June 2009 After learning from concerned moviegoers that Sprint Nextel was airing a commercial featuring a performing chimpanzee in movie theaters, PETA contacted the communications giant. We told its executives 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 … Read more »
April 2009 PETA met with executives at Arnold Worldwide–a powerful and respected advertising agency–to alert them about the abuse that great apes endure when they are used in the advertising industry. After learning about the cruelty, the executives pledged never to use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
April 2009 After a recent incident in which a chimpanzee named Travis attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to grocery-store chain Harris Teeter to explain that great apes who are forced into the entertainment industry suffer terrible abuse. Several years earlier, Harris Teeter had used a chimpanzee in a … Read more »
April 2009 After an incident in which a chimpanzee named Travis attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to Gap Inc., which had featured Travis in an Old Navy commercial as a young ape. After learning about the abuse suffered by great apes forced into the entertainment industry, Gap Inc. promised … Read more »
April 2009 PETA received complaints about a donkey basketball fundraiser scheduled for Chichester High School in Pennsylvania and jumped into action. After PETA and our members contacted school administrators about the harm caused to donkeys when students pull, yank, and shove them across slippery gym floors, administrators agreed to cancel the game.
January 2009 PETA received a barrage of complaints about a senior staff member of Philadelphia Insurance Companies when reports surfaced that he had swallowed a live goldfish for a company fundraiser. We fired off a letter to the company’s corporate headquarters to inform executives that this could be considered illegal by local laws, and we asked … Read more »
January 2009 After learning about Heineken International’s recent advertising campaign, which stated that animals “belong on a plate,” PETA Europe immediately contacted the company to express concern. After learning about the abuse that animals on factory farms suffer, Heineken International pulled the advertisement from circulation permanently.
January 2009 After being inundated with complaints about a scheduled donkey basketball fundraiser at Laurel High School in Pennsylvania, PETA called the district superintendent and principal to voice our concerns. School administrators were worried about supporting activities that would be cruel to animals and assured PETA that they wanted students to treat animals humanely and with … Read more »
January 2009 PETA received calls from concerned Clearwater, Florida, residents about an exhibitor named Philip Dolci who forced a chained capuchin monkey to perform in photo opportunities during the nightly Sunsets at Pier 60 Festival. We immediately contacted the organizers to let them know that the chaotic atmosphere of a festival is no place for an … Read more »
January 2009 When PETA learned that Florida’s Blood Centers ran a promotion in several Florida counties offering individuals free Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey tickets for donating blood, we immediately contacted the organization to urge them to end their relationship with the notorious circus. Following conversations with executives about how baby elephants used in the … Read more »
January 2009 PETA met with executives at Young & Rubicam–a powerful and respected advertising agency–to alert them to the abuse that great apes endure when used for the advertising industry. After learning about the cruelty, they immediately called upon their creative directors worldwide to never use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
January 2009 PETA was inundated with complaints about live pig races scheduled at the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Maryland in Annapolis. We contacted Special Olympics organizers to notify them that it was cruel for exhibitors to haul pigs around the country and subject them to terrifying situations. Organizers responded on the … Read more »
January 2009 After an incident in which a chimpanzee attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to Levi Strauss & Co., which had featured an orangutan in a viral video in 2008. After learning about the abuse suffered by great apes and other exotic animals who are forced into the entertainment … Read more »
January 2009 After an incident in which a chimpanzee named Travis attacked a woman and left her with life-threatening injuries, PETA reached out to leading pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson. After learning about the abuse that is suffered by exotic animals who are forced into the entertainment industry, Johnson & Johnson promised not to produce any … Read more »
January 2009 Local citizens asked PETA for help in preventing the Marion High School basketball club from exploiting donkeys for a local fundraiser. After supplying organizers with information about the liability that schools can face if participants are injured as well as the cruel treatment that donkeys endure when they are roughly handled by excited players, … Read more »
