If your hair is thinning and you can't remember where you left the car keys, last night's fish fillets just might be to blame. According to a new study released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), over a seven-year period, scientists found mercury in every single fish they tested from streams across the country.
This study should put to rest once and for all the old fish story that fish is a "health food."
From 1998 to 2005, USGS scientists tested more than a thousand fish collected from nea…
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Posted by PETA on September 8, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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By Lisa Wathne
Dolphins are dying to entertain us. That's the message of a devastating new documentary, The Cove, which sheds light on a dirty secret of the marine-park industry.
Every year between September and March, more than 2,000 dolphins are slaughtered in the small fishing village of Taiji, Japan, where The Cove was secretly filmed. Most of the dolphins are butchered and sold for meat. A dead dolphin is worth about $600.
But a few live dolphins—about two dozen each year—are sold…
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Posted by PETA on August 28, 2009 at 4:19pm —
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Car dealers are breathing a sigh of relief now that the popular "cash for clunkers" program has been extended by $2 billion. With the new funding, as many as a half-million more Americans will be able to junk their gas guzzlers and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I'm not impressed. If we are serious about wanting to put the brakes on climate change, we should be offering "cash for cluckers." Encouraging meat-eaters to trade in their chicken for chickpeas and their pork chops for "fib ribs" is…
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Posted by PETA on August 20, 2009 at 12:14pm —
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By Lindsay Pollard-Post
The dog days of summer are here, and many people are traveling with their canine companions or driving them to fun places like the beach or the dog park. But unfortunately for dogs, a joyride can quickly turn into a death sentence if their guardians leave them in a parked car, even for a minute or two. It doesn't take much time for disaster to strike, and it does not help if the windows are cracked or there is water in the car. It's simply too hot for Spot.
Every…
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Posted by PETA on August 17, 2009 at 4:07pm —
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By Paula Moore
I recently read a heartbreaking story about a cat named Hadley who had been deliberately set on fire. Hadley suffered painful third-degree burns on his face, ears, neck, back and legs. A photo in a Michigan newspaper shows Hadley's blackened ears, which vets say will probably fall off because they are so badly burned. The orange-and-white tabby is also missing half his whiskers, and much of his fur will likely never grow back. After the attack, Hadley's distraught guardian…
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Posted by PETA on August 10, 2009 at 12:50pm —
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By Alka Chandna, Ph.D.
Imagine the horror of eating, sleeping, relieving yourself and sitting with nothing to do in the same tiny room for decades. You can never go outside and feel the sun on your skin or smell the fragrance of blooming flowers. Your days are drained of color, scent and almost every other form of sensory stimulation. Imagine, too, that you are never fed quite enough and feel constant hunger pangs. Worse, you are deprived of the one thing that might bring you some small c…
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Posted by PETA on July 30, 2009 at 9:26am —
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By Jennifer O'Connor
A toddler is strangled to death by her family's pet python. A woman lies in a coma, her face and hands ripped off, after being attacked by her friend's pet chimpanzee. A 9-year-old girl is dead after an attack by her stepfather's pet tiger. Thousands of people all over the country—most recently in Florida, where the horrific python attack took place—have been bitten, mauled and killed by exotic pets. How have we reached the point where lions and tigers live in baseme…
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Posted by PETA on July 27, 2009 at 3:23pm —
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By Ingrid E. Newkirk
Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind. They use tools to sweep paths and even to draw pictures in the dirt and scratch themselves in inaccessible places, and they communicate subsonically at frequencies so low that humans cannot detect them without sophisticated equipment. Imagine, then, what it must be like for them to be told what to do, courtesy of a bullhook—a rod resembling a fireplace po…
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Posted by PETA on July 23, 2009 at 1:55pm —
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With so many high-profile stories in the news lately—the passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, the Gov. Sanford scandal, post-election protests in Iran—you may not have heard about the historic victories for animals that are taking place in American courtrooms. It’s worth noting that two of PETA’s undercover investigations of factory farms have just resulted in groundbreaking animal abuse convictions—convictions that are both highly significant and long overdue. All too often, the abuse…
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Posted by PETA on July 15, 2009 at 4:46pm —
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By Lindsay Pollard-Post
This Fourth of July, Americans will celebrate their freedom with picnics, trips to the beach and time spent with the people they love. But America isn’t a free country for everyone who lives here. In nearly every community—perhaps even on your own street—Americans’ best friends, our dogs, are kept chained and deprived of every freedom.
These dogs will spend our nation’s birthday as they spend every other day: pacing their tiny patch of dirt, panting in the heat,…
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Posted by PETA on July 2, 2009 at 3:12pm —
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Every spring in the U.S., as many as 50,000 thoroughbred mares give birth. Perhaps every thoroughbred owner dreams that, this year, a champion will be born. The odds are against it. Only a fraction of all these foals will go on to compete. And only a fraction of this fraction will become as successful as Charismatic and War Emblem.
Charismatic won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness—the first two legs of the Triple Crown—in 1999. But during the Belmont Stakes, Charismatic’s left front leg brok…
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Posted by PETA on June 25, 2009 at 12:31pm —
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By Ingrid E. Newkirk
It was the swat heard ‘round the world: President Obama caused something of an international incident when he killed a fly during a CNBC interview on Tuesday. I like to think of it as a sign of the times that the life—and death—of a fly registered, at least for a moment, on the public consciousness.
While we all may argue ‘til we’re blue in the face over when and if it is justifiable to swat a fly or shoot a rampaging bear, there are millions of animals out there wh…
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Posted by PETA on June 21, 2009 at 3:42pm —
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If the thought of trying to squeeze into last year’s swimsuit isn’t incentive enough to slim down before your summer vacation, here’s another reason to drop those unwanted pounds: Airline passengers with “extra baggage” may have to pay more.
This spring, United Airlines announced that passengers who cannot fit into a single seat will be required to pay an additional fare. A handful of other carriers, including Southwest Airlines, have similar policies. So much for the “friendly skies.”
But the…
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Posted by PETA on June 11, 2009 at 1:08pm —
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Molly the cow had big dreams—and they didn’t involve buns or barbecue sauce.
With “barbecue season” officially here, Molly’s story is a gentle reminder that the animals on our plates were once inquisitive individuals who valued their lives, solved problems, formed friendships and experienced fear and pain—just as we do. And it’s also a good reason to skip the hamburger patties and grill up delicious veggie burgers instead.
Molly gained fame earlier this month when she broke through a fence at…
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Posted by PETA on May 28, 2009 at 2:32pm —
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By Desiree Acholla
The state and county fair season is just underway, and if animals knew what was in store for them, they would attempt an escape worthy of a Prison Break episode. Animals used in fairs face months of debilitating trips in stifling tractor-trailers as well as exhausting interactions with an onslaught of fairgoers. Midways are rife with cruel animal displays such as elephant rides, tiger photo booths, petting zoos and more. Life for these animals makes the Ferris wheel operator’…
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Posted by PETA on May 26, 2009 at 5:21pm —
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By Heather Moore
Swine flu by any other name is just as dangerous and worrisome. But because the pork industry is concerned that swine flu will hurt U.S. pork sales, government officials are now referring to it as the "H1N1 virus." It's a combination of pig, bird and human influenzas. But swine flu is called "swine flu" for a reason—because it afflicts pigs. The virus thrives on pig farms, where tens of thousands of pigs are packed in filthy, damp sheds that stink of urine and feces.
By removi…
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Posted by PETA on May 8, 2009 at 12:53pm —
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