[ad_1] For immediate release:April 15, 2021Contact:David Pearl 202-483-7382 Seguin, TX – City law prohibits the possession and display of elephants, tigers and camelsbut the notorious Cardin International Circus is planning to open a store in Seguin this month and get them to perform. So PETA sent out a letter this morning to Mayor Donna Dodgen and the city council asking them to comply with their own ruling. City Attorney Andrew Kuittner previously told PETA that the city “sees no reason” to change its agreement with Carden, despite the law.“The city does not have a business to approve of Cardin’s exploitation…
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[ad_1] For immediate release:April 15, 2021Contact:Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382 Austin, Minnesota. – Armed with USDA reports suggesting that turkeys sustained broken wings and legs and other serious injuries as a result of mistreatment by workers at two slaughterhouses run by Jennie-O Turkey, a subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corp. located in Austin. – PETA sent a letter to Acting Minnesota District Attorney W. Anders Folk asking them to review the matter and, if necessary, file a federal criminal case against the company and employees. PETA recently received federal records through a public records request.Reports indicate that about 50 turkeys on a conveyor…
[ad_1] Companies should only use safe and effective human research to support claims of reducing fatigue in food and beverage marketing.For immediate release:April 15, 2021Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Taipei – Today, after receiving detailed scientific criticism of PETA at the agency’s private request and over 73,000 anti-animal testing emails from PETA supporters in the public comment period, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) made a groundbreaking announcement that that horrific drowning and electroshock testing, previously performed on many vulnerable animals, are no longer allowed to support claims of fatigue reduction in food and beverage marketing.According to the TFDA’s Final Health…
[ad_1] For immediate release:April 15, 2021Contact:David Pearl 202-483-7382 Wellsville, Utah “Armed with video footage of a rowdy crowd surrounding cubs being kept in an empty cubicle at a recent local baby animal show, PETA sent a letter to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning calling for an investigation in Rexburg, Idaho. , exhibitor at the Yellowstone Bear World (YBW) for flagrant violations of the Federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA).This violates the AWA of causing animals “unnecessary discomfort”, but YBW showed homeless cubs to the paying public for four days in a box that did not contain a bowl…
[ad_1] Carrier In footage of a rowdy crowd of people surrounding a box of cubs at a recent Baby Animal Days event at the American Western Heritage Center in Utah, PETA sent a letter to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning. We urge the agency to investigate Yellowstone Bear World (YBW) – A roadside zoo in Idaho that supplied exploited bear cubs used at the event – for flagrant violations of the Federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA). We have also alerted Utah Department of Wildlife officials to our concerns as Utah law requires animals in the state to…
[ad_1] The browns, blacks, and native people of North Carolina and other places where large numbers of animals are raised for food have long suffered disproportionately from the sheer amount of animal waste and stench in their communities. The huge amount of faeces and liquid waste in the environment pollutes water and affects the health of residents.If you are a science teacher or know someone who teaches, whether you live in North Carolina or not, keep reading to find out how you can help fight environmental racism and social injustice.A call to action: anti-racismIt’s time for all teachers to unequivocally…
[ad_1] For immediate release:April 15, 2021Contact:Moira Collie 202-483-7382 Springdale, Arkansas. – PETA has just received USDA reports stating that local Tyson Foods, Inc. and George’s Inc. violated federal law in seven of their slaughterhouses across the country at least 12 times in four months, with more than 2,000 birds killed in cold trucks overnight, others drowning and live birds submerged in hot water.In reports, federal agents documented that dozens of chickens were burned alive and / or drowned in a vat of hot water at George’s slaughterhouse, and the live bird was “buried up to its neck” with feces. George’s…
[ad_1] Photos: Northern Rangelands Trust The remarkable rescue operation ended yesterday when the last of nine endangered Rothschild giraffes were safely removed from the flooded island of Kenya. Save the giraffes now and its conservation partners. Little Noel, a baby giraffe born on Christmas 2020, and her mother Ngarikoni were the last to board a purpose-built barge due to the extra care needed to move such a young giraffe. The rescue team was relieved and delighted when little Noelle confidently stepped off the barge onto land, accompanied by her mother, marking the successful completion of this ambitious rescue. The project…
[ad_1] Every year, the German armed forces wounded live pigs in gruesome trauma training so that the animals could then be used as surgical assistants for soldiers wounded in combat. Not only is the practice inhuman, it is also bad medicine. This is because these animals have strikingly different anatomy and physiology from humans, making mutilation irrelevant to battlefield medicine.More than 70% of NATO countries have abandoned the use of animals in trauma training and instead now use much more advanced human-patient simulations and other non-animal techniques.PETA and our subsidiary in Germany have sent a letter to the German Defense…
[ad_1] PETA and the Animal Welfare Fund filed a lawsuit this morning in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Pymatuning Deer Park in Jamestown, Pennsylvania. The lawsuit alleges that this infamous roadside zoo’s mistreatment of big cats, lemurs and other animals violates the Endangered Species Act (ESA). PETA and the Animal Welfare Fund believe that Pimatuning’s cruelty to animals, including Bosco’s bear, which shows signs of arthritis and has been kept in an aging concrete pit for decades, constitutes a public order violation under Pennsylvania law. The groups are asking the court to order the…