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Stars Help Launch PETA's Bob Barker Building Mar 9, 2012

PETA and Bob Barker welcomed a host of stars at the grand opening of PETA’s new Bob Barker Building, named in honor of the longtime animal advocate who donated $2.5 million for the renovation of the historic structure in Los Angeles yesterday. More →

Woody Harrelson Speaks Up For Chimps Feb 17, 2012

As critics laud Woody Harrelson's performance in the just-opened movie Rampart, Harrelson is taking another serious turn in the letter he just sent on PETA's behalf to California Senator Barbara Boxer. More →

Bob Barker Says No To Stampede And Rodeo Feb 10, 2012

Just days after speaking out against The Price Is Right’s recent promotion of the Calgary Stampede and Rodeo, iconic television host Bob Barker has fired off another letter on PETA's behalf to the event’s main sponsors—including Bell Canada, General Motors of Canada Limited, Anheuser-Busch International, and TransAlta Corporation—to urge them to turn their backs on the notoriously violent and deadly rodeo. More →

Stella McCartney Says No To Leather Feb 8, 2012

In a shift in strategy, PETA – along with Stella McCartney – is urging fashionistas to shed not only fur but also leather this Fashion Week with a viral video exposé of the skins trade hosted by McCartney. More →

Penelope Cruz Gives The Cold Shoulder To Fur Feb 2, 2012

Academy Award-winner Penelope Cruz gives fur the cold shoulder in a new ad for PETA. More →

Ke$ha And Steve-O Pick Up PETA Awards Feb 1, 2012

Ke$ha and Steve-O have been honored by PETA with Libby Awards. More →

Anjelica Huston Writes Angry Letter Over Ape Ad Jan 30, 2012

In response to CareerBuilder’s Super Bowl ad that uses a chimpanzee, actor Anjelica Huston has just fired off a letter on PETA's behalf to express her dismay that the company has used a trained chimpanzee for its most recent ad—despite having received copies of Huston’s video exposé that reveals how great-ape “actors,” without exception, are torn from their mothers as babies, violently trained, and then left to languish in cramped cages after they grow too large to control. More →

Olivia Munn Goes Nude For PETA Campaign Jan 12, 2012

Olivia Munn has gone nude for PETA's new anti-fur ad. More →

Megan Park Says No To Fur Jan 12, 2012

Actor Megan Park—known to fans of ABC Family’s hot series The Secret Life of the American Teenager as perky cheerleader Grace Bowman—returned to her home province of Ontario this week to urge her fellow Canadians as well as fans everywhere to keep fur out of their wardrobes. More →

Former Pussycat Doll Gets Gory For PETA Jan 11, 2012

Former Pussycat Doll, Got to Dance judge and BM Beauty Cosmetics founder Kimberly Wyatt, has traded in her glamour for gore in a brand-new PETA ad campaign urging the European Commission not to postpone the 2013 deadline for banning the sale of all cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals. More →

The Mentalist Star Says No To Factory Dairy Farm Jan 6, 2012

In Owain Yeoman's opinion, it doesn’t take a mentalist to see that factory farming is a recipe for disaster. That’s why the Welsh-born star of the hit American television programme The Mentalist has just fired off a letter on PETA's behalf to Powys County Council urging council members not to allow a new industrial-size dairy – a factory farm where 1,000 cows would be artificially impregnated, drugged and used as milk machines – to be built at Leighton near Welshpool. More →

PETA UK Names Morrissey As Person Of The Year 2011 Dec 30, 2011

PETA UK has named Morrissey as its Person of the Year 2011. More →

Glenn Dorsey Films TV Campaign For PETA Dec 28, 2011

With winter quickly setting in across Missouri, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Glenn Dorsey is teaming up with PETA for a TV campaign that urges dog guardians to keep their canine family members indoors, especially during the winter months. More →

Vote For Your Favorite Animal-Friendly Stars Dec 22, 2011

peta2, PETA's youth division, is giving teens the opportunity to vote for their favorite animal-friendly stars in its sixth annual Libby Awards (“Libby” is for “liberation”), which honor animal-friendly people and products. More →

PETA Names Russell Simmons As 2011 Person Of The Year Dec 15, 2011

PETA has announced Russell Simmons as its Person Of The Year 2011. More →

Vera Lynn Speaks Out Over Cruel Foie Gras Nov 30, 2011

Beloved by British troops for her outdoor concerts during World War II, Dame Vera Lynn now has a whole new flock of fans after penning a letter on behalf of PETA UK to Beverley Aspinall, managing director of Fortnum & Mason, asking her to stop the sale of the vile food product foie gras in the store. More →

PETA Honors Famous Vegetarians On Postage Stamps Nov 29, 2011

A number of famous vegetarians are featuring on a limited edition sheet of US postage stamps launched by PETA. More →

Twilight Saga Star Goes To The Dogs For Homeless Animals Nov 17, 2011

Booboo Stewart, known to many of his fans as Seth Clearwater, a four-legged member of the Twilight saga’s wolf pack, comes to the rescue once again—this time, for homeless animals. More →

Lea Michele Writes To Mayor Bloomberg Over Horse Death Oct 28, 2011

Two days after another horse used in New York’s horse-drawn carriage industry collapsed and died in Midtown, Glee star and native New Yorker Lea Michele has written to Mayor Bloomberg to support the city council bill to replace dangerous and cruel horse-drawn carriages with modern, eco-friendly replicas of classic cars. More →

Chrissie Hynde Says No To Circus Cruelty Oct 25, 2011

Ohio native Chrissie Hynde has fired off a letter on PETA's behalf to Toledo Mayor Michael P. Bell, asking him to ensure that Ohio’s anti-cruelty code—which prohibits the use of any prods on animals in circuses—is enforced when Ringling Bros. circus will be in his jurisdiction during the circus’ stint at the Huntington Center from October 27 to October 30. More →

Smallville Star Goes Naked For Charity Oct 18, 2011

With her naked body painted to resemble a lizard’s skin, Canadian actor Laura Vandervoort—known for her roles on TV’s Smallville and V, among others—is the star of a brand-new PETA ad campaign exposing the cruelty of the exotic-skins industry that reads, “Whose skin are you in? Leave wildlife out of your wardrobe.” More →

Woody Harrelson's Letter Makes Army Stop Monkey Cruelty Oct 17, 2011

Following a letter from actor Woody Harrelson on PETA's behalf to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, the U.S. Army has confirmed that it will discontinue cruel monkey laboratories that were part of Aberdeen Proving Ground’s chemical casualty training courses. More →

Stars Go Dunking For Dogs At Charity Event Oct 12, 2011

A host of celebrities – including David Duchovny, Larry King, Eric Roberts and Ed Begley Jr. – are among the guests invited to Dunking For Dogs, a special celebrity charity event in Hollywood this week. More →

Charities Mourn The Passing Of Steve Jobs Oct 6, 2011

Several charities have issued statements regarding Apple founder Steve Jobs, who passed away this week. More →

Angela Simmons Bares All For PETA Sep 28, 2011

Angela Simmons – co-founder of Pastry, designer and star of MTV’s Run’s House – unveiled a daring new advertisement for PETA at the Paramount Hotel in Manhatten last night. More →

Bill Oddie Says No To Foie Gras Sep 27, 2011

British celebrity Bill Oddie has fired off a scathing letter to Fortnum & Mason Managing Director Beverley Aspinall ridiculing Aspinall for trying to defend foie gras production by equating the force-feeding process with cormorants who swallow whole fish in the wild! More →

Bob Barker Petitions For Spay-And-Neuter Law Sep 27, 2011

After hearing that the Obama administration is launching a new website called We the People that will allow users to create their own petitions, which, when achieving 5,000 supporters, will be submitted to the administration for review, spay-and-neuter guru Bob Barker has teamed up with PETA to petition for a mandatory spay-and-neuter law. More →

Pamela Anderson Says No To Testing Cosmetics On Animals Sep 20, 2011

Pamela Anderson has written to European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli on behalf of PETA, urging him to honor the original 2013 deadline for banning the sale of cosmetics in the EU that have been tested on animals. More →

Kelly Brook Slithers For PETA Sep 16, 2011

Painted as a snake, actor and model Kelly Brook stars in a sexy new PETA ad to call attention to the suffering of reptiles when they’re turned into shoes, handbags, belts and other accessories. More →

Roger Moore Applauds Girl Who Changed Name For Foie Gras Protest Sep 7, 2011

PETA's campaign against Fortnum & Mason for refusing to stop selling cruelly produced foie gras just got personal for a PETA staff member: Abi Izzard has now officially changed her name to StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com. More →