Bikinis in December? Sure. Eye blacks with garters? Why not? Fur? What, are you crazy? The Lingerie Football League‘s Toronto Triumph took to the streets yesterday to call “foul” on fur. Courtesy of Dave B The ladies braved the chilly temps to show Torontonians that football players can take a beating, but that furry animals … Read more »
Making up songs about my cat, Wellington, set to holiday jingles is one of the season’s great joys. (“Wellie, the Pink-Nosed Kitty” is a big hit at parties.) The best thing that we can do for our animal companions this holiday season, though, is to keep them safe. Here are some tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9LqRl7tqf4Cats are wonderful, … Read more »
He was a pretty, healthy, brown tabby cat when his guardians took him to a Michigan animal shelter in the hope of finding him a new home. But a heartless shelter director, a shady animal dealer, and a university hell-bent on abusing animals in crude and painful medical training exercises took away his chance at … Read more »
It must’ve been a terribly hard decision—whether to use 2.3 billion yen ($29 million) from Japan’s tsunami reconstruction budget for, you know, tsunami reconstruction or to put it toward propping up the country’s barbaric and widely condemned whale slaughter …. Well played flayed, Japan.
The people have spoken, and here’s the winning caption for the latest 10% Wool comic contest! We’re in the process of contacting the winner, so be sure to check your in-box! I sure wish I’d gone to that sleep-aid commercial audition instead of the one for the nuclear plant … And here’s your chance to … Read more »
Elvis Presley has left the building—to help PETA’s hound dog “fox” and “rabbit” ask Nashville shoppers to leave animal skins off their holiday gift lists. One shopper who stopped to talk had to fight back tears—and not because she touched the King of Rock and Roll. She was appalled when the demonstrators explained how sheep … Read more »
This Saturday is International Animal Rights Day, and we’re celebrating by giving away a copy of The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights, a page-turner that’s jam-packed with ways that anyone, anywhere, can make a huge difference for animals. To enter for a chance to win the book, post a comment telling us what you’ll … Read more »
The Rock and Roll of Fame’s Class of 2012 has been announced, and animal-friendly stars will be boogieing in. The Red Hot Chili Peppers earned a spot, but we’re wondering if this honor could top the Sexiest Vegetarian of 2008 title that Anthony Kiedis snagged. We’ll call it a wash. Guns N’ Roses was gunning … Read more »
Sister72 | cc by 2.0 After more than a year of campaigning by PETA and supporters—and a day after the release of a shocking PETA exposé—the University of Michigan (U-M) announced that it has ended the use of cats in its Survival Flight intubation training laboratory. More than 100,000 people—including Michigan natives Iggy Pop and … Read more »
Smithfield Foods, Inc., the world’s largest pig supplier, announced yesterday that it will phase out gestation crates for pregnant sows by 2017. Let’s hope it keeps its word this time. Smithfield has promised this before. Female pigs at Smithfield are forced into continuous cycles of pregnancy and birth, only to have their piglets ripped away … Read more »
Last week, PETA gave out 100 fur coats to the only people who have any excuse to wear them: the homeless. This giveaway took place at the office of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless in a city where frigid temperatures combine with one of the worst poverty rates in the country to make … Read more »
Authorities recently rescued 108 animals from three homes in Duncanville, Texas, where dogs and cats were found stacked in filthy, hair-encrusted, rusty cages and confined to rooms in which urine and feces coated the floors—allegedly up to a foot deep. According to news reports, the door to one room to which dogs were confined was … Read more »
© Zebra: deste / sxc.hu | Ribbon: Elize / sxc.hu Fading director Cameron Crowe is using wild animals as “actors.” In his new movie, We Bought a Zoo, he used lions, bears, and other wild animals who are at great risk for abuse because of their strength and instinctive aggression. PETA repeatedly reached out to … Read more »
The record penalty paid by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for violations of federal animal welfare laws has so far made no difference for the lame and suffering elephants the circus forces to travel and perform for months at a time. So PETA has sent an urgent appeal to the U.S. Department of … Read more »
It’s the season for giving, and PETA Business Friend Allison’s Gourmet is giving away a $50 gift certificate for delicious vegan treats to one lucky PETA Files reader. Could it be you? Allison’s Gourmet is one of the premier all-vegan online bakeries. Because none of Allison’s cookies or confections contains animal products, the treats are … Read more »