As Canadian Sen. Mac Harb prepared to address the Senate about his bill to phase-out the seal slaughter last week, he got some unexpected support from another well-known Ontario native. Photo: Don Flood|Hair: Giannandrea for The Wall Group|Makeup: Gloria Noto for Jed Root The Secret Life of the American Teenager star Megan Park is … Read more »
Twitter cofounders Biz Stone and Evan Williams are putting their money where their beaks are, backing Beyond Meat, a company that produces cruelty-free faux meats. Now, every time cruel meat-peddling companies such as McDonald’s use Twitter, they’ll actually be helping to support the vegan cause! Photo: Frank W. Ockenfels 3 For Solo Artist: Hair by … Read more »
Last week after Canadian Sen. Mac Harb announced that he would introduce a bill to end the seal slaughter, PETA immediately posted an action alert on our website asking our members to urge Canadian senators to support the bill. You responded in droves: Within two days, some 50,000 of you asked them to pass the … Read more »
Following a meeting with PETA just weeks ago, Canadian Sen. Mac Harb introduced historic legislation today to end Canada’s seal slaughter, stating that the “end of the commercial sealing industry is now inevitable.” Sen. Larry Campbell seconded the motion, and it received an overwhelmingly positive response from other senators who want to see it debated. … Read more »
Canadian-born Pamela Anderson got a warm reception when she met with a representative from Germany’s Trade Ministry to deliver PETA’s seal appeal. She asked him to encourage the European Commission and the World Trade Organization to dismiss Canada’s challenge of Europe’s ban on seal products. Pam explained that most Canadians stand firmly with Germany and … Read more »
Fur-free party animals gathered en masse at Stella McCartney’s West Hollywood boutique on Friday for the release of Sir Paul McCartney’s music video for “My Valentine,” starring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp. Woody Harrelson undoubtedly enjoyed the vegetarian food, while Joan Jett rocked vegan boots, as did Gwyneth Paltrow, who has shunned fur for PETA. … Read more »
It’s time for the Canadian government to face it: The seal slaughter is dead in the water. As Grammy Award–winning Canadian icon Sarah McLachlan wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the logical next step is for Canada to buy out the sealers rather than continuing to waste millions of dollars fighting seal-product bans. A Political … Read more »
Yep, you read that right. We want to thank Kanye West for the shout-out to PETA in his new song, “Theraflu.” While the aptly named tune does make us want to reach for an over-the-counter remedy as Kanye opines about his inexplicable penchant for slinging tortured dead animals across his back, the song did make … Read more »
Today, Canada is allowing sealers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to stalk baby seals across the ice, smash their heads in with clubs, ram hooks into their eyes or mouths, and drag them back to the boats, despite the fact that there’s no market for the seal fur. They will also rip the skin … Read more »
Here’s some good (but still sad!) news from one front in the fight to stop the annual Canadian seal massacre: Only eight grey seals were killed in Nova Scotia this year. That’s down from nearly 1,500 in 2008, which (if my calculator skills don’t fail me) means that this year’s killings were just over half … Read more »
PETA News on Tumblr What’s better than a long lunch on Friday? A lunch with animals! Catch up on animal rights news with PETA’s Tumblr page. Elephant sweethearts hold trunks. Bears love a good pumice. What’s cold, as addictive as illegal drugs, and hiding in your freezer? It’s almost time for Canada’s annual seal slaughter—but … 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 »
© Sea Shepherd Conservation Society PETA U.K. is lambasting the judge who let convicted thief Jack Taylor out of serving jail time so that he would be free to kill baby seals and sheep. Taylor admitted to stealing a motorcycle because he thought there were drugs under the bike’s saddle. But instead of throwing the … Read more »
Loz Flowers | cc by 2.0 Dworkin Furs in Ottawa has been peddling pelts for more than a century. But 100 years of cruelty is coming to an end as Dworkin Furs sells off the last of its skins and shuts its doors. While management at Dworkin is staying mum, business professor Ian Lee said … Read more »
Ssppeeeddyy | cc by 2.0 A bit of good news from the Great White North: After years of pressure from animal rights activists—and after hearing from PETA recently—Air Canada, one of only two major North American airlines that still fly primates to laboratories, is taking steps to end the shipments. The airline has requested permission … Read more »
