PETA Global 2022 Issue 1

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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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Mouse: © iStock.com/ CreativeNature_nl • Down demo: © Michel Pourney • H&M model: © H&M • Horse being whipped: © Liss Ralston • Michelle Renaud ad: © Photo – Sandra Kai | Makeup – Vicente Montoya | Hair – Davo Sthebané

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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

Cassie Randolph ad: © Photo – Brian Bowen Smith | Makeup – Jenna Nicole | Hair – Joseph Michael | Stylist – Giuliana Crescentini • Greyhound: © EmForry/Shutterstock.com • Cow: © iStock.com/esvetleishaya • Vegan ice cream: © iStock.com/ PamelaJoeMcFarlane

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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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