© Linqong | Dreamstime.com With thousands of us hitting the road for the long Labor Day weekend, it bears repeating that animals should never be transported in the cargo hold of anRead More…
Novel Makes Case for Chimpanzee Rights
Chimpanzees used in laboratory experiments have been a hot topic this summer, from the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes to the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine hearingsRead More…
Fair Serves Up Elephant Abuse With a Stick
As the L.A. County Fair opens this Saturday, notorious elephant-abusing company Have Trunk Will Travel (HTWT) is scheduled to be there, selling rides on elephants. There is still time for people toRead More…
U.S. Army Planning to Poison Monkeys
Next week, the U.S. Army plans to start poisoning African vervet monkeys with massive chemical overdoses as part of a crude and cruel “show and tell” training exercise at Maryland’s Aberdeen ProvingRead More…
Chicken Gets Rescued Twice
A driver in Alabama spotted Laura the chicken and scooped her up off the road on a route frequently used by trucks headed to the nearby slaughterhouse. Then, in an attempt toRead More…
Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde Win PETA Award
PETA’s 2010 Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity Olivia Wilde and shelter dog advocate Emma Stone have another (synthetic) feather to put in their nonwool caps. The ladies each earned a PETA Kind Choices AwardRead More…
Make Japanese Cuisine With Hannah Minx
Who says you can’t play with your food? YouTube sensation Miss Hannah Minx shows us how to create onigiri in the shape of a cat! Onigiri, traditional Japanese rice balls, are similarRead More…
Study: Meat-Eaters Are Selfish and Anti-Social
Is it selfish to eat shellfish? The results of several studies in the Netherlands seem to indicate so. Three professors at two universities have determined that meat-eaters are more selfish and distantRead More…
Back-to-School Vegan Lunch Ideas
The following article was written by Ashley Palmer. So long, summer! With school starting (or just around the corner for a few lucky kids), most parents have back-to-school clothes, school supplies, and newRead More…
Lettuce Meets Weed at HempCon
At this weekend’s HempCon medical marijuana convention in L.A., PETA’s Lettuce Ladies toke took the opportunity to urge attendees to break their addiction—to meat. The gals in green were such a hugeRead More…