Ray is a beautiful white-and-gray fantail pigeon who was seized along with dozens of other pigeons by animal control officers because of neglect. He had an infected eye and was in poor health, but the woman who had alerted authorities to the birds’ plight convinced them to let her adopt him. Unfortunately, she was ill-equipped … Read more »
Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti has admitted that he should have fired men’s basketball coach Mike Rice sooner. Pernetti terminated him after a video showing Rice hitting, kicking, and verbally abusing players went viral—but Pernetti had seen the video in November and had only temporarily suspended Rice and fined him. Players say that the … Read more »
A high school sophomore has developed a device that may help doctors better detect cancer in its early stages without invasive and painful biopsies—and he did it without harming a single animal. PETA awarded Daniel Suh, a student at Los Angeles’ Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, a $1,000 prize and our Special Award for Humane … Read more »
By the time PETA learned that a tiny kitten had become trapped inside a statue of President Abraham Lincoln at a museum in Florida, concerned folks, including the local humane society and fire department, had attempted a variety of methods to rescue him, unfortunately without success. The frightened kitten was trapped a few feet down … Read more »
As Pope Benedict XVI resigns from the papacy, PETA hopes that the newly elected pope will also encourage believers to respect animals, as Benedict and his predecessor Pope John Paul II did. Sergey Gabdurakhmanov | cc by 2.0 When asked about the rights of animals in a 2002 interview, the pope, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, responded, “That is … Read more »
In August 2012, PETA was contacted by a whistleblower who had been volunteering for several months as an animal care assistant for a licensed wildlife rehabilitator operating out of her Florida home. Cruelty Investigations Department staffers urged the whistleblower to document her report that ill, injured, and orphaned wild animals taken into the home were … Read more »
When a young couple on vacation in Florida decided to take a leisurely afternoon stroll through a park, they had no idea that they were about to save a life. But that’s exactly what happened. The pair came upon a duck sitting in the grass who didn’t attempt to waddle away or even stand up … Read more »
It was a truly great year for PETA—and for the many animals whose lives were improved and saved by the string of victories won over the past 12 months, all made possible by the vital support of its treasured members. Take a look at the highlights: A new year means new opportunities to help … Read more »
Since bebe has turned a deaf ear to the 80,000 people who have asked the company to ditch real fur, PETA has wheeled out our Trojan horse. We just bought stock in the company, so now we can attend its annual meetings and submit shareholder resolutions for the company to end fur sales. If you … Read more »
What do you get for 10 years of loyal service to Green Mountain College? Well, if you’re an ox, you get strung up by one leg, your throat is slit, and you are bled to death. Oxen Bill and Lou have served the agricultural school in Poultney, Vermont, as laborers for the past decade, and … Read more »
When a group of bloodthirsty zombies descends on New York City, where do they head? To the Meatpacking District, of course. Because all animals are made of flesh, bones, and blood and all animals feel pain, zombies don’t see a difference between eating people and eating animals. Goth star Sharon Needles, the winner of RuPaul’s … Read more »
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is coming under heavy fire for its outrageous plan to import 18 wild-caught beluga whales from Russia, subject them to a nonlife in captivity, and use them as breeding machines to churn out more babies for profiteers at marine parks and aquariums across the country. In an article for National … Read more »
PETA is planning to run a stark new billboard that seems to ask, “Is that a pig in your belly—or are you just happy to see meat?” Here’s why: A report about a (literally) growing threat to our national health is so shocking that the F word appears right in the title—”fat,” that is. The … Read more »
The world is remembering Michael Clarke Duncan as “the most gracious of a man,” “one of the finest people I’ve ever had the privilege to work with or know,” “the most gentle giant,” and a “treasure.” The Oscar-nominated actor had a history of serious heart trouble, more complicated than diet alone could cure, which finally … Read more »
