O, Canada! We’re always busy, busy, busy during this festive season, but we haven’t forgotten our pals in the Great White North—y compris nos amis francophones. Yanks and Canucks have so much in common, and yet there are distinctive differences. For example, while the yuletide finds a disturbing number of friendly, intelligent pigs on this … Read more »
Here’s some welcome news: Despite the barrage of deceptive dairy industry propaganda, sales of cow’s milk—already in free fall—have plummeted in the U.S. It seems that more and more consumers are getting the message that dairy foods are as bad for our health as they are for the well-being of cows. To make sure the downward … Read more »
Last week, PETA Germany released the findings of its undercover investigation of three “free-range” egg farms. What the group found was pretty much the same kind of horror story that we’ve had in the U.S. and the U.K.: Far from the idyllic barnyards that people might associate with “humanely raised” or “free-range” eggs, the investigators for … Read more »
We’re delighted to report PETA’s latest victory for animals used for experimentation—and this time, our “happy dance” is a Charleston, in honor of the hometown of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Following a vigorous PETA campaign, MUSC has confirmed that the school has not used any pigs for crude trauma training exercises in … Read more »
Miley Cyrus’ fans have watched her grow into a gorgeous young woman with a kind and compassionate heart, so to celebrate her 20th birthday on November 23, PETA is surprising Miley with something that she really wants. © StarMaxInc.com During a recent appearance on Ellen, Miley talked about how much she loves pigs, so PETA sponsored … Read more »
peta2 turned Los Angeles’ 101 highway into the freeway of love for turkeys. A group of precocious pilgrims and one tenacious turkey asked rush-hour drivers to bury the hatchet: Show turkeys some love this Thanksgiving. Drop the pedal and go, go, go get yourself a delicious Tofurky roast.
After learning that the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County in Connecticut had put out an urgent call for Thanksgiving food donations following Hurricane Sandy, PETA has sent the hunger-relief organization 20 delicious vegan Tofurky roasts. Vegan Food: The Taste of Kindness PETA’s donation should make the season brighter (and healthier) for the region’s hungry as … Read more »
Thanksgiving is hell for turkeys. To make sure as many folks get this message as possible, here are three of our best holiday ads. Pick your favorite and share with friends to let them know why they should give turkeys a reason to be thankful, too: “Would You Eat Your Dog?” SHARE: Twitter | Facebook “Turkey … Read more »
Have a run-in with the wrong people in Chicago and you could be dead meat. But have a run-in with the right people in Chicago and you could be free of dead meat. Miss Chicago, Marisa Buchheit, is helping people in her city stop commissioning mob hits on turkeys by hosting a pre-Thanksgiving vegan dinner … Read more »
We all know that dead bodies should be buried, not eaten. So PETA is making Thanksgiving tables a little more relevant this year. We’re offering teens these miniature tombstones to stick into the plucked turkey on the table: If adults think tombstones are too macabre a sight for Thanksgiving, kids can tell them that what’s … Read more »
Ashley Bell earned a nomination for “Best Scared-as-S**t Performance” at the MTV Movie Awards for her portrayal of the possessed Nell Sweetzer in The Last Exorcism, produced by our buddy Eli Roth. Now, before The Last Exorcism 2 hits theaters, she’s releasing an exclusive video for PETA that’s scarier than anything even Eli could come … Read more »
Like a good scare? If the same old haunted houses and rehashed slasher movies have you rolling your eyes, PETA has 10 scary spots guaranteed to make you scream like Jamie Lee Curtis. Let’s start our virtual fright fest: 1. A factory-farm barn Anyone who has ever seen a horror flick knows that you never … Read more »
When we planned a demonstration involving people lying on what appeared to be bloody meat trays outside a slaughterhouse, we knew that it would be a poignant display. But even we had no idea just how intense it would turn out to be. The smell of freshly butchered flesh that permeated the air around the … Read more »
Update 2: Following a successful stint at the Kansas State Fair—during which people were able to watch video footage of factory farms—PETA has voluntarily dismissed its free-speech lawsuit against the fair. Many fairgoers were pleased to receive the free vegan and vegetarian recipes. Most tellingly, the majority of the farmers who watched PETA’s footage admitted … Read more »
Did Anne Hathaway purposefully schedule her wedding just before World Farm Animals Day? It’s possible, since the committed animal advocate celebrated her nuptials with a vegan feast. To commemorate both World Farm Animals Day and Anne’s big day, PETA is sponsoring a steer named Peter, who resides at The Cow Sanctuary in New Jersey, in … Read more »
