Zachary Toliver

Zachary Toliver

Zachary spent most of his life bouncing around various rural Midwestern towns before finally settling down in the Pacific Northwest—largely because of the region’s phenomenal vegan food. If he’s not writing or playing banjo for a captive audience (aka “the two dogs who live with him”), you can assume he’s hiking in the Cascade mountains, rock climbing, or reading about the complex social lives of fish.

Lacoste Joins 340+ Brands in Banning Mohair After Shocking PETA Exposé
Lacoste Joins 340+ Brands in Banning Mohair After Shocking PETA Exposé

After hearing from PETA France that goats are violently mutilated and killed for mohair, Lacoste agreed to ban the cruelly obtained fiber.

PETA Says, ‘For the Love of Peter Dinklage, Stop Buying Huskies’
PETA Says, ‘For the Love of Peter Dinklage, Stop Buying Huskies’

“It’s the same trend shelters experienced with ‘101 Dalmatians’ or ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua.’ Popular culture drives up interest in certain breeds.”

Knickers the Giant Steer Is Too Big to Eat, but All His Friends Will Die
Knickers the Giant Steer Is Too Big to Eat, but All His Friends Will Die

Internet sensation Knickers has been spared slaughter—here’s how you can help save his brothers and sisters around the world.

We Doubt This Cat Is Doing ‘Sit-ups’—There’s Something More Dangerous Happening
We Doubt This Cat Is Doing ‘Sit-ups’—There’s Something More Dangerous Happening

While people debate what this cat is actually doing (sit-ups, really?), many may not realize that the animal is in imminent danger.

PETA’s 2018 Company of the Year Made Boss Move by Banning Meat
PETA’s 2018 Company of the Year Made Boss Move by Banning Meat

Leave animal flesh and gristle out of the daily grind. PETA’s 2018 Company of the Year proves that any business can help save animals.

PETA Exposes the Suffering of 10 Dogs Used by Hemopet
PETA Exposes the Suffering of 10 Dogs Used by Hemopet

Sick, suffering, and stressed, the greyhounds imprisoned at Hemopet were forgotten by the world—but PETA wants you to know their stories.

Doctors’ Orders: 500 Physicians Call On TAMU to End Its Cruel Dog Lab
Doctors’ Orders: 500 Physicians Call On TAMU to End Its Cruel Dog Lab

Five hundred physicians have joined PETA in urging Texas A&M University to stop its cruel muscular dystrophy experiments on dogs.

PETA Rescues Turkeys From Slaughterhouse Days Before Thanksgiving
PETA Rescues Turkeys From Slaughterhouse Days Before Thanksgiving

These turkeys are on their way to sanctuaries where they’ll spend this Thanksgiving—and the rest of their lives—safe and sound.

Here’s How PETA Put Nearly 300 Donated Fur Coats to Good Use
Here’s How PETA Put Nearly 300 Donated Fur Coats to Good Use

PETA can’t bring back the animals who were caged and electrocuted for their fur, but our fur coat donation program can still help those in desperate need.

How a PETA Contest Persuaded This Whole Family to Eat a Vegan Holiday Meal
How a PETA Contest Persuaded This Whole Family to Eat a Vegan Holiday Meal

What happens when a vegan takes charge of the family holiday feast? Everyone enjoys delicious food without harming a hair on an animal’s head

Nudie Jeans Switches to Paper Instead of Animal Skin for Its Back Patch
Personal Care & Fashion
Nudie Jeans Switches to Paper Instead of Animal Skin for Its Back Patch

Nudie Jeans’ “beef” with vegans is over! The high-fashion denim company will replace all leather patches with ones made from recycled paper.

Taxpayers Fund Cleanup of Dead Farmed Animals After Hurricane Florence
Taxpayers Fund Cleanup of Dead Farmed Animals After Hurricane Florence

Millions in taxpayers’ money will be used to clean up the massive health and environmental crisis the meat industry left in North Carolina.

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Prop 12 Fails Hens, Misleads Kind Consumers—Don’t Be Duped
Prop 12 Fails Hens, Misleads Kind Consumers—Don’t Be Duped

Prop 12 allows farmers to continue cramming sensitive, thinking birds into sheds by the thousands. Don’t let the labels fool you.

PETA Predicted Zika Threat 2 Years Ago —Monkey Farms Must Be Shut Down
PETA Predicted Zika Threat 2 Years Ago —Monkey Farms Must Be Shut Down

Scientists have discovered that monkeys in the wild are potential reservoirs for Zika virus—a threat that PETA warned of in 2016.

UniverSoul’s 25th Year: Here Are 25 Times the Infamous Circus Was Hell for Animals
UniverSoul’s 25th Year: Here Are 25 Times the Infamous Circus Was Hell for Animals

Stop UniverSoul from exploiting animals for another year. Demand that the infamous circus shut down its wild-animal acts now.

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