In a landmark move, a North Carolina grand jury has returned indictments for 14 counts of felony cruelty-to-animals against four individuals, including a supervisor, who worked at Professional Laboratory Research Services (PLRS),Read More…
Candle Cafe Frozen Meals Melds Compassion, Convenience
Candle Cafe™ Frozen Meals Melds Compassion, Convenience A Frozen Dinner First: Gourmet Vegan Meals from Hain Celestial Support Farm Sanctuary’s Lifesaving Work on Behalf of Neglected and Abused Farm Animals WATKINS GLEN,Read More…
Taiwan Bans Steel-Jaw Traps
A new bill making it illegal to buy, sell, or possess steel-jaw traps (a common torture device used to trap animals for their fur) has passed in Taiwan. Pamela Anderson and PETARead More…
‘Punkgrass’ Band Takes on the Colonel
Say you’re an edgy, rabble-rousing punk band and you want to make a statement against cruelty to animals. What would you do? One band that had a bone to pick with KFC tookRead More…
Top Five Reasons to Protest SeaWorld
PETA supporters in Orlando, Florida, spent the Fourth of July weekend declaring independence for whales and dolphins held captive at SeaWorld. Here are the top five reasons that freedom should includeRead More…
Animal Testing 101
From the toothpaste and shampoo that we use to the charities that we support, our lives are full of daily opportunities to take a stand against cruel experiments on animals. We canRead More…
Ruining the Running of the Bulls
More than 100 supporters of PETA U.K. and the Spanish group AnimaNaturalis lay naked and “bloodied” in Pamplona’s main square on Sunday to protest the cruel bull runs and subsequent bullfights, inRead More…
A Pig Walks Into a Hot-Dog–Eating Contest …
… and becomes the star attraction. PETA’s pig was present for this year’s Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Brooklyn on the Fourth of July, and the pig’s able assistants handed out hundreds ofRead More…
Bollywood Star Rejects Seal Slaughter
Criticism of Canada’s annual baby-seal slaughter stretches from the States to Russia and from Hollywood to Bollywood. During a recent visit to Toronto, award-winning Bollywood film star Sonu Sood penned a letter to Canadian Prime MinisterRead More…
Photo of the Month: McMergency 911
It looks like the Pearly Gates aren’t too far away from the Golden Arches. Snapped outside a McDonald’s near PETA’s headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, this photo gives new meaning to the phraseRead More…