One of the things that I like most about Michelle Obama (besides her penchant for home-grown veggies and her rockin’ biceps) is her sense of style. A fashion icon who has been compared to Jackie O, Michelle O is notably fur-free. In the hopes of persuading the FLOTUS to banish all skins from her closet, … Read more »
Fashion publicist and Kell on Earth star Kelly Cutrone‘s next big clients are rabbits, foxes, and minks. Cutrone is publicizing the suffering inflicted on animals who are killed for their fur in her new book, Normal Gets You Nowhere. The couture connoisseur writes, “I happen to think that, despite what industry insiders might tell you, it’s … Read more »
Which premier luxury shopping destination is poised to ban fur? That would be West Hollywood, California, home of the famous Sunset Strip. As part of West Hollywood’s quest to establish itself as the “Humane Capitol of the Nation,” the City Council has directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting the sale of fur … Read more »
If heavy metal music doesn’t conjure up visions of playful puppies and fluffy bunnies, maybe it should. These metalheads are proving that nothing rocks like being kind to animals: One of the “hottest women in metal” is also one of the most compassionate. Alissa White-Gluz, who sings in band The Agonist, says that as a … Read more »
We at PETA have always known that fur is worn by beautiful animals and ugly people, and it looks like Seoul, South Korea, agrees. Fur-monger Fendi got into a hairy situation when it wanted to send a forest’s worth of animals down the runway at Seoul’s exclusive new Floating Island culture center. After animal advocates lodged … Read more »
Tragedy Seal, the socially conscious friend of Socially Awkward Penguin, has really gotten people’s creative juices flowing. PETA supporters have been flocking … err … swimming(?) to our website to submit their own inspired Tragedy Seal slogans protesting Canada’s annual slaughter, during which thousands of baby seals are bludgeoned or shot. You can see the … Read more »
The European Union has done it again. First it banned the sale of products from slaughtered seals, and now the European Parliament is requiring that all clothing containing any fur or leather whatsoever be clearly marked with labels stating, “Non-textile parts of animal origin.” Member of the European Parliament Eva-Britt Svensson of Sweden said the … Read more »
Italian model, actor, and George Clooney’s leading lady Elisabetta Canalis has just shot a new anti-fur ad for PETA, which she calls “the best reason why I got naked in my life.” Canalis says that her opposition to cruelty to animals started when she was very young. “I was a kid, a little girl, and … Read more »
Just in time for Canada’s tax day, William Shatner has news for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper: He’s living in deep space if he thinks the annual seal slaughter is fiscally responsible. In a letter to the prime minister, Canadian-born Shatner says, “Not only is it cruel to bludgeon and shoot thousands of seals every year, the slaughter … Read more »
Cameras caught notorious fur hag Donna Karan as she lied about using fur in her cruel collections. Maybe her fingers were crossed behind her back, because a quick glance at her stores and shows proves that she’s still in the bunny-butchering business. We already knew that the yoga follower was a New Age hypocrite, but … Read more »
It’s not often while the annual seal slaughter is going on that I get to write a headline like that, so this is great news. Compassionate Canadians are rejoicing over the prominent new vegan book displays at Chapters, the nation’s largest bookstore chain. Don’t have a Chapters in your town? No problem. Check out our … Read more »
Scream 4 had audiences gasping and jumping in their seats this weekend. But if the audience had seen PETA’s “scream” movie, they would really be terrified. Our undercover video of rabbits as they are killed for their fur shows the animals as they scream while their skin is peeled off their bodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k87wTVwGz0g Scream 4 … Read more »
How many times have you read about the bludgeoning and live skinning of baby seals and thought, “Man, I would love to see those seal murderers get what’s coming to them”? Well, here’s the video you’ve been waiting for. After you have a nice fist-pump at a seal hunter’s expense, visit CanadasShame.com for more ways … Read more »
Celebrities took to Twitter yesterday to make a huge splash for seals. We asked compassionate celebrity supporters to tweet a message to their fans telling them that the Canadian commercial seal slaughter had begun and including a link to our “It’s Time to End the Seal Slaughter” donation page. So many of them responded that our … Read more »
Animals killed for their skins don’t get to choose whether or not to shed their coats. Humans do have a choice, however, and three PETA protesters chose to shed their coats, and pretty much everything else, to remind Toronto Fashion Week attendees that every fur coat, leather shoe, snakeskin bag, and wool sweater caused animals tremendous suffering. … Read more »
