Anthony Weiner isn’t the only person to be caught being an, ahem, weenie via social networking. Utah resident Andy Ray Harris apparently thought he was among “friends” when a video of him allegedly eating a live baby rat was posted on a tattoo parlor’s Facebook page. But one of the business’s “friends” is also a … Read more »
While shopping for our picture of the month, we unearthed this fleshy photo and knew we’d struck cellophane-wrapped celluloid gold. No matter how you slice it, this PETA volunteer knows that the real price of meat is paid in blood. The photo was taken outside a pig slaughterhouse in Toronto as part of a … Read more »
Holy hybrid, Batman! In light of news reports that Mercedes-Benz may be developing a hybrid popemobile, PETA is asking His Holiness to truly go green by riding without the hide. Catholic Westminster/cc by 2.0 Besides being hell for cows—who are often dismembered and skinned while still conscious—leather production is also lethal to the environment. … Read more »
A little birdie told me that PETA’s cruelty caseworkers are her heroes. After reading about some of the ways that they’ve helped our feathered friends recently, I must agree—they are flock stars! A young bird was found stuck and struggling in a sticky gel that had been applied to the rafters of a hardware store … Read more »
In a stunning victory for animals, the British Parliament has voted to direct the government to ban wild animals in circuses. MPs across all party lines unanimously backed the directive, which, if followed, will end the use of lions, tigers, elephants, and other wild animals in circuses in England and Wales. More good news: Scotland … Read more »
You say you’re for world peace? Are you willing to say it on your driver’s license? Our friend and soon-to-be-former Ron Artest is. The Lakers forward has filed a petition in L.A. Superior Court to change his name to Metta World Peace, which left us scrambling to update our spay-and-neuter ad starring the basketball champ: … Read more »
Earlier this week, Florida resident Willie Bell turned down a plea deal of three years in prison for a felony charge of cruelty to animals. Not smart: Now Bell faces five years in prison, and if he’s convicted, he deserves every second of it. According to police, Bell tied a 30-pound dumbbell around a dog’s … Read more »
After Al Gore chastised President Obama in a Rolling Stone essay for not being tough enough in combating climate change, PETA, in turn, took the former veep to task for not being tough enough on his own high-carbon diet. Even though scientific studies show that raising animals for food is one of the leading contributors … Read more »
Many people will remember Peter Falk best as the detective on the hit television series Columbo, but PETA will remember him fondly as a real-life hero for animals. He was one our first celebrity supporters and helped us defeat Bobby Berosini, the Las Vegas animal trainer who was caught beating the orangutans he used … Read more »
For more than a decade, experimenters at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) have forced hundreds—possibly thousands—of mice to fight each other in cruel experiments, despite the fact that it is a felony in Wisconsin to instigate fights between dogs, roosters, or any type of animal. PETA and Madison-based Alliance for Animals have filed a complaint with … Read more »
Animals winning at Cannes? Yes, they can. Check out this clever ad campaign from PETA Asia-Pacific and top ad firm McCann Erickson Singapore that just snagged a Silver Award for creative excellence at the Cannes International Festival Outdoor Awards: The ads offer designer shoes, belts, and handbags at “unbelievable prices.” When curious smart phone users … Read more »
Star light, star bright … these celebrities certainly granted animals’ wishes all right! Ricky Gervais whose PETA PSA (above) recently netted a gold Addy Award, plans to celebrate his 50th birthday by not shopping at this UK retailer. Serbian tennis champ Novak Djokovic goes everywhere with is dog, Pierre. Well, almost everywhere. Ryan Reynolds swoops in … Read more »
When Dutch animal rights group Ongehoord (“Unheard” in English) secretly filmed 26 pig farms in the Netherlands, it found that cruelty was just as prevalent on organic farms—and on those that labeled their meat with the misleading “Better Life” stamp from the Dutch SPCA—as it was on factory farms. Video taken on a farm … Read more »
You don’t need to be koi, Roy—just listen to PETA. Which is exactly what the staff at a restaurant in Hoover, Alabama, did. They called to report that a private pond outside the restaurant was quickly drying up, endangering its 35 goldfish inhabitants. PETA’s caseworker walked the staff through how to guide the fish into … Read more »
Animal Defenders International (ADI), which released video footage of an elephant, Tai, and others being hit with bullhooks and shocked with a stun gun, has filed suit against exhibitor Have Trunk Will Travel (HTWT) for allegedly making misleading claims about how Tai was treated. PETA Files readers may recall that HTWT is the same outfit … Read more »