Courtesy of Mahdi Dadrass Playboy Playmate Crystal McCahill is no stranger to wearing bunny ears. But today, she and PETA campaigner Tracy Patton put on bunny ears for a different reason: to save bunny skins. The PETA cottontails asked shoppers in busy downtown Chicago to hightail it away from fur. The bunnies were hopping mad … Read more »
We all know about “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but what about “The 12 Days of Rickmas”? Ricky Gervais is doing his own take on the classic carol on Twitter. On the first day of Rickmas, you should give your true love your signature on a petition to ban the tiger-skin trade. On the second … Read more »
Last week, PETA gave out 100 fur coats to the only people who have any excuse to wear them: the homeless. This giveaway took place at the office of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless in a city where frigid temperatures combine with one of the worst poverty rates in the country to make … Read more »
Elvis Presley has left the building—to help PETA’s hound dog “fox” and “rabbit” ask Nashville shoppers to leave animal skins off their holiday gift lists. One shopper who stopped to talk had to fight back tears—and not because she touched the King of Rock and Roll. She was appalled when the demonstrators explained how sheep … Read more »
Bikinis in December? Sure. Eye blacks with garters? Why not? Fur? What, are you crazy? The Lingerie Football League‘s Toronto Triumph took to the streets yesterday to call “foul” on fur. Courtesy of Dave B The ladies braved the chilly temps to show Torontonians that football players can take a beating, but that furry animals … Read more »
Some residents of Carlie Colella‘s home state aren’t happy with her for making Maryland look like Hairyland by wearing the fur coat she was given as a prize for winning the Miss Maryland pageant. As Colella arrived at the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown on Sunday for a send-off reception before heading to the Miss America … Read more »
A longtime Janet Jackson fan is leaving the Rhythm Nation after Jackson had a wardrobe malfunction worse than her infamous Super Bowl halftime appearance. After PETA supporter Sean Oltersdorf learned that Jackson was appearing in ad campaigns for Blackglama furs, he put his 25-year collection of Janet memorabilia on the auction block, with 100 percent … Read more »
Seeing Chris Andersen flying through the air to make another dunk for the Denver Nuggets, two things become obvious: how he got the nickname “Birdman” and how big a fan he is of ink. Seeing Chris in his new PETA ad, two more things become obvious: He’s cut like granite, and he refuses to wear … Read more »
The biggest shopping day of the year is also the biggest fur-free day of the year—from Anchorage, Alaska to our headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the young, the old, and even, well, dummies were out in force to urge shoppers to cross fur off their holiday lists. Even a little bit of fur trim means a … Read more »
© Taylor Hill What do you give a beautiful and charming New York socialite for her birthday? Fur coats, of course. At her birthday luncheon today, Cornelia Guest and her well-wishers donated dozens of their own coats—made from foxes, chinchillas, rabbits, minks, and other animals—to PETA’s fur coat giveaway program for the homeless. PETA Vice … Read more »
Why would the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order up animals for experiments from a company that has repeatedly violated federal animal welfare laws? I’m not sure. The CDC has had contracts with the now notorious Pennsylvania ferret-breeding factory farm Triple F Farms, Inc., totaling more than $1.5 million since 2006. But PETA’s … Read more »
Photo: Gabrielle Revere New York socialite and cruelty-free fashion connoisseur Cornelia Guest is taking her passion for helping animals to great lengths in a brand-new anti-fur ad for PETA: Cornelia—who is the daughter of one of the best-dressed women of the 20th century, C.Z. Guest—used to wear fur, but she had a change of … Read more »
West Hollywood’s City Council is sending a strong message to pelt peddlers: Go faux or get out. In a monumental step for animals, the Council approved a ban on the sale of new apparel fur jackets, vests, stoles, and boots in stores within the city limits. The City Council heard from people in the fur … Read more »
Staking out towns throughout Ontario, Canada, PETA’s sexy cops are after the robbers who stole the skin right off animals’ backs. If you’re thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be so bad for one of these arrestingly beautiful officers to read you your rights, think again. They’re showing no mercy to people who buy fur ripped … Read more »