Fremlin | cc by 2.0 There’s no gray area when it comes to The Grey—this film has been rotten to wolves from the get-go. Reneging on Their Word Long before filming started, PETA met with a producer of The Grey and explained how animals used in movies often spend most of their time confined to … Read more »
PHOTOS OF THE DAY PETA UK’s 2011 Sexiest Vegetarian woman, Sophie Barrett, got inked (temporarily) with a butcher’s diagram to show Londoners that all animals have the same parts. She asked Brits to follow in the footsteps of Sir Paul McCartney to mark World Week for the Abolition of Meat by abolishing all animals’ parts … Read more »
PETA was called to the rescue after local law-enforcement officers declined to act on the cries of a concerned citizen. A compassionate Nebraskan had been feeding and watering this pot-bellied pig after the animal’s owner had moved away, abandoning the pig in the muddy, trash-strewn pen, without any shelter from the cold winter winds. The … Read more »
After someone with a sharp eye and a kind heart spotted a thin horse confined to a small pen, the person contacted PETA’s Emergency Response Team. We immediately got in touch with the local humane society, which was on the case right away! The horse was rescued from her pitiful little mesh prison and transported … Read more »
One of the year’s top viral videos features hilariously narrated video footage of running, burrowing, and foraging honey badgers. To date, more than 27 million people have watched the unstoppable honey badger‘s antics. (Warning: graphic language and images NSFW.) Louisiana State University cornerback Tyrann Mathieu was subsequently dubbed the “Honey Badger” because of his scrappy, … Read more »
Lions will no longer be forced to spend their days in the middle of the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas after the display closes for good on January 31. mamamusings | cc by 2.0 In their natural savannah home, lions roam many miles of territory, hunt, raise their young, and avoid all … Read more »
For many young people, college is a time when they are making their first independent decisions about what they will eat three times a day and, on a broader scale, what issues are important to them. The decisions that they are making now will shape the rest of their lives and, in fact, the course … Read more »
Following her marriage to Prince William earlier this year, Kate Middleton—now the Duchess of Cambridge—became a role model for young people in Britain and around the world. That’s why we were thrilled to learn that during her first Christmas with the Royal family this year, Kate has chosen to forgo shooting in the annual Boxing … Read more »
glenn_e_wilson | cc by 2.0 Ah, New Year’s Eve. Staying up late, sipping bubbly, singing “Auld Lang Syne,” and … scaring the daylights out of an opossum? Unfortunately, yes, that last one happens every year at the New Year’s Eve “Opossum Drop” in Brasstown, North Carolina. During the cruel event, a live opossum is suspended … Read more »
Update: A Louisiana district judge has denied a motion for a new trial requested by the owner of the Tiger Truck Stop, which paves the way for Tony to be moved. We are appealing to the truck stop’s owner, Michael Sandlin, not to transfer Tony to G.W. Exotics, a notorious roadside zoo The blog below was … Read more »
As cubs, sibling brown bears Marko and Maria were captured in the Albanian mountains after their mother was killed by hunters. For two long years, they languished in tiny cages outside a restaurant in Tirana, Albania, barely surviving on scraps of bread. A compassionate woman who was determined to rescue the bears from this miserable … Read more »
This weekend, audiences will be practically tripping over their own two feet rushing to see Happy Feet Two. We just can’t seem to get enough of these charming penguins. Sure, they’re always dressed to the nines, and they star in some of the best videos on YouTube. But there are plenty more reasons to fall … Read more »
While people look to PETA to prevent cruelty to animals, PETA looks to our generous supporters to make our work possible. To mark National Philanthropy Day, we talked with PETA Foundation Development Director Steve Kehrli about why our donors are as vital as our staff. What’s it like behind the scenes helping an organization known … Read more »
The first thing that comes to mind for many when they think about hyenas is that their vocalization sounds like uncontrollable laughter. But the hyena repertoire also includes bellowing, rumbling, lowing, squeaking, groaning, and whooping. What do hyenas have to talk about? Read on: Lip Kee | CC by 2.0 Hyena communication—like that of humans—facilitates … Read more »
