Chinese actor and angelic beauty Sun Li—star of Painted Skin and Iron Road—is storing up treasures in heaven by posing in PETA Asia’s latest anti-fur ad. “Every piece of fur, even if it’s ‘just a little trim,’ means that an animal suffered horrendously. With all the warm, stylish alternatives available, there’s no … Read more »
Time once again to play “Who Wore It Worse?” First, try to identify today’s contestants, each of whom makes a point to let everyone know she’s married … to cruelty to animals. On the left: When she’s not au naturel in her garden, she’s flaunting fur in the concrete jungle. If only she’d … Read more »
Whoever said you can’t wear white after Labor Day apparently never saw this army of vogue volunteers: These snowmen and -women put the “white” into “White House” yesterday, telling dozens of blizzard-braving, picture-taking passersby that the only thing colder than snow is fur. And what’s cooler than these Jack and Jane Frosts? We’ve … Read more »
It’s time to play another round of “Who Wore It Worse?” In this round, two singers who consistently hit only low notes—thanks to their garish fur garments—are about to face off. First up: Is this “Loco for fur” Latina still “from the block?” That ghastly coat certainly suggests that she spends her nights … Read more »
img2.timeinc / CC Kate Moss has made many fatally ugly fashion faux pas, but today we were left pleasantly surprised after learning that Kate’s taken her friend (and PETA U.K.’s 2007 Person of the Year) Stella McCartney’s advice and decided to give Meat-Free Mondays a chance. We still can’t forgive the supermodel for her … Read more »
“When I see people wearing fur, it makes me so sick. Especially when I see young singers doing it—that sickens me.” We suspect that leather-shunning, veggie-lovin’ singer Leona Lewis was referring to at least one half of the gruesome twosome that’s duking it out in today’s installment of “Who Wore It Worse?” The … Read more »
And I thought my family reunions got hairy! Imagine the fright-fest when this fur-lovin’ ma and daughter duo gets together. Know who they are? Find out and then cast your vote for who you think wore it worst in the first match-up of PETA’s 2010 Worst-Dressed Competition. We’ve got three more face-to-face battles, so … Read more »
With the Winter Olympics just a week away and all eyes turning to Vancouver, now is the perfect moment to draw attention to Canada’s upcoming slaughter of tens of thousands of young harp seals. These sensitive animals are often less than 2 weeks old when sealers beat them, hook them in the eye, mouth, or … Read more »
In planning for the upcoming Winter Olympics, will the folks at NBC take a cue from the CBS executives who decided to run more advocacy ads during this year’s Super Bowl? PETA is about to find out. We’re asking the network to air our animated anti–seal slaughter commercial during the Olympics: Share on Facebook … Read more »
One pie, two pie, red (cherry) pie, blue (berry) pie. Over at Twitter, we have a stockpile of (virtual) pies, and we’ve been having trouble deciding what to do with them (you can only eat so many virtual pies before you get a virtual stomachache). Then it hit us: We should share the tasty treats. … Read more »
Fur-loving figure skater Johnny Weir was pelted recently—with protests from animal defenders who were aghast to spot white fox fur in one of his costumes. Along with many others, we contacted Weir—and his agent was quick to point out that PETA made its case in a professional manner. Weir responded to the many complaints by … Read more »
Gail Shea, Canada’s minister of fisheries and oceans, was greeted with a face full of pie as she arrived at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters today. It seems that one activist had had enough of Ms. Shea’s yammering in support of the seal slaughter and decided to fill the minister’s pie hole with something … Read more »
rap-up / CC The prettiest people do the ugliest things For the road to riches and diamond rings. . .We’ll buy a lot of clothes but we don’t really need ’em Things we buy to cover up what’s inside —Kanye West, “All Falls Down“ West apparently lives by his lyrics. The ethical dropout—who horrified … Read more »
Urban legend has it that Eskimos have 400 words for “snow,” but how many do they have for “snowman”? Unlike real snowmen, these guys thrived in the Ottawa Sun. Passersby couldn’t stop looking and were delighted to get to know our blizzard buddies, who educated onlookers about the hundreds of thousands of baby … Read more »
I didn’t hesitate for a second to jump from 12,500 feet or touch clouds over Kauai—but I’m pretty certain it would take a lot of convincing to get me to strip in front of a camera. Check out the NSFW video. So I say “Hats (and skirt, blouse, and stay-ups) off!” to L.A.-based … Read more »
