly Osbourne, Pamela Anderson, Sarah McLachlan, Diane Warren, and all the people who have spoken out, worn the PETA shirts, and appeared in our ads in the last year have brought us closer to the end of the Canadian seal slaughter. Just weeks before the annual … Read more »
After Food Network star Paula Deen revealed that she has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and is now going to plug pharmaceuticals, PETA wrote to the queen of southern cuisine and urged her to trade in her chitlins for chickpeas. The side effects of a vegan diet are glowing skin, more stamina, and a … Read more »
Motorists cruising down L.A.’s Beverly Boulevard might get a little distracted when they spot Olivia Munn‘s sexy new “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” billboard, which The Daily Show correspondent unveiled in person today in Los Angeles. “When you think about even that little tiny trim of fur on your gloves or on … Read more »
It took months and several news stories about her plight, but Gracie, the spunky three-legged, earless dog who was rescued by an American soldier in Afghanistan and fostered by PETA staffers, has finally found a home. After Gracie was featured in The Virginian-Pilot, her story touched the heart of Virginia Beach teacher Beth Hall, whose … Read more »
A cat miraculously survived being trapped in the engine of a car during a 200-mile trip. The cat was discovered when the driver of the car stopped at a rest stop after smelling something burning. With the help of a passing police officer, the driver was able to free the cat, who was wedged in … Read more »
In a move that has been a decade in the making, pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has announced that it will no longer use animals in quality-control tests of each batch of the biological products—including vaccines—that it manufactures. This move will spare more than 700 animals every year. Scientists in PETA’s Regulatory Testing Division (RTD) have … Read more »
We all know that Thanksgiving is murder on turkeys, but it turns out it can be murder on turkey-eaters too.
