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These Celebs Have Your Vegan Thanksgiving Covered

These Celebs Have Your Vegan Thanksgiving Covered

We know which celebrities are making the kind choice to help turkeys by not eating them this Thanksgiving. So now, we’re looking at what will be on their plates, with a rundown of some of our favorite celebrity-inspired vegan recipes, just in time for the holidays. Warning: We strongly advise against reading the following on […]

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    Norway Is Banning Fur Farming

    Norway Is Banning Fur Farming

    By Conor Sneyd Norway is introducing a total ban on fur farming, according to a statement released by the Norwegian animal rights organization NOAH this weekend. The country is currently home to 300 fur farms, which breed and kill 700,000 minks and 110,000 foxes every year, so this is truly a massive victory for animals. […]

    Beyond Meat Rolls Out Vegan Sausages

    Beyond Meat Rolls Out Vegan Sausages

    Ethan Brown—the founder and CEO of vegan company Beyond Meat—has big dreams for his products, and they appear to be coming true in rapid succession. His first goal was to have his revolutionary vegan Beyond Burger available in stores’ refrigerated meat sections (in order to appeal to meat-eaters, too). The first Whole Foods to carry […]

    Cambridge Bans Retail Sales of Commercially Bred Pets

    Cambridge Bans Retail Sales of Commercially Bred Pets

    By Zachary Toliver The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, just became a hot spot Monday night for celebration as officials passed a sweeping ban on the sale of non-rescued animals. The ordinance, passed by the Cambridge City Council, prohibits the commercial sale of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians in pet stores. Fish are not included in […]

    Horrific Video Shows Tigers Abused, Forced to Swim With Tourists at Florida Zoo

    Horrific Video Shows Tigers Abused, Forced to Swim With Tourists at Florida Zoo

    Armed with new video footage from an eyewitness investigation revealing that Dade City’s Wild Things‘ (DCWT) staff jerked tiger cubs by the leash, dragged them by the neck, struck, grabbed and tossed them—even into a pool—among other instances of abuse and neglect, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has filed a lawsuit alleging […]

    Protesters Demand SeaWorld ‘Send Corky Home’

    Protesters Demand SeaWorld ‘Send Corky Home’

    By Ashley Palmer Led by an “orca,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) members descended on SeaWorld San Diego with signs urging, “SeaWorld: Send Corky Home!” The action was the first protest in PETA’s new “Free Corky” campaign, which calls for the longest-held captive orca in the world to be released into a […]

    ‘Monkey Selfie’ Case Headed to U.S. Court of Appeals

    ‘Monkey Selfie’ Case Headed to U.S. Court of Appeals

    Naruto, a now-famous monkey known for taking a “selfie” that prompted an unprecedented copyright lawsuit, has another chance at claiming ownership over his image as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The images in question were taken in […]