PETA AU Global Issue 4 2020

Global ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION ISSUE 4 | SPRING 2020

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PETA Pulls off the Great (Elephant) Escape!

Wails pierced the air as a young elephant named Mariappan was torn away from his mother. Elephants’ language is rich with emotion and nuance, and scientists have even created an online translator for their rumbles, purrs, trumpets, shrieks, and hums. But the meaning of this mother and son’s cries were perfectly clear: “Please, don’t take my baby away!” and “Mama, save me!” Mother and Child Reunion Family bonds mean everything to elephants. In their natural habitat, these highly social animals live in matriarchal herds and mourn their dead. They navigate ancient trails to follow seasonal rains, walking up to 30 miles (48 kilometers) a day. Isolated in a filthy, dark shed at an Indian temple and tightly restrained by all four legs, Mariappan couldn’t do any of those things. But, with the help of PETA India, a local supporter persuaded the temple to free him: After nine long, lonely years in captivity, he was moved to a rescue center and – best of all – reunited with his mother.

and Circus Vargas have gone animal-free, Garden Bros. Circus appears to have stopped using elephants, and Canada’s Shrine circuses haven’t featured elephants or other wild animals since PETA filed a lawsuit in 2015. Elephant rides are off Tripadvisor’s agenda at PETA’s urging, and more than 50 other companies have taken the same ethical stand. Thanks to work by PETA and

its affiliates, bans on exotic-animal performances and the use of bullhooks – those cruel “tools of the trade” used to beat and coerce elephants into doing tricks – are spreading all over the world. PETA will keep pushing until all elephants are free to trumpet with joy. It’s no small job, but with your help, compassion will prevail.

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PETA India rescue Sunder cuddles with his friend Lakshmi.

Read on to learn more about other elephants PETA and its affiliates have rescued. J A N I M A L S

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A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President

New England Patriots’ Cam Newton: Powered by Plants

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Quarterback Cam Newton shows off his formidable physique in a powerful new

Recently – don’t ask me why – I watched old episodes of The

Mice with test tubes? Cute! Mice used as test tubes? Cruel! PETA’s new video short, which has aired fromHouston to Hong Kong, looks like a Pixar movie, but a surprise twist makes viewers think twice about experiments on mice and other animals. In another big win for small animals, PETA persuaded pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to ban the practice of dropping mice and rats into beakers of water in the notorious “forced swim test.” After hearing from PETA, 11 of the world’s top pharma companies have banned these discredited experiments. PETA Tackles Big Pharma’s Cruelty to Small Animals – andWins!

PETA ad. The NFL star says he’s more geared up than ever to hit the field

Wrestling With Tofu? PETA Will Fix That! Even though tofu is one of the most versatile foods, some people have no idea what to do with it! So, to make the point that tofu can be used for almost anything , a pair of PETA supporters wrestled not with tofu but in it, as “fans” handed out free cartons of tofu and urged spectators to give meat, eggs, and dairy the smackdown. Also known as "bean curd," it can be used to create knockout vegan versions of every culinary delight imaginable – from spicy Chinese stir-fries to decadent cheesecakes.

Man From U.N.C.L.E. All the women in it played ditzes whose only Ingrid Newkirk: © Robert Sebree • Cam Newton ad: © Photo/Shawn Dowdell | Styling/Renee | Grooming/Sunny Goods • Cam Newton inset: © Shawn Dowdell role was to be sexually appealing to men! I was gobsmacked by how marginalized and even invisible they were, and it made me think about the march of progress toward rights for all. Around Thanksgiving, many educators now teach children that unlike the old story about a happy feast shared by Pilgrims and Natives, circumstances weren’t so rosy for the original inhabitants when Europeans took their land – and often, their lives.

running, thanks to his vegan diet: “I’ve seen such a remarkable change in the way my body responds to the food that I eat.”

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Get Ingrid’s “girl power” tee at PETA.org/Store .

Take Action Now Go to PETA.org/CamNewton to watch what happened when PETA turned the camera on Cam, and visit PETA.org/Store to grab a tank top like his and let your plant-based power shine.

Take Action Now Give tofu a fighting chance. Visit PETA.org.au/Recipes to find out what vegans are cooking.

Take Action Now Please share PETA’s new ad on social media by going to PETA.org/Mouse-Experiment . Then visit PETA.org/SponsorPSA

to see how to get it on the air near you.

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Victory! Crackdown on Illegal Spiked Bits

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Win! Secret Deodorant Ends Tests on Animals The secret is out: Leading deodorant brand Secret has joined PETA’s list of more than 4,700 companies and brands that don’t test on animals. A spokesperson for parent company Procter & Gamble (P&G) told PETA, “As a pioneer in animal testing alternatives, we are thrilled to add Secret to the list of P&G brands that are part of PETA’s Global Beauty Without Bunnies program.”

By the same token, we have to point out another elephant in the room at this time of year: the turkey. Although “Tom Turkey” may be the traditional centerpiece, he’s got to go. Killed, stuffed, and cooked for human enjoyment, his worth as an individual is made invisible, as if his life – full of meaning to him – were ours for the taking. Just as women were seen as bimbos and a history of genocide in America has been reduced to an annual celebration, many people mistakenly believe turkeys are merely food. They are anything but.

Experimenter Retires After PETA Files Lawsuit

When PETA requested video footage from US taxpayer–funded self-mutilation studies on monkeys at four National Primate Research Centers, including University of Massachusetts–Amherst (UMass), the university refused to comply. So PETA sued. UMass folded, PETA got the videos – which show distressed monkeys rocking back and forth, tearing out their fur, and poking at their own eyes – and experimenter Melinda Novak, who made a career of tormenting monkeys, suddenly announced her retirement. The purported point of the experiments was to show how monkeys suffer in laboratories, but after three decades, they have not led to even one legally mandated improvement in primates’ living conditions.

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evolution, depend on us not to act as if our mouths were too full of stuffing to speak up. We must object, inform, and offer a vegan feast instead – now and always. One day, children will look at photographs of people sitting around a table and eating the corpse of a bird who was once full of life and, understanding that something is quite literally wrong with that picture, they’ll ask, “Why did they let people do that?” Let’s make sure we can tell them howwe stopped it. Here’s to a happy activist Thanksvegan and all other holidays.

A cting at PETA India’s request, the governments of several Indian states ordered local authorities to enforce laws against cruel spiked bits, which are widely used in Indian weddings, during which grooms ride white mares and are accompanied by blasting trumpets, pounding drums, and exploding firecrackers. Used to control the frightened horses, spiked bits can cut deeply into their mouths, ripping their lips and tongues.

Take Action Now Looking for cruelty-free personal-care products

and cosmetics? No sweat – check out PETA.org/BeautyWithoutBunnies .

Take Action Now Experiments on monkeys must end. Visit PETA.org/UMass to help.

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Victory! PETA Scientists Swoop in to Save Birds

Sephora Says, Wink Without Mink

Simon Cowell and Rescued Bull Have Each Other’s Backs

The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. worked with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review a toxicity test in which birds were fed pesticide-laced food for days before being killed. The result? The agency used the research to

After PETA and its affiliates and more than 280,000 supporters raised a stink about false eyelashes made from mink, leading beauty retailer Sephora agreed to stop selling them. Australian beauty giant Mecca and false-eyelash brand Velour soon followed suit, joining Tarte, Too Faced, Urban Decay, and scores of other beauty brands that know there’s nothing beautiful about stealing an animal’s fur.

release a “common-sense” policy that will prevent hundreds of mallards and quail each year from enduring the test. This victory follows the EPA’s groundbreaking announcement that it will stop funding and requesting tests on mammals by 2035. BOLIVIA AAAAH! Cruelty-Free Ventilator Lets Everyone Breathe Easier Pigs can breathe a sigh of relief: Thanks to a Bolivian engineer who contacted PETA, no pigs were

Minks won again when the Dutch parliament voted to bring forward the 2024 ban on mink farming, following protests by PETA Netherlands. PETA UK is now calling on Italy to follow suit and ban such farms.

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Saving Animals Could Save Us All From placing an edgy billboard within a stone’s throw of a McDonald’s and holding protests at supermarkets to gathering outside the Irish Parliament in hazmat suits, PETA and its international affiliates continue to remind the public that raising animals for food is at the root of a litany of deadly diseases. These include COVID-19, avian flu, swine flu, SARS, MERS, and even Ebola.

Take Action Now Lilly Lashes continues to mislead consumers by mislabeling its

Following a cycling accident in which longtime PETA supporter Simon Cowell broke his back,

mink eyelashes as “vegan.” Please visit PETA.org.au/MinkEyelashes to tell the company to stop turning a blind eye to cruelty.

the entertainment mogul received a unique get-well gift from PETA India: A rescued bull who sustained a back injury when his cart traces were ensnared by a passing motorbike (sending both skidding down the road) was named Simon in his honor. A true friend to animals, Cowell has spoken out against the fur industry and has urged people never to leave dogs in hot cars in a PETA PSA.

Take Action Now Help prevent the next pandemic: Visit PETA.org.au/VSK to order a free vegan starter kit for yourself and a friend.

forced to endure the trauma of being intubated to test a new ventilator model. Working with physicians, engineers at the Catholic University of Bolivia developed a ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients and tested it on a human simulator recommended by PETA scientists and Amor por los Animales Bolivia. It has so far proved functional and safe in human trials as well.

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Bollywood bombshell Rakul Preet Singh, who singhs the praises of plants in a stunning PETA India ad, says decision when I heard about environmental damage and the number of animals killed.” According to The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, animal agriculture is responsible for nearly a fifth of human caused greenhouse-gas emissions. going vegan was “a very conscious

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A PETA Asia undercover investigation cracked Thailand’s cruel coconut industry wide open – revealing abuse that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, called “appalling.” Monkeys are chained, caged, and forced to climb trees and pick coconuts for companies like Chaokoh. Major international media outlets covered the investigation, Liverpool Football Club gave its partnership with Chaokoh the boot, and more than 25,000 stores worldwide banned coconuts picked by monkeys – including every major UK grocery chain, Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, and US retailers Cost Plus World Market, Walgreens, Duane Reade, Giant Food, and Food Lion. Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org.au/Coconuts to urge stores to reconsider their relationship with Chaokoh. PETA Cracks Down on Forced Monkey Labor

PETA India placed this billboard – and more featuring other animals – in several Indian states to raise awareness before a period of animal sacrifice. Goats have unique personalities and value their lives, just as humans do – and it’s easy to observe traditions while still showing compassion for all beings.

Star of the Netflix series Elite , Miguel Bernardeau teamed up with PETA to put pressure on SeaWorld to send captive dolphins and orcas to seaside sanctuaries.

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Take Action Now Go to PETA.org/Miguel to see Miguel’s compelling video and to demand that the abuse ment park make a sea change.

Take Action Now Go vegan! Visit PETA.org.au/VSK for a free vegan starter kit today.

PETA.org.au/VSK for a free vegan starter kit.

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The Stories of Nosey, Gajraj, and Sunder Winning Their Freedom!

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Nosey exploring her new home

PETA had only hours to act. Nosey, an elephant whose suffering it had been documenting for years, had just been confiscated by Alabama authorities! A humane officer had found her marooned in her own manure, swaying neurotically in a cramped trailer. PETA’s chief lawyer on the case postponed her anniversary dinner and sped to the airport, not even stopping to pack a bag. The Long Road to Rescue For over a decade, PETA had done everything possible to win Nosey’s freedom from circus operator Hugo Liebel, holding protests, meeting with members of Congress and state regulators to plead Nosey’s case, urging authorities to bar her appearances, and persuading venues not to host performances involving the arthritic, ailing elephant. PETA filed dozens of complaints with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which cited Liebel for nearly 200 federal Animal Welfare Act violations – but still rubberstamped his exhibitor’s license. Gajraj dustbath: © Wildlife SOS | WildlifeSOS.org • Sunder and Lakshmi: © Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan • Nosey free: © The Elephant Sanctuary | Elephants.com • Elephant trunk: © iStock.com/primeimages Perseverance Pays Nosey’s pitiful condition finally persuaded a Lawrence

Scores of donkeys are forced to carry tourists up and down 900 steps all day in the “Lost City” of Petra. Buzz was starving and covered with wounds from being beaten and shocked with a

County, Alabama, animal control officer to ask a judge to have her seized. She was transported to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. On the day of reckoning, Nosey’s supporters waited with bated breath, but Lawrence County District Court Judge Angela Terry ruled that the elephant would not spend the rest of her life in abject servitude. PETA supported Lawrence County attorneys every step of the way, providing mountains of evidence as well as elephant experts to testify in court as Liebel fought tooth and nail to get his meal ticket back. Today, Nosey is thriving. She wades in a pond, roams the forest, tosses branches around, and runs back and forth through an elephant-size “doggie door” to her barn. Indian Deities in Name Only Meanwhile, PETA India was hard at work securing rescue for two more desperately sad and lonely elephants. Gajraj was only 12 when he was torn away from his family and given to a local rani (queen) as a wedding gift. He spent 50 years in solitary confinement, usually chained by all four legs, suffering from abscesses and grotesquely swollen joints. PETA

India sent veterinarians to treat him, but despite their pleas, the rani refused to free him.

court – and won! But on the day of his move, people rioted, tried to stop the transport truck, and threatened PETA India staff. However, his rescuers did not falter, even when angry men on motorbikes gave chase. From Beatings to Blessings Now, Sunder is safe at the 122-acre (49-hectare) Bannerghatta Biological Park, where he delights in foraging in the woods, swimming in ponds, and hanging out with his best friend, Lakshmi. He recently made news again when he was observed cleverly using twigs to scratch his ears and clean his teeth. Finally, he can enjoy the blessings he’s always deserved.

PETA India and its affiliates publicized Gajraj’s plight, telling his story in the UK’s The Sun . More than 200,000 supporters signed a petition demanding his release, and the Forest Department finally impounded him. In 2017, he was unchained and sent to the Wildlife SOS sanctuary! There, he spent the rest of his life, happy, roaming free, and relishing the company of other elephants and kind caretakers before passing away in his sleep last summer. Rioters Jeopardize Sunder’s Escape Sunder was chained inside a temple to collect money from villagers in exchange for “blessings” – a cursed existence. An undercover video showed his handler beating him as he lay on the ground, and his body bore the horrifying evidence – including a massive leg wound and a hole in his ear. Hundreds of thousands of people saw the video, including Pamela Anderson and Paul McCartney, and demanded his release. PETA India took the footage to

Taser. His stomach was full of plastic garbage, which he had eaten in desperation. But now, he’s safe and healing, thanks to expert care from veterinarians at PETA Asia’s clinic.

For over a decade, PETA had done Courtesy of The Elephant Sanctuary

Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org/UniverSoul to urge UniverSoul Circus, one of the few US circuses

still exploiting wild animals, to go 100% human. At PETA.org/AmberFort , please ask India’s minister of tourism to end elephant rides, for which elephants are chained and beaten. You can also support PETA’s work for elephants by making a donation today at PETA.org.au/Donate .

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PETA-supported Animal Rahat is also helping donkeys who are forced to haul backbreaking loads of bricks and sand in India.

Please visit PETA.org/HelpDonkeys to help provide these animals with food, medicine, and other care: Just $65 can provide food and care for a rescued donkey for a month.

freedom from hard-hearted circus operator Hugo Liebel.

In the US, countless dogs are kept chained or stuck in backyard pens, where they spend the winter shivering and curling up into balls in an attempt not to freeze.

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PETAUndercover Exposé: Mice Tortured at Cleveland Clinic Other species at the Cleveland Clinic also suffered. Social pigs were kept all alone in barren pens. Aworker said that some were used as “practice for new doctors,” while others were subjected to experimental rectal surgery. I SAVED! Driven frantic by extreme overcrowding, mice trample their babies.

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suctioned out portions of their brains. They glued a glass pane over the gaping wound to create a “window.” They injected some mice with a chemical that causes a neurological disorder, leaving many paralyzed and only able to drag themselves to their food. Experimenters then cut into the animals’ backs and separated muscles from vertebrae to take images of their spinal cords. What They Did to Daisy and the Others Experimenters deliberately bred mice to have pelvic organ prolapse, causing the uterus, bladder, or rectal tissue to bulge outside the body, and then bred them, too. PETA’s investigator named one of these mice Daisy. She had a painful rectal prolapse, forcing her to drag the protruding tissue through her bedding. Asked about giving her something to make her more comfortable, the experimenter’s aide said no, adding that “if they just linger,” mice are usually gassed at 1 year of age because “their breeding goes down.” That was ultimately Daisy’s fate – but only after the investigator observed her suffering for 10 weeks. Genetically manipulated mice used in a kidney experiment developed massive growths and sores. One scratched incessantly at a growth that covered nearly half her face and drove her crazy. When told

that these mice were in pain, the experimenter accused the workers of wanting to “kill” the animals “just because they’re ugly.” Not Even a Peaceful End Driven frantic by extreme crowding, parent mice trampled their own newborns to death or even cannibalized them. One technician called such deaths “acceptable-ish.” Mice were also left in buckets without food or water – or in a cage bound for the garbage. One gasped for breath for more than an hour before finally being euthanized. Even though more than 90% of studies on animals fail to lead to therapies that help humans, experimenters torture and kill thousands of animals at the Cleveland Clinic every year. It received $100 million in public funding through the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2019 alone – and squandered nearly half of it on animal experiments. Deadly Sales Demos on Dogs Axed None of this suffering, neglect, and death is “acceptable-ish.” PETA has held the Cleveland Clinic to account before. In 2007, the group revealed that an unauthorized and fatal brain surgery had been

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Peggy, Siri, and Sarah are three engaging rat sisters rescued from the Cleveland Clinic by PETA’s investigator. In their new home, they enjoy snuggling, eating fresh fruit and veggies, and building nests in soft bedding, receiving care from a guardian who appreciates their unique personalities. A video of the rat pack exploring their new digs is at PETA.org/Rats . THE NEW RAT PACK! Peggy

performed on a dog for a sales demonstration, and the clinic ended this practice. Now, PETA is demanding far more fundamental change and has filed a formal complaint with NIH. Take Action Now US readers, please go to PETA.org/ClevelandClinic to help end funding for the Cleveland Clinic’s animal experiments.

Experimenters cut holes in mice’s heads to observe their brains.

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Queen Elizabeth II has blood on her hands after entering pigeons in the grueling South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race (SAMDPR), in which birds from all over the world are forced to fly hundreds of miles in extreme weather conditions. Only a tiny number finish the race: Most die from exhaustion, dehydration, starvation, or attacks by predators. More than 2,850 birds were “lost” in 2020 SAMDPR events alone. All those entered in the race by Queen Elizabeth died of disease in quarantine before the race even started.

Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org.au/SAMDPR to urge the Queen to end her involvement

Phala Phala has also killed hundreds of animals to sell their flesh as exotic game meat.

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Other video obtained by PETA shows a hunting party's ambush of a captive-bred lion who was quietly resting under a tree. The searing pain of the first shot jolts him to his feet, and, wounded, he charges forward to defend his life. The hunter and guides shoot him four more times before killing him, and then stand around laughing.

Take Action Now Raby paid $20,000 to have his victim’s body parts preserved

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for shipment to the United States. By allowing hunters to ship animals’ heads, tails, and other body parts, UPS facilitates the slaughter of wildlife. Dozens of other air carriers – including Delta, United, American, KLM, British Air, EL AL, and Virgin – do not.

Adding insult to injury, hunter Aaron Raby ate parts of the elephant he killed for a “fun” photo op.

Six-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton knows a thing or six about trophies, but he has no tolerance for trophy hunting . In reaction to PETA’s video, he tweeted, “I am so angry. This is so sad and unacceptable.”

Please visit PETA.org.au/Trophy to watch and share PETA’s video and to urge UPS to ban the shipment of hunting trophies. UK readers, visit PETAUK.org/TrophyBan and ask Prime Minister Boris Johnson to bring forward legislation banning the import of hunting trophies.

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EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANCE OF PAIRS Brian Cox

C hristmas traditions are comforting, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s that we sometimes have to get creative and find newways of doing things. This is nothing new to vegans, who excel at modifying their families’ traditions and cherished recipes and creating even better versions that don’t harm animals. Most supermarkets now stock a variety of vegan options – from dairy-free butter to faux chicken – so swapping out ingredients is a snap. No matter what form your celebrations take this year, this hearty, warming menu will help bring compassion and comfort to your table. A Cosy and Comforting Christmas Spread

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Golden Globe winning actor Brian Cox is all business on his hit show Succession . But Cox – who shares his home with two adopted cats, Pishi and Princess – shows his playful side in a new PETA video, in which he “interviews” Patches, a cat (since adopted) from London’s Mayhew animal shelter. He encourages everyone to adopt two cats, if possible: “I believe in cats in pairs. [T]hey are very independent, but they sometimes need companions.” And, he adds, “Remember to spay and neuter. That’s very important.”

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, quartered, and thinly sliced 165 g fresh or frozen cranberries 100 g sugar 2 Tbsp. cornflour 2 tsp. cinnamon 120 g flour 45 g rolled oats 200 g light brown sugar 115 g cold vegan butter, cut into small pieces Non-dairy vanilla ice cream

‘Chicken’ Pot Pie Makes 6 servings

Green Bean and Mushroom Amandine Makes 4 servings

YOU’LL NEED 30 g nutritional yeast 60 g flour 80 ml vegetable oil

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100 g sliced white mushrooms 3 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley 50 g shallots 2 Tbsp. olive oil 120 ml vegetable stock 450 g fresh French-cut green beans, with ends trimmed 80 ml white wine Salt and pepper, to taste 55 g slivered almonds, toasted

600 ml vegetable stock 1 /4 tsp. garlic powder 1 /2 tsp. salt 1 /4 tsp. pepper 140 g cubed white potatoes 75 g fresh or frozen sweetcorn 75 g fresh or frozen peas 75 g fresh or frozen diced carrots 225 g vegan chicken, roughly chopped 2 sheets vegan puff pastry dough, thawed according to package directions

METHOD • Preheat the oven to 375°F/200°C.

• In a large bowl, gently toss together the pears, apples, cranberries, sugar, cornflour, and 1 teaspoonful of the cinnamon. Transfer to a pie pan. • In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, oats, brown sugar, and remaining cinnamon. Cut in the cold vegan butter with a pastry cutter or fork until the mixture is crumbly. Spread evenly over the fruit. • Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until browned and bubbly. • Serve warm with a scoop of non-dairy vanilla ice cream.

PETA wholeheartedly agrees. In fact, after rescuing more than 40 dogs and nearly 30 cats from Louisiana in the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill, we refused to separate a bonded pair of

METHOD • In a large skillet, sauté the garlic, mushrooms, parsley, and shallots in 1 tablespoonful of the olive oil over medium-low heat until the onions are translucent. • Add the stock, green beans, and wine then cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Season with the salt and pepper then continue simmering until the beans are tender and the liquid has evaporated. • Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining olive oil and the toasted almonds. Serve warm. Orchard Crumble Makes 6 servings

cats named Marshall and Bubbles. Marshall has 3 1 /2 legs and Bubbles was scared of everything, so no one wanted them, or another cat named Brandi who had lost most of her fur due to stress. All three still live together at the Sam Simon Center, PETA’s Virginia HQ, as happy as three peas in a pod.

METHOD • Preheat the oven to 400°F/190°C.

• In a large pot, combine the nutritional yeast and flour. Place over low heat and stir constantly until lightly toasted. Whisk in the oil then turn the heat up to medium and slowly add the stock while stirring until smooth and thick. Add the garlic powder, salt, and pepper and stir well. • Add all the veggies and vegan chicken. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, until heated through, about 8minutes. • Roll out each sheet of puff pastry dough. Place one in the bottom of a pie pan. Fill with the veggies and “chicken” mixture then cover with the remaining dough. Cut off any excess dough and crimp the edges with a fork. • Bake for 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.

Are visions of vegan sugar plums dancing in your head? Grab a PETA tote, chock full of yummy vegan snacks, at PETA.org/Store .

Take Action Now Watch Brian Cox’s video at

YOU’LL NEED 3 Bartlett pears, peeled, cored, quartered, and thinly sliced

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“The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind.” – Ingrid Newkirk

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buy anything tested on animals!

From Slacktivism to Activism … and You’ll End Up Saving Thousands of Them Each Year! ‘ SAVE ANIMALS DO ‘NOTHING’ TO

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When you say “Nope!” to personal-care and cleaning products tested in rabbits’ eyes or poured down guinea pigs’ throats, you’ll be saving some of the 300,000 animals exploited in cosmetics testing for the international market in China. You’ll also be saying “No way!” to the painful Draize eye irritancy test, which leaves rabbits’ eyes ulcerated, hemorrhaging, or blinded. Shampoos alone have dozens of ingredients, so anything labeled “cruelty-free” and “vegan” avoids supporting many inhumane tests. Well done!

Simply by not eating animals (or their secretions), you’ll save nearly 200 lives a year. You’ll also prevent their beaks and horns from being cut off and their beloved offspring from being torn away from them. You won’t be supporting their transport through ice

Never dress like a thief. Stay away from anything made from leather, wool, alpaca, angora, mohair, fur, or any other animal fibers. You’ll be saving animals from crying out in pain as their hair or skin is torn off and preventing their eventual slaughter. Not buying a cashmere jacket saves six goats!

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storms and sizzling summer heat or causing their slaughter. Not buying eggs spares a gentle hen 34 straight hours in a cage so small that she can’t even stretch a single wing. And not putting dairy cheese on pizza means preventing a cow from losing her beloved calf.

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Just by not giving money to a pet store or breeder, you’re saving dogs, cats, and other animals from being bred for distorted physical features that cause them chronic health problems. And your choice gives a lucky animal a better chance of getting adopted from a shelter into a loving home! While breeders crank out litters, more than 70 million homeless animals struggle to survive in the US alone. Opting to “adopt, not shop” saves a mother cat or dog from a breeding mill, changes everything for the lucky animal who joins your family, and sets a good example for others.

Yes, you can save lives without lifting a finger. There’s “nothing” to it!

donate to schools or charities that

When you decide never to ride an elephant, swim with dolphins, take a selfie with a tiger or parrot, visit SeaWorld, dip your feet into a fish pedicure tank, or stop at a roadside zoo, you’ll be helping to spare those animals a lifetime of misery and a horrible death. At just one of these hellholes, Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park, 23 tiger cubs died within a seven-month period. Not buying a ticket is a vote for animal

Here’s PETA’s guide to making a huge difference by not doing a thing.

No time? No energy? No problem! Make a big difference for animals by doing nothing at all .

experiment on animals! Not sending a check to your alma mater or any charities that test on animals represents an effortless way to reject cruel experiments, such as Johns Hopkins University’s barbaric tests on owls, who endure surgical implantation of electrodes in their brains and then are blasted with loud noises for up to 12 hours straight before finally being killed. Up to 60 barn owls are slated for use in the current set of these painful experiments.

freedom and means you won’t be lining the pockets of those who profit from exploiting and harming sensitive beings.

... Here’s what you can do!

PETA.org/Cruelty-Free that let you and animals relax. Enjoy vegan popcorn and a nature documentary from the comfort of your couch. Take a vacation and soak in the sights with a ride on a human powered pedicab, an electric bike, or a boat or helicopter tour. Or just cuddle up at home with your adopted animal companion while reading about other simple ways to save animals in PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s new book, Animalkind . Go to PETA.org.au/Animalkind to order your copy today.

That’s a lot of saving by doing nothing. So treat yourself for treating animals kindly! Indulge in yummy, creamy, cholesterol free vegan cheeses from Mozzarisella or Daiya, or make a batch of vegan cookies (go ahead and lick the spoon – the dough is egg-free!). Sign up with services like Veestro (US) or Vibrant Vegan Co. (UK) to have ready-made vegan meals delivered right to your door – no chef skills required.

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Hop over to PETAMall.com to find a chic vegan jacket or boots. Unwind with a home spa day using vegan products listed at

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Confessions of an International PETA Provocateur I n the ’90s, I made my demonstration debut – the weirdest experience I’d ever had. I was dressed as Cupid – in From Bunny Suit to Business Suit Today, I’m in charge of PETA Asia’s international campaigns. I’ve spearheaded many undercover By Jason Baker, Senior Vice President of International Campaigns, PETA Asia

investigations, including the one exposing forced monkey labor on Thailand’s coconut farms – which prompted more than 25,000 stores worldwide to drop coconut products picked by monkeys. Other investigations have revealed that training baby bears in Asia means chaining them to a wall by the neck – and that training baby elephants means tying them down and beating them until they’re too psychologically damaged to defend themselves. I go wherever I’m needed, and sometimes that commitment takes me to dangerous places. In 2006, I traveled to the war zone in Lebanon to feed dogs and cats left behind after air strikes. In my 25-plus years with PETA, I’ve traveled over 2 million miles, organizing hundreds of demonstrations on five continents and in every major city in Asia and North America. I’ve also helped set up PETA affiliates in India, Asia, and Australia.

a nude-colored leotard – in the freezing cold. At PETA, where “business attire” can mean a chicken suit in an animal-abusing corporation’s boardroom, catapulting animal issues into the headlines sometimes takes equal parts dedication and Torn paper: © iStock.com/yasinguneysu • Photo frame: © iStock.com/subjug

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With my son, visiting friends at a sanctuary

humiliation. In this case, I helped persuade personal care product giant Gillette to “have a heart” and stop testing on animals. Working at PETA Stinks I’ve “starred” in more than 100 demonstrations over the years. Those world-famous PETA cage demos? That was my idea – one that I’ve questioned after spending all day crammed inside a crate. I blocked a poultry convention’s entrance with a truckload of manure and a “Meat Stinks” sign. Why? Because chicken carcasses are contaminated with so much E. coli that kitchens may actually harbor more fecal bacteria than toilets do.

to stop government testing on animals. I became so well known to his staff that once when I arrived at an airport with a volunteer, a Secret Service agent asked, “Which of you is Jason Baker?” Our persistence paid off, and in a huge victory for animals, Gore caved and ordered the chemical-testing program to spare more than 3 million animals. photographed outside the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, protesting the testing of chemicals used in Huggies on mice. After taking one look at me, the CEO reportedly said, “I don’t care what it takes, but I want us to stop testing on animals. I don’t want protesting babies outside a shareholder meeting ever again.” That diaper picture is still shown around at the office, but that’s fine, because attention-grabbing demonstrations succeed. They get people talking about the fact that using animals means hurting living, feeling beings, and they get companies to the negotiating table. In the Slammer With Celebs I’ve had the pleasure of working with Pamela Anderson, who stormed a KFC with me, and Chrissie Hynde, who is up for anything, including protesting mulesing – a gruesome mutilation of lambs in which large portions of skin and flesh are cut from their rumps. I’ve been arrested more than a dozen times while protesting cruelty to animals, and may I say that New York City jails are always special. I once shared a cell with a man who washed his face in the toilet. 'Diaper Boy' for the Win I was the diaper-clad “big baby” the media

Later, I followed US Vice President Al Gore around for six months dressed as a bunny to persuade him

More than 3 million animals saved

At Dollywood, saving animals from experiments

Baker and Son: Road Warriors Now, my 7-year-old son, Zelic, is in on the action. He wants to work for PETA when he grows up, and he already has his foot in the door: At 6, he filmed a monkey school in Thailand. He uses the fact that he was adopted as an argument for us to adopt every animal he sees. Smart kid! Maybe he’ll continue the Diaper Boy legacy – a father can only hope.

Get Barbie's T-shirt at PETA.org/Store .

Winning the Huggies campaign

In Taiwan with animal-friendly actor Barbie Hsu

Take Action Now Hop on over to PETA.org.au/ActionTeam to get active for animals today.

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PETA Exposé: Why You’ll Never Buy Alpaca Wool Again (Or anything stolen from an animal)

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beings as commodities. PETA and its international affiliates were the first to investigate the angora, cashmere, mohair, and wool industries – and, in every single case, discovered violent abuse. Alpacas will continue to be bred, exploited, and slaughtered until consumers refuse to buy their wool. Big Brands Ban Alpaca Fleece PETA works with every fiber of its being to protect the fibers of all other beings. After talks with PETA, major brands – including Valentino, Marks & Spencer, Esprit, and UNIQLO, the third-largest clothing retailer in the world – have banned alpaca wool. Gap Inc. (which owns Banana Republic, Athleta, and others) and the H&M group (including its eight brands) have cut ties with the Michell Group, which owns Mallkini and is the world’s largest exporter of alpaca clothing and yarn. “Personally, I was heartbroken to watch the video and want you to know that this has been a top priority,” a Gap representative said in an e-mail to PETA. Take Action Now Visit PETA.org.au/AlpacaFleece to urge Anthropologie to ban alpaca, and please share PETA’s investigation footage with everyone you know.

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Held Down With Medieval Torture Devices No one had ever investigated the abuse in the alpaca fleece industry before PETA went undercover as part of a groundbreaking investigation that revealed workers hitting, kicking, and mutilating crying alpacas.

PETA’s investigators filmed workers roughly yanking the animals – some of whom were pregnant – off the floor by their tails and slamming them onto tables. Workers twisted the struggling animals’ limbs into a device resembling a medieval torture rack, stretching their bodies and nearly wrenching their legs out of their sockets. According to a veterinary expert who reviewed the footage, such “excessive force applied to the bones, joints, and soft tissues in the area” would likely cause dislocations, fractures, and severe permanent nerve damage. From Shed to Dead for a Woolly Hat Restraint is especially distressing to alpacas, who are prey animals and fear they’re about to be killed. At Mallkini, they spat – a response to feeling threatened – and cried out. They even vomited as workers held them down by the ears. As with sheep who are roughly shorn, some were left bleeding from deep, painful wounds, which workers stitched up without any pain relief. The workers then hurled animals to the concrete floor and even stood on their necks. Nearby, fellow terrified alpacas huddled together in fear. Alpacas Hum to Their Babies Alpacas are docile, inquisitive, and social. Excitement elicits a happy “wark” sound, and pregnant moms hum to their babies – something they also do when they’re happy or curious. They intertwine necks and nuzzle, and like female humans, female alpacas even trot to the “bathroom” together. A Custom-Designed ‘Manmade Beast’ Like dogs inbred to fight or hunt, alpacas were invented by humans. They are a cross between vicuñas and llamas, bred to produce so much wool that they must be shorn. Although they can live for up to 20 years, most are slaughtered by the age of 8. Their flesh ends up on plates in Peru.

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Crying alpacas endure shear terror.

“The alpaca’s scream sounded like a high pitched electric pencil sharpener, more machine than mammal. It was awful ….” – The New York Times

Pamper yourself or a lucky loved one with a cruelty-free gift bag.

Kids from 1 to 92 will love PETA’s Plush Pals: Collect ’em all!

Calvin Klein Sees the Light–Again! Back in 1994, after a PETA sit-in at Calvin Klein’s New York headquarters, the designer became one of the first to ban all fur. Now, after discussions with PETA, Calvin Klein’s parent company, PVH, which has already eighty-sixed angora,

Chase away the chill in style.

Spread goodwill to all with this colorful “End Speciesism” tee.

has banned the use of exotic skins across all its brands, including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. A company spokesperson told PETA the move is “part of our long-term strategy to drive fashion forward for good.”

It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas!

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