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  • 13
  • Apr

I’d Rather Run a Marathon Than Wear Fur/Eat Animals/Go to the Circus/Do Anything That Harms Animals

My name is Tess Pugh, and I’m a PETA marathon runner!

On 17 April, I’ll be running 26.2 miles through the streets of London to raise as much money as I can to help PETA fund its vital work to save animals.

I live in Buckinghamshire with my husband and our two girls, aged 8 and 10, and our 18-year-old deaf cat. This is the first marathon I’ve taken part in, and I really want to make it a huge success. Having been the laziest person alive until well into my 20s,… Read more.


  • 01
  • Apr

You’ll Want to See PETA US’ New Groundhog Day Over and Over…

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In a world where a man is forced to live the same day of his life over and over again…

(I’m doing my best film trailer voice-over impersonation here).

Folks who love animals and a good comedy, you’re in for a treat that’s been two years in the negotiating. Through a special grant from a… Read more.


  • 01
  • Apr

Sorry, April Fools!

Chickens on factory farms are crowded by the thousands into dark sheds that reek of ammonia from the accumulated waste in which the animals are forced to stand. These birds are denied everything that is natural and important to them. They are barely given room to move – each bird lives in approximately the amount of space equivalent to a standard sheet of paper – and never allowed to see the light of day until they are stuffed into crates and transported to slaughter. At the slaughterhouse, they are hung upside down… Read more.


  • 21
  • Mar

Animal Rescue Efforts Continue in Japan

PETA Asia staffer Ashley Fruno – who has been in Japan working with Isabella Gallaon-Aoki from the local group Animal Friends Niigata since last Saturday – has witnessed tremendous devastation and heartbreak since arriving in the region. But she has also seen people courageously putting their own lives at risk in order to safeguard their animal companions, and aid workers going above and beyond their mission to recover human bodies by saving animals who have miraculously survived the earthquake and tsunami.

UK citizens evacuating from Japan, as well as those fleeing from… Read more.


  • 21
  • Mar

PETA Asia-Pacific’s Rescue Efforts in Japan

The first member of an international animal rights group to reach the disaster area, PETA Asia-Pacific senior campaigner Ashley Fruno has been in Japan with Isabella Gallaon-Aoki of Animal Friends Niigata since taking the first flight to Tokyo after the airport opened on Saturday night.

There are few signs of life in the hardest-hit areas, but Ashley and Isabella have encountered many citizens who have stayed in their badly damaged homes for days because many evacuation centers are not allowing companion animals inside. With countless people being forced to evacuate because of… Read more.


  • 16
  • Mar

Update on PETA Asia-Pacific’s Rescue Work in Japan

PETA Asia-Pacific senior campaigner Ashley Fruno has been in Japan with Isabella Gallaon-Aoki of Animal Friends Niigata since taking the first flight to Tokyo after the airport opened Saturday night. PETA Asia-Pacific is the first international animal rights group on the ground in affected areas.

While it is apparent that most animals were swept away with their humans in the worst-affected areas, Ashley and Isabella are ready to provide food, water and care to animals abandoned when their guardians fled to evacuation centres.

They’ve provided sustenance to animals whose guardians are… Read more.


  • 15
  • Mar

Finnish Fur Farms Not as Humane as Billed

Fox pups cannibalising each other, animals crammed into cages alongside rotting corpses, and foxes with missing legs and ears – these are just a few of the horrors uncovered during an investigation of 83 Finnish fur farms by Finnish animal rights organisation Oikeutta Eläimille (Justice For Animals). Shockingly, most of the farms were certified for humane treatment of animals. If humane treatment is defined as gaping wounds, missing body parts, and rampant untreated infections, what must the uncertified farms be like?

Among the… Read more.


  • 10
  • Mar

Amazing Animals

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Animals find new ways to astonish us every day. Wouldn’t it be great if we returned the favour by astonishing them with our compassion?

  • Scientists have discovered that “sheepish” really means “brainy”.
  • Dolphins and researchers have learned to speak each other’s language. Can a Rosetta Stone course be far behind?
  • Perhaps those dolphins can help us translate a Compassionate Action Award into dolphinese for this pup-friendly pod who rescued a dog.
  • A courageous

… Read more.


  • 07
  • Mar

Mazda Owners: Solve Your Spider Problems!

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Thousands of Mazda6 cars in the US, Canada and Mexico have just been recalled because of the potential for spiders to build webs inside the car’s emission system, and PETA US has responded with a solution for Mazda owners creeped out by the idea of continuing to drive the spider-friendly cars – donate them!

“It’s a win-win situation for compassionate people who suffer from arachnophobia, one of the most common phobias in existence”, says PETA founder Ingrid E Newkirk.… Read more.


  • 09
  • Feb

Amazing Animals Abound

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For your Wednesday enjoyment, here are some of the sweetest and most amazing animals we could find.

  • These brainy crows owe their intelligence to a legacy of nurturing parenting. Are crow nannies in our future, perhaps?
  • Like humans, chimpanzees and penguins grieve the loss of a child or family member.
  • Prairie dogs have a language so advanced that they can describe humans down to the colors of their clothes. Gok’s Fashion Fix: Prairie Dog Edition.
  • This cat

… Read more.


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