DJ, turn it up! Ke$ha’s catchy melodies and slammin’ beats have taken over the airwaves, turntables, and dance floors. But instead of blasting tunes, this pop princess is blasting Canada’s shameful seal slaughter. Every year, a band of sealers descends on the ice to club hundreds of thousands of seals to death and sell the [...]
Leather can be made from cows, pigs, goats, and sheep; exotic animals such as alligators, ostriches, and kangaroos; and even dogs and cats, who are slaughtered for their meat and skin in China, which exports their skins around the world. Because leather is normally not labeled, you never really know where (or whom) it came [...]
Former President Bill Clinton, who is renowned for his charisma and eloquence, has worked to shed light on numerous global issues through his humanitarian efforts and his many public speaking engagements. Recently, he has been promoting the benefits of vegan eating after changing his eating habits to improve his health. Thanks to his new plant-based [...]
More than 26,000 animals, from tiny hamsters and turtles to wallabies and lemurs, were rescued from hellish conditions as a direct result of PETA’s shocking undercover investigation of the pet trade. But while the animals saved from U.S. Global Exotics (USGE) are safe and are now getting the care that they were so long denied, [...]
What Is Animal Liberation? Excerpts From Philosopher Peter Singer’s Groundbreaking Work
“Animal Liberation” may sound more like a parody of other liberation movements than a serious objective. The idea of “The Rights of Animals” actually was once used to parody the case for women’s rights. When Mary Wollstonecraft published her Vindication of the Rights of Women [...]
To most of us, the start of winter means that our warm clothes come out and the heater gets switched on. We can cope comfortably with the coming chill. But to neglected “backyard” dogs, the change of seasons means that they must endure many months of long, cold nights with nowhere to go to get [...]
Right now, in cramped, filthy cages on fur farms throughout China, millions of vulnerable animals await a painful death. It may come from strangulation by a wire noose or a knife slash across the throat.
We need your help to stop the carnage taking place on fur farms around the world, including the slaughter of nearly [...]
Ever been stuck at the store wondering if a product is cruelty-free? Well, iPhone users, your problem is now solved! The folks over at Hot Frog Creative have teamed up with PETA for what we think is one of the most useful iPhone apps out there: the “Be Nice to Bunnies” app.
We’ve come a long [...]
Today, lawyers gave their closing arguments in the court case involving Ringling’s use of steel-barbed bullhooks and shackles on the elephants it forces to perform. Over the course of the six-week trial, the following evidence was presented:
* Elephants are chained for an average of more than 26 hours at a time, [...]
Throughout March until Easter day, a twisted and sadistic “festival” known as Farra do Boi (translated as “Festival of the Ox”) takes place in Brazil. During this festival, countless oxen throughout the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina are horrifically and methodically tortured—just for “fun.” In the days before Farra do Boi begins, the oxen are [...]