Just in time for the release of Saw V and the craziness of the Halloween horror-movie season, PETA will be running one of our creepy KFC ads in movie theaters in Baltimore and Denver for the next four weeks. This will really make horror-movie lovers think about the horror that chickens go through just to … Read more »
Not to be outdone by PETA India, the folks over at PETA Asia-Pacific have certainly been busy lately—in the last week, they’ve had three tremendously successful demos! First up, we have three activists in Seoul, Korea, who lay outside a fur store in “bloody” fur coats, caught in a steel-jaw trap. Calling attention to the … Read more »
In 2007, PETA received a call from a whistleblower who tipped us off to a Cleveland lab, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF), that performed a fatal brain surgery on a dog for a useless medical-device sales demonstration. Fast forward to 2008. PETA has received yet another tip from a whistleblower because of yet another alleged … Read more »
Sad news—House Peters Jr., the man we all know and love as Mr. Clean, passed away yesterday at the respectable age of 92. I pretty much love the character of Mr. Clean. In a world of cleaning-product commercials featuring only women, Mr. Clean’s gender-stereotype–defying presence was always refreshing. (Plus, he had an earring, which is … Read more »
xinhuanet / CC Does anyone remember our sexy “Go Veg, Texas” campaign? Of course you do! Well, this time around, we’re traveling a bit south of the border and asking Mexico to do the same thing (minus the bikini). If you haven’t yet heard, Mexico has recently started the “Vamos por un millón de kilos” … Read more »
dogbreedinfo / CC With Disney’s new animated feature Beverly Hills Chihuahua slated for release on Oct 3, animal defenders like your good homies here at PETA are readying our disaster-prevention tactics. While it’s sure to be an adorable film, the fantasy world it portrays can have devastating unintended effects. Remember the live-action 101 Dalmatians movie … Read more »
OK, I’ll admit it—Mr. Peanut looked pretty sharp (who doesn’t look good in a monocle?), but the real stars of last month’s annual Virginia Peanut Festival parade were PETA’s new mobile Animal Birth Control Clinic and the plucky ‘pups’ who walked alongside it. They were there to spread the word about the importance of spaying … Read more »
As I’m sure you are already aware, today is World Farm Animals Day! It’s a good time for all of us to remember the pain that many farmed animals go through every day for human consumption, but it’s also a good time to remember the joy that animals bring to our lives. In light of … Read more »
Though our “Meet Your Meat” video has always been successful at reaching people, wouldn’t it be so much more effective if people had to watch it right before they went shopping for groceries? For shoppers at an Albertsons grocery in San Diego yesterday, that’s just what we arranged. Shoppers entering the store were greeted with … Read more »
Covering a variety of pressing issues, the fantastic PETA India team took to the streets with some great demos this month! And since it’s just so dang encouraging to be reminded of how many of us cruelty-free folk are working around the world to lend a loud voice to the voiceless, we figured we’d give … Read more »
openentrance / CC Yes, you heard right! On Entertainment Tonight this evening, Michelle Obama was quoted as saying that the family is planning to adopt a rescue dog. We at PETA couldn’t be more thrilled! You may remember the letter that we sent to the Obama family back in July, immediately after we heard that … Read more »
drew / CC So, remember that blog from last week about PETA’s frustration with Armani’s broken promise not to use fur? Well don’t worry, we haven’t lost our steam! We’ve reached out to several celebs to ask them to stop wearing Armani until the designer goes cruelty-free—and now we’ve got our sights set on Glenn … Read more »
You know that we at PETA love to help out whenever we can, so when we heard about the extreme gas shortage plaguing the Southern states, we deployed our elite gasoline response team: the fabulous Lettuce Ladies. We’ve had these eye-catching demos before with great response (and even a hugely successful gas giveaway contest), but … Read more »
As you can imagine, PETA hears about lots of cases of cruelty to animals. For folks who love animals as much as we do, that’s never fun, but we can’t make things better if we bury our heads in the sand. Still, it takes a lot to really strike a nerve with us, but one … Read more »
Last week, we released our jaw-dropping investigation into a Hormel supplier. It didn’t take long for more abuse of pigs to come to light. We recently learned of a situation that happened early this month when a truck carrying nearly 200 live pigs to a slaughterhouse overturned on the highway, trapping some pigs in the … Read more »
