Best thing about PETA: ending cruelty to animals. Second-best thing about PETA: naked guys. Great things happen when studs meet suds. With Gay Pride starting in Las Vegas, it was the perfect opportunity to debut our first all-male shower demonstration. When our vegan guys stripped down to show passersby that meat production demolishes natural resources, … Read more »
Oh, how we love Olivia Munn. In her Us Weekly “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” Q&A, she wrote: “I believe in rescuing your pets, not buying them.” You’re in good company there, Olivia. Loads of celebrities are fans of animal shelters, including Orlando Bloom, who rescued his dog, Sidi, seven years ago and … Read more »
After Hurricane Irene blew out of Hampton Roads, where PETA is headquartered, we described some of the animals PETA rescued during the storm. One frightened dog, Nikita, was found alone in a pen, where he had only one sheet of plywood as “shelter.” Since then, Nikita has thrived with his foster family, who tell us … Read more »
Get ready to tap your feet—the two-hour season premiere of Dancing With the Stars airs tonight on ABC, and as usual, PETA pals are strutting their animal-friendly stuff. Just a week after she unveiled her “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” ad, Elisabetta Canalis will make her Dancing debut, and she’s rumored to … Read more »
Joel Delux | cc by 2.0 Tiny fish are a big deal in Texas. Wildlife biologists are trudging through the muddy bed of the Brazos River, rescuing endangered minnows who are trapped in small pools of water—all that remain of the river after the state’s worst drought in decades. Scientists are taking the minnows to … Read more »
Tonight on NBC, the cocktails will flow and the bunny tails will wiggle as the network debuts The Playboy Club, a period drama about the “living, breathing fantasy world” which stars vegan PETA celebrity supporters Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Leah Renee. But bunnies (Playboy and otherwise) aren’t the only ones with rampant sex drives—for unaltered dogs and … Read more »
When award-winning New Yorker cartoonist and longtime PETA pal Harry Bliss sits down to write a children’s book about a day at school with a lovable mutt named Bailey, you know it’ll be a big hit with kids. But with Bliss’ talent for satire, even adults will enjoy a chuckle or two. Dedicated to PETA … Read more »
It’s hard to imagine a more terrifying way to die than being trapped in a cage as flood waters rise around you. Yet that was the fate of Ryan and Esther, two bison at Pennsylvania’s ZooAmerica who died when they were left to fend for themselves after torrential rains flooded the zoo. “The two bison … Read more »
In an appalling display of its mercenary mindset, SeaWorld is fighting a federal charge that it exposed its employees to risks “causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm,” which was brought after trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by the orca Tilikum last year. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) cited SeaWorld … Read more »
Canada’s barbaric seal slaughter continues its downward spiral—and it appears to be taking Canada’s integrity with it. Last week, the European Union (E.U.) rejected an attempt by the native Canadian Inuit to challenge the E.U.’s ban on seal products. Interestingly, the Inuit live far away from the area where the mass commercial slaughter takes place … Read more »
PETA’s “do test” and “don’t test” lists have been an essential part of shopping for millions of people for nearly three decades—and in all those years, we’ve never made a change to the way we list companies: They either conduct (or pay someone to conduct) painful skin, eye, and other poisoning tests on animals, or … Read more »
Update: The Blenheim District Court has sentenced Jason Godsiff to two years in jail for beating seals to death, including some animals who were just a few days old. Jamaal Large, who denies the charges, has not yet been tried. Originally posted July 20, 2011 A New Zealand teenager has pleaded guilty to beating 23 … Read more »
Imagine having to perform strenuous physical tasks even though you were suffering from diarrhea and abdominal discomfort so severe that you were taking pain medication. That’s just another day in the life of Banko, a 35-year-old female Asian elephant traveling with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus who was forced to perform even though … Read more »
The first four years of Oliver’s life consisted of little more than a small patch of dirt, a metal barrel, and a heavy chain. This sweet mixed-breed’s owner gave him food and water in dirty, rusty metal bowls—and little else. Day after day, he waited for the kind word or gentle pat that never came. … Read more »
On day two of SeaWorld’s appeal of the penalty leveled by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), senior trainer Lynne Schaber testified that trainers who work with orcas receive special instruction on Tilikum and a “Tilly Talk,” in which they’re informed of Tilikum’s involvement with two previous deaths and that if they enter the … Read more »