July 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project responded to a call of yet another transport truck crash. A truck carrying 200 pigs on the way to a Smithfield slaughterhouse overturned in Suffolk, Virginia, in the early hours of September 2, killing as many as 87 pigs and leaving dozens more severely injured. Injured animals–including one who collapsed … Read more »
July 2004 At their annual convention, members of the Chicago-based American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) voted to end the AVMA’s support of “forced molting,” the factory-farming practice of starving hens for up to two weeks to induce an additional egg-laying cycle. Members of PETA, United Poultry Concerns (UPC), and other animal protection groups have been protesting … Read more »
April 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) responded to a call of an overturned truck carrying 180 pigs to slaughter at the Smithfield, Virginia, packing plant. When we arrived, nearly two dozen animals were severely injured, dying, or already dead. The packing plant workers shuffled the stunned live pigs who were suffering from road scrapes, broken … Read more »
April 2004 In April, PETA wrote to Philadelphia restaurant Morimoto, asking that it discontinue the practice of dismembering and serving live lobsters to customers (called “live sashimi”). After receiving our letter and considering the issue, Morimoto immediately took the item off all its menus. Please write a polite letter to the restaurant to thank the management … Read more »
October 2003 KFC and Yum! Brands made sweeping changes to their Web sites and customer service scripts in response to a lawsuit that PETA filed against KFC and its parent company, Yum! Brands, accusing the corporations of lying to the public about their animal-welfare policies. PETA’s victory in this lawsuit put corporations on notice that they … Read more »
July 2003 When a farmer was found to be involved in the neglect and starvation of 100 sheep, lambs, and cows, the sheriff in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, was reluctant to recommend charges. PETA sent a letter to the district attorney urging him to prosecute the man on cruelty-to-animals charges. As a result, the farmer was … Read more »
July 2003 A phone call from a resident of Howe, Indiana, stating that cows and other animals were apparently dying of neglect at an area farm prompted PETA to contact local law enforcement. After dozens of calls and numerous letters, police investigated the complaint. As a result, the farmer was charged with and eventually pleaded guilty … Read more »
July 2003 After receiving letters from PETA describing the cruelty of foie gras production and posting an action alert on our Web site, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), in Massachusetts, promised to cancel plans to serve the duck liver at its first annual Wine and Food Classic. The BSO also dumped D’Artagnan, Inc., one of North … Read more »
April 2003 PETA worked with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department in a case involving 58 cows who died of starvation and three cows who had to be euthanized because of severe malnutrition. Commonwealth Attorney Marsha Garst charged the farmer responsible with a felony count of cruelty to animals and nine counts of misdemeanor animal neglect. He … Read more »
April 2003 PETA wrote a letter to the prosecutor in the case of the owner of Dutch Touch Dairy in Twin Falls, Idaho, who abandoned a sick cow at the “dead pit” for more than 24 hours without providing veterinary care, food, water, or shelter. The man was convicted of cruelty to animals and sold his … Read more »
April 2003 After PETA brought much-needed attention to the issue of downed animals in Kenton County, Kentucky, the county police department adopted a policy requiring that all downed animals be immediately euthanized, whether on a farm, in transit, or at a slaughterhouse.
October 2002 After receiving numerous complaints about farmed animals being kept in filthy, cramped conditions in Erie, Pennsylvania, PETA contacted city officials about a proposed ordinance that would ban farmed animals within city limits. We asked members in the area to write letters and voice their opinion at city council meetings. The tremendous response helped to … Read more »
July 2002 In June 2002, after almost two years of working with PETA, the Food Marketing Institute and the National Council of Chain Restaurants released their first-ever retail farmed-animal welfare guidelines. The guidelines cover a wide range of issues, from anesthetized mutilation of dairy cows to farm-to-slaughterhouse transportation. While basic, these guidelines are historic in that … Read more »
July 2002 The annual New Jersey “A Dinner of Hope” fundraiser for needy children was to include foie gras, and Michael Ginor of Hudson Valley Foie Gras was to be a guest chef. PETA wrote to the organization, all of its trustees, and the restaurant hosting the event asking that they take foie gras off the … Read more »
