August 2010 On April 22, 2010, PETA wrote to the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), David Michaels, outlining the dangers inherent in working with killer whales in captivity and a decades-long history of attacks in which trainers have been seriously injured or killed at SeaWorld. PETA urged the agency to hold … Read more »
August 2010 Elephant advocates are celebrating a new policy by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The policy requires that all AZA-accredited facilities prohibit staff and elephants from being in the same space, with some limited exceptions, by September 2014. This means that elephants in zoos will be protected from handlers (and the abusive … Read more »
July 2010 PETA filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding two elephants, Tina and Jewel, who were forced to perform despite being severely underweight and who were sent to an unlicensed exhibitor with a long history of violating the Animal Welfare Act. The USDA filed charges against Cole Bros., including for failure to … Read more »
January 2010 After PETA provided SandersWingo, Black Enterprise’s 2009 Advertising Agency of the Year, with information about how great apes suffer in the advertising industry, the agency signed PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never to use great apes in future ad campaigns.
October 2009 After receiving complaints from United Airlines passengers that the airline was showing “Texas Ranch House” as an in-flight entertainment option, PETA wrote United to ask it to replace the series with a humane option. The selection showed Wild West re-enactors branding cows with hot irons and cutting off their tails without the use of … Read more »
October 2009 After learning from PETA about the suffering endured by great apes who are used in advertising, global advertising agency Enfatico signed on to PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never to use great apes in any future productions.
July 2009 When PETA discovered that Jiffy Lube of Greater Los Angeles was giving away discounted Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tickets with the purchase of an oil change, we immediately contacted the president of the Southern California cooperative. PETA explained that Ringling denies animals everything that is natural and important to them and … Read more »
July 2009 After meeting with PETA and learning about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes when they’re no longer useful to the entertainment industry, advertising agency Global Hue signed PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never again to use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
July 2009 PETA met with executives at BBDO Worldwide, the second largest ad agency network in the world, to alert them to the abuse that great apes endure when they are used for advertising. After learning about the cruelty, BBDO Worldwide agreed never to use great apes in any future ad campaigns.
July 2009 After meeting with PETA and learning about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes used for entertainment, advertising agency R&R Partners pledged never to use great apes in any future ad campaigns.
July 2009 After PETA provided DraftFCB, one of the top 10 U.S. ad agencies, with information on how great apes suffer as a result of being used for advertising, the agency signed PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never to use great apes in any future ad campaigns unless undisturbed in their natural habitat.
July 2009 After receiving complaints about a Samsung ad that featured Ozzy Osbourne and a grinning chimpanzee playing the guitar, PETA contacted the telecommunications company. We told Samsung executives about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes used in advertising, and the company pulled the ad from rotation.
July 2009 After receiving complaints about a Bonobos Inc. ad that featured a trained chimpanzee wearing swim trunks, PETA contacted the men’s clothing and swimwear company. We told its CEO about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes and the negative effects that portraying chimpanzees as comical subhumans has on conservation. … Read more »
