Speaking up for animals is a full-time, 24/7 job. Just ask Pamela Anderson. As we told you earlier this month, when Montréal officials blocked the launch of Pamela Anderson’s sexy new vegetarian ad campaign for PETA, she instead unveiled the ad during her previously planned news conference for the Just for Laughs festival. Pam and … Read more »
Award-winning chef Amanda Cohen can add another notch to her (cruelty-free) lipstick case: Her not-so-sinfully delicious Mushroom Mousse has won the top prize of $10,000 in PETA’s Fine Faux Foie Gras Challenge. Cohen, who is a veteran of New York City vegan hot spots TeaNY, Angelica Kitchen, Pure Food and Wine, and Blossom Café, wowed … Read more »
Bravo to the good folks at CBS 5 in San Francisco for running with a chilling Swedish investigative report on the down industry. In case you think that the down filling in coats and pillows is gathered by a kindly farmer who just follows molting birds around all day and fills a sack … Read more »
Fir0002/Flagstaffotos / GFDL As the home of Western Europe’s largest Muslim population, it’s not surprising that France is experiencing a boom in halal food sales. But in their zeal to cater to the second-largest religious group in the world, food retailers are marketing so-called “halal” foie gras. Because Mohammed (PBUH) admonished his followers … Read more »
thef1 / CC Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, has the ideal formula for success: compassion, intelligence, and beauty. Tamara—who bared it all to reveal the naked truth behind foie gras for PETA U.K. last year—recently bought one of her father’s favorite pubs. Her first order of business as restaurateur? Banning … Read more »
Smell that? It’s the savory scent of our Fine Faux Foie Gras Challenge permeating the blogosphere. Check out our fabulous future L.A. neighbors’ attempt to win top honors: With the stakes insanely high—$10,000 to be exact—compassionate chefs everywhere are making their ingredient lists and checking them twice. (Hey, soon-to-be-fellow Angelinos: You still have … Read more »
British socialite Tamara Ecclestone exudes high-class elegance—so it’s no surprise that she despises cruel foie gras. Following PETA U.K.’s recent victory in getting Selfridges to stop selling the “delicacy of despair,” Tamara—the gorgeous Sky Sports TV presenter and daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone—has taken it all off in the name of compassion. … Read more »
virginmedia / CC “I am deeply touched and thrilled to be awarded the PETA U.K. person of the year. When I first saw their video footage on foie gras production three years ago, I felt compelled to do something to help put a stop to this cruel delicacy. I have since become a passionate campaigner … Read more »
farm3.static.flickr / CC Two years ago, PETA UK began urging Selfridges to drop foie gras from its shelves so that it would stop contributing to the fatal force-feeding of ducks and geese. PETA UK and its supporters dauntlessly demonstrated, sent more than 5,000 e-mails to Selfridges, and placed thousands of phone calls to the retailer. … Read more »
A Christmas gift just isn’t a Christmas gift if it’s not sealed with a kiss, which is why our snuggly seal jumped aboard a float at Toronto’s Santa Claus Parade: Follow the lead of Santa’s surprise helper and urge Prime Minister Harper to end the seal slaughter. Written by Logan Scherer
Last year, PETA filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Motomco, the glue trap manufacturer that supplies Lowe’s with its sticky death traps. Our complaint stated that Motomco was selling misleadingly labeled glue traps designed to make people believe that these traps were somehow acceptable. The label stated that the glue trap … Read more »
Should Raymond say, “Out with the fur, in with the faux?”(opinion) It seems like Raymond, New Hampshire—a town located about an hour north of Boston—is having a wicked bad identity crisis. In the market for a serious municipality makeover, the fine folks of Raymond have launched a contest in which they’re asking people from all … Read more »
celebrityviplounge / CC Well, Jessica’s thinking about opening her heart and home to a new pooch and word on the street is that she “wants a rescue dog.” We’re thrilled to hear that she’s thinking about rescuing a dog instead of buying one from a breeder. Today, we wrote to the star to urge … Read more »
blogs.westword / CC … in the kitchen. Freshman U.S. Representative Jared Polis, the first openly gay person to be elected to Congress as a non-incumbent, may not be a vegan (yet), but he lives like one, thanks to his partner, animal rights activist and writer Marlon Reis. In an article about the Colorado Democrat, Roll … Read more »
Little known fact about Stockholm: Thousands of rabbits are shot and killed in the city’s Kungsholmen neighborhood every year. To up the gross quotient, the city has taken to freezing the bunnies’ bodies and shipping them off to a power plant, where they are burned to generate electricity. Eww … it gives a new, vomit-worthy … Read more »
