PETA Global 2022 Issue 1

Global ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION ISSUE 1 | SUMMER 2022

8 PAGE From lab equipment to lap dog Beagle Jailbreak

Pamela Anderson Boris Johnson, spare the bears! 3 PAGE

Biologists know there’s lots to love about reptiles 12 PAGE Cauliflower Power Vegan meals that pack a protein punch

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ATipping Point: PETA’s PlanWill ToppleAnimal Experiments

From its inception, PETA has been pushing to overcome experimenters’ inertia and stubborn adherence to the idea espoused by Descartes – who nailed dogs to boards and dismissed their cries as the squeaking of machinery – that it’s acceptable to imprison animals in steel cages for life to endure all manner of horrors, deprived of everything that would make their lives meaningful or comfortable, then kill them. PETA has closed labs , liberated hundreds of animals , and provoked funding cuts for animal experiments . PETA entities are persuading institutions worldwide – from AstraZeneca to the University of Adelaide to the FDA in Taiwan – to end tests on animals, including the “forced swim test,” in which small animals are dropped into containers of water, and forced to swim for their lives. Now we’re out to turn the whole system upside down and dislodge all the animal experimenters with our plan to modernize research with state-of-the-art methods that are effective and 100% humane.

in Congress to end the mandate that human drugs be tested on animals. Now for the rest of the world!

Real Science PETA Science Consortium International has advanced cutting-edge, non-animal research by helping to fund the development of a three dimensional lung tissue model and human-derived antibodies to treat diphtheria . These will prevent rats from being forced to inhale toxins and horses from being injected with diphtheria toxin and forced to undergo blood withdrawals. Now, let’s get all animals out of labs.

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This Is the Research Modernization Deal PETA’s scientists have created the Research

Modernization Deal – a strategy for ending the animal torment in laboratories and investing in human-relevant research. After reviewing this groundbreaking proposal, the European Parliament voted to develop a plan to phase out all experiments on animals – and in the US, a bipartisan FDAModernization Act has been introduced

J Read on to learn how you can support PETA’s work to help science evolve.

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After PETA sweet-talked Blommer Chocolate Company, North America’s largest cocoa processor and chocolate ingredient supplier, it agreed not to fund, conduct, or donate any products for animal tests. Previously, PETA had learned of deadly experiments on mice involving products that Blommer had provided. Sweet Success! Chocolate Company Ends Animal Tests USA

PETA UK has unveiled the world’s first faux bear fur, which looks and functions exactly like the real bearskin used to make the Queen’s Guard’s famous caps. PETA honorary director Pamela Anderson told the British prime minister that it would be “unconscionable” not to make the switch and save bears from being killed for a uniform. In the US, PETA rescued its 76 th bear from dingy roadside zoos. After US authorities confiscated one injured bear from Sunrise Side Nature Trail and Exotic Park, PETA secured the release of the four remaining animals – a black bear named Dolly and three foxes – who are all now living happily ever after at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. Take Action Now Oswald’s Bear Ranch is another notorious roadside zoo where many bears have died. Help get the animals out at PETA.org/Oswalds . And visit PETA.org.au/Bearskins to urge UK Prime Minister Johnson to go faux. Saving Bears With Faux Fur and Freedom GLOBAL

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A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President

Other chocolate companies that have banned animal tests after working with PETA include Barry Callebaut, The Hershey Company, Lindt & Sprüngli, and Ritter Sport. Take Action Now Celebrate with PETA’s kitty-shaped vegan chocolates that will cat ivate your taste buds at PETA.org/Store , and help end more tests on animals by signing up for PETA’s text alerts at PETA.org/Text .

I found these two beagles spinning madly in circles inside a barren kennel at Hahnemann/ Drexel University. I had come to talk to students in their 20s who were preparing to work in an animal laboratory. My presentation arguing for modernizing science

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education had been preceded by a pro-vivisection slide show of kindly physicians healing the sick, supposedly thanks to animal experiments.

JUSTICE! Pinky Cole and PETA Dish It Out Entrepreneur and founder of The Slutty Vegan restaurant chain, Pinky Cole joined PETA in a vegan

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I asked to see the labs. This made the faculty uncomfortable. I kept pushing, saying, “Nothing to hide, I’m sure!” Finally, they decided I could perhaps see the lab housing the students’ “pet” dogs. The facility consisted of a roomwith neon ceiling lights, cement floors, whitewashed walls, and chainlink runs. No toys, grass, sunshine, or fresh air – nothing to provide any comfort or joy. “What are they used for, and do they ever get out of these cells?” I asked. I was told they were let into the aisle every day during cleaning and that they were “only used once a year, at exam time, to show students how to take blood and whatnot.” We continued talking. How could the school justify imprisoning these dogs in such bleak living conditions year-round? There were other ways for the students to learn: for example, in a veterinarian’s office, observing dogs who could go right home afterward. With persistence, I got the beagles, Linda and Kim, released. Their whirling stopped within the first week of their transfer from cement flooring to a living room couch and the soft grass of a real yard. It took three and a half years of trying to get an answer from Drexel University regarding modifying its policy on animal experiments, but eventually the chancellor wrote that the College of Medicine “has been using computer modeling and simulation rather than live subjects … for over three years.” Change was possible after all – it usually is, if you push hard enough. Let’s go!

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Big Wins for Small Animals

Sloths Saved From SeaQuest!

grocery giveaway in Atlanta’s Vine City food desert, during which Pinky served an excited crowd a variety of The Slutty Vegan’s delicious entrées to help kick off PETA’s new food justice campaign. PETA

is calling on government agencies to stop using tax dollars to prop up animal agriculture and instead to redirect those funds into providing healthy vegan food in underserved communities. Rev. Dr. Robert Turner hosted another burger bonanza at Tulsa’s Historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, saying, “Food justice is racial justice, and I’m pleased to see PETA addressing this issue nationwide.”

Following discussions with PETA, Uni-President (Asia’s largest food company) and Swire Coca-Cola Taiwan (one of Taiwan’s leading soft drink manufacturers and bottling partner of Coca-Cola) banned all animal tests not required by law. Then, Yakult Co., Ltd. – known for its probiotic drinks – ended all of its voluntary animal tests after being formally included in the ban that its parent company, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., imposed after discussions with PETA. These victories will prevent countless rats, mice, and hamsters from being force-fed, forced to inhale chemicals, starved, and injected with drugs.

SeaQuest – the notorious aquarium and petting zoo based primarily in shopping malls – won’t be acquiring more sloths at its Las Vegas site, following the deaths of two sloths there in nine months. PETA asked local officials to investigate the abusive outfit and deny any future requests to obtain more sloths after records revealed that the animals – both named Flash – died under similar suspicious circumstances. And just days after PETA wrote to the North Dakota attorney general to report that SeaQuest CEO Vince Covino’s bid to open an inhumane operation in the state was based on lies, Covino backed out of his plans.

Take Action Now Never visit SeaQuest or any other business that displays animals for human entertainment. Take action against this cruel company

Take Action Now Keep the momentum going: Please visit PETA.org/Ajinomoto to tell the world’s largest MSG manufacturer that its horrific tests

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/FoodJustice to join PETA’s initiative.

at PETA.org/SeaQuest .

on animals leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

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UK travel companies Pure Destinations, Honeymoon Dreams, and Your Co-op Travel stopped selling tickets to SeaWorld after PETA explained howmarine animals suffer in the abuse ment park’s cramped concrete tanks. Club Med, following a discussion with PETA France, stopped promoting marine parks, too, VICTORY! TRAVEL COMPANIES GROUND SEAWORLD GLOBAL

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Win! Final Departure for Glue Traps at Tampa Airports

Police Seize Spiked Bits

Mare- ci! PETA SUPPORTERS WIN FOR HORSES After a pentathlon competitor and coach at the Tokyo Olympics whipped and punched a terrified horse, PETA, PETA Germany, and thousands of supporters demanded an end to the equine event. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) dropped the modern pentathlon starting in 2028. And horses won again , thanks to PETA Australia, when insurance company AAMI ended its sponsorship of the Melbourne Cup.

Cruelty doesn’t fly with the Aviation Authority in Tampa, Florida, which banned glue traps after learning from PETA that ensnared animals often struggle for days, tearing their flesh and breaking their bones. The city’s four airports join more than 110 across the US – as well as hundreds of schools, retailers, banks, and other facilities – that PETA has persuaded to get out of this sticky situation.

Working with police in Lucknow, PETA India continued its crackdown on illegal spiked bits, seizing 70 of the barbaric devices, which lacerate horses’ tongues and lips and cause permanent emotional distress. “I appreciate the work

Take Action Now Get other businesses on board at PETA.org.au/GlueTraps .

Take Action Now Tell the IOC to end all equestrian events at PETA.org.au/Olympics .

of PETA India for generating awareness in the city, for supporting the police with implementing the law, and replacing the spiked bits with plain ones,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Chiranjeev Nath Sinha. PETA India is working for a nationwide ban on the manufacture, possession, and sale of spiked bits.

along with elephant rides, selfies with big cats, and bullfighting. And PETA pressure led Expedia to stop selling tickets to SeaWorld and “swimwith dolphins” encounters. Now, new legislation in France has banned marine parks from buying or breeding captive dolphins and orcas or forcing them to perform, with a five-year phase out. Take Action Now The Bachelor ’s Cassie Randolph is one of many celebrities who have spoken out against SeaWorld, and British Airways, Virgin Holidays, and other companies have also dumped it. Visit PETA.org.uk/TUI to urge TUI to get on board.

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It’s cool to be kind, so when the Museum of Ice Cream opened without any dairy free options, PETA set up outside and gave away free scoops of vegan ice cream. The museum was persuaded to add a vegan variety to its rotation – and PETA is pushing to make it a year round offering. PETA Scoops the Museum of Ice Cream

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Win! California Breaks With Bloody Business Captive-dog “blood banks” will be closing in California, thanks to a law that PETA pushed hard for. Previously, the state

Global fashion retailer H&M partnered with PETA to launch its “PETA-Approved Vegan” Co-Exist Story. The collection features innovative, animal-friendly materials including FLWRDWN ™ , down fill made from flowers instead of feathers. Down is also out at the Dream Hotel Group. Following conversations with PETA, the swanky hotel brand banned down in its bedding. These compassionate moves will prevent birds from having their feathers painfully ripped out—as graphically illustrated by PETA France’s “plucked birds” in a protest during Paris Fashion Week. Win! H&MLaunches Fab PETA-Approved Collection

In a bold PETA ad, Mexican actor Michelle Renaud says bullfights represent cruelty, not “culture,” which is why more than 100 Spanish towns, as well as Bogotá and several Mexican states, have declared their opposition to these bloodbaths. Take Action Now The Running of the Bulls and subsequent bullfights in Pamplona, Spain, were canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic. Visit PETA.org.au/Bulls to call for a permanent ban.

Victory! PETA Push Ends Cruel Tests allowed veterinarians to buy blood only from cruel facilities like Hemopet, where sick and stressed former racing greyhounds were caged 23 hours a day and endured withdrawals of massive amounts of their blood, as revealed by PETA’s undercover investigation. The law now allows veterinarians to dispense blood donated by dogs who live in loving homes. Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/NGA to Urge the National Greyhound Association to bar members’ dogs from being held captive for blood.

Take Action Now Ask Starbucks to stop charging more

bucks for vegan milk at PETA.org/Starbucks . Order a free vegan starter kit for a friend at PETA.org.au/VSK to help them drop dairy for good.

Take Action Now Never buy feather-filled clothing or bedding, and check PETA’s guide to down-free hotels at PETA.org/DownFreeHotels before booking a room.

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Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins about the findings were ignored. So PETA went to the media.

facility that is demonstrating success at preventing critical animal welfare issues,” an understatement.

Sickness, Death, Contamination A damning exposé in the Arizona Republic and USA Today dropped bombshells – including that deadly diseases run rampant at the WaNPRC’s supposedly “pathogen-free” breeding facility. Monkeys there routinely become sick and die from Valley fever and have tested positive for campylobacter, shigella, salmonella, and cryptosporidia as well as for the pathogens that cause Chagas disease, tuberculosis, and even cholera. A toxic waste site just 550 yards from the facility has contaminated the wells and soil with perchlorates and lead. Injuries and Incompetence In PETA’s investigation, injuries and deaths at WaNPRC are described in detail. Amacaque died of dehydration because the water line to her cage hadn’t been connected. Amonkey strangled to death when he became entangled in a chain attached to his cage. Amonkey who hadn’t been properly fasted prior to surgery went into respiratory arrest and choked to death on his own vomit. Two stressed macaques escaped, and both incurred injuries to their hands and fingers. Findings from experiments on these contaminated monkeys are compromised before they even start.

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/WaNPRC to demand the closure of the WaNPRC and the release of

the monkeys to sanctuaries, where they can finally experience security, comfort, and respect. You can help PETA succeed! Do it for Dorothy.

NIH Director Francis Collins has known since at least 2013 that sepsis – an extreme and often fatal response to infection – affects humans and mice differently. Some 150 drugs have treated sepsis in mice, but every single one has failed in human trials. Collins has acknowledged, “No wonder drugs designed for the mice failed in humans: They were, in fact, treating different conditions!” Yet NIH has continued to squander tens of millions of dollars to induce sepsis in mice, causing them to go into shock, experience multiple organ failure, and die in agony. PETA Sues to Stop Sepsis Experiments What PETA Alleges PETA’s groundbreaking lawsuit against Collins, NIH, and others alleges that funding sepsis tests on animals violates the agencies’ legal obligations to reduce the number of animals used in experiments, minimize the suffering of animals, and fund research for the benefit of human health. Following a PETA campaign, NIH has stopped funding sepsis experiments by an experimenter at the University of Pittsburgh, who punctured the intestines of mice so that feces would leak into their abdomens. PETA’s lawsuit pushes NIH to invest in non animal, human-relevant sepsis research that is truly lifesaving. Go to PETA.org/Sepsis to help.

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clamoring to close the WaNPRC and its breeding center. PETA has filed complaints against UW with the USDA for egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act, and the agency did cite UW, noting that the school’s long and sordid violation record was “not indicative of a

“Dorothy” visiting the University of Washington campus

Dorothy (like the monkey shown in this photo) was taken from her cage to another room and locked into a “restraint chair.”

A t 22 years old, Dorothy was a senior citizen in macaque years when she ended up at the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) at the University of Washington (UW). She had been used as a breeding machine for 20 years – all her babies had been taken away from her. And now, instead of enjoying her golden years perched in a tree, surrounded by her daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters, Dorothy found herself all alone, in a cold steel cage.

lock her into a restraint chair. She was kept thirsty so she would cooperate by looking at a screen for hours at a time just to get a sip of water. To control her even more, they drilled a hole into her skull and implanted a titanium post so that they could prevent her from moving her head. Driven to despair, she pulled out nearly all her hair and began to waste away. Dorothy got sicker and sicker under the strain of unrelenting experimentation, until she was just a shadow of her former self. After she died, her necropsy showed that she was riddled with cancer. No one had bothered to find out why she was so ill while she was still alive.

primate research centers operating at universities across the US. Each year, these relics from the 1960s rake in millions in federal funds and use the money to torment monkeys like Dorothy. They claim that their experiments will lead to vaccines for human diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and Zika. Yet in 60 years of inflicting abject misery on monkeys, they have not succeeded. For nearly two years, PETA researchers and scientists combed through tens of thousands of university and federal records, talked to multiple insiders, and even filed open records lawsuits to uncover the WaNPRC’s dirty deeds. All attempts to meet with UW President Ana Mari Cauce and soon-to-be-former National

PETA placed ads in newspapers, hung a banner from a highway overpass, ran classic and mobile billboards, and more.

Six Decades of Misery … Cruelty but No Cures The WaNPRC is one of seven taxpayer-funded national

Experimenters clamped a thick metal collar around her neck – mockingly calling it her “jewelry” – so they could

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occupied by his mother and littermates. Other puppies died after falling through holes in the cages and ending up in drains, soaking wet and covered with fecal waste. Workers killed some puppies by injecting euthanasia solution directly into their hearts while they were conscious and could feel the needle penetrating the heart muscle – contrary to veterinary guidelines for euthanasia. Some workers didn’t bother to verify that animals were dead before shoving them into plastic bags.

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foods. He sleeps soundly – until he barks in his dreams and wakes himself up.

PETA is determined to end animal experiments. It’s a long climb up a high mountain, but each year PETA gets gets closer to the summit. Please do your part for the sake of these and all dogs.

Take Action Now Share this article with everyone you know, and urge them to take action. Visit

PETA.org.au/Beagles to demand that NIH stop wasting your tax dollars on cruel and useless experiments that exploit beagles and other animals. Do you have what it takes to carry out undercover investigations like this one? PETA is hiring. Visit PETA.org/Investigator .

Nursing Mothers Go Hungry US Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors told company management to feed the dogs through their last nursing day, but hungry mother dogs were routinely denied anything to eat during their final two days with their puppies – and a supervisor instructed workers to lie about it. PETA took its evidence to the government, and USDA officials inspected the beagle supplier and opened a new investigation. In the meantime, the USDA released three damning inspection reports citing Envigo for 26 violations of the Animal Welfare Act from an inspection that took place in July while PETA’s undercover investigation was underway. Yet Envigo is still breeding and selling dogs today. More suffering awaits puppies who survive this hellish place. They will never set foot outdoors or experience 9 time outside a cage except while being experimented on. And all their suffering and death is for nothing: A staggering 90% of basic research, most of which involves animals, fails to lead to treatments for humans. You Can Help Save Dogs Like Samson PETA’s investigator found a legal way to get Samson out. Today, the brave old warrior is healing physically and emotionally as well as finally enjoying being a dog. He chases leaves, watches birds and squirrels, and tries new 12

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size of football fields. Denied any opportunity to run, play, and simply act like dogs – and deprived of a comfortable bed or a family to love them – the beagles paced, jumped, and barked frantically. The din of hundreds of distressed cries must have been unbearable for the dogs trapped there, given their extremely sensitive hearing. Soaked and Shaking Samson wagged his tail whenever he saw PETA’s investigator but cowered when approached. Workers routinely blasted his and the other dogs’ cages with water from high-pressure hoses – even those of nursing mother dogs and their puppies, who were unable to move out of the way, leaving them soaking and traumatized. The workers tattooed puppies’ ears with needled clamps and no pain relief. Dozens of puppies were tattooed three times – first with the wrong number, the second time with an “X” over each mistake, and then again with the intended tattoo. When dogs were sick or injured, lay workers guessed at the diagnosis and treatment. One supervisor inserted a needle straight into a puppy’s head in a crude attempt to drain fluid from a wound, again – without anesthetics. When the puppy wailed, the supervisor tried to hold her mouth shut. Workers cut prolapsed

tissue from dogs’ eyes, stitched up dogs’ prolapsed penises, and even cut puppies out of their sedated mothers’ wombs (then killed their mothers).

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I f you look closely at Samson’s ear, you’ll see six letters, each tattooed over with an “X.” Not long ago, those letters were his only identification. He had no name, no bed, no toys, and no real life at all. His teeth were rotting, and he had an ear infection. For eight years, he wasn’t treated like a dog – more like a breeding machine – at Envigo, a massive beagle factory farm in Virginia that sells puppies to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and laboratories around the world. Born and raised in this miserable prison, Samson sired an estimated 200 puppies, who were shipped off to endure painful, deadly experiments – to be poisoned, cut open, burned, and psychologically tormented. Trapped, Traumatized, and Slowly Losing Their Minds A PETA investigator worked undercover at this facility, where almost 5,000 beagle dogs and puppies were confined 24/7 to barren cages in sheds the

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Each cat has preferences. The PETA cats love corn cob–based litter, which is easy to clean. Other cats like alfalfa, grass, or coconut-hull litters. Some cats prefer covered litterboxes, while others like theirs open. Placement matters, too: Make sure the box has an escape route and is situated in a quiet area. Experiment to see what your cat prefers. “I don’t like this set-up.”

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“I resent being banished.”

“My joints ache, and I can’t make it to the litterbox in time.”

Never allow yourself or anyone else to push your cat off the couch or bed or to say the equivalent of “Go away,” even during intimate moments. Not only is it rude, it’s also sure to hurt your cat’s feelings. And cats who have been banished may resort to sending you a message that you can’t ignore – by eliminating in that very spot.

Is your cat “thinking outside the box”? Your feline family member is sending you an important message – never ignore it. Here’s what Kitty may be trying to tell you, plus other tips from Ingrid Newkirk’s “cat guardian’s bible.”

You wouldn’t force your elderly grandparents to

descend the basement stairs every time they needed to use the bathroom, would you? Don’t make your aging kitty do so, either. Keep litterboxes near high-traffic

New England Patriots linebacker Matt Judon got serious in a new PETA TV spot reminding fans, “New England winters are no joke. They can be deadly for dogs left outside.” He knows that PETA fieldworkers intervene in behalf of thousands of chained or penned dogs every year , providing them with clean water, food, lightweight tie-outs to replace chains, and affection that they would never otherwise receive, as well as providing them with insulated doghouses and straw bedding so they don’t freeze to death. “My dogs are part of my family – and I would never leave my family outside in the cold,” says Judon. “So please, keep your dogs inside, and show them the love and respect that they show you.” New England Patriots’ Matt Judon Knows Dogs Belong Inside

areas. And if your cat likes enclosed litterboxes, buy or make an attractive litterbox cabinet that can stay in your main living area. Cabinets can reduce litter tracking and also prevent dogs from “foraging” in the box.

“I’m in pain.”

“I’m stressed.” Changes like moving, travel, illness, or even a new perfume on their human can cause sensitive animals like cats profound anxiety. Take the time to understand what’s upsetting Kitty, and change it if you can. Products like Bach’s Rescue Remedy (a calming mixture of flower essences) and Feliway (a natural calming pheromone) may also help soothe your stressed friend.

Clay litter is traditional, but some experts believe that it may clump and harden inside cats’ digestive tracts, causing painful and potentially fatal blockages. Never use it with kittens, especially, who are curious and like to explore their surroundings with their mouths. Also, avoid pine-based cleaners, which can be toxic to cats. “Are you sure this is safe?”

Cats suffering from cystitis or a urinary tract infection – both of which can be very painful and even life-threatening – may urinate in odd places, such as on ceramic or tile surfaces like a tub or sink. Has your cat found a way to

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“This stinks.” Cats’ noses are very sensitive, and their waste can be pungent. Would you want to step barefoot into Kitty’s litterbox? Scoop solid waste at least twice daily. At least once a week, dump out the box completely, scrub it with vinegar, wash it with soap, and thoroughly rinse and dry it. Avoid self-cleaning boxes: Some cats

the box: a drop of blood in the urine? With any litterbox problem, the first thing to do is consult your vet to rule out a serious health issue.

“I miss you.”

Cats are emotional beings. They feel jealous, sad, and lonely if you’ve been ignoring them because of a new romance, a baby, or another animal – or because your job keeps you away all day and activities keep you out late. Never punish your hurting friend. Instead, get the message, and spend time

are frightened of them or can smell the waste stored underneath, and such boxes make it impossible to keep tabs on Kitty’s “output,” which can provide important health clues.

“I need my space.”

with your cat every single day – playing, grooming, cuddling, and telling them how perfect they are.

Multi-cat households require at least one pan per cat, plus one, to prevent inter-cat squabbles and long lines at the bathroom.

Take Action Now Make all nine of your cat’s lives as happy and fulfilling as felinely possible: Order 250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You to Know at PETA.org/250Things . Better yet, get several copies to share with your feline-fancying friends.

“I’m in the mood for love.” If Tom or Tabby hasn’t been “fixed,”

10 Reasons Your Cat May Be Avoiding the Litterbox

hormones may be the reason for spraying and other unwelcome litterbox behavior. Spare your cat the frustration of wanting to mate but not being able to – and prevent more kittens from being born into a world that is already short on good homes – by making an appointment to have your friend spayed or neutered ASAP.

Take Action Now Help a cold, “outside” dog by sponsoring a sturdy PETA doghouse at PETA.org.au/GiftsThatGive , and score a tee like Matt’s at PETA.org/Store .

Get Your Copy Today at PETA.org/250Things .

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Tortilla Soup with Pinto Beans and Tempeh Makes 6 servings YOU’LL NEED 60 ml tamari or soy sauce 710 ml vegetable broth 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp chilli powder 1 680-g jar chunky tomato-based salsa 2 400-g tins pinto beans, rinsed and drained 245 g frozen sweetcorn Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste 2 spring onions, minced 2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander Vegans hear it often: “Where do you get your protein?” Which is funny, because in Australia, our problem is too much protein – and the wrong kind! If you’re eating whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables, you’re getting plenty of protein, without the health risks that come with eating animal based foods. 480 ml water 225 g tempeh

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METHOD • Bring the tamari or soy sauce and water to the boil in a small saucepan. Add the tempeh, reduce the heat, cover, and cook for 15 minutes. Drain and cut into bite size pieces. • Heat 120 ml of the broth in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for about 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Stir in the tempeh along with the chilli powder, salsa, beans, sweetcorn, and remaining broth. Season with the salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. • Remove from the heat and stir in the spring onions, coriander, and lime juice. Top with the tortilla crisps and serve hot. Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas with Charmoula Sauce Makes 4 servings

1 Tbsp red wine vinegar 2 tsp nutritional yeast 1 tsp smoked paprika 1/4 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp ground coriander 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

METHOD • Preheat the oven to 425°F/220°C. Line a large baking tray with greaseproof paper. • Use a serrated knife to cut the cauliflower into 1-cm slices, as if you were cutting a loaf of bread. Arrange the cauliflower and potatoes on the baking tray and spray with cooking spray. Season with the salt and pepper. • Roast for 15 minutes then remove from the oven and turn with a spatula. Scatter the chickpeas on top. Return to the oven and continue roasting until the vegetables are tender and nicely browned, 10 to 15 minutes longer. • To make the charmoula, combine the remaining ingredients in a food processor. Process until well blended. • Transfer the vegetables to a platter and spoon the charmoula over the top. Serve hot.

YOU’LL NEED 1 head cauliflower, cored 455 g baby potatoes, scrubbed and quartered Cooking spray Sea salt and black pepper, to taste 1 400-g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

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Don’t stop believin’! My message remains the same.

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Meet your meat, eggs, and dairy: My well-placed signs remind shoppers that some “products” belonged to someone else.

Klein; pushing GUESS, Gap, and others to stop selling angora wool; and persuading Asia’s largest food company, Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, to ban tests on animals. The Most Important Word in the English Language: Vegan Showing people that you’re vegan, and why, is a powerful and effective way to end speciesism. I make custom vegan hats, car magnets, stickers, pins – you name it – to try to break through people’s cognitive dissonance regarding “loving” animals yet continuing to eat and wear them. That’s why I also leave PETA’s vegan starter kits in shopping carts to plant the seed of compassion as people make life-or-death decisions in the aisles. The only way I know how to make sense of my life in this world full of cruelty is to do my best to stop as much of it as I possibly can. If I can help you do so, too, I’m here for you!

FROM MY ‘AHA’ MOMENT AT KFC TO JAIL TIME FOR PROMOTING A PICNIC By PETA Foundation Director Jeff Zick

We love “fishing” – for trash. Fish are friends, not food.

Marlowe is a mini–walking billboard for animal rights. Get Marlowe’s facemask and tee at PETA.org/Store .

she vegan, she has also chosen to join me in activism urging everyone to stop eating animals.

of Calvin Klein’s office in Manhattan. I played a “jail support” role for the staff who engaged in civil disobedience and got arrested to call attention to the plight of animals killed for fur. It worked: Calvin Klein ended fur sales, decades before many other holdouts. Another time, a friend and I were arrested in New York City for simply posting flyers for a vegan picnic! We spent an eye-opening night in jail. Working for EquALLity When I got a full-time job in PETA’s Literature Department, I made the best friends of my life. Now I’m a director, and I love my job. My teammates and I share important animal stories with PETA supporters, and our communications generate hundreds of thousands of actions. I’m so proud of what PETA members have achieved, including getting snake and crocodile skins banned at Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin

Schooled in Compassion Soon after the incident at KFC, I discovered the book Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. It logically articulated everything I’d begun thinking about human bigotry toward other species. In college, I started an animal rights group and distributed PETA literature, as well as using PETA props like a repurposed fur coat with “FUR IS DEAD” painted on the back. I made it my mission to be a walking billboard for animal liberation. For two years in a row, I kept a New Year’s resolution to wear a shirt with an animal rights message every time I was in public. Making Fashion History After graduation, I interned at PETA. The very first demonstration I attended was the now-iconic raid

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W hen I was about 7 years old, I asked my mother why we ate animals, since making meat out of them killed them. She said that they just died when they got old. I pushed this information to the back of my mind, but it rushed to the front one day at age 16. I bit into a poor chicken’s wing at KFC, and a blood vessel burst! Her bright-red blood ran down her wing. That’s when it really hit home that meat came from an individual who’d had a heartbeat just like me. I didn’t know what a vegetarian was, but I instantly swore off eating flesh. Now that I’m a dad, I haven’t hidden the truth from my daughter, Marlowe. Not only is

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billion in 2020 alone – even though 95% of new drugs that test safe and effective in animals fail in human trials . Collins has known for a decade that experiments on animals do not lead to cures, yet he staunchly defended them, as his e-mails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show. With Collins out, round two is to push for a director who will embrace state-of-the-art, animal-free scientific research. PETA’s giant inflatable T. rex has been tailing President Joe Biden

dimensional tissue models that can deliver desperately needed treatments and cures.

The RMD is already catching on: Members of the European Parliament who reviewed it enthusiastically voted in favor of developing an action plan to phase out animal experiments. In the US, Sens. Cory Booker and Rand Paul – along with Reps. Vern Buchanan, Brendan Boyle, and others – cosponsored the bipartisan FDA Modernization Act, which would end an antiquated rule from 1938 requiring that drugs be tested on animals before going to human trials.

Boxing gloves: © iStock.com/stephen_blair • Filmstrip: © iStock.com/Simon Herrmann

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk placed this statue – covered with more than 179,000 signatures demanding the resignation of NIH Director Francis Collins – on his front lawn.

Take Action Now Wherever you live, please weigh in: Tell your legislators that you oppose experiments on

animals, and urge them to support PETA’s Research Modernization Deal. Visit their offices, write letters, attend town halls, and ask public questions. Need help? E-mail Info@peta.org.au .

and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden everywhere – including the White House, Rome, and even the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland – demanding that the next director not be another “dinosaur.” And, in December, Dr. Lawrence Tabak was appointed interim director of NIH, an encouraging sign that the permanent director will support a modern approach to science. … In With PETA’s Research Modernization Deal PETA is determined to drag experimenters out of the scientific Stone Age via its groundbreaking Research Modernization Deal (RMD), which outlines a clear path forward for ending experiments on animals and implementing animal-free, human-relevant methods, such as organs-on-chips, computer modeling, and three

PETA UK’s evil scientists protest “forced swim tests” at the University of Bath.

drugs and subjected to unapproved procedures as well as a mouse who burst into flames when experimenters failed to notice that alcohol fumes had built up during a heat-generating surgery. Out With the ‘Dino’ … Following an intense PETA campaign, NIH Director Francis Collins called it quits! Under Collins’ directorship, NIH squandered nearly half its massive budget tormenting animals in experiments – $19.6

Time to Revolutionize S cie n ce! – Come Help Fight Round Two PETAWins Round One

PETA circulated tens of thousands of these embossed pennies.

“Science has come a long way and there are now better ways to assess the safety of drugs than conducting deadly experiments on puppies.” – US Rep. Brendan Boyle

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W hat does nearly drowning terrified mice teach us about depression in humans? Nothing . What does pouring alcohol down newborn rats’ throats and shocking rats’ feet reveal about child abuse? Zilch . PETA is using cold, hard facts to dismantle the myth that torturing animals helps humans – because it doesn’t . Fighting for the Rights of Rats and Mice Take the widely debunked “forced swim test,” in which mice or other animals are usually dosed with a test drug, and made to frantically tread water to the point of exhaustion inside inescapable beakers:

Blowing the Whistle on NIH Worldwide, no entity funds more cruel

Nearly 20 companies and universities worldwide have banned it, following outreach by PETA scientists as well as protests, PETA-proposed shareholder resolutions, and e-mails and calls from tens of thousands of supporters. University of Delaware (UD) experimenter Tania Roth has subjected animals to many other twisted tests – from the aforementioned alcohol and electrocution experiments to one that involved restraining a rat inside a clear box while a cat licked food off the top. PETA is demanding that UD end these tests and is calling on the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to stop funding them.

experiments than the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). But the agency can’t even abide by its own animal care guidelines in its own laboratories. PETA has uncovered evidence that 20 mice died after being injected with too much insulin, and a mouse was scalded to death in a cage that was run through a high-temperature washer. In a high-profile opinion piece that ran in the Miami Herald , PETA exposed appalling violations – including animals injected with the wrong

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“Octopuses are so extremely intelligent that even though they could learn to do human tasks, they won’t, because they’re smart enough to recognize that we don’t have their best interests at heart.”

Cork board: © iStock.com/ozgurkeser • Pins: © iStock.com/Altayb • All other imagery: © Dan Piraro/Bizarro.com

Through his daily newspaper feature, Bizarro , Piraro challenges speciesism and illustrates just how bizarre it is to see our fellow Earthlings as toys, trophies, and lab tools.

“Keeping a bird in a cage is like keeping a cat in a straitjacket or a dog chained to a post: It’s cruel. Imagine yourself tied to a tree for the majority of your life just because the local birds and squirrels enjoyed the sound of your snoring.”

Award-winning, syndicated cartoonist Dan Piraro uses his artistic chops and wicked sense of humor to show things from another perspective – in other words, to empathize.

It’s a Bizarro World: Dan Piraro Illustrates the Comic Side of Animal Rights

“One of my pet peeves is how soulless developers will destroy habitat, then name the tasteless housing complex after it. If you see a gated community named ‘Eagle Bluff,’ you can bet there isn’t an eagle within 100 miles – but there probably used to be.”

“It’s anthropocentric to judge another species’ intelligence by how similar it is to humans’. Chickens can’t fix bicycles, but then they haven’t much need for a working bicycle, so why should they? I now try to appreciate other species’ intelligence for what it is instead of in comparison to mine.”

Take Action Now Share Piraro’s work to help wake people

up to the absurdity of humans’ treatment of animals. And visit PETA.org.au/ActionTeam to sign up to participate in creative, world-changing outreach.

In 2002, Piraro created a cover for Animal Times magazine ( PETA Global ’s predecessor), and he’s provided many other thought-provoking cartoons since then.

“I’ve adopted many animals in my lifetime, and I don’t think someone with just-the-right-looking dog or cat could possibly be any happier than I’ve been with my mutts. It’s hard to believe humans breed animals like fashion accessories – at the expense of others in shelters who happen not to go as well with a designer sofa.”

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A cow’s skin belongs to her, and she feels fear and pain in a slaughterhouse every bit as much as you or I would. That’s the message behind UrbanOutraged.com , PETA’s parody online “store” that pretends to sell jackets, boots, skirts, and bags made of the finest leather. However, upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that there are human faces on the jackets, human teeth on the shoes, and human blood oozing from the bags. This guerilla marketing campaign is aimed at persuading Urban Outfitters, Inc. – which owns Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People – to stop selling anyone's skin. Urban Outfitters brands already sell luxurious, animal-free textiles, so it should be easy for them to sell only those and remove all animal-derived products.

Wear Your Own Skin PETA's Avery Jacket is one-of-a-kind. Every cow killed for a leather jacket was also a unique individual whose skin rightly belonged to her, not to the fashion industry.

One Forgotten Sheep’s Miracle Rescue, As Told by Her Rescuer Liz Turner ad: © Photo – France & Jesse | Art director – Greg Garry | Makeup: Jose Corella | Hair – David Gardner | Stylist – Grace Butler

Model Liz Turner thinks wool belongs on sheep.

I stopped my car because something didn’t seem right. And it wasn’t. The ewe had given birth to twin lambs, and both had died beside her. I lifted her head gently. Her eyes were sealed shut with pus. One ear was full of maggots, as was one of her hind legs. Her life was hanging by a thread. There was a house close by. A woman there said she rented the house from the farmer. She had told him three days before a sheep was down. He had done nothing. I lifted the sheep into my car. She was skin and bones. Before driving away, I looked back over the paddock. It was dotted with the remains of more than a dozen dead ewes and lambs. Everything I needed for her treatment was at home, still a good hour’s drive away. “Please, hold on. We will help you, sweetheart. Please don’t give up.” When I arrived home, I placed the ewe on some blankets and gave her electrolyte solution. I cleaned out her ear with fly repellent and warm paraffin oil. Her eyes were bathed with boric acid and warm water. When she was comfortable, we went on a “medicine hunt,” returning with a bucketful of weeds. It must have seemed like a buffet to her, for suddenly she

showed life. At that moment, we realized Hannah had a chance. Over the following weeks, we introduced her to such goodies as apples, fresh alfalfa, whole oats, and the occasional biscuit. She began to improve and was soon able to hold her head up. After 14 days, we were able to hold her in a standing position as she made feeble attempts to walk. It was almost three weeks before she could stand unaided. We were also bottle-feeding an orphaned lamb. Babby had lost her mum. Hannah had lost her

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glam about a crocodile bag if they could

The Only Way Is Essex star Chloe Ross strikes a slinky pose at London Fashion Week to help PETA UK raise awareness of the cold-blooded cruelty behind exotic skins.

Cruel Shoes When people visit UrbanOutraged.com , they'll find items like the Meg Boot. Each boot features it's own special touches depending on which part of Meg was used.

see eyewitness footage shot at Australian factory farms with links to Hermès, which shows crocodiles crammed into filthy concrete pits. The stench alone should cure any desire for a bag. But if that doesn’t do it, watching workers sever live crocodiles’ spines with a knife and ram a screwdriver into their skulls will.

inhumane by major scientific bodies for four decades and is illegal in some parts of the world .

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Take Action Now Animals’ hair and skin belong to them: They are not sweaters, bags, belts, or

Vile Vuitton PETA Asia also visited Indonesian

Indonesia are tied with their legs behind their backs and beheaded without

shoes. Please show people the facts and ask them to choose exclusively vegan options. Urge Gucci, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton to drop exotic skins by visiting PETA.org.au/Gucci , PETA.org.au/Hermes , and PETA.org.au/LouisVuitton . And go to UrbanOutraged.com/Gift to send your friends and family free “gift cards” to UrbanOutraged.com so they can see who they are wearing.

TakeActionNow Never buy stolen goods like wool and leather. Follow PETA’s Facebook page at

slaughterhouses that supply Louis Vuitton's parent company LVMH and documented

babies. They adopted each other and grazed together. Whenever Babby came for a bottle, Hannah would come, too, for an apple or a biscuit. The picture of Hannah lying totally helpless and slowly dying remains vivid in my mind. I am disgusted that such suffering and cruelty continues … just because people buy woolen products.

Facebook.com/PETAAustraliaOfficial for updates on investigations, the latest vegan fashion finds, and more. And urge Urban Outfitters to stop selling wool and other animal-derived materials at PETA.org.au/UrbanOutfitters .

stunning. Their skin is used for Gucci accessories. According to Dr. Clifford Warwick, a reptile expert who reviewed PETA Asia’s new footage, decapitating live, conscious reptiles has been recognized as highly

snakes being bashed in the head with hammers, suspended by their heads, pumped full of water, and skinned – likely while they were still conscious.

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