There’s big news today in a case that PETA has been tenaciously pursuing for some time: Consistent with the citations issued against SeaWorld in 2010, Administrative Law Judge Ken Welsch of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) found that SeaWorld is culpable for allowing its employees to interact directly with potentially dangerous orcas. … Read more »
The Hollywood baby boom is still going, but now it seems that everyone has found something new to go gaga over: cruelty-free food. The original Focker, Ben Stiller, and his wife, Christine Taylor, are now vegan and are helping their kids embrace cruelty-free eating, too. “It really has changed our energy level,” says Taylor. “Sometimes … Read more »
If being on Maxim‘s Hot 100 list is verifiable proof of hotness (and, of course, it is), these lovely lasses are steaming: Photo: Hama Sanders/www.hamasanders.com Hair: Steven Lake for Exclusive Artists Makeup: Julie Cuomo Wardrobe: April Steiner for Exclusive Artists Elephant background: (c) iStockphoto.com/Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli 2. Olivia Munn: Working to end the abuse of … Read more »
PETA has joined Animal Defenders International in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for illegally issuing permits allowing the Ringling Bros. circus to export endangered tigers and elephants for use in its shows anywhere at any time for the next three years! How Do You Spell ‘Rubber Stamp’? F-W-S FWS … Read more »
Rihanna got busted by the fashion police for wearing a dress made of crocodile. Kelly Osbourne rocked for crocs by proclaiming that she’s not down with people wearing crocodile skins. Over on one of our other favorite shows, Ellen, Carrie Underwood dished about how her hubby, hockey player Mike Fisher, is getting cozy with vegan … Read more »
Mexican superstar Kate del Castillo, named one of the “25 most influential women” by People en Español, is just as fierce off-screen protecting animals as she is on-screen in her Telemundo hit La Reina del Sur and in the upcoming thriller No Good Deed. Yesterday, she urged all guardians to be their animals’ biggest defender … Read more »
Just two months after telling Ellen DeGeneres, “I want to be a vegan,” Meredith Vieira has done it. After seeing her Ellen appearance, PETA rushed Meredith a copy of Sir Paul McCartney’s slaughterhouse exposé Glass Walls, a vegetarian/vegan starter kit, and Tal Ronnen’s The Conscious Cook to help her along. On The Chew, she told … Read more »
Last week after Canadian Sen. Mac Harb announced that he would introduce a bill to end the seal slaughter, PETA immediately posted an action alert on our website asking our members to urge Canadian senators to support the bill. You responded in droves: Within two days, some 50,000 of you asked them to pass the … Read more »
How does Mad Men star Jessica Paré (aka “Megan Draper”) keep her svelte figure? A vegetarian diet. Jessica told People magazine, “It’s amazing what your diet can do for your skin.” And Vincent Kartheiser isn’t really a bad boy—he just plays one on TV. In real life, Vincent eats cruelty-free, too. Los Angeles chef Roy … Read more »
The 20th-anniversary edition of PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk‘s book Free the Animals has been released—get yours from the PETA Catalog—and the brilliant host of HBO’s Real Time (and PETA honorary board member) Bill Maher has given it a rave review on the Huffington Post. Bill gives an overview of some of the amazing victories … Read more »
Who runs the world? Vegan girls! They certainly run the 11-day Marathon des Sables across the Sahara Desert. Forty-two-year-old vegan Briton Fiona Oakes ran 151 miles—more than a marathon every 24 hours—in the world’s toughest foot race. Official U.S. Navy Imagery | cc by 2.0 Oakes joins an elite club of vegan and vegetarian athletes, … Read more »
Internationally renowned primatologist and animal rights activist Dr. Jane Goodall is being honored by the Tournament of Roses as the grand marshal of the 2013 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. The timing of the honor couldn’t be better, as Chimpanzee, a film she helped make, has been popular with moviegoers and Congress is currently considering … Read more »
Navy veteran Bob Barker was appalled at what he saw in undercover video footage of U.S. Coast Guard trauma training leaked to PETA. In the video, live goats are stabbed, have their internal organs pulled out, and have their limbs cut off with tree trimmers. The goats moan loudly and kick while they are being … Read more »
Barbie has been fur-free and an animal rights activist for years. But America’s favorite doll has taken a dangerous turn, thanks to famous toymaker Mattel and infamous animal abuser SeaWorld. The companies have released a Whale Trainer Barbie, an ill-advised doll that would be more accurately called “Barbaric.” Fantaz | cc by 2.0 Not much … Read more »
Of course, PETA loves cheering for Team Peeta, but Josh Hutcherson has really stepped up his game for animals. The Hunger Games hottie adopted a pit bull puppy from a California animal shelter, and now the dog’s broken femur and broken heart are both on the mend. Hollywood may be experiencing a second baby boom … Read more »
