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For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Houston – PETA is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today to suspend all monkey imports after the agency revealed in an online seminar this week that from 2021 to 2023, there was a shocking increase in imported shipments of monkeys with tuberculosis (TB), …
For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Brittney Williams 202-483-7382 New York – After someone blew the whistle, telling PETA that Forever 21 seems to be mislabeling items made with real feathers while advertising them to kind customers as faux, the group’s legal counsel fired off a letter today to the retailer’s CEO, Winnie Park, calling on …
PETA to Forever 21: ‘Go Forever Feather-Free Over Mislabeling Scandal!’ Read More »
For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Sara Groves 202-483-7382 Cincinnati – While recognizing that there are more delicious vegan cookies this year than Santa could fit into a supersized sack, PETA made a list (yes, we checked it twice) of its Top 10 Favorite Festive Vegan Cookies—and the scrumptiously spiced Ginger Pine-Apricot Cookie from local bakery …
For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Nashville, Tenn. – A choir of PETA supporters wearing “ugly” Christmas sweaters featuring bloodied stuffed sheep protruding from the front and back will serenade shoppers in downtown Nashville on Tuesday, urging them to purchase only vegan clothing and gifts and never buy wool. Audiences will be treated …
For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 New Orleans – New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu is showing sports fans what an MVP for PETA looks like. Viewers tuning in to ESPN over the next two weeks will catch the Super Bowl champion tackling dog chaining in a PETA video that just won Mathieu the title of …
Tyrann Mathieu Scores PETA Award for Anti-Chaining Video Airing on ESPN Read More »
PETA has been making a simple point loud and clear: Importing thousands of monkeys from overseas dramatically increases the risk of spreading nasty diseases capable of jumping from animals to humans. Now we’ve been proved right. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released statistics showing that between 2010 and 2020 there …
PETA: Why Is the CDC Allowing Tuberculosis-Infected Monkeys Into the U.S.? Read More »
For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Los Angeles – For using impressive and stunningly well-crafted CGI animals to inspire tens of millions of moviegoers—who flocked to theaters to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3—to have compassion for the millions of animals killed by experimenters in laboratories, director James Gunn is PETA’s 2023 …
Simply Marvelous: James Gunn Is PETA’s 2023 ‘Person of the Year’ Read More »
For Immediate Release:December 8, 2023 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Fishkill, N.Y. – Today, PETA sent a letter to the mayor of Fishkill, Kathleen Martin, offering to donate the group’s first-of-its-kind Fish Empathy Quilt for the city to display in order to counteract its violent name and promote friendliness to fish instead. PETA’s quilt has made a …
FishKIND!: Will Local Town Display PETA’s Fish Empathy Quilt? Read More »
December 6, 2023 – County Executive Adam Bello and the Seneca Park Zoo today announced that Kipenzi, one of Seneca Park Zoo’s female Masai giraffes, gave birth to a calf early this morning. This is the third Masai giraffe born at Seneca Park Zoo, and is the offspring of Kipenzi and Parker, who died earlier …
County Executive Adam Bello And Seneca Park Zoo Announce Birth Of Masai Giraffe Read More »
Those of you who have been paying attention will understand that this announcement isn’t coming out of Knowhere. For compassionate work in championing animal rights, this guardian of the galaxy—and of three rescued companion animals—is PETA’s 2023 Person of the Year! PETA is honoring DC Studios’ co-CEO James Gunn for speaking up for animals in …