Lea Michele is no stranger to accolades, with Golden Globe and Emmy Award nods for her role on Glee. And today, Variety magazine is honoring Lea at its third annual Power of Women luncheon for her off-screen role working with PETA as a powerful advocate for animals. Lea Michele ©Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic Thanks to Lea, … Read more »
Day three of SeaWorld’s appeal brought out more skeletons from the marine park’s closet. Attorneys for the government brought up incident after incident that were left out of SeaWorld’s corporate incident log, including the attack leading to trainer Dawn Brancheau’s death and attacks by an orca who had a penchant for grabbing trainers’ ponytails. Chuck … Read more »
The people have spoken, and here’s the winning caption for last weeks’ “10% Wool” comic contest! We’re in the process of contacting the winner, so be sure to check your in-box! How am I going to explain that my human ate my homework? And now we’re holding a new 10% Wool comic “Trump the Artist” … Read more »
On day two of SeaWorld’s appeal of the penalty leveled by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), senior trainer Lynne Schaber testified that trainers who work with orcas receive special instruction on Tilikum and a “Tilly Talk,” in which they’re informed of Tilikum’s involvement with two previous deaths and that if they enter the … Read more »
When award-winning New Yorker cartoonist and longtime PETA pal Harry Bliss sits down to write a children’s book about a day at school with a lovable mutt named Bailey, you know it’ll be a big hit with kids. But with Bliss’ talent for satire, even adults will enjoy a chuckle or two. Dedicated to PETA … Read more »
Tonight on NBC, the cocktails will flow and the bunny tails will wiggle as the network debuts The Playboy Club, a period drama about the “living, breathing fantasy world” which stars vegan PETA celebrity supporters Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Leah Renee. But bunnies (Playboy and otherwise) aren’t the only ones with rampant sex drives—for unaltered dogs and … Read more »
Get ready to tap your feet—the two-hour season premiere of Dancing With the Stars airs tonight on ABC, and as usual, PETA pals are strutting their animal-friendly stuff. Just a week after she unveiled her “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” ad, Elisabetta Canalis will make her Dancing debut, and she’s rumored to … Read more »
Oh, how we love Olivia Munn. In her Us Weekly “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” Q&A, she wrote: “I believe in rescuing your pets, not buying them.” You’re in good company there, Olivia. Loads of celebrities are fans of animal shelters, including Orlando Bloom, who rescued his dog, Sidi, seven years ago and … Read more »
A poll in Sports Illustrated named Chase Utley one of the “meanest” players in baseball, but we don’t buy it. That’s because Chase doesn’t buy animals—he always adopts, and he asks his fans to do the same. The MLB all-star might be a fierce competitor, but off the field, he’s a fierce defender of animals—in … Read more »
We’re holding a new 10% Wool comic “Trump the Artist” contest! Here’s how it works: People read Jeff’s comic below and tried to come up with a better caption than the artist himself. We’ve chosen three user-submitted captions that best complement the strip to go up against the artist’s caption, and now it’s your chance … Read more »
Victory: As a result of PETA’s campaign, the Army announced that it is ending its cruel use of monkeys in chemical attack training exercises and will instead use advanced human simulators! Woody Harrelson was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of an Army captain in The Messenger, and now the actor is sending a … Read more »
Temperatures in Los Angeles were normal this afternoon, but on Rodeo Drive, it was positively steamy as Elisabetta Canalis unveiled her “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” ad to an enthusiastic crowd, getting the fall shopping season off to an animal-friendly start. Elisabetta explained why she wanted to go nude to protest fur, saying, … Read more »
Get ready to practice your high-fives and Bronx cheers—here’s our quasi-monthly round-up of animal friends and foes: Kisses to California for making the water safer for sharks. The state banned the sale, trade, or possession of shark fins, which are cut off live sharks who are then thrown back into the water to sink to … Read more »
The next time you hit a mall owned by Simon Property Group, you’ll probably find plenty of shoes, sweaters, and giant pretzels—but what you won’t find are whips and chains. That’s because after meeting with PETA and hearing from countless concerned shoppers who responded to our action alert, Simon—the largest real estate company in the … Read more »
Ryan Gosling has certainly earned his cape this month. First, he broke up a street fight in Manhattan. Then, the Academy Award-nominated actor leapt to the defense of chickens and turkeys on factory farms. Gosling wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on PETA’s behalf calling on the agency to revoke its … Read more »
