It’s Earth Day, and because one of the most effective ways to fight climate change is to stop consuming animal flesh and other food ingredients derived from animals, we want to know what actions you are taking to help others realize that “meat’s not green.” Tell us about your efforts in the comment section, and … Read more »
AlexK100 / CC by 2.0 The long-awaited Senate and House versions of the new Toxic Substances Control Act—which is intended to improve the way that hazardous substances are tested and regulated in the U.S.—have just been released. PETA’s Regulatory Testing Division has been working tirelessly for years to make sure that animal testing is minimized … Read more »
Former President Obama’s decision to allow oil and gas drilling along the East Coast didn’t sit well with some politicians and environmentalists, who worried that new infrastructure and possible oil spills would harm the environment and animals. But there’s a bigger culprit: factory farming. More than one-third of all the fossil fuels produced in the … Read more »
The message in a bottle has been a cultural mainstay since ancient times. The first person known to send one was Greek philosopher Theophrastus around 310 B.C.E. But I’m willing to bet that PETA Germany’s message in 4,000 bottles is the first of its kind. In observance of World Water Day, PETA Germany … Read more »
Spring cleaning is about to take on a whole new meaning in Colorado Springs, where officials facing a lack of funds have removed trash cans from public parks. To help the mayor stop the economic slump from turning Colorado Springs’ parks into dumps, PETA is offering to bring back the wastebaskets, with one caveat—they need … Read more »
wmlinfospot / CC President Obama’s new proposal to help pay for the healthcare revamp by taxing tanning salons is almost as brilliant as that tanning-bed afterglow. Obama’s tan tax—which some proposals have put as high as 10 percent—attaches a monetary price to the health risk that tanners take when they expose themselves to radiation. Now, … Read more »
tuesdayshorse / CC In a historic first, decades in the making, Madeleine Pickens—founder of the National Wild Horse Foundation—has secured a spot on a soon-to-be-formed national committee dedicated to ending the crisis faced by thousands of wild horses across the country. Pickens’ solution to the crisis—in which the animals are currently confined in usually unkempt … Read more »
Earlier this afternoon, another trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando was killed after being pulled into the tank by an orca named Tilikum (or Tilly, for short). According to a witness, the whale, who has been involved in two previous fatal incidents involving human beings and who our captive wildlife director, Debbie Leahy, describes as “12,300 … Read more »
innovation.freedomblogging.com / CC “Louis Vuitton foxtail handbag accessories make me sick. Please do not purchase those! It’s heinous.”—tweet from Sharon Osbourne We’re not the only ones loving Sharon Osbourne’s compassionate tweet against Louis Vuitton—her wise words have been retweeted again and again by people across the Internet. Sharon—who donated her furs to PETA in … Read more »
veganrepresent / CC The following post originally appeared in Florida’s Bradenton Herald. Who would you save—your child or your dog? This is the phony choice lobbed at those of us who advocate for the replacement of animal tests with non-animal testing methods. Fortunately, you don’t have to choose. Under pressure from citizens concerned about exposure … Read more »
henryjacksonsociety / CC In preparation for the World Day of Peace on January 1, 2010, Pope Benedict released a statement calling for a more “sober lifestyle” and a move “beyond a purely consumerist mentality.” We’ve got two words for the pope to add to his call to save the environment: Go vegan. Raising animals … Read more »
When morning’s chill is frigid and frightful, my husband and I can get into some pretty intense debates about whose turn it is to walk Charlie and Lucy. OK, I’m exaggerating: We just play a few rounds of rock-paper-scissors—and usually wind up walking them together. But in Spain’s Catalonia region, a heated battle is growing … Read more »
Every year, PETA’s offices are flooded with calls about dogs who are relegated to the backyard by guardians who refuse to let them inside. These dogs are left outside in freezing temperatures, often with nothing more than a plastic barrel or a wooden lean-to as shelter from the ice, sleet, and snow. For the last … Read more »
Will some of the most politically powerful women in the world go vegan? cidse / CC Following a recent UN report that finds that women—particularly those in poor countries who make up the majority of agricultural workers and don’t have other job options—are going to be most impacted by climate change, PETA has … Read more »
Yesterday, at Al Gore’s book signing in Beverly Hills, it wasn’t the former vice president who drew the most attention from the throngs of onlookers—it was our sexy Mother Earth who turned heads. The crowd showed Mother Earth all the love she’s not getting from Gore, whose hypocritical addiction to meat is getting in the … Read more »
