A lot of us can get pretty animated when we start talking about being vegetarian or vegan. Now, our plant-based persuasions are getting animated in a new series, Vegtoons. As its name suggests, Vegtoons is a Web-based animated series that educates viewers about the benefits of a plant-based diet. Here’s a clip from the first … Read more »
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is apparently anxious to show his campaign contributors that he will fight to the death (literally, perhaps) over Americans’ right to be sick and fat. Sen. Grassley has attacked the conservative Meatless Monday program, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was promoting as a way to encourage its staffers to … Read more »
The results are in! Here are the minor league ballparks across the country that are swinging for the fence for animals: 1. Fort Myers Miracle’s Hammond StadiumHammond Stadium is holding onto its title, earning the number one spot for the second year in a row. It’s no surprise, with offerings like veggie burgers (with optional … Read more »
It used to be that a day spent watching the great American pastime could do some serious damage to our great American waistlines. Not so much now, with hungry fans making the healthy vegetarian and vegan options that stadiums are offering disappear like a Ryan Braun homer. Here are our 2012 picks for major league … Read more »
Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. PETA NEWS ON TUMBLR Don’t stop believin’, cows! Sporting goods company PUMA says it plans to stop using leather in the future. They can delay gratification, plan ahead, show empathy, share, and set goals and see them through. Who am I talking about? I’ll give you a … Read more »
In 2008, when PETA offered a $1 million incentive to anyone who could develop a marketable in vitro (lab-grown) meat, there were some who scoffed. Since then, research into in vitro meat has exploded—the research, that is, not the labs—and the idea (along with PETA’s offer) has shown up in The New Yorker and on … Read more »
In the wake of New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s anti-obesity proposal to ban the sale of large sugary drinks in the Big Apple, hip-hop mogul, philanthropist, and New Yorker Russell Simmons has written to the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley, on PETA’s behalf, asking that the ban be extended to include fattening—and cholesterol-laden—cow’s … Read more »
Michelle Pfeiffer is known for three decades of film and television roles, Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe, her stunning and ageless beauty, and, now, her cruelty-free diet. She told Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN that the evidence pointing to the healthfulness of a vegan diet is so clear that “I couldn’t not listen to … Read more »
Fighting for truth, justice, and the cruelty-free way, PETA’s caped crusaders descended on the Ottawa Comiccon to ask fans to be superheroes for animals by going vegan. The meat and dairy industries are colder to animals than Mr. Freeze, but all people can fight for good every time they sit down to eat. Ready to … Read more »
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman, who’s also the mother of a child in the California public school system, has written to the administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service asking that the service pull all beef and cow’s milk from school lunches after mad cow disease was discovered in … Read more »
For helping race fans rev up their own engines on healthy vegan food, NASCAR, IndyCar, track owners Speedway Motorsports, and food-service provider Levy Restaurants are each driving off with PETA’s first-ever High Octane Award. All four racing aficionados have teamed up to offer fans animal-friendly food at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor … Read more »
It was a grand day for celebrating in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday. Thousands of monkeys had been saved from being tortured and killed in laboratories, and in a special reception at her gourmet vegan restaurant, Sublime, PETA’s patron Nanci Alexander honored one of the key women who made it possible, with PETA’s Nanci Alexander … Read more »
You won’t catch Abbie Cornish in fur—or any other animal skins. When asked about her style on Twitter, Abbie responded, “I LOVE clothes … So I love so many different things. Not enough room to tweet! I dress vegan … no leather, suede or fur.” Elsewhere in the Twitterverse, we had animal adoption, a heroic … Read more »
PETA News on Tumblr Have your morning coffee with a side of animal news every day on PETA’s Tumblr page. The secret to looking decades younger? Hint: It’s not at your dermatologist’s office. S’mores that are better than you’ve ever s’magined. What’s better than statins at lowering cholesterol? What to do if you spot a … Read more »
If you saw CareerBuilder’s latest Super Bowl ad, you probably thought it was as lame as we did, which is why we came up with an ad of our own in response. Unfortunately, we received a “thanks, but no thanks” from Clear Channel Outdoor in CareerBuilder‘s hometown of Chicago, after we asked to place this … Read more »
