PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. What better way to end the week than with a hearty laugh at some of the Internet’s funniest dogs? Man’s—and woman’s—best friend deserves better than dog shaming. PETA is turning the tables on dog-shaming guardians with a little “human shaming” reality check. Here’s … Read more »
PETA News on Tumblr Don’t miss a thing: Follow PETA on Tumblr. The photos of a mother lion’s dramatic rescue of her tiny cub might have you singing, “Can you feel the love tonight?” These little piggies went to the state fair … and now there are 165 new human cases of swine flu. You … Read more »
The Smashing Pumpkins are currently hitting Pacific hotspots on their global tour in support of their new album, Oceania. And during their concert in the Philippines, they also supported PETA Asia‘s efforts to free Mali—an elephant who has been suffering for decades without companionship or sufficient care at the Manila Zoo—by offering PETA Asia space … Read more »
PETA wants to give merit badges to gay Boy Scouts. Well, more accurately, PETA is offering merit badges to would-be gay Boy Scouts, since the Boy Scouts of America just reaffirmed its policy of not allowing openly gay boys and scoutmasters to participate in scouting. But it’s just as important that gay boys get the … Read more »
It’s summertime—but for too many animals, the living ain’t easy. That’s why it’s time once again to pack up and run! Every year, PETA calls on animal advocates all around the world to join the PETA Pack and team-train to run a race and raise money for animals. Joining the team gets you three months … Read more »
PETA’s “skipper” and “first mate” set their course for Harborfest in Norfolk, Virginia, to tell the throngs of visitors in town to ogle tall ships from around the world how to keep the wind in their sails for years to come. By making it vegan the next time they’re in the galley, staying healthy will … Read more »
Update: Tom and Misha were released back into the ocean earlier this month and within hours were already chasing and hunting fish together and socializing with other wild dolphins. Born Free kept their release on May 9 a secret to avoid human interference with Tom’s and Misha’s progress, but satellite transmitters on their dorsal fins … Read more »
Update: On May 15, 2012, officials filed 17 additional charges of cruelty to animals against Susan Marino, based on evidence gathered as a result of PETA’s undercover investigation. Animals like Tuxie—the cat whose gaping neck and head wound Marino picked at and who, PETA learned, died last fall after suffering terribly for many months—will finally … Read more »
Update: The Israeli attorney general has decreed that the High Court must permanently halt this shipment of monkeys, citing that it is illegal to transport monkeys captured in the wild for experiments and that Israeli authorities had not approved the use of the animals for the type of experiments that Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories sought … Read more »
A crate on a slab of concrete is no home for a dog. But 21 dogs being held by a Florida hoarder each had only a crate and a dirty piece of bedding inside a concrete-floored kennel to call home. All the dogs were filthy and unaltered and denied regular veterinary care. And their exposed … Read more »
He limped around in circles, desperately searching for a way to escape the heavy metal trap with steel jaws that cut into his paw and sent pain shooting through his body. A crowd of people was forming, pointing at the blood in the snow, graphic evidence of the potshots taken by passing hunters who had … Read more »
The first time that PETA staffer David Perle saw Dizzy, the hamster was nestled in the arms of a young girl who had rescued him from an apartment complex parking lot and was searching for his owner. A group of boys had tried to tell her that he was theirs, but she suspected their motives … Read more »
If you’re celebrating World Water Day by installing a low-flow shower head, congrats. You’ll save about 12 gallons of water every day. If, on the other hand, you’re celebrating World Water Day by ditching meat, way to go! You’ll save about 2,400 gallons of water every day. It takes 2,400 gallons of water to produce … Read more »
