Geese living in parks near New York City airports are bound for the slaughterhouse. In a misguided attempt to keep geese away from planes, the New York City Department of Environmental ProtectionRead More…
Training Nurses to Torture Ferrets?
Lackland Air Force Base in Texas is one of a tiny minority of facilities in the U.S. that still torments animals in outdated, cruel, and ineffective intubation training exercises for nurses andRead More…
Six Tracks Suspend Thoroughbred Racing
informatique/cc by 2.0 After receiving whistleblower reports that at least two horses have died from heat stress at Fairmount Park Racetrack in Collinsville, Ill., PETA called on racetracks in the U.S. andRead More…
Laboratory Dog Breeder Shut Down
U.K.-based Harlan Hillcrest Farm—a facility that bred thousands of beagles in deplorable conditions before selling them to be abused and killed in cruel experiments—is closing after being besieged by advocates for animals.Read More…
Five Cruelty-Free Ways to Keep Frogs in Your Home
The following article was written by Keegan Baur. Are you a frog fiend? When you see a little green body with cute webbed feet and endearing, bulging eyes, do you have toRead More…
Tiny Dog Saved From Hell House
This sweet dog’s owners may have given her a familial name, but their treatment of her was anything but. Neglected and relegated to life at the end of a chain, the tinyRead More…
Star Pulse: Jillian Michaels says elephants are the biggest losers
July 20th, 2011 1:24pm EDT Post a comment Add to My News Jillian Michaels says at the circus, elephants are the biggest losers — and she plans to do something about it.Read More…
Ducks Don’t Want to Become Doughnuts
Top contender for Most Disturbing Food of the Month: foie gras doughnuts from Do or Dine restaurant in Brooklyn. That’s right—fried dough coupled with diseased, fatty duck liver. Want a stomach pumpRead More…
Urgent: Speak Out Against the Killing of Monkeys and Beagles Used in Research!
According to whistleblower reports, the Albuquerque-based Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) has begun exterminating 300 monkeys and an unknown number of beagles, allegedly for financial reasons. Last week, a whistleblower contacted theRead More…
Going Raw Cookbook Giveaway
The following article was written by Ashley Palmer. I have a confession: Up until recently, I was a bit skeptical of raw food diets. You could say I was a hypocrite. AfterRead More…