When a driver overturns a truck hauling 5,400 chickens, PETA wants people not to brush off what happened to those individuals as if it were nothing more than widgets being spilled onto the road. That’s why PETA is asking for permission to place this memorial sculpture near the site in Salem, Oregon, where the chickens—who … Read more »
Move over, Michelangelo. When PETA members heard that a San Diego jury acquitted a man who had been prosecuted for chalking a sidewalk, they figured they’d try their hand at some protest art. The chalk-wielding gang descended on California Pizza Kitchen in La Jolla, California, and “decorated” the sidewalk with a colorful message calling on the … Read more »
The dairy industry is blowing even more manure-scented hot air than usual, having declared June to be “National Dairy Month.” Although the volume of its propaganda has changed, the content hasn’t: The industry still won’t tell you how dairy factory farms and their products wreck cows’ lives, human health, and the environment. So to set … Read more »
What did you have for lunch today? If it contained meat, not only did you support cruelty to animals, you also supported an unprecedented attack on First Amendment rights, according to an eye-opening July/August Mother Jones cover story on the history of “ag-gag” laws. © Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals The report starts at what you might call … Read more »
The Go-Go’s were the first all-female band to hit number one writing their own music and playing their own instruments. They were also the first stars to pose for PETA’s iconic “Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign. Before the gals kick off their summer 2013 tour, we chatted with vegetarian frontwoman Belinda Carlisle about … Read more »
“Tea partiers” aren’t the only ones who’ve been fixed with the gimlet stare of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Social-action groups such as Greenpeace, the NAACP, and PETA have also been targeted by the agency, and PETA is calling on the U.S. Department of the Treasury to expand the recently announced criminal probe into the IRS’ … Read more »
Smashing Pumpkins founder and frontman Billy Corgan is the latest star to speak out against the cruel practice of dehorning cattle. Billy is calling on California Pizza Kitchen to make the responsible and ethical decision to demand that its cheese suppliers stop this barbaric mutilation. © StarMaxInc.com I have viewed the photos and watched PETA’s investigative … Read more »
We think animals would agree with Maxim readers’ choice for the top spot on the “Hot 100” list of the sexiest women in the world. Besides being a model guardian for her rescued dogs and a staunch adoption advocate, Miley Cyrus has worked to get horses who are forced to pull carriages off New York … Read more »
