© Sea Shepherd Conservation Society PETA U.K. is lambasting the judge who let convicted thief Jack Taylor out of serving jail time so that he would be free to kill baby seals and sheep. Taylor admitted to stealing a motorcycle because he thought there were drugs under the bike’s saddle. But instead of throwing the … Read more »
Update: After a PETA staffer swore out a complaint against Henry Hampton, Lazy 5’s owner, Hampton finally made arrangements to trim two giraffes’ painfully overgrown hooves. Because he delayed the critical procedure and caused one giraffe to suffer for more than a year, PETA is calling for prosecutors to pursue cruelty-to-animals charges against him. However, … Read more »
It never hurts to brush up on answers to questions about animal issues—even seasoned protesters can get a stumper from passersby now and then. See if you know the answers to the following five questions that often pop up in discussions about animal rights: What’s wrong with eggs and dairy products from “free-range” animals? There … 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 »
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 »
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 »
There’s nothing chic about mutilating sheep, and the Australian wool industry’s efforts to make the sweater set appeal to the younger set via its Facebook page have hit a snag. After PETA asked its supporters to post photos from our “We ♥ Sheep” album, which show the unlovely cruelty behind the wool industry’s “We ♥ … Read more »
After receiving damning reports from someone working inside the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), PETA filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) earlier this year. The USDA found, among other abuses, that sheep who had undergone invasive experimental surgeries (including one sheep who could not stand up afterward) apparently received no … Read more »
PETA wishes a very happy 60th birthday to rock legend Chrissie Hynde, who, when she isn’t using her beautiful voice to sing platinum hits, uses it to stop cruelty to animals. From opening her vegan restaurant, VegiTerranean, to having her hit song “I’ll Stand by You” featured in a heartbreaking public service announcement, the Rock … Read more »
Update: After the Australian RSPCA was at last permitted to board the disabled ship, they discovered that at least 200 sheep had already died. The surviving sheep are being unloaded and sent to a feedlot, a process that is expected to take several days. Australia’s agriculture minister acknowledged that hundreds of sheep had died but … Read more »
Many Australian sheep will be spared from mutilation, thanks to U.K.-based grocery giant Tesco, which has announced that it will buy lamb meat only from farms that do not perform mulesing. Farmers who raise sheep for wool often sell them for slaughter if wool prices drop, meat prices increase, or the sheep are too old to … Read more »
Virginia police are looking for a serial butt-slasher—a man who has cut several women across their backsides with a sharp blade in crowded shopping malls. While these attacks are disturbing, they are all too common—at least in Australia, where there is a veritable butt-slashing epidemic. Every year, Australian farmers cut huge chunks of flesh from … Read more »
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 »
