January 2009 After receiving complaints about an Armstrong World Industries commercial featuring a grizzly bear, PETA wrote to the company to urge it to pull the ad from rotation immediately. After learning about the abuse that exotic animals in the entertainment industry endure, Armstrong quickly removed the commercial from circulation.
January 2009 After PETA provided Skadaddle Media–an up-and-coming ad agency–with information about the abuse that is suffered by great apes who are forced into the entertainment industry, the agency immediately pledged never to use great apes in its advertising campaigns.
January 2009 PETA received complaints about a donkey basketball fundraiser scheduled for Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Missouri. After PETA contacted hospital administrators to inform them about the risk of injury to human players and the harm caused to donkeys when participants pull, yank, and shove them across slippery gym floors, the CEO agreed to … Read more »
January 2009 When PETA received word that a ”donkey basketball” game was planned at Kuna High School in Kuna, Idaho, we wrote to the district superintendent to let him know that donkeys are regularly dragged, pulled, kicked, and shoved during these events. After PETA discussed our concerns with the superintendent and just days before the event, … Read more »
January 2009 When concerned citizens alerted PETA that Ohio State University was recruiting dachshunds to compete in a race on the ice rink during halftime at a hockey game, we immediately called school officials to let them know that dachshunds are prone to back, hip, and leg injuries and that running them on slippery surfaces could … Read more »
January 2009 When PETA discovered that D’Agostino, a New York grocery-store chain, was distributing coupons for discounted Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tickets to its patrons, we contacted company executives to share information about Ringling’s history of cruelty to animals. We explained that Ringling beats elephants with sharp, metal-tipped bullhooks to force them to … Read more »
October 2008 We were contacted by a fair organizer in Havana, Florida, about a planned “frog jump” contest at the annual Pumpkin Festival. Festival organizers had planned to use frogs from a local pond for this misguided event. We let them know that the event would be traumatic and potentially deadly for the wild frogs. Going … Read more »
October 2008 PETA was notified by concerned citizens that a Jackson, Tenn., merchant’s planned festivities for its National Day of the American Cowboy celebration included a cruel greased-pig contest. This “family fun” event would have involved slathering terrified pigs in grease and letting children pull and chase them around. We immediately contacted event organizers to let … Read more »
October 2008 Following months of pressure from PETA and our supporters, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has enacted two new regulations to lessen the suffering of racehorses. On September 22, the commission voted to ban harness racing snappers–whips with flails on the end that cause welts–as well as a practice called side whipping, in which the … Read more »
October 2008 When PETA received complaints about a “Kiss-a-Pig” contest at Flowery Branch High School’s pep rally, we immediately contacted the principal and voiced concerns about how the pig was roughly handled. We informed him that these cruel events do not teach children compassion and kindness–they teach that animals are merely objects for our amusement. He … Read more »
October 2008 After PETA received word that a Maryland farmer intended to hold several pig-wrestling events in a four-week period, we immediately contacted organizers to cancel the abusive event. Upon receiving an unsatisfactory response, PETA worked with local activists and authorities to voice objections to the violence that is inflicted on pigs for the sake of … Read more »
October 2008 After PETA provided the Ad Council–a powerful and respected nonprofit organization best known for its public-service campaigns–with information about the abuse that great apes forced into the entertainment industry suffer, Ad Council president and CEO Peggy Conlon pledged that the group would never use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
October 2008 After receiving complaints about a SEGA promotional video featuring a chimpanzee, PETA wrote to the company, urging it to discontinue the ad and refrain from using great apes in future advertising efforts. SEGA quickly removed the video from its Web site and promised not to produce any future ads featuring great apes.
October 2008 After receiving complaints about a greased pig chase scheduled to take place at the Delta Fair and Music Fest in Cordova, Tennessee, PETA immediately contacted the fair’s organizers. After writing a letter to the organizers explaining how greased pig chases are terrifying for the pigs and dangerous to both the pigs and the humans … Read more »
