In a case of literal overkill, Sweden is turning more than 6,700 hunters loose on just 20 wolves. In case you don’t have a calculator handy, that breaks down to about 335 armed-and-dangerous folks per animal—in a country with only about 200 wolves. And Sweden claims that this is being done to increase the country’s … Read more »
shannonyeh.photography/ CC by 2.0 China is saying “lights out” for all animal shows at its 300 state-owned zoos, telling zoos that they can either stop abusing animals in this way or be shut down. The circus act ban—which China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development passed in September 2010, earning it PETA Asia’s Advancement in Animal … Read more »
robad0b/CC by 2.0 The Top Model shows are supposed to be about wannabe models crushing the competition, not animals. So why, then, would an ad for New Zealand’s Next Top Model include footage of a woman in red heels stomping on a bleating stuffed lamb? The commercial is creepily reminiscent of “crush videos”—sick fetish films … Read more »
Actor and PETA India supporter Sonam Kapoor is making Indian schoolchildren’s spirits soar by giving them colorful new kites with which to paint the sky. Kapoor is giving birds something to sing about, too, because the kites have bird-safe cotton strings. In India, competitive kite flyers often use glass-coated “manja,” a type of string that … Read more »
comedy nose/CC by 2.0 In a landmark ruling, a Rancho Cucamonga, California, man was sentenced to seven years and eight months behind bars for mutilating and torturing several cats. Timothy Arie Kooyman, who was already serving five years in prison for torturing cats, had nearly three years added to his sentence after he was found … Read more »
Not since The Brady Bunch has a butcher seemed cuddly, and even then, Sam was pushing it. Now De Vegetarische Slager—the Vegetarian Butcher—is open for business in the Netherlands, and the owners are keeping animals alive and people’s tummies full with their scrumptious “cuts” of faux meat. The glass cases are filled with lean, protein-rich … Read more »
ericlbc/CC by 2.0 Fireworks are being blamed for the recent deaths of 5,000 birds in Arkansas. The professional-grade explosives scared red-winged blackbirds and European starlings out of their nests and sent them into panicked flight. The night-blind birds crashed into houses, signs, and other obstacles, causing blunt-force trauma and death. As this case shows, fireworks … Read more »
What’s the latest must-have application for compassionate online activists? PETA’s Purple Ribbon, of course! With the click of a mouse, you can fight cruelty to animals by posting our Purple Ribbon to your Facebook wall and asking your friends to post it too. We’re fewer than 40,000 likes away from the 1 million mark, and … Read more »
Like most people, I make a list of New Year’s resolutions every year—stop watching so much TV, get more exercise, eat fewer cookies—only to pretty much forget about them by Valentine’s Day. The one resolution I’ve never had trouble keeping was cutting meat, eggs, and dairy products out of my diet. If you’re not yet … Read more »
Two hundred and some chimpanzees—previously used in experiments and kept in tiny cells, alone, isolated, and with nothing but a cement slab to sleep on and nothing to see or do, but who have been undergoing rehabilitation and socialization with each other—have been spared from their imminent transfer back into NIH laboratories. These chimpanzees, whom PETA … Read more »
Of all the ways someone could choose to spend Christmas Day, deciding to go out looking for an animal to hurt, harass, and kill seems a poor choice. Yet some men in North Carolina―Christians, to boot―decided to do just that: throw their “hunting dogs” into metal boxes on the back of their pick-up truck, release … Read more »
So how was your year? Did you have a good 2010? What’s that? How was PETA’s year? Glad you asked … [peta-video brightcove=’718018857001′ width=’440′ height=’450′] While it’s always fun to look back now and then, PETA prefers to keep the focus on the future—to be a part of PETA’s accomplishments in 2011, become a member … Read more »
I may be an Orioles fan, but even I’ll cheer for Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle after hearing that he and his wife, Jamie, have paid the medical bills for Shelby, a dog who was recently found with a hunting arrow in her side. Buehrle, who pitched the 18th perfect game in major league … Read more »
A camel who was being used in a Christmas pageant at First Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, fell into the audience after stumbling when her handler attempted to force her to lie down. Thankfully, the camel, LulaBell, wasn’t hurt (nor were the stunned folks she fell on), but other animals used in … Read more »
