Still looking for that perfect swimsuit but don’t want your hard-earned bucks going to a company that hurts animals in the name of fashion? Meet Ashley Paige: bikini designer, animal rescuer, and founder of Ruff Houzen Rescue. This down-to-Earth designer is taking the swimsuit world by storm with her creations. Her designs are highly sought … Read more »
According to Science News magazine, researchers have discovered the first known vegetarian spider in Mexico. A jumping spider who dwells and dines in acacia trees, Bagheera kiplingi (Kip, to his friends) is a fly guy who passes on the usual bug buffet for leafy snacks snatched from neighboring ants. That’s right—Kip is an itsy-bitsy pickpocket. … Read more »
Blind and sighted, man or macaque—we all celebrate in the same way. A recent study from scientists at the University of British Columbia and San Francisco State University shows that the “victory dance”—arms raised, chest puffed out—is an instinctive trait of all primates. You mean I have something in common with Michael Phelps? All right, … Read more »
You know those silly looking hats that the British Royal Guards wear? Did you know that they’re still made out of real bear skin—and that it can take up to one whole bear to make just one cap? And that the bears’ deaths are usually anything but quick, clean, and humane? Bears are ensnared, sometimes … Read more »
i76 / CC Six Flags had been planning to include a live Madagascar Hissing Cockroach–eating challenge as part of their Halloween “Fright Fest” festivities. So we wrote and explained that encouraging teenagers (or anyone!) to hurt and kill even the smallest life form “just for fun” can desensitize them to suffering in general. Besides, all … Read more »
paddleasia / CC Charles River Laboratories has finally had to own up to killing 32 monkeys under their “care.” The monkeys were baked alive when a thermostat malfunctioned; no alarm system was in place to alert staff to save the monkeys. Nobody even knew about the deaths until the following morning. Charles River’s announcement follows … Read more »
Staying up ’til the wee hours of the morning to catch your fave Olympians go for the gold in Beijing? That’s cool. But what’s even cooler is the fact that the best athletes in the world can be found in the animal kingdom, not the Olympic Village. If the Summer Olympics were open to all … Read more »
i152 / CC Our beloved Stella McCartney is rightly outraged over the misuse of one of her designs. It seems a sheer black bra from Stella’s lingerie collection was used—without Stella’s permission, of course—in an ad for a fur boutique. Stella—who is totally dedicated to her anti-fur and -leather stance—only found out about the ad … Read more »
OK, I’ll go easy on the impotence jokes here. I promise—just straight-up hard reporting on this one. Damn… Anyway, I’m happy to announce that Rocket Boy, an old-school ad featuring an impotence-fighting boy astronaut, is back and ready to go where no PETA ad has gone before: outer space. You see, Virgin chair Sir Richard … Read more »
Severely injured dog in Sanchong shelter Remember the Sanchong animal shelter outside Taipei, where PETA Asia-Pacific found suffering dogs kept in horrific conditions? Well, thanks to all your calls and e-mails, the city’s mayor is going to meet with PETA Asia-Pacific. He wants to discuss reforms like fixing the shelter’s floor and developing SOPs for … Read more »
Ever wondered what it’d be like to roll around in Jenna Jameson’s bed sheets? Well, now you can! Whoever leaves a comment below with their favorite naked PETA ad will be entered to win the autographed sheets and pillows that she posed nude on for this ad. Gossip gurus are all worked up over recent … Read more »
KFC is known to work with suppliers that breed and drug chickens to grow so large that they can’t even walk, cut off baby birds’ sensitive beaks without any painkillers, and drop birds into tanks of scalding-hot water—often while they are still conscious. KFC accepts these cruel practices because they help fill the chain’s buckets … Read more »
Yesterday, we mentioned an advertisement that we wanted to run in a Canadian newspaper in the wake of a shocking stabbing murder and possible cannibalism in Manitoba. Countless people have contacted us with their concerns, so we’d like to explain why we wanted to run the ad that no newspaper will touch with a 10′ … Read more »
You know what it’s like—you get started with something, thinking you’ll have just this one or do it just this once, and then you think, “One more wouldn’t hurt, right?” And before you know it, it’s all out of hand. Of course, when I do it, I end up eating half a package of Newman-Os, … Read more »
With the opening ceremonies of the 29th Olympiad just days away, our friends at PETA Asia-Pacific decided to get into the spirit of the games by awarding gold, silver, and bronze honors to Beijing’s top vegetarian restaurants. I know what you’re thinking: vegetarian restaurants in China?!? Yes, my friends, it’s true, but we really shouldn’t … Read more »
