mandiberg/cc by 2.0 Last year, award-winning designer John Bartlett went vegan—and so did his celebrated collections, which no longer contain any animal skins. So when Bartlett heard about the upcoming Runway to Green eco-fashion show, he also wanted to make sure that there would be no fur flying on the runway, considering how the fur industry wreaks havoc … Read more »
Backing up his beliefs with bucks, animal activist Bob Barker has offered the City of Edmonton $100,000—to use however it wants—if it will allow independent elephant experts to assess Lucy, the sick and depressed elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. e_tavares/cc by 2.0 Lucy has trouble breathing because of an undiagnosed ailment. She also suffers from arthritis … Read more »
And we have another 10% Wool comic “Tag and Release” contest! Here’s how it works: You submit the caption for this week’s comic in the comment section below. The person whose caption best complements the strip will receive a prize. This week’s winner will walk away with PETA’s “Vegetarian” Standard T-Shirt. The entry round ends at 12 noon … Read more »
I’ll admit I’m not a huge football follower—maybe because Houston’s pro teams have tended to play like a bunch of injured nursing-home residents—but I know that the current NFL lockout is making anxious fans unhappy. However, if you’re also a fan of chickens (and there are lots of reasons to be one), buck up—your pain could be … Read more »
With a “woof woof” here and a “woof woof” there, dogs in Seminole County, Florida, are celebrating a new anti-chaining ordinance. © Reuben Steains Bryan and Carla Wilson with Animal Rights Foundation of Florida pushed for the chaining regulation to help protect dogs from neglect and people from bites and in doing so, earned themselves an award from … Read more »
The following is a cross-post from IngridNewkirk.com. I receive new books every day—many wonderful books, such as Jason Hribal’s Fear of the Animal Planet and Marc Bekoff’s The Animal Manifesto—books that make you think and act, and that are great gifts to pass along. Today, God’s Country: The New Zealand Factor launches. In it, authors Michael Tobias and Jane Gray … Read more »
haley8/cc by2.0 Homelessness can happen to anyone—be it a reigning beauty queen or a sweet family feline. That’s the lesson that Blair Griffith, Miss Colorado USA, wants people to learn from her story. Just weeks after winning the Miss Colorado USA crown, Griffith found herself homeless. Her mother had suffered a debilitating heart attack … Read more »
PETA members gather outside the White House to urge the government to allow Americans to evacuate Japan with their animals. PETA Asia-Pacific staffer Ashley Fruno spent the past week in Japan helping animal survivors of the devastating earth quake and tsunami. She encountered many families who were faced with the terrible decision of either … Read more »
When Olivia Munn cohosted the Today Show with Hoda Kotb on St. Patrick’s Day, Hoda mentioned that her ex-husband proposed to her while they were riding in a horse-drawn carriage. Uh-oh. There wasn’t enough green beer in the studio to make Olivia let that remark go unchallenged. “Did you guys just watch an 80s chick flick and … Read more »
In Canada, you can have your pie—you just can’t throw it too. PETA supporter Emily McCoy is saying au revoir to Canada after a certain tofu cream pie left her hand and wound up in the face of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea. McCoy appeared in an Ontario courtroom yesterday to face charges of assault after she pushed … Read more »
And here’s our favorite caption for this weeks’ “10% Wool” comic contest! We’re in process of contacting the winner, so be sure to check your inbox! My girlfriend is really bad at gift-giving. Don’t forget to check out past 10% Wool comic strips and get more information on the series and the writer here, and … Read more »
Green shirt? Check. Green flashing shamrock pin? Check. Green diet? Check. If you want to be really green this St. Patrick’s Day, consider test-driving a planet-healthy vegan diet. According to Environmental Defense, if every American skipped just one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods instead, the carbon-dioxide savings would be the same … Read more »
After years of using primates in its television spots, Capital One has informed PETA that it will stop airing its current ad featuring a chimpanzee and that it will not use primates in future advertisements. Capital One’s decision comes after PETA provided the company with information on how great apes used in advertising are ripped away … Read more »
cheetah100/cc by 2.0 Today is National “Save a Spider” Day, a day when arachnids everywhere relax and let their spinnerets down. Since I am not personally adept at saving spiders, I’m fortunate to have a husband who has honed his cup-and-paper trapping skills, so that is how we’ll be celebrating. (Cup-and-paper–impaired? Try the Humane Bug … Read more »
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Steve-O! The vegan comedian and daredevil led a PETA protest outside the Edmonton Valley Zoo to call on zoo officials to allow Lucy, the ailing and lonely elephant at the zoo, to retire to an elephant sanctuary. “I’m sympathetic to Lucy because I know that elephants in their … Read more »
