July 2002 A concerned Carver County, Minnesota, resident contacted PETA after he learned of plans to open a slaughterhouse where countless animals would be slaughtered without being stunned first. PETA had many conversations with county officials and wrote numerous letters, one of which was read aloud at a planning commission meeting and another of which was … Read more »
July 2002 After making several complaints to county officials and getting nowhere, the neighbor of an Illinois man who was raising hundreds of rabbits and slaughtering them called us for help. PETA verified that the property was not zoned for this type of use, made a formal written complaint to the building inspector, and contacted county … Read more »
April 2002 PETA urged Safeway to follow the lead of McDonald’s by instituting higher animal-welfare standards for its suppliers, but 18 months of discussions netted no improvements. In February 2002, PETA launched a campaign against Safeway and its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada. Our campaign included more than 100 demonstrations in 20 states and four … Read more »
April 2002 Egg producer Cypress Farms went bankrupt and abandoned more than a million hens in Florida and Georgia, leaving them to starve for 12 days before a court-appointed trustee and the departments of agriculture began efforts to kill the survivors. PETA contacted the company conducting the gas killings and sent them information on the use … Read more »
April 2002 PETA had petitioned Kroger and Albertson’s to improve farmed-animal welfare but without success. When Safeway agreed to make improvements, PETA wrote to its main competitors. Two weeks later, both Kroger and Albertson’s agreed to follow Safeway’s lead. The Idaho Statesman reported, “A week after being targeted by an animal-rights group, Albertson’s Inc., along with … Read more »
January 2002 After receiving a complaint from a local who was getting nowhere with state officials about a number of neglected chickens and goats in Okracoke, North Carolina, PETA immediately sent a fax to the Hyde County sheriff’s office asking for cruelty-to-animals charges and for confiscation of the remaining animals. After repeated correspondence and phone conversations … Read more »
January 2002 After learning about a scheduled foie gras seminar to be held at kitchenware chain Sur la Table, in Manhasset, New York, PETA immediately wrote to the manager and sent a video depicting the cruelty of foie gras production. PETA also issued an action alert for the Web and sent an alert to local activists. … Read more »
January 2002 After viewing a videotape of workers bludgeoning “unusable” chickens with baseball bats and later breaking their necks, PETA sent information to the president of Puerto Rico’s largest poultry company about using gas killing as a more humane alternative. We also provided contacts who could help establish a gassing system. After several months of correspondence … Read more »
October 2001 The Washington, D.C., Dining Society held a banquet that was scheduled to serve and promote foie gras to its patrons. After learning about the cruelty of foie gras production and hearing from our members, the event’s organizer made the compassionate choice to remove foie gras from the banquet. Foie gras is produced by forcing … Read more »
October 2001 After securing victory over Burger King in June 2001, PETA launched a campaign against Wendy’s. In the first demonstration of the campaign, actor James Cromwell and others were arrested inside a Wendy’s restaurant in McLean, Virginia, after asking customers to eat elsewhere while Wendy’s still permits the worst animal welfare abuses. Our campaign lasted … Read more »
July 2001 In January 2001, PETA launched a campaign against Burger King after more than three months of negotiations in an attempt to persuade the chain to follow McDonald’s lead by instituting policies to protect farmed animals. Our campaign lasted six months and included provocative ads, celebrity support from Alec Baldwin, James Cromwell, and Richard Pryor, … Read more »
October 2000 In 1997, PETA called on McDonald’s to make improvements for animals before they become Big Macs and McNuggets, holding news conferences and demonstrations around the country. After a ‘Day of Action’ in October generated dozens of protests around the country, McDonald’s invited PETA into negotiations. Negotiations proved fruitless, so PETA launched a campaign against … Read more »
April 2000 In 1998, following an undercover investigation by PETA at Belcross Farm, a pig-breeding factory farm in North Carolina, Camden County Superior Court made history by handing down the first-ever felony indictments for cruelty to animals by farm workers. Three workers were convicted and sentenced after PETA released hours of video footage that revealed shocking, … Read more »
