Animal welfare

Stop Elephant Cruelty in UniverSoul Circus

From: Pramoda Chitrabhanu received from PETA Please sign this this petition to stop elephant abuse. Note: Ringling Brothers Circus just announced that in 2018 they will no longer use elephant acts in their circus. A lesson in the power of intention by speaking up for the animals. Ask UniverSoul Circus to eliminate elephant acts. TAKE ACTION Local law enforcement in Georgia has reportedly cited both UniverSoul Circus and Larry Carden, who provides the circus with elephants, for [Read more...]

Disappointing News for Ducks and Geese. California’s Foie Gras Ban Was Overturned.

From PETA by Paulin Moore | January 16, 2015 When California’s groundbreaking ban on the sale of foie gras went into effect in 2012, a little-known restaurant in Hermosa Beach, California, tried to skirt the law by renaming its foie gras burger “THE Burger” and falsely advertising that it came with “a complimentary side of foie gras.” We (and caring consumers everywhere) weren’t buying that, so PETA brought a lawsuit against Hot’s Kitchen seeking to prevent the restaurant from continuing to [Read more...]

More Walmart cruetly – Fish kept in horrible conditions until they ‘sell or die’

I was horrified when my friend sent me this picture of a fish she saw on the shelves at Walmart. The Betta fish are being kept in sealed containers, full of filthy brown water. When my friend asked a sales associate about the fish, she told her that Walmart keeps the fish on their shelves "until they sell or die." I started a Care2 petition demanding Walmart stop keeping fish in such cruel conditions. Will you sign it? My friend saw the Betta fish stacked on a shelf - the dead among the living [Read more...]