Thanks to the new PETA mobile emblazoned with Waka Flocka Flame’s anti-fur ad, the people in our D.C. office won’t need to waka anywhere. Instead, they can flocka together in the car and spread an animal-friendly message wherever they drive. The other side of the car shows actor Jenna Dewan Tatum’s exotic-skins ad.
Loz Flowers | cc by 2.0 Dworkin Furs in Ottawa has been peddling pelts for more than a century. But 100 years of cruelty is coming to an end as Dworkin Furs sells off the last of its skins and shuts its doors. While management at Dworkin is staying mum, business professor Ian Lee said … Read more »
Motorists cruising down L.A.’s Beverly Boulevard might get a little distracted when they spot Olivia Munn‘s sexy new “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” billboard, which The Daily Show correspondent unveiled in person today in Los Angeles. “When you think about even that little tiny trim of fur on your gloves or on … Read more »
Megan Park, the star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, has great fashion sense both on- and off-screen. So, of course, she never wears fur, as she makes crystal clear in a new anti-fur ad for PETA. Before she was an American teenager, Megan was growing up in Canada and was appalled by … Read more »
While Terrell Suggs is capturing awards for his defensive plays for the Baltimore Ravens, he’s also capturing hearts for playing defense for animals. The AFC Defensive Player of the Month stars in a PETA ad that’s making January a lot hotter. Quoth the Raven, Nevermore wear fur. Photo: Gabrielle Revere • Makeup: Demi V. Suggs … Read more »
Gracie had been relegated to a tiny cage for weeks when a PETA staffer noticed her and asked her owner if she could give the rabbit a new home. Gracie’s owner agreed. After all, she said, she didn’t really want a rabbit companion—she’d bought Gracie to feed to her snake, but the rabbit had proved … Read more »
It’s easier for us to think that the horrors of the fur trade—the electrocution, poisoning, and live skinning—happen overseas in faraway places like China and Norway, not in the States. But one PETA supporter sent us these photos taken at a fur processor in Mount Ayr, Iowa—gruesome evidence that the fur industry is still alive … Read more »
Animals have voices. They cry out when they are being skinned alive for their fur, being beaten and forced to perform painful tricks, or having their throats cut before being hacked apart for their flesh. Animals express their pain, but often, people don’t understand or they choose not to listen. As animal advocates, we must … Read more »
It sounds like the plot of a Disney movie, but this video of a pig and dog who are best buds would warm even Walt’s cryogenically frozen heart. “Don’t mind me.” After committing the most adorable case of breaking and entering ever, a baby seal curled up on a New Zealand woman’s couch for a … Read more »
The year 2011 was a great one for animals, and 2012 is bound to be even better. Tell us what you plan to do for animals in the coming year, and you could win a gift basket to help you start the year off right! The basket contains a selection of fabulous health, beauty, and … Read more »
Some folks made Christmas merry, while others are in need of making some serious New Year’s resolutions to shape up: Kisses to hip international clothier Mango. The retailer will no longer sell fur or exotic-animal skins. Hisses to Essence magazine for featuring real animal pelts alongside their far more attractive—and humane—faux counterparts in a gallery … Read more »
The best show in Vegas last week wasn’t in a casino—it was on the sidewalk on Las Vegas Boulevard. Luck was a lady leopard (and a cow and a snake) when PETA’s “showgirls” stripped down on The Strip to reveal their animalistic bodypaint. Crowds flocked to the ladies like they were the hottest blackjack table, … Read more »
Just in case Santa is having any trouble with his last-minute “naughty or nice” decisions, PETA has teamed up with World Entertainment News Network to circulate a Christmas Eve list of the most animal-unfriendly celebrities of the year. So here are our Top (Bottom?) Three Celebrity Grinches of 2011: When Janet Jackson had her infamous … Read more »
If you were gliding around an ice rink and spotted two leopards, your first response would probably be to jump out of your skin. And that’s exactly the response that PETA’s sultry “leopards” are hoping to get from people who are wearing skins stolen from animals. The cool cats were at an ice rink in … Read more »
