According to a statement on its website, athletic behemoth Adidas has sworn off the skins of exotic animals—including crocodiles, snakes, sharks, and fish—joining compassionate companies such as Nike and Cole Haan, H&M, Overstock.com, and Victoria’s Secret that rock the mock croc. Adidas also refuses to use fur or wool from sheep who were mulesed in any … Read more »
A member of PETA’s herd of “cows,” who were in L.A. earlier this week to protest the plethora of leather at the Los Angeles Shoe Show, gives Will Ferrell a run for his money with the cowbell. If you’ve had all the cowbell you can take, check out our cruelty-free clothing guide, which includes a list … Read more »
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 »
If you wouldn’t brand a cat or cut off a dog’s legs, you should also think about putting down the hamburger for World Week for Abolition of Meat. Razvan Antonescu/cc by 2.0 Cows have personalities as distinct as those of cats, dogs, and humans. They develop social circles, form friendships, and even hold grudges. They grieve … 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 »
the delicious life/cc by 2.0 Creekstone Farms, a large U.S. distributor of beef, is recalling 14,000 pounds of meat because of possible E. coli contamination. An inspector found bacteria in the beef, prompting the USDA to warn of a “reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.” Where … Read more »
Shoppers came face-to-face with their footwear at a recent PETA India protest. The event took place at a busy shopping center during the International Leather Goods Fair, which was being held nearby. Indian media couldn’t get enough of the display of bloody “cow’s heads” on meat hooks, and major news outlets turned out to cover … Read more »
mastermaq/cc by 2.0 Every year, hundreds of discarded cows bound for slaughterhouses from dairy farms are caught under the influence of drugs—illegal levels of antibiotics, that is. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that those antibiotics are making their way into the cows’ milk. The agency had planned to start expanding its testing … Read more »
Pamela Anderson is unstoppable! Here are just some of the things this angel for animals did on behalf of PETA this year: Jumping through hoops to fight against animal abuse, she urged Chile’s prez to ban animal circuses and turned a Dancing With the Stars paso doble into an opportunity to speak out against bullfighting! “Her … Read more »
OK, maybe not, but leave it to the sellers of tortured cows to try to grab attention by claiming that it’s “National Hamburger Day.”(Déjà vu, anyone?) How about we hijack this “holiday” and replace it with one called “National Free-of-Rotting-Flesh Burger Day?” OK, so that might be a little wordy, but no worries: The most … Read more »
One person’s tired old trench coat can be another’s fashion statement, which is why it’s no wonder that eco-friendly and budget-conscious shoppers everywhere are turning to thrift stores and vintage shops. So PETA is working with the Lucky Dog Thrift Shop in Nashua, New Hampshire, to make certain that all its customers “Understand Secondhand.” Informative … Read more »
I have but two great loves in life: animals and shoes. But there’s nothing I hate more than when the latter causes the former suffering. So I was over the moon—and slightly jealous—when I heard that mayjah fashion house Dior had made special vegan shoes for the new face of its Miss Dior Cherie campaign, … Read more »
As the song goes, I’ve never been to Spain (but I’ve been to Oklahoma). They say the ladies are insane there, but folks visiting Madrid’s Plaza Mayor on Monday’s Constitution Day holiday were still surprised—and delighted—to encounter two PETA lovelies wearing little more than body paint on the latest stop of the now-international “Animal Prints, … Read more »
GollyGforce/CC by 2.0 It’s been more than 20 years since I read about the “downed cow” in a PETA newsletter and became a vegetarian on the spot. Now, out of Texas comes another veggie-maker of a story. A whistleblower at the JBS Swift slaughterhouse in Cactus, Texas, told PETA that he went to investigate after … Read more »
With Pamela Anderson in the Bigg Boss house, we thought that people might like to see some of the hardworking staffers at PETA India who are helping to get the word out about Pamela’s worldwide appeal not to wear leather: When most of us in the U.S. are nestled all snug in our beds, our … Read more »
