January 2008 In October 2007, PETA fired off a letter to Lukoil’s CEO after learning that some of Lukoil’s gas stations were holding promotional events for notorious animal abuser Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. PETA tried to work with the company behind the scenes to convince it to drop the controversial promotions. On January … Read more »
January 2008 PETA jumped into action when we learned that national restaurant-chain Denny’s had teamed up with notorious animal abuser Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to promote the cruel show at its restaurants. After less than six months of pressure from PETA, including sending letters to 1,300 franchisees, a barrage of e-mails and calls … Read more »
January 2008 When PETA learned that Delaware Academy High School in Delhi, New York, planned to host a cruel “donkey basketball” game with students and faculty from SUNY Delhi University as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society (ACS), we immediately contacted both schools and the ACS urging them to cancel the game. In donkey basketball … Read more »
January 2008 A local resident contacted PETA after she learned that Lewisville High School in Richburg, South Carolina, planned to hold a “donkey basketball” game. Donkey basketball is a cruel “sport” and is miserable for the animals involved. The noise and chaos of the games are extremely stressful for donkeys, who often endure the additional trauma … Read more »
January 2008 Following discussion with PETA, Harris Teeter–a subsidiary of Charlotte-based Ruddick Corporation, with nearly 200 stores in seven states–has agreed to stop promoting circuses with animals in its stores. Harris Teeter had been promoting Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in some of its stores, but in an e-mail sent to PETA, Harris Teeter … Read more »
January 2008 Students from Bremen High School in Midlothian, Illinois, contacted PETA with concerns about a “donkey basketball” game scheduled to take place at the school. PETA immediately contacted the school principal regarding the cruelty involved in these games. Hauled around in cramped and stuffy trailers, the donkeys are denied proper exercise. Food and water are … Read more »
January 2008 After learning that an artist named Fan Yang planned to encase an 8,800-pound Asian elephant named Tai inside a giant soap bubble at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California, PETA immediately contacted the center to urge officials to cancel this ill-advised publicity stunt. Elephants like Tai who are used for “entertainment” are … Read more »
October 2007 The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and Lumen Christi High School in Jackson, Michigan, canceled a “donkey basketball” fundraiser. PETA had contacted the organizers to inform them about the cruelty associated with donkey basketball as well as the safety risks for human participants. The noise and chaos of the games are extremely stressful … Read more »
October 2007 When PETA learned that AC Reynolds High School in Asheville, North Carolina, intended to hold a “Kiss a Pig” contest, we sprang into action. We contacted the school principal and alerted her to the cruelty involved in bringing a young, frightened piglet into a huge auditorium packed with screaming students. The principal agreed that … Read more »
October 2007 PETA was contacted by attendees of the summer festival Obon at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida, about the fact that goldfish were being given away in small plastic bags. According to complaints that we received, children were reportedly poking at the fish, and some unwanted fish were dumped into trash … Read more »
October 2007 PETA immediately contacted Judy Steele Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada, after learning from concerned parents about a planned goldfish giveaway. Many animals who are given away don”t live for long, becoming victims of unintentional neglect or cruelty. Those who manage to survive are often discarded when people no longer consider them cute or … Read more »
October 2007 PETA received complaints about a “rat roulette” game at the 2007 Sacred Heart Fall Festival at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinellas Park, Florida, in which a rat was placed in the middle of a spinning roulette wheel and had to locate one of the holes along the side of the wheel in order … Read more »
October 2007 After receiving an anonymous tip that a kiosk at Fox Run Mall in Newington, New Hampshire, had a novelty display that tormented a Betta fish, PETA immediately contacted the mall’s management. In the display, bubbles were pumped up to the top of a tube, where the trapped fish continually struggled. Within minutes, the display … Read more »
October 2007 After receiving a complaint that rabbits, goldfish, and iguanas were being given away as prizes at the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City, Louisiana, PETA contacted the festival’s director and explained that countless animals suffer neglect and abuse when they are given to people who have not seriously considered the commitment and … Read more »
October 2007 The Alaska Zoo announced that it will send Maggie, a 27-year-old African elephant, to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in California! Maggie has lived in frigid Alaska in a small exhibit with a concrete enclosure since 1983 and has been alone since elephant Annabelle died in 1997. Earlier this year, Maggie collapsed … Read more »
