People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

PETA Claims It Pranked The Marlins

Posted 05.09.2012

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced on its web site Wednesday that it “punked” the Miami Marlins. The team offered fan...

PHOTOS: PETA Plans Protest Of White House Tradition

Posted 04.03.2012

WASHINGTON -- It's hard to know if you should feel worse for the kids or the birds. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will be protesting ...

'Puppy Torture' Videos Posted On YouTube

Posted 03.09.2012

A Chicago man and a 13-year-old boy were arrested Thursday after allegedly torturing dogs and puppies -- and posting videos of the abuse on YouTube. ...

For Valentine's Day, Give Carriage Horses a Break

Carly Marie Knudson | Posted 04.15.2012

Carly Marie Knudson

Every Valentine's Day, countless New Yorkers and tourists are trotted around the city by animals that are literally being worked to death. So today, New Yorkers should show carriage horses some love by giving them a badly needed break.

2012: The Best Year Yet for Farm Animals (If You Want It)

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 04.09.2012

Bruce Friedrich

The past few months have been deeply encouraging for Americans who care about the worst abuses of farm animals, as legislation has been introduced tha...

PETA Accuses CU-Denver Labs Of Animal Abuse... Again

Posted 01.30.2012

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has accused University of Colorado Denver laboratories of animal-welfare violations again -- violations th...

Military Misconduct: Sheep-beating Video Surfaces

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 03.14.2012

Ingrid Newkirk

Last year, a scandalous video emerged of a U.S. marine throwing a puppy off a cliff. Now there is this video of a soldier repeatedly beating a sheep with a baseball bat to the whoops and laughter of other soldiers who are looking on.

Bonnie Christian

The Worst Holiday Gift?

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Christian | Posted 12.23.2011

"It's just not the kind of dog we would have chosen." "The house training was just too much." "We never wanted an animal." Those are just a few of the...

After DADT Repeal, U.S. Military Is Hit With Another Surprise Controversy

Posted 12.09.2011

The repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy was hailed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists as a supreme vi...

Circus Slapped With Fine Over Animal-Welfare Violation

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

VIENNA, Va. -- VIENNA, Virginia (AP) – The owner of the Ringling Bros. circus has agreed to pay a $270,000 fine to settle allegations that it vi...

PHOTOS: Cutest Living Turkeys

Posted 11.29.2011

An estimated 46 million turkeys will be killed for Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. this year, according to Farm Sanctuary. The site describes the ...

Celebrating The Animals Who Escaped Slaughter On World Vegan Day

Posted 01.01.2012

November 1st is a day for animal rights advocates everywhere, where all things vegan come together for World Vegan Day. Vegans are people who attem...

PHOTOS: Over 30 Vegetarian Celebrities

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 12.01.2011

Whether you're a hardcore vegan or a "weekday vegetarian," it's time to celebrate all things animal product-free during Vegetarian Awareness Month, wh...

WATCH: Undercover PETA Footage Shows Ill Ferrets At Pennsylvania Farm

AP | By JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 11.20.2011

PHILADELPHIA -- An animal welfare group is calling for an investigation of a large northeastern Pennsylvania ferret breeding facility, saying an under...

McLab Burgers Coming Soon? New Advances in Lab-Grown Meat Technology Say Yes

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.15.2011

Organic Authority.com

Eating meat grown in labs rather than from the carcass of a once living cow, pig or chicken is inching closer to reality every day as scientists have agreed to some key positions concerning issues surrounding cultured meat production.

Undercover PETA Video Leads To Felony Charges For Lab Workers

AP | RENEE ELDER | Posted 09.05.2011

RALEIGH, N.C. — Four former workers at a North Carolina testing lab have been indicted on felony animal cruelty charges, following an animal rig...

Michael McLaughlin

Family-Planning Zookeepers Outsmart Giraffe That Wouldn't Take Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.15.2011

Vivian, a nubile giraffe in the Peoria Zoo in Illinois, is back on the pill after shunning the contraceptive-laced food that she was served for about ...

Two-Time Drunk Driver Held In Death Of Woman Trying To Rescue Dog

Laguna Niguel, CA Patch | Debbie L. Sklar | Posted 07.24.2011

Adam Harrison Hall, 27, of Placentia was arrested today on murder and DUI charges in the deadly collision, say authorities who have taken more than th...

PETA Offers Cash-Strapped District Money To Play Anti-Dissection Ads In Schools

AP | Posted 07.13.2011

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — A national animal rights group has offered a cash-strapped school district an undisclosed amount of money if it allows ads in sc...

Dead Cow Walking: National Hamburger Day Is a Celebration That Shouldn't Happen

Marc Bekoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Marc Bekoff

Who we eat is a serious moral question. When you're eating meat you're eating misery. And, most likely, you're also eating filth and disease.

Tommy Lee's SeaWorld Comments Raises Critical Questions

Tim Zimmermann | Posted 05.25.2011

Tim Zimmermann

Like Aaron Sorkin's scathing takedown of Sarah Palin and her showy slaughter of a caribou, there are serious questions beneath the celebrity rubbernecking.

PETA 'McCruelty' Statue To Debut At Downtown Denver McDonald's

The Denver Post | Heather McWilliams | Posted 05.25.2011

The 16th Street Mall could soon be aflutter over a temporary art installation meant to draw attention to poultry-slaughtering practices. The group ...

PETA Ads 'Too Racy,' Rejected By Colo. Springs, Manitou Springs Interested

Colorado Springs Business Journal | AP | Posted 05.25.2011

The mayor of Manitou Springs says the town is open to the idea of allowing anti-meat ads on trash cans after Colorado Springs rejected the same propos...

PETA Stock: Animal-Rights Group Now Owns Shares In 80 Companies

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011

DES MOINES, Iowa — An animal-rights group known for sending out scantily clad demonstrators to protest fur and other provocative stunts has gain...

PETA Octomom Offer: Nadya Suleman Gets $5,000 And Free Food For Posting PETA's Spay, Neuter Sign

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Just because Nadya Suleman's an octomom doesn't mean she wants your dog or cat to become one, too. Her lawyer said Wednesday that...