Given the escalating violence among young people, it’s impossible to understand how anyone can cheer for 12-year-old bullfighter Michel Lagravere, who boasts that he has stabbed seven bulls to death. It’s also disturbing that people continue to egg the young man on even after he was recently tossed around by a bull in a Mexican … Read more »
barryskeates / CC by 2.0 According to Time magazine, scientists at the University of Missouri have created a soy-based chicken that tastes and feels, well, just like chicken. That should give meat-eaters and vegetarians something to salivate over. The owner of Turtle Island Foods, the maker of Tofurky, is reportedly thinking about purchasing the product, … Read more »
Johntex / CC by 2.5 Strong, healthy heart—check. Slim, trim body—check. Increased energy—check. Lovely, sun-kissed glow—wait, what …? Fair-skinned folks should know that the secret to a sexy tan is in the fruit basket, not the tanning bed. That’s right: Researchers at Bristol University have found that a golden tan enhanced by beta-carotene found in … Read more »
Marina Campos Vinhal / CC by 2.0 The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster for both human and nonhuman residents, but there may prove to be a silver lining. With the government’s recent announcement that fishing is banned in 19 percent of the Gulf, there’s no time like the present for … Read more »
It’s Cinco de Mayo, and these spicy señoritas—dressed in sizzling chili-pepper bikinis—have certainly grabbed my attention: Our campaigners have been on the road handing out chili-shaped vegan chocolates across the country, along with plenty of information about why eating meat, eggs, and dairy products just isn’t, well, hot. In particular, the lovely ladies … Read more »
Foodies everywhere are buzzing about Mario Batali’s declaration that he is a “big believer in the Meatless Monday movement” and his announcement that all 14 of his restaurants will offer at least two vegetarian options each and every Monday. Batali believes that “most people in the U.S. eat way more meat than is good … Read more »
It’s “tofu buck” and “seitan bird” season over at Adult Swim thanks to the new online game Tofu Hunter. Thanks to the creative minds over at This Is Pop, who also created our Breasts Not Animal Tests game, now’s your chance to bag a nine-point block of tofu. Keep an eye out for the … Read more »
I’ll take a Venti soy mocha Frappuccino with no whip, please. (Oh, how I’ve longed to utter those words.) Apparently, Starbucks has been getting all those requests that I’ve been stuffing into its suggestion boxes, because it’s introducing vegan Frappuccinos nationwide starting May 5! Grande Vegan Mocha Frappuccino © Quarry Girl Frappuccinos − … Read more »
Just in time for barbecue season comes a new study about meat eaters showing that eating charred meat, doubles the risk of bladder cancer. Even eating fried fish and chicken can significantly increase the odds. Ravedave / CC by 2.5 Other studies have already shown that eating charred meat may increase the risk … Read more »
The following is a guest post from PETA Prime’s Steve Martindale. Cats, dogs, raccoon dogs, rabbits, and other animals are skinned alive in China for their fur. This fur is exported to consumers in the U.S. and abroad and often dyed to look like the fur of other animals. It’s sometimes even deliberately mislabeled as … Read more »
What will it take to make California stop misleading consumers about its unhappy cows? Last fall, we filed a complaint against the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) for alleged false advertising, asking the Federal Trade Commission to make the CMAB end its misleading campaign, and big names like John Robbins and Ginnifer Goodwin have shown … Read more »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecates/ / CC BY 2.0 Showing cruelty of gastronomical proportions, restaurants in Queens (Sik Gaek and East Seafood Restaurant) are chopping up and serving live octopuses to customers. Octopuses have their tentacles cut off while they are still conscious and are then served, writhing, while their hearts are still beating. Others are slowly steamed alive … Read more »
© Star Max Inc. PETA pal Pink recently tweeted that she had “… the BESTest day” with her “amazing sexy hubby,” Carey Hart, riding around on beach cruisers and watching the circus. Not to worry, though—our girl Pink would never attend the kind of circus that tears baby elephants away from their mothers and beats … Read more »
Dr. Mehmet Oz’s wife, Lisa, has long been health-conscious. On a recent episode of The View, she mentioned that she’s been a vegetarian since she was 15 and that she cooks vegetarian meals for her family. She’s obviously having a positive influence: Her husband even convinced a guest on his show—a cowboy, no less—to … Read more »
Yes, it is, according to an audit conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General, which reveals that beef containing dangerous pesticides, antibiotics, heavy metals, and other toxins is showing up on supermarket shelves because the government has neither set limits for the chemicals nor is it routinely testing for them. Perhaps … Read more »
