In an essay posted today on The Huffington Post, PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk talks about the progress being made in behalf of chimpanzees in laboratories and posits that great apes appear to have at long last reached a turning point with the introduction of the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, which would … Read more »
In honor of “Be An Angel” Day, an international, nondenominational celebration of acts of kindness, we thought we’d share some of our favorite ads starring celebrity angels for animals—including Kimora Lee Simmons, Audrina Patridge, and David Boreanaz—who have earned their wings by spreading heavenly messages about protecting dogs, cats, and other animals. To be an angel … Read more »
Thanks to Vancouver native and actor Emmanuelle Vaugier, the Canadian government’s shady backroom financial support of the barbaric annual seal slaughter is being exposed. The Covert Affairs star visited PETA’s L.A. office to narrate a new video exposé on the seal slaughter, and Entertainment Tonight Canada camera crews were there to document why Vaugier, like … Read more »
© Starmax Inc Since discovering how much being vegan improved his health, former president Bill Clinton has been belting out praise for plants like he belts out jazz on the saxophone. A new CNN article traces his progression from hamburger-and-fry guy to commander-in-leaf. Not long after he left office, Clinton’s penchant for hamburgers, steaks, and … Read more »
The government of Northern Ireland is playing fair with hares. Now, hares will no longer be victims of a cruel sport called “hare-coursing,” in which caged hares are released into a fenced field and greyhounds are set upon them, often tearing them to bits. The hares are caught in the wild and are already petrified, … Read more »
When President Obama held an economic forum in Peosta, Iowa, on Tuesday, PETA supporters were there getting piggy with it. A staffer was passing out leaflets at the forum when a group of enthusiastic young people ran up to her and offered to help with the demonstration. One donned the pig costume, and the others … Read more »
Here’s the situation: Abercrombie & Fitch has offered to pay Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and other Jersey Shore cast members not to wear the brand, saying that seeing the Sitch in Fitch is damaging the company’s image. Well, Mike can’t run around shirtless—at least not all the time―so PETA is sending him replacement clothing that’s … Read more »
Iggy Pop had a few choice words for Norway’s minister of foreign affairs before his performance in Bodø this week, expressing his disgust at the government’s support of the Canadian seal slaughter. A single company in Norway—which has received funding from the Norwegian government for years—buys a whopping 80 percent of Canada’s seal pelts. Norway … Read more »
Brosnan. Pierce Brosnan. He’s doing some not-so-covert work to save whales. True Blood star Kristin Bauer is also lobbying for protection for whales, in addition to speaking out against animal testing, circuses, zoos, fur … The normally furry Kate Moss is in Vogue (literally and figuratively) and looking fauxtastic for a change in a creation … Read more »
Update: In response to popular demand, autographed 8-inch-by-10-inch prints of Brooke Hogan’s photo are available for $50 (unsigned prints are available for $20), with 80 percent of the proceeds going to PETA. Order by e-mailing [email protected]. A new exhibit by celebrated Miami photographer Jordan Michael Zuniga titled “Women in Cages” debuted Thursday night to … Read more »
Tonight, Dennis Rodman’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame is expected to be complete with a helicopter, acrobats, and colorful costume changes. But one thing that Dennis won’t be sporting is fur – and that’s no bull. Dennis was already a Hall of Famer at PETA, as the first man and the first athlete … Read more »
Yesterday, PETA Associate Director of Laboratory Investigations Justin Goodman spoke at a National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine meeting on the issue of whether the U.S. should continue to be the only industrialized nation in the world that conducts harmful experiments on chimpanzees and other great apes. Justin told the committee, “In 2011, it … Read more »
Fighters, schmighters―after Jake Shields’ recent tweet, the people he’ll really need to shield himself from are all the clamoring vegan girls. And they’re probably in pretty good shape, too, if they’ve been fueling up on the healthy fare that Ellen DeGeneres shares on her website’s “Go Vegan With Ellen” page. Hope they leave room for … Read more »
UPDATE: After receiving a complaint from PETA about the incident below, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the exhibitor who provided the tiger to UniverSoul for handling the tiger in a manner that caused her stress and unnecessary discomfort. The exhibitor was also cited for failing to maintain the tiger’s enclosure in a manner that … Read more »
Before Pamela Anderson, before Eva Mendes, before Dennis Rodman, there were the Go-Go’s. The iconic ladies of pop-punk weren’t just pioneers for women in music, they were also animal rights innovators, as the first celebs to proclaim that they would rather go naked than wear fur. Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, and … Read more »
