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Global ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION ISSUE 4 | SPRING 2021

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12 PAGE Serving Up Kindness

25 ways to get active today Biologists know there’s lots to love about reptil s 6 PAGE ‘Humane Meat’ The facts behind the fiction

McCartney family holiday favorites Selling Sunset Star Nobody deserves to be homeless

Vegan leather with real appeal McCartney family holid y favorites

PETA in a RageOver AnyAnimal in a Cage!

Klux Klan cheered on the shooters. That shoot is no more. Birds aren’t covered by the only US federal laws that offer scant protection to farmed animals and those used in experiments. However, that will change with PETA’s legal challengesW, exposés, and vigorous campaigns. PETA’s investigation into turkey giant Aviagen, which revealed that workers tortured, mutilated, and maliciously killed turkeys, resulted in the first felony charges for abusing factory-farmed

PETA stands with the poet William Blake, who wrote: A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons Shudders Hell thr' all its regions

... and works to end it all ...

PETA’s always been there for the birds, who have proved again and again that “bird brain” is a compliment. Their rights would be the same even if they were as dumb as a brick, but crows can actually count, make and use tools, and delay gratification by forgoing a treat in order to get a better one later. Pigeons – whose navigational abilities are legendary – can remember human faces, recognizing people who are nice to them and those who are mean; partner for life; and share all parenting duties, including making milk in their crops to feed their babies. Chickens, when not confined to factory farms, lovingly “talk” to their unhatched chicks, who chirp back to themwhile still inside the shell. And cockatoos in Australia make short work of “bird-proof” roofing strips and teach each other how to open trash bins. In the 1990s, PETA staff and supporters went to jail protesting the barbaric Hegins pigeon shoot, in which pigeons were blasted to bits while members of the Ku

poultry in US history . And PETA’s most recent turkey investigation, which you can read about inside, blows the lid off “humane washing.” Come, join PETA in pecking away at the foundations of discrimination and cause a huge flap over cruel practices that – together – caring people must end.

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See inside to read how PETA is flying to the defense of everyone from owls to octopuses. J L t i v i s m

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Australian Model ł s Her Own Skin

Win! Hospital Stops Using Pigs to Train Docs

“When people think about the wool industry they don't think about cruelty,” says vegan model and

Stefania Ferrario ad: © Photo – Nick Kennedy | Leaves – iStock.com/rusm | Background – iStock.com/vencavolrab • Pigs: © iStock.com/taxzi • Mouse: © April Stevenson/Shutterstock.com • Daniel Suarez in uniform: © Grindstone Media Group/Shutterstock.com

A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President

Instagram influencer

Stefania Ferrario. “The sheep can

PETA’s Billboards Target Caging, Buying of Birds

end up having horrific gashes, bleeding, and then they’ll sew the sheep up without any

Pigs weren’t the only winners when, following discussions with PETA, Wisconsin’s Aurora Sinai Medical Center switched to high-tech human uterus simulators to train obstetrics and gynecology residents instead of practicing surgical procedures on live animals. Studies show that doctors who learn on human simulators are more proficient than those who use animals. Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/DOJ to urge the US Department of Justice to end gruesome, archaic trauma training on animals.

I f you get to know birds, whether chickadees or chickens, you’ll discover that they’re profoundly intelligent, perceptive, emotional beings. I found out what a terrific sense of humor macaws have when PETA housed two of these large colorful parrots, who had been removed from a horrible pet store. Although they eyed us warily – and for good

As COVID-19 was giving humans a greater understanding of the distress that confinement can cause, PETA launched an international billboard campaign calling for an end to lockdowns for caged birds. The campaign – which ran in Singapore, then the Philippines, India, Germany, and the US – urges shoppers never to buy or cage birds. Deprived of avian company, a flock, free flight, and all hope, most captive birds become depressed and withdrawn and begin to tear out their own feathers out of stress.

anaesthetic.” She says once you learn the truth, “you have a moral duty to do better.” Ferrario has told her agency to stipulate in her contract that she won’t wear any animal-derived materials.

Cartoon: © Dan Piraro/Bizarro.com

Take Action Now Be an influencer like Stefania with a logo tee from PETA.org/Store . Visit PETA.org.au/AusWool to

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The race is already on to save dogs next summer: Trailblazing NASCAR driver Daniel Suárez appears in a PETA video that slams the brakes on a potentially deadly mistake – leaving a dog inside a car in warmweather. He points out that “your dog can die of a heatstroke in the time that it takes you to make a quick pit stop .” NASCAR’S DANIEL SUÁREZ KNOWS CARS AND DOGS

Take Action Now Never buy birds – and visit PETA.org/Lockdown to push Petco not to sell them.

urge Eddie Bauer and Eileen Fisher to ban wool.

reason, given what they had endured at human hands – they learned eight different laughs and greetings in their first afternoon in the office, simply by listening. Passing by their room, you could hear them practicing. At about 3:30 each afternoon, workers from the factory below our office walked up the hill to the bus stop. Every day at that time, the birds quietly moved to the window and waited. When they spotted someone ascending the hill, they would start their game. “Hello!” they would call out. The worker would glance around but see no one on the street. “Hello! Hello!” the birds would call out a little louder, using a different tone. The worker would look around, baffled. “Hello! Hello! Hello!” the birds would scream in unison. Finally, the person would look up, see the parrots, and, relieved to have solved the mystery, inevitably reply, “Oh, hello!” Then, the parrots would become as quiet as church mice. Whereas they had been completely intent on the game, now they were concentrating on grooming themselves or picking at a sunflower seed. “Hello, there! Hello!” people would call before finally giving up and moving on when the birds ignored them. Then the macaws would laugh one of the laughs they had adopted from PETA staff, drop the sham activity, and wait for their next victim.

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PETA has persuaded two of Taiwan’s largest health food companies – Standard Foods Group , a licensee of PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats Company, and Vitalon Foods Group , the maker of Taiwan’s best-selling sports drink – to ban starving, poisoning, and Win! PepsiCo’s Taiwanese Partner Bans Animal Tests

other tests on animals not required by law. PETA also persuaded Lian Hwa Foods Corp. , a major snack food supplier to 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan, to ban such animal tests.

Win! Nice to Mice: Stores and a State Scrap the Glue Trap

Stuck on kindness: Gap Inc. banned the use of cruel glue traps in its 2,500-plus stores – including Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic – after learning from PETA that rodents and other animals caught on the sticky boards can suffer for days. Walmart Canada earned a Certificate of Appreciation from PETA when it banned the sale of these torture devices. And at PETA India’s urging, the whole state of Telangana banned making, selling, or using glue traps, calling them “extremely cruel.” Take Action Now Keep your humane home rodent-free with tips at PETA.org.au/InHarmony , and urge other businesses to ban glue traps at PETA.org.au/BanGlueTraps .

Take Action Now Other food companies need

a push from you. Please visit PETA.org/Ajinomoto to urge MSG flavor giant Ajinomoto to stop funding and conducting deadly tests on dogs and other animals.

Captivity is heartbreaking for any bird. If you know someone with a bird, please send them our helpful tips at PETA.org.au/CaringForBirds .

Take Action Now See a dog in a hot car? Have the vehicle’s owner paged in nearby businesses and/or call 911. Be ready to save a life: Get your emergency window-breaking hammer at PETA.org/Store .

This story is adapted from The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights. Order your copy at PETA.org/Store .

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Fur Out! Department Stores and Designers Show Fur the Door GLOBAL

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After decades of PETA runway disruptions, naked protests, and pressure from kind people worldwide, Oscar de la Renta has finally banned fur. And so have Valentino, Kering (owner of Saint Laurent and Brioni), and Canadian outerwear brands Moose Knuckles, Mackage, and SOIA&KYO.

When PETA showed Express what was taking place at one of the world’s largest alpaca farms – frightened animals crying out and vomiting as they were beaten, tied down, violently shorn, and left bleeding from deep cuts – the massive fashion retailer, which has 600-plus stores, banned alpaca fleece. More good news for alpacas: Home-furnishings giant Williams Sonoma, retailers Johnston & Murphy and Journeys, and high-end fashion company Vince Holding Corp. have all followed suit. PETA supporters wearing alpaca, sheep, goat, and goose costumes are keeping the pressure on Urban Outfitters’ brands, which include Anthropologie and Free People, to stop selling clothing and accessories made of animal-derived materials. Take Action Now Join in! Go to PETA.org.au/UrbanOutfitters to demand that the company sell fashion made with compassion. WIN! EXPRESS BANS ALPACA FLEECE AFTER PETA EXPOSÉ

PETA India’s relentless campaigning has paid off: The Great Prabhat, Olympic, and other animal-exploiting circuses have folded their tents and closed! Now, PETA India is pushing for a nationwide ban on animals in circuses and an end to cruel elephant rides, like those at Amber Fort. Sanya Malhotra, star of the Netflix black comedy Pagglait , is featured in a new ad urging compassion for elephants forced to carry tourists around under the blazing hot sun, trained through violence, kept shackled, beaten with iron-tipped bullhooks, forced to work while injured, and denied everything that gives their lives meaning. Take Action Now Never attend animal acts or go for a ride on any animal. Visit PETA.org.au/Circus to urge circuses to stop exploiting animals and PETA.org.au/AmberFort to ask India’s minister of tourism to end all elephant rides. Circuses Call It Quits! Now It’s Time to End Elephant Rides

Victory! Rocket Launch Sans Guinea Pig

But wait, there’s more! Israel has become the first country to ban fur sales. And in Estonia, where PETA Germany supports local animal rights groups, fur farming will soon be banned, a first in the Baltics. In Afghanistan, orphans and widows were glad to accept unwanted furs donated to PETA by former fur-wearers who have had a change of heart.

One giant leap for human kind : After hearing from PETA, Jean-Patrice Keka Ohemba Okese, founder of the Swiss-backed Congolese space exploration enterprise Développement Tous Azimuts, canceled plans to launch a guinea pig named Galaxionaut into space and banned all space experiments on animals at the company, earning him a PETA Lifesaver Award. Take Action Now Help push science toward humane, human-relevant research: Support PETA’s Research Modernization Deal at PETA.org.au/RMD .

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org.au/Dolce to urge one of the few holdouts, Dolce & Gabbana, to ban fur.

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PETA to Petco: Snakes Aren’t ‘Starter Pets’

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Win! PETA Push Ends Racist Experiments

Is ‘Save a Turkey’ Day

Win! TRESemmé Cuts Tests on Animals

Turkeys have been known to fall asleep in people’s laps, sway along to music, and follow humans around like puppies. But 46 million of these gentle, sensitive birds get the chop every Thanksgiving in the US alone. Everyone can take a cue from Mayim Bialik, Ava DuVernay,

Speciesist vivisectors who torture and kill animals in laboratories also conduct racist experiments like one at the University of Illinois– Chicago in which mice were forced to threaten or fight each other in an attempt to mimic socioeconomic struggles endured by “urban [African American] communities." After PETA and thousands of supporters objected to this outrage, the feds cut its funding. At the same time, PETA’s exhibit “Without Consent” launched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It shows that vivisectors used vulnerable human subjects until they were forced to stop and that they now conduct cruel experiments on animals and will continue until kind people stop that, too. It also challenges US government institutions to switch to ethical, modern, non-animal research methods.

After huddling with PETA, iconic hair-care brand TRESemmé rooted out all tests on animals and is now testing its shampoos, conditioners, and other products in the test tube and on consenting humans. Shoppers can now find TRESemmé in PETA’s Global Beauty Without Bunnies database of more than 5,600 animal test–free companies.

Sen. Cory Booker, and the other vegan luminaries featured in PETA’s billboard by artist Nikkolas Smith, which reimagined the classic Norman Rockwell painting by celebrating ThanksVegan.

I need my ssssspace ! That was a PETA “snake’s” message to Petco, which is notorious for selling reptiles to shoppers who aren’t prepared to care for them properly. Captive snakes are routinely confined to minuscule tanks that prevent them from stretching out fully, a basic biological need. According to one study, 75% of “pet” reptiles die within one year, often from captivity-induced stress and illnesses.

Take Action Now Don’t keep it under your hat – share

Take Action Now Go to PETA.org.au/ThanksVegan to order PETA’s free ThanksVegan Holiday Guide for delicious recipes, tips, and

Take Action Now National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins turned a blind eye when his institute’s own laboratories violated dozens of animal welfare guidelines, resulting in animal injuries, burns, and death. Visit PETA.org/FireFrancis to urge Collins to resign.

the good news on social media. And always buy cruelty-free. Get started at PETA.org/CrueltyFree .

Take Action Now Scale back the cruelty by never buying reptiles and never shopping at Petco. Learn more at PETA.org/PetcoPeddlesPain .

advice on answering difficult questions at the dinner table!

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SHAME! Meet the 3 Animal Groups That Certify Cruelty

their face. In 2019, PETA Foundation attorneys filed a historic lawsuit on behalf of consumers who were misled into buying Nellie’s “free-range” eggs by pictures of hens enjoying lush, grassy fields. A PETA eyewitness observed a very different situation. At one Nellie’s egg supplier, nearly 20,000 hens were crammed into a crowded shed with just 1.2 square feet (0.1 square meters) of floor space each and a few tiny escape hatches that – even if the birds could reach them and they were open (which they often weren’t) – only offered hens access to a narrow strip of grass and dirt. The lawsuit opened the door for consumers to sue over similar advertising, but as of this writing, Nellie’s continues to make misleading claims. So, buyer beware! You may be paying for fake assurances and real suffering. Slightly Less Cruel Is Still Cruel There’s nothing the least bit kind about factory farming, transport, and slaughter. Making some marginal improvement in animals’ wretched lives does not absolve anyone of participating in a hideously cruel enterprise when they buy animals’ flesh or secretions. Perhaps animals are given a few

more inches of space. Perhaps they are kept in stalls with enough room to turn around. Maybe their beaks aren’t seared off with a hot wire. But the rest of their lot in life is still an abomination. Yes, kicking a dog six times a week instead of seven is an improvement, but wouldn’t it be better if people didn’t kick dogs at all? Endorsing grossly misnamed “humane meat” supports an industry that brings animals into the world solely for human purposes – causing them stress, trauma, and suffering, only to culminate in the fear and pain of the slaughterhouse. If that is so humane, why not take the kids to a factory farm and make a day of it? Because it isn’t humane – that’s why. PETA believes that animals are not ours to eat. They are just like us, with hearts, minds, emotions, and desires. The momentum for vegan living is here. Let’s actively reject the fallacy of humane meat. There is no such thing: The truth is that “humane meat” is a nightmare for animals, the Earth, human health, and every living being. It has to go!

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Humane Society International, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) should hang their heads in shame or change their names to remove “humane,” “prevention,” and “compassion” from them. They are all major partners of the Global Animal Partnership (GAP), as are factory farmers – and together, they are certifying animal welfare “standards” that fail to prevent hideous treatment of animals. Consumers are being misled, and animals are suffering mightily. If a factory farm has a GAP certification – such as base, step 2, or step 3 – it receives announced audits only once every 15 months. And even if a farm is found in violation of these lax standards, it gets to keep its label while it is given time to make changes. GAP actually certified turkeys at Plainville Farms (see page 20) as being “handled in a way that does not cause injury” at the same time that PETA was documenting workers kicking, punching, and stomping on birds, as well as using them as living props in simulated sex acts. GAP’s certification program is meaningless and legitimizes the cruelty inherent in factory farming. PETA has written to all three animal welfare organizations and asked them to sever ties with the GAP organization, but they all stand fast!

WE’RE ALL THE SAME. GO VEGAN. Naked Truth The About ‘Humane’ Meat

Take Action Now Watch and share Ingrid Newkirk’s

“humane washing” video at PETA.org/HumaneWashing .

Nellie’s sells “free-range” eggs from this “certified humane” farm.

turns out that “high” is a highly subjective word. A PETA undercover investigation into a Pennsylvania pig farm that suppliedWhole Foods revealed that such claims are unlikely to be worth the paper they’re printed on. The pigs PETA’s investigator filmed were never even given the opportunity to walk through the grass. They spent almost every minute of their bleak lives in crowded sheds with concrete floors. Each pig had roughly 5 square feet (less than 1/2 square meter) of space. Typically, the only time they ever went outside was when they were prodded from one shed to another or struck and goaded by workers onto a truck bound for slaughter. By Ingrid Newkirk

T hat’s me, hanging in a meat market in London one cold morning to make a point: that pigs aren’t that different from “us.” They’re flesh – the same color as me in fact – and they are full of feelings, as you and I are. And, like us, they don’t want to die. Thinking that they’re doing the right thing, well-meaning shoppers buy meat, milk, and eggs with positive-sounding labels like “free range,” “humane,” and “cage-free.” However, as PETA investigations have proved – and the pigs beside me found out – “humane” meat is a lie. The Whole Truth At Whole Foods and other grocery stores, you’ve probably seen signs posted at the meat counter saying things like “high standards of animal welfare.” Well, it

Sweet Stem Farm’s “humanely raised pork” was sold by Whole Foods.

Shoppers who go out of their way to choose a carton of “cage-free” eggs have (cruelly produced) egg on

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Once again, PETA’s legal team found a way to protect birds when federal laws had failed them: Baton Rouge – where LSU is located – has a bird-protection ordinance, which states that it’s “unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or molest” birds. So PETA called on the Office of the Parish Attorney to investigate Lattin’s capture of wild birds. The city’s animal control director met with Lattin and other LSU personnel to advise them that trapping birds in Baton Rouge was illegal. However, she quietly appealed to the city to change the ordinance. The city caved, and – without any public discussion – added a loophole exempting birds used in experiments. PETA’s Eagle Eye on LSU LSU seems to want to keep members of the public in the dark about the projects their taxes are funding: PETA submitted seven requests for public records to the university between May 30, 2019, and June 9, 2020 – including records

PETA will keep pushing until the birds’ welfare is taken into consideration and they are afforded the protection they deserve.

Owls: © iStock.com/JohnCarnemolla

Take Action Now Please call Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels at 410-516-8068 and urge him to

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end Mysore’s owl experiments. Saving animals from experiments is also a finger swipe away: Sign up for PETA’s mobile alerts at PETA.org/Text .

A PETA “owl” swoops in on JHU’s graduation ceremony to protest crude brain experiments on barn owls. I

documenting the deaths and deliberate killings of birds in Lattin’s laboratory. But LSU continues to withhold records. So PETA is taking the university to court to compel it to disclose

Bird Torturers Mysore and Lattin ‘Most Wanted’: Meet PETA’s

singling out individuals or groups – including living, breathing animals – for congressionally imposed punishment, such as the death sentences imposed by Mysore and another experimenter, Christine Lattin. Lattin Tortures Sparrows PETA suspected Lattin was up to no good at Louisiana State University (LSU), because she had previously tormented sparrows at Yale. So the group submitted a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained documents revealing that she had apparently killed approximately 80 sparrows – after dosing them with sex hormones and exposing them to

records, as required by the Louisiana Public Records Act, and is determined to bring Lattin’s cruelty to light in order to end it.

terrifying calls from predators. She had plans to capture and kill more than 100 additional birds, so PETA had to act fast.

Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch is joining PETA to sue the US government as a “next friend” to owls at JHU. Grab her enchanting tee at PETA.org/Store .

B irds are devoted mates and parents, experiments, and the only US law that offers any meaningful protection to animals in laboratories – the US Animal Welfare Act (AWA) – doesn’t even recognize birds bred for experimentation in its definition of animals . In the UK, the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986 includes limited protections for birds – but it also includes loopholes big enough to drive a truck through. The law has failed birds used in experiments, so helping them calls for creativity and determination. Luckily, those are PETA’s specialties. Mysore Cuts Into Owls’ Brains In a laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Shreesh Mysore and his assistants cut into barn owls’ skulls, insert electrodes into their brains, restrain clever problem-solvers, and impressive athletes. Yet they are subjected to deadly

for them. In a groundbreaking case for animal rights, PETA – joined by a former Maryland secretary of health, a then-JHU student, and Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch – is suing the federal government as a “next friend” to the owls. The suit is the first ever to allege that an experiment is unlawful because it imposes a death sentence on animals that violates the US Constitution. Jesse Helms’ Hideous Legacy That death sentence is a result of the 2002 Helms Amendment, a legal loophole drafted by the late Sen. Jesse Helms, a notorious opponent of civil and animal rights. It deprives millions of birds, mice, and rats of the AWA’s meager protections simply because of their species. In the US, these sentient, intelligent species constitute 99% of all animals used in laboratories!

them, and blast them with jarring sounds and images for hours at a time. Ultimately, all the birds are killed.

PETA Files Suit Fortunately, these owls have powerful friends fighting

PETA’s novel lawsuit seeks to have the amendment abolished, noting that the US Constitution prohibits

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Hear How Toxic Masculinity Is Real

Use it to Educate and Liberate – It’s All for You! Eager to get more active for animals? PETA’s virtual “Not Your Usual Animal Rights Conference” may be just what the doctor (and other experts) ordered. It is now available online at PETA.org/Conference and will give you tons of ideas, from helping your neighbor’s chained dog and documenting cruelty at roadside zoos to “veganizing” your church or school fundraisers – and much, much more. PETA’s Inspiring DON'T MISS! ‘Not Your Usual Animal Rights Conference’ Now Available on Demand

You Can Win an Argument With an Angler

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Best-selling author Dr. Jonathan Balcombe will arm you with mind blowing facts about fish (like sharp shooting archerfish, who squirt jets of water at flying insects with accuracy that would impress Tom Brady) to help you get through to anyone still wielding a

Author and philosopher Jim Mason grew up on a farm, raised to think that hunting, trapping, and ranching were what “real” men did. Mason has spent a lifetime dealing with what he calls an “emotional disability” resulting from the social and cultural pressure to stifle his feelings of empathy. You’ll be inspired by and want to share Mason’s poignant and personal call to cultivate compassion in men and end speciesism.

fishing pole. Vegan actor Casey Affleck makes a “cameo” in which he shows off the faux fish he requested be used in Manchester by the Sea .

Learn to Cook With Foodies on a Mission

We’ll Help You Chuck Out the Cheese!

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Award-winning journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell shows you how to “cheat” on your partner with spicy “fooled you” faux beef burritos, and celebrity chef Matthew Kenney whips up paella and an exotic Thai spaghetti squash salad topped with creamy sweet-and sour cashew dressing.

Help Empty the Cages

Come Take a Walk on the Wild Side

When PETA was founded over 40 years ago, “cruelty-free” labels were as rare as four-leaf clovers. PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo will show you how, by working with a gifted team of scientists, international partners, government agencies, and thousands of determined activists like you, PETA is achieving astounding results for animals in laboratories, including a massive Beauty Without Bunnies database of more than 5,000 cruelty-free companies that you can use every time you shop to save animals’ lives.

Ride along with PETA fieldworkers as they travel into the very poorest of neighborhoods to deliver

Take Action Now Go to PETA.org/Conference to get in on the animal saving action! For just $10, you’ll get unlimited access to all of the inspiring and informative presentations. Watch one a week – learn and share at your own pace! “The conference was so professional, so positive, so helpful.” – Robbie Coleman Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, will get your olfactory attention when he calls cheese the stuff that “smells like old socks” – and for good reason: The same bacteria found in some kinds of cheese can also be found between your toes! Your cheese addiction will fade after you hear that every bite contains hormones linked to breast cancer, not to mention tons of fat and salt. Gouda riddance!

care to neglected and abused animals with nowhere else to turn. You’ll get hands-on tips from PETA’s guardian angels – who crawl through sewers, poke through junkyards, and climb trees to coax terrified animals to safety – for taking action to help at-risk animals anywhere.

Learn How the ‘Tiger King’ Was Dethroned

Thanks in no small part to PETA Foundation attorney Brittany Peet – who appeared in the Netflix hit Tiger King and testified in tiger hustler Joe Exotic’s trial – nearly every animal abuser featured in

that docuseries is now in prison,

out of business, or facing a lawsuit and/ or criminal charges. Peet’s riveting account of PETA's role in taking this sleazy industry down and rescuing dozens of beleaguered big cats will help you persuade everyone you know not to touch “tiger selfies” with a 10 foot selfie stick.

Who better to offer advice on continuing to fight the good fight than those who are in the trenches of animal advocacy every day? PETA’s staff can energize you with tips and tricks on keeping stress at bay, staying in the fray, and being part of the victories that take place every day! Stress Tips to Burn On, Not Out

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Angel for Animals

LIVES ON! In his introduction to LindaMcCartney’s Family Kitchen , Paul McCartney writes, “For Linda, being vegetarian was first and foremost an act of kindness and compassion – it was about the animals.” Linda was an animal rights dynamo and a dedicated PETA supporter (to whom a beautiful rose bush is dedicated in PETA’s Bea Arthur Dog Park), and she and Paul, along with their daughters Mary and Stella, have inspired many people to make kind choices – starting with what they put on their plates. These festive recipes, perfect for holiday gatherings, are adapted from two of the McCartney family favourites in this delightful cookbook – and they’re a tribute to “Linda, the animals’ angel”. Order a copy of Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen today for yourself or a friend at PETA.org/Store . Linda’s Legacy

Selling Sunset Stars Are Sold on Animal Rights

Fish illustration: © iStock.com/davidnay • Recipe photos: © Lauren Hartmann/RabbitandWolves.com • Mind Blown faux seafood: © Plant Based Seafood Company Paul and Linda McCartney: On their farm in Scotland, 1970, © Paul McCartney | Photographer: Linda McCartney • Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney: © Mary McCartne

Cookbook: Excerpted from Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen . Recipes adapted from Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen. Recipes and additional text copyright © 2021 by Linda Enterprises Ltd. Photography by Issy Croker. Used with permission of Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company. New York, NY.All rights reserved

Heather Rae Young, star of Netflix’s Selling Sunse t, invites everyone to be a “cauliflower” girl in her engaging new PETA ad. Heather, who was planning her wedding to fiancé Tarek El Moussa, told PETA that vegan food and a big vegan wedding cake would be front and center on their big day.

3 Tbsp warm water 125 g vegan butter 100 g raw cane or white sugar 240 g white spelt, plain, or gluten-free flour, sifted 1 tsp baking powder

Deep-Dish Pot Pie Makes 4 to 6 servings

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

YOU’LL NEED 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 225 g button mushrooms, thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbsp white spelt or plain flour 455 g vegan meatballs (or burgers), roughly chopped 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves 235 ml vegetable stock 2 tsp wholegrain mustard 1 Tbsp soy sauce or tamari 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar Sea salt, to taste Freshly ground pepper, to taste 2 sheets vegan puff pastry Non-dairy milk of your choice, to brush on the top METHOD • Warm the oil over medium heat in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the onion and mushrooms and sauté for 12 to 15 minutes, until the pan is mostly dry and the mushrooms are golden. Add the garlic and cook for another 3 minutes, until aromatic. • Mix in the flour and cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the meatballs or burgers, thyme, and

Heather’s costar Chrishell Stause and her senior pup, Gracie (who also appears on the show), teamed up with PETA to promote animal adoption. Chrishell’s family was homeless when she was young, and she told PETA, “Coming from a background of dealing with homelessness, my heart understands. The dog who will be your best friend, who will change

120 ml unsweetened vegan milk 2 Tbsp blackstrap molasses or treacle Maple syrup and dairy-free yogurt or cream, for serving

METHOD • Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Grease an 8-inch (20-cm) round cake pan and line with baking paper. • Put the flaxseeds in a bowl with the warm water and set aside. • In a large bowl, cream the vegan butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Fold in the flaxseed mixture, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and vegan milk until smooth. Gently warm the molasses or treacle until runny, then fold into the batter. • ransfer to the cake pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. • Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup and dairy-free yogurt or cream.

dish with a little water, then carefully place the other sheet of puff pastry on top and crimp the edges into place. • The leftover pastry can be used to create cut-outs for the top of the pie – leaves or letters, for example. Brush the top with a little vegan milk and make a small hole in the centre. • Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 400°F/200°C and cook for another 15 to 20 minutes, until golden and crisp. Serve immediately.

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stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, until the sauce is thickened. Stir in the mustard, soy sauce or tamari, and balsamic vinegar and cook for another 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. • Preheat the oven to 425°F/225°C. Turn a 9-inch (23-cm) pie plate upside down and place it on top of one of the sheets of puff pastry. Cut around the perimeter of the dish, leaving an extra 1/2 inch (12 mm) of pastry all the way around. Turn the dish over with the pastry lining it and fill it with the pie mixture. Dampen the rim of the

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Gingerbread Cake Makes 6 servings

YOU’LL NEED 1 Tbsp ground flaxseeds

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LET IT BE VEGAN

Faith in Action Why I Defend ‘The Least of These’ By Dan Paden PETA Vice President of Evidence Analysis

T here’s a verse in the Bible that says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” During my nearly 20 years at PETA, I’ve seen some ugly things. Suffering can turn many people away from faith, and I get that. But it makes me even more committed – and more determined to stop cruelty. I’m Catholic, and my parents raised me to respect all living beings. My faith calls me to protect “the least of these,” which led me to the work I do now – poring over hours of undercover video that PETA’s investigators obtain inside places where God’s creatures are abused in hideous ways. Seeing so much cruelty can be soul-crushing, but I find the strength to keep going through prayer – and knowing that my work gets animals out of these hellholes.

Answering Animals’ Prayers I spend my vacations in silence at a Trappist monastery, where I pray with monks I’m blessed to have as friends. My desk (which is always well-stocked with toys and treats) is the unofficial clubhouse for the PETA “office cats,” who were rescued during the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Louisiana 11 years ago. When I feel discouraged, I turn to the Psalms, which contain my favorite verse: “Let everything that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.” One day, all animals will be allowed to live as they were meant to and fulfill their own purposes, like my feline friends whose purring is a benediction to my days. That’s what I’m working toward, and I have complete faith that we will get there.

Dan with Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd at a news conference after the owners of Darlynn’s Darlins were arrested

emaciated pig, Spunky, who was covered with sores and unable to use his back legs. I ended up staying for two months, testifying in court and

coordinating the animals’ placement and transport to sanctuaries and homes. The owners of Darlynn’s Darlins spent more than nine months in jail and were banned from owning animals ever again. Saving the Lambs of God Sheep are my favorite animals. They embody a peaceful, gentle, calm strength and remind me of the symbolism of “the Lamb of God.” Yet, like many people, I once wore their fleece and cherished the wool sweaters that my grandparents gave me. After I learned of the agony that goes into that yarn and the blood that’s washed out of it, though, I changed my view (and my clothes). On one undercover video, I watched a shearer twist a sheep’s neck until he broke it – then kick her headfirst down a chute, where she died. I’ve reviewed video footage from 14 of PETA’s exposés of the wool industry worldwide and found similar kinds of abuse in all of them. But thanks to the complaints we’ve submitted, PETA secured the world’s first cruelty convictions of shearers and Scotland’s first conviction of a farmer for abusing sheep.

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Take Action Now Visit PETALambs.com to learn more about PETA’s faith-based animal advocacy. If

you belong to a church, synagogue, mosque, or other spiritual organization, leave PETA literature in the lobby (available at PETALiterature.com ), ask leaders to serve vegan food at events, and request prayers for animals who are abused in experiments or for food, clothing, or entertainment.

Moving Mountains for Animals One of the “least of these” is a chinchilla named Chanel. When PETA’s investigator rescued her, she was in excruciating pain, with exposed bones in one of her legs. She was just one of nearly 1,000 chinchillas languishing in cages at Moulton Chinchilla Ranch, a squalid Minnesota breeding mill that sells chinchillas to pet stores and laboratories. Chanel’s wounds have healed, and she’s in a loving home, where she gets to run, jump, and explore, as chinchillas were created to do. Based on the evidence I submitted, state law enforcement executed a search warrant at the ranch and opened a criminal investigation. Federal authorities have also cited its owner with 42 violations of federal law. I also helped PETA shut down a sham sanctuary in Florida called Darlynn’s Darlins. The operators deprived animals of food for days, only occasionally tossing them rotten produce or moldy bread. I hopped a flight to Florida, thinking I’d stay for two days while I submitted PETA’s evidence to law enforcement. Officers seized nearly 200 animals, including an

“We have the opportunity – and the responsibility – to make sure the public, law enforcement, companies, and the media see animals’ suffering, in order to bring this world closer to one in which everyone, regardless of species, is allowed to be who they are and not be exploited.” – Dan Paden

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Dan rescued a wayward gosling near PETA’s dog park and reunited him with his family.

Dan with the late rescued PETA cat,

Marshall, about whom he created elaborate “backstories” to explain his old battle scars.

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Peel a Potato There’sMore ThanOneWay to Skin a Cat Research Shows That Switching to Positive References Gives Animals a Boost P ETA will still let sleeping dogs lie, not hurt a fly, and watch animal abusers like hawks, but when Twitter expanded its rules to include

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a ban on hate speech based on race, ethnicity, or national origin, PETA took the flower by the thorns and asked the platform’s CEO to ban hate speech based on species as well. It’s no trivial matter, because words matter , PETA argued, writing, “As our recognition and understanding of social justice evolves, our language must evolve with it.” Common phrases from a long time ago reflect that animals are held in involuntary servitude, under the yoke, inside the steel lab cage, and even as “pets” who must behave themselves according to human whims and convenience. No wonder then that human language devalues and denigrates the independent worth and awe-inspiring qualities of other animals, labeling them inferior. Saying that a human attacker “acted like an animal” – even when dogs risk their very lives to send attackers packing! – furthers the idea that animals are lesser beings. In Psychology Today , Dr. Shareena Hamzah-Osbourne, a researcher at Swansea University in the UK, writes, “Often the language used in our everyday life leans towards the vilification of animals; for example, in the world of finance, Goldman Sachs was famously described as a ‘great vampire squid’ while other businesses with aggressive practices may be deemed ‘corporate sharks.’” In reality, vampire squid are gentle beings who put on bioluminescent lightshows to evade predators, and sharks socialize and form friendships – but you wouldn’t have an inkling of who these animals are based on the way we commonly talk about them. Other common usages trivialize animals’ suffering as well, such as when hunters call the animals they stalk and kill “game.” Casually using expressions like “crazy as a loon,” “cash cow,” “chicken out,” “catty,” “pick of the litter,” “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and so on creates a false divide between humans and other animals that helps fuel speciesism, intentionally or not. So let’s keep the positive phrases, such as “strong as an ox” and “wise as an owl,” but dispense with the disparaging ones.

PETA’s “Respect” hoodie spreads peace and goodwill year-round.

cartoonist Harry Bliss.

If you can’t hug friends and family in person, sending them a vegan hot cocoa kit is the next best thing.

Ring in the new year with some bling – PETA’s whimsical leaping bunny necklace.

The 12 rescued animals featured in PETA’s 2022 calendar help you greet every month with a smile.

Your cat wants you to buy this

book for all the cat caregivers on your list. (Turn the page for a sneak peak.)

Let your tote do the talking – available at PETA.org/Store . I

The language that we use has the power to create a more inclusive world – or exclude those we deem to be “other.” Let’s liberate our language and encourage others to do the same. After all, wouldn’t you rather be as happy as a lark than as mad as a hornet?

No kitten ! This cozy beanie is cuteness with a cause.

Take Action Now Make a change with an “it” jar: Every time you call an animal “it” or use other

Whether your kitty has been

PETA Kids’ “Go Trash-Fish!” cards (complete with fun facts about sea life) give the popular kids’ game an eco- and fish friendly makeover.

naughty or nice, a coal-shaped catnip toy is the purr fect stocking stuffer.

speciesist language, pay a fine and donate it to an animal cause. View PETA’s animal-friendly idioms at PETA.org.au/Idioms , and tweet your suggestions to @peta .

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Put your best foot forward in PETA socks.

The way to someone’s heart is through their stomach ... and PETA’s “The Future Is Vegan” gift bag.

“Act like an animal” “Be a guinea pig” “Dirty rat” “Hog”

“Act like an ogre” “Be a test tube”

Wear this tee to “raise” awareness of animal rights.

“Dirty rascal” “Monopolize”

“On a wild goose chase” “Packed in like sardines” “Put all your eggs in one basket”

“Out chasing rainbows” “Packed in like pickles” “Put all your berries in one bowl”

PETA’s ThanksVegan tabletop partition

emblazoned with snappy comebacks to common carnivore questions allows you to combine social distancing with social justice.

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Do You Deserve Your Cat? Take the Quiz

Two Cats Are Better Than One Some of my favorite life lessons came from a cat named Moomin. When I first took her in, she was a tiny, frail Siamese kitten with a respiratory virus that left her with a wheeze you could hear a mile away. There were other cats on the premises, but she was instantly drawn to the only other Siamese. Jarvis was handsome but reserved – to the point of snobbishness. I doubt Moomin realized that she, too, was Siamese. I think she was drawn to Jarvis because he looked just like Mom and Dad. This lonely little kitten pursued him relentlessly. Every time she pulled her tiny wheezing body up to his, he swatted her across the face, spat, and headed for higher ground. Yet no matter how often he moved, no sooner had he settled down again than along came Moomin, squashing herself right up against him, certain that, at any moment, Jarvis would recognize her as “family.” After about a week, Jarvis gave up. He began to let Moomin sit beside him while still ignoring her. After a few weeks, I caught him grooming her. From then on, they did everything together: ate, slept, and once, in a fabulous feat of coordination, simultaneously threw up on my shoe.

Are you the cat’s meow or a feline failure? Rate your cat care capabilities by taking this quiz, adapted fromPETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s cat care bible, 250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You to Know .

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13. I always keep the dryer door closed or check inside for a sleeping cat before switching it on. 14. I have provided for my cat in case of my death. 15. There is a sticker on my front door that reads, “IN CASE OF FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY, PLEASE RESCUE MY CAT(S).” 16. My cat is microchipped and always wears a detachable, break-away collar with a current address tag. 17. I would never be so sadistic as to declawmy cat. (If your cat came to you declawed, you can still score a point if you were horrified.) 18. I never board my cat when I go on vacation and instead arrange for a reliable, thoroughly vetted pet sitter. (Give yourself two points if you never go on vacation!) 19. I never allow the vet to keep my cat overnight – unless it’s an emergency clinic that’s open and attended all night. 20. I would never fly my cat in the cargo hold of a plane. 21. I never hit or raise my voice at my cat. 22. I never throw or push my cat off the bed or any furniture (but would throw or push off anyone who did!).

4. I am always on time with meals. 5. I keep a cat carrier and my veterinarian’s number handy. 6. I know the signs of a painful, life-threatening urinary tract infection and that, if suspected, it’s vital to rush my cat to the vet right away. 7. My cat can see out of at least one window without

1. I have gotten my cat spayed or neutered. 2. I never let my cat outside unattended. (Give yourself two points if you have provided an escape proof yard or a catio.) 3. I always keep the litterbox impeccably clean.

23. I would never give away my cat (unless I was incapacitated, terminally ill, imprisoned, or deployed overseas). 24. I give my cat fresh water and scrub all bowls (or put them in the dishwasher) at least once a day, even if my own dishes pile up in the sink. 25. I never forget to say goodbye when I leave or to announce myself when I get back home.

having to act like a contortionist. 8. I take time to play with my cat every day, even when I’m busy. 9. I always remember to bring home a present. (This can be as small and inexpensive as a paper bag, a leaf, or a pinecone.) 10. I would never give my cat aspirin or Tylenol. (Just one Tylenol can kill.) 11. I never allow anyone to smoke in the vicinity of my cat’s sensitive nose and lungs. 12. I never make loud, startling noises when my cat is trying to rest.

FLOWERPOT FELINES Kittens rescued by PETA India make themselves at home after being spayed and neutered.

After Jarvis died 14 years later, Moomin spent weeks

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roaming the house at night, crying for her lost love. Their relationship taught me something quite obvious: Togetherness is a wonderful treasure – for cats as much as for humans. This adapted excerpt comes from 250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You to Know by Ingrid Newkirk . Take Action Now Share the love: Buy five copies of 250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You to Know to share with friends and PETA will throw in a free necklace! Use the code FiveForFriends at PETA.org/Store .

How Did You Score?

If you scored 23 or higher, you’re the cat’s pajamas. Any score below 14 is claws for concern. For goodness’ sake, shape up!

Defender of cats large and small, Kim Basinger wrote the foreword to 250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You to Know .

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/Cats for tips on improving the lives of both companion

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