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Global ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION ISSUE 2 | AUTUMN 2024

25 ways to get active today Biologists know there’s lots to love about reptiles 5 PAGE Danai Gurira: Dog Defender Do whatever it takes

Scandal! Neuroscience’s 100% failure rate 8 PAGE

14 PAGE Harrods’ pastry chef’s dessert recipes A Piece of Cake

Bulls Aren’t Bicycles, Camels Aren’t Cars: PETA Gets Tourists Off Animals’ Backs

C amels can survive harsh desert in their humps; their nostrils are built-in dehumidifiers, cooling their exhaled breath to prevent water loss; and their beautiful long eyelashes stop sand from blowing into their eyes. But they can’t adapt to the cruelty humans inflict on them. People who take selfies atop a camel’s back must reckon with the suffering it represents . At top Egyptian tourist sites, PETA has shown saddle and nose peg sores on animals toiling in the blistering heat without food, water, or shade. Horses used for rides are beaten bloody even when they fall, and camels are forced to “walk” on their knees on the stony ground and are even dragged, bellowing in pain, behind trucks. There is no retirement: When their bodies wear out, they are sold and slaughtered in hideous ways for their flesh and skin. At Petra, in Jordan, a PETA-supported veterinary clinic provides care for the poor donkeys who haul tourists up 900 stone steps to a monastery, while the horse carriages we have complained bitterly about are now banned. In Santorini, Greece, we protest vigorously against donkey rides up a long, winding hill under the blazing summer sun. In Delhi, thanks to PETA India, environments. When resources are scarce, they live off the fat stored

horses used to haul lumber, steel, and machinery as well as joyriders have been replaced by electric carts that PETA’s Global Compassion Fund helps subsidize. One powerful way to end this abuse is to ban animal rides – and PETA is working on that. AdventureWomen – named one of the “15 Best Tour Operators” by Travel + Leisure magazine

the seizure of unlicensed horse-drawn carriages in Kolkata, and several of the rescued horses are safe at a PETA-supported sanctuary. PETA India is appealing to replace these carriages and elephant rides at Amber Fort with motorized e-carriages. Meanwhile, we ask tourists anywhere in the world never to ride any animal: They are not volunteers.

in 2022 – has joined the growing list of travel companies that have dropped camel rides at the pyramids of Giza after hearing from us. We’re keeping pressure on the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Indian governments to switch to electric carts, and supporters of PETA entities in the US, the UK, and continental Europe have been protesting outside consulates. It sometimes takes legislation or a court case. In 2015, PETA India won a ban on the “traditional” Victoria horse carriages used on Mumbai’s horses. Then PETA India achieved a ban on bullock carts used to haul oil in that city. Now, following PETA India’s complaints, the Calcutta High Court has ordered busy streets, after showing malnourished and wounded

Bhuriya Saved!

Danai Gurira: © DFree/Shutterstock.com • Recipe: © Matt Russell/Hardie Grant Books • Mouse: © iStock.com/vadimrysev • Cat: © iStock.com/Taizi Goncalves • Camel: Koustubh Pol

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Together, we can create a more compassionate world for all, from camels to cows. Read on!

ARMY STOPS BRAIN-DAMAGE TEST SUCCESS! USA

Lisa Ann Walter: Adoption Is Love USA

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Top Hotel Chain Ditches Down! Is H&M Next? Sweet dreams, indeed. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts , the world’s largest hotel franchisor, received a Compassionate Business Award from PETA for being down-free at Quinta , Super 8 , Howard Johnson , and Travelodge – allowing its guests to rest easy. “Angels” in stunning faux-feather wings descended on H&M stores to urge the retailer to also do away with down. Visit PETA.org.au/HM to get involved. all core brands in the US and Canada – including Days Inn , Ramada , La

A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA Australia’s Founder

Her performance as a teacher on Abbott Elementary won her Peabody and Screen Actors Guild awards.

Following pressure from PETA, the US Army stopped funding a cruel brain-injury test on ferrets conducted on taxpayers’ dime at Michigan’s Wayne State University . Dozens of curious, once-playful ferrets had been bombarded with radio waves, purportedly to study whether a directed-energy weapon could induce the effects of Havana syndrome in humans. Visit PETA.org/Army to urge top military brass to ban the use of any animals in weapon-wounding experiments.

Many people love soft cheeses, but my father wanted his cheese “walking” – yes, so ripe it was maggoty.

Now, in a winsome new PETA ad, Lisa Ann Walter is schooling people on reducing the numbers of dogs and cats who end up in shelters, explaining

If you find the idea of walking cheeses revolting, you might skip a visit to the farm in France where Camembert originates. It gives tours – busloads of them – of the inside of the “factory.” You can browse photos and read about Camembert’s history, and a window allows you to watch the milk swirling about in a giant vat. I went out back. That’s where I found the cows standing in their own manure. Their urine splashed up their legs onto their teats, the real origin of that cheese. They are slaughtered after a few years of being milked, their only utility in life. Here’s something else that’s revolting: Cheese contains the very same bacteria ( Brevibacterium ) found between your toes. It does! And here’s the most revolting fact of all: Cows’ babies are unceremoniously wrenched away from them by their ears or a leg or are tossed into a wheelbarrow, so scared their eyes almost pop out. That should be enough for any kind person to say, “Soy cheese, please!”

how buying from a pet store or breeder perpetuates the problem by adding more animals to the mix instead of helping with those already in need of a good home. Tell everyone to save a life and adopt.

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PETA’s Doughnut Giveaway: A Lifesaving Proposition

Axe Axes All Animal Tests

Don’t you love Edie Falco ? She stars in a new PETA commercial (it went viral!) in which strongmen invade her kitchen and steal away a wedge of cheddar she’s about to use in a pizza. While Edie cries, “Please don’t take my cheese,” the scene cuts to a cow desperately running down the road, chasing an open trailer with her calf in it.

There was no missing PETA’s demo in New York City’s Times Square: Stilt-walking supporters passed out loads of vegan doughnuts, along with

Lisa Ann Walter ad: © Photographer – Elisabeth Caren | Creative director – Greg Garry | Hair – Dustin Osborne | Makeup – Jen Bennett • Christopher Von Uckermann ad: © Photo – Laura Cohen | Hair and makeup – Marysol Fernández | Special effects – Alejandro Castillo

Edie Falco: © Starmaxinc.com • Laughing Cow cheese: © Bel Brands • Ferret: © iStock.com/Candy_Vandy • Man flexing arm: © Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock.com

Christopher von Uckermann Calls For Corky’s Freedom Singer and actor Christopher von Uckermann added his distinctive voice to that of PETA members seeking to free Corky from SeaWorld San Diego, by “trapping” himself inside a snow globe to mimic Corky’s minuscule tank. He also narrated PETA Latino’s video telling the story of the long-suffering orca – who has been captive for 54 years, 36 of those years at SeaWorld – and sent a letter to SeaWorld calling for Corky’s release to a seaside sanctuary. Visit PETA.org/Corky to urge SeaWorld to do the right thing.

info about UK economist Kate Raworth’s doughnut model of economics, an environmental action plan that calls for rejecting animal-derived foods. PETA supports the Plant Based Treaty ’s appeal to put food systems at the forefront of solutions to abate the climate catastrophe, which treaty reps discussed at COP28. Go vegan – for animals and the planet. Visit PETA.org.au/VSK for a free vegan starter kit.

PETA has added another big name to its Beauty Without Bunnies program: Axe (known in some countries as Lynx ) will no longer conduct, commission, or allow tests on animals for its fragrance sprays, bodywashes, gels, and other mega-popular men’s

What kind of person would continue supporting such severe cruelty simply because they like the taste? As with plant milks, there are many cheese options, but even if there were none, that would be no excuse. Cheers to Edie and to vegan living!

grooming products. Axe joins more than 20 other brands from parent company Unilever that have opted for effective, modern, non-animal testing methods. What other companies don’t test on animals? See the list at PETA.org/CrueltyFree .

Try the spreadable vegan cheeses from The Laughing Cow , available in two tasty flavors: Original and Garlic & Herb.

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More than 200,000 people have signed PETA Germany’s petition calling on the government to put in place a binding plan to end tests on animals. As laid out in our paradigm-shifting Research Modernization Deal (RMD), cutting-edge, human-relevant tests save the lives of animals – some 3 million suffer and die in laboratories in Germany every year – and facilitate effective treatments for humans. Visit PETA.org.au/RMD to add your voice. End Animal Tests! 200,000+ People Sign PETA Germany Petition

BIB dog: © Veran36/Shutterstock.com

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Leather Is Not Vegetarian “ Who are you wearing?” That’s the question PETA India put to shoppers across the country with billboards reminding them that if they don’t eat beef – and most Indians don’t – they shouldn’t wear leather, either. Cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and other animals are tormented and killed for their skin – and just like the humans who wear leather, they can experience fear and feel pain and they all want to live. Look for vegan leather made from pineapple leaves, mushrooms, cork, and other animal- and eco-friendly materials.

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News that the lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza has now reached the Antarctic prompted an immediate response from PETA Australia: a billboard spelling out how factory farms in our own countries spread and promote mutation of this and other pathogenic viruses. Australian law allows chickens to be confined so densely that they can’t ever stretch their wings. Visit PETA.org/VeganChicken for PETA’s chicken friendly favorites. PETA to Meat-Eaters: Make the Connection!

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She fought zombies in The Walking Dead and protected Wakanda in Black Panther . Joined by her beloved canine companion Papi, Danai Gurira is now going to bat for dogs in a hard-hitting PETA campaign. Twice as many dogs reportedly died from heat-related causes in the US last year than in any other year on record – and those are just the ones that were reported. “Be a warrior for animals,” Gurira says. “If you see a dog alone in a [hot] car, do whatever it takes to save them.” Visit PETA.org/Store to order an emergency hammer. Danai Gurira: Hot Cars Kill

Chris P Carrot on Presidential Campaign Trail!

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Pugs, boxers, and other breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) suffer from an array of devastating disabilities because of their deliberately flattened snouts, and promoting them encourages breeders to churn out more. That’s why, after appeals from PETA, pharmacy giant Rite Aid is phasing out greeting cards depicting BIBs and the mega ad agency Hill Holliday committed to no longer Images of Flat-Faced Dogs Pulled After Appeals From PETA

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E-mails from tens of thousands of PETA supporters. Provocative demos. Eye-catching ads. Appeals from celebs including Judy Greer . Our campaign against Hallmark has paid off! The greeting card king has stopped producing HALLMARK DROPS ‘GRINNING’ CHIMPANZEE CARDS

Chris P Carrot, PETA’s nonpartisan mascot, hit the US presidential campaign trail to promote a platform that crosses party lines: Go vegan to save animals’ lives, bolster human health, and protect the environment. Our campaign calls out the meat, egg, and dairy industries, which pump out about a third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations, and harm and kill billions of animals – all to produce artery-clogging foods. Throw your hat in the ring: Get a free vegan starter kit at PETA.org.au/VSK .

With X (formerly Twitter ) bleeding advertisers for extra fees, PETA offered – and the platform ran – an ad to add some paltry pennies to Elon Musk ’s lost revenue, pointing out that his “science” is simply a cruel and reckless circus. Experimenters at Musk’s Neuralink – where approximately 1,500 monkeys, pigs, and other animals have been killed already – drill holes in animals’ skulls and implant chips in their brains. Help end other such experiments on primates by urging the National Institutes of Health to close its national primate research centers at PETA.org/NPRC . PETA’s X Ad Calls Musk Out

featuring them in its ads – joining a growing list of companies that have nixed harmful images of BIBs. Visit PETA.org/UGA to urge the University of Georgia to retire its bulldog mascot.

and selling cards featuring clownish images of chimpanzees – which stymie conservation efforts by misleading consumers to believe that the species is thriving and which may even drive the black-market demand for these animals as “pets.” Full house: Hallmark was the last major card manufacturer still selling cards with exploitative images of great apes.

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Big Wins Under the Big Top PETA India works with local authorities to crack down on circuses that use camels and other animals illegally. Following the group’s complaints, all animals – a camel, a pony, three dogs, a baby monkey, and a goat – were seized from the Karur Latha Circus and police registered formal complaints against the Great Indian Circus and Jumbo Circus for forcing camels and other animals to perform tricks not approved by the Animal Welfare Board of India. In the US, after more than 100,000 PETA supporters took action and celebrities like TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas spoke out, UniverSoul Circus – which had exploited camels, elephants, tigers, and other animals for decades – went animal-free. Now our sights are set on Shrine circuses that still use animals, and we’re making progress. After hearing from PETA, award-winning home-building and design company Jagoe Homes pulled the plug on its significant sponsorship of the Hadi Shrine Circus and expressed the hope that “all animals will be out of the circus someday.” Polyram Plastic Industries also cut ties with the Hadi Shrine Circus and Sherwin-Williams advised its local business groups not to sponsor the circus in the future, both after hearing from us. PETA is pushing authorities in the “Lost City” of Petra, Jordan, to replace animal rides with electric vehicles.

Camels were dragged by the lips, yanked by the nose, and more.

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If you’re part of a tour group, don’t be shy about speaking up and explaining why you won’t participate in activities that exploit animals. You could have a huge impact! When one PETA member was traveling in Egypt, he told his tour group about PETA Asia’s exposés showing how animals used for rides are beaten and abused – and other members of the group decided to

PETA ENTITIES ARE SAVING CAMELS AROUND THE WORLD FROM SACRIFICES, RIDES, AND CIRCUSES Afzal and Unmukt, who were a hair’s breadth away from being sacrificed for a religious feast, join other rescued camels in enjoying a meal of marigolds. Getting Over the Hump

Screaming camels were beaten at the Birqash Camel Market in Egypt before being sold into the tourism industry.

ditch the rides. Electric vehicles and other innovations provide people with a source of income that doesn’t exploit animals – and it’s up to tourists and travel companies to demand them, as governments’ promises of reform are often empty ones.

Be Part of It! Shun rides and attractions that exploit animals. And visit PETA.org/Shriners to urge Shrine circuses

to go animal-free.

A fzal , Unmukt , and three other camels were spotted in the holy town of Varanasi, India, where they were being prepared for an illegal religious sacrifice: Their legs were to be bound, their mouths

But that misery was soon behind them. The camels walked into a truck bed, lay down on the straw, and were taken to a PETA-supported Animal Rahat sanctuary in Maharashtra, where they received food, medical care, rest, and TLC. Now they’re enjoying sanctuary life, including grooming sessions, holiday feasts, and the company of other residents. PETA entities around the world are working to liberate camels from abusive situations, exposing the cruelty of camel rides and races, shutting down animal-exploiting circuses, and more. Let’s Put the Brakes on Animal Rides As in Egypt (see the cover story), PETA is pushing authorities in the “Lost City” of Petra, Jordan, to replace animal rides with electric vehicles. More than 1,300 camels, donkeys, and horses haul tourists in the sweltering desert heat, and there’s no shade for them and usually no water, as the one water trough is commonly empty. Young touts routinely whip and beat the animals, even hitting them in the head with rocks. A PETA Asia eyewitness filmed camels being forced to work despite having fly-infested, open wounds caused by bridles, a daily sight.

A PETA-supported veterinary clinic in Petra, Jordan, treats animals who have been injured or overworked.

tied shut, and their throats cut. But PETA India and local activists jumped into action, alerted the police, and got the sacrifice stopped!

Though no longer in imminent danger, the camels were exhausted and in terrible shape. They had varying degrees of liver and kidney damage as well as bacterial infections. Two, including Afzal, also had gaping, maggot-infested wounds caused by wooden pegs that had been inserted into holes piercing their nostrils. The camels’ owners had tied ropes to the pegs, which they used to control them.

Schoolchildren in India want animals out of circuses.

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including Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) and PETA Honorary Director Lily Tomlin – have challenged experimenters to study them instead.

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Harvard University’s Margaret Livingstone has spent 40 years (and more than US$32 million) tormenting animals in useless experiments. She tears baby monkeys away from their mothers and sews their eyes shut or forces them to wear strobe-effect goggles for up to 18 months. Steel posts are surgically implanted in many of the infants’ heads or electrodes are put into their brains. The findings? Being blinded for the first months of life interferes with the development of vision and the brain. Livingstone’s recent paper was so worthless that 380 scientists – including Dr. Jane Goodall – and graduate students demanded its retraction.

Shreesh Mysore at Johns Hopkins University cuts into barn owls’ skulls, inserts electrodes into their brains, and bombards them with noises and lights while being paid to gather information on human

Monkeys in Elisabeth Murray’s lab are kept in isolation and frightened with fake spiders and snakes.

Richard E Grant calls near-drowning experiments “distressing for animals and irrelevant to humans.”

Be Part of It! Ensure that the health

attention-deficit disorder. The US National Institutes

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of Health’s own analysis indicates that the experiments have almost no “approximate potential to translate” to human health.

charities you donate to fund only sound, animal free research. And visit PETA.org.au/RMD to

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Physicians and Others Are Waking Up to the Waste As a result of PETA entities’ campaigns against these and other cruel neurological experiments – which have included exposés, lawsuits, scientific critiques, ads, protests, and petitions – many physicians, researchers, lawmakers, and patients have joined the push for change. Following PETA Germany’s work, that country’s health authority rejected a permit application from Andreas Kreiter at the University of Bremen to continue his invasive brain experiments on macaques, concluding that they were “ethically not justifiable.” PETA’s global initiative to end near-drowning experiments on mice and other small animals (which tell us nothing about human depression) has resulted in a wave of bans, including recent commitments from Australia’s Macquarie University , the University of Western Australia, Colombia’s Universidad del Valle , and more than a dozen UK research schools. BAFTA-winning actor Richard E Grant teamed up with PETA UK to call for an end to the forced swim test, and a dozen cross-party members of the UK Parliament urged the Home Office to abolish it. Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) announced that the test must not be used in new projects for modeling

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P eople who suffer from neurological or psychiatric conditions are desperate for relief. But medications to treat these disorders that are deemed “safe and effective” in animal experiments have among the highest failure rates in human drug trials because they don’t work and/or are dangerous . More than 1,000 drugs that seemed successful in experiments intended to mimic human strokes in animals failed to help stroke patients. Yet many neuroscience experimenters continue to torment animals in a futile attempt to someday extrapolate the results to humans, who are biologically vastly different. PETA entities are exposing the shoddy science and horrific cruelty that pass for much “neurological research” and pushing for the adoption of superior, human-relevant methods. 90 Years and Millions of Dollars Later, Not a Single Treatment! Many experiments targeted by PETA have been going on for decades at an enormous cost – despite failing to benefit human health 100% of the time . US National Institute of Mental Health experimenter Elisabeth Murray saws off a portion of monkeys’ skulls and injects toxins into their brains to inflict brain damage. She may also suction out or burn part of their brains. Murray then terrifies the monkeys with fake Neuroscience Experimenters’ Massive Harm, Zero Benefit snakes and spiders in an attempt “to study human neuropsychiatric disorders.” After 30 years and US$47 million, her experiments haven’t resulted in a single treatment. PETA is protesting

Infant monkeys in Margaret Livingstone’s Harvard laboratory are torn away from their mothers and raised without seeing any faces – human or monkey – for a full year.

PETA Australia Founder Ingrid Newkirk and supporters protest the National Institutes of Health’s funding of experiments on animals at the Neuroscience 2023 conference in Washington, DC.

Richard E. Grant: © DFree/Shutterstock.com • RMD booklet: © iStock.com/hh58000 • RMD Booklet cover: © iStock.com/Jackie Niam

human depression or anxiety and that

PETA UK supporters demand that the Home Office abolish the forced swim test.

– and pointing out that researchers studying the role of specific brain regions in human emotion and behavior are producing reliable, applicable results. At the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Agnès Lacreuse drills holes in tiny marmoset monkeys’ skulls, threads electrode leads through their abdomens, zip-ties them into restraining devices, and overheats them to simulate hot flashes – even though marmosets don’t go through menopause . As part of PETA’s campaign against these cruel and wasteful experiments, actual people experiencing menopause –

experimenters funded by the NHMRC who are currently using it must provide compelling justification for continuing to do so. The policy will significantly reduce, if not eliminate, use of the test.

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Giving up cheese may seem like a Sisyphean task, but we’re here to tell you it’s not. ‘Dairy It’s Crack’!

lot more. It goes down the collection tube – and if you consume dairy, you’re swallowing it with every glass of milk, every scoop of ice cream, and every sliver of cheese. That’s not the only problem with cheese. It’s 70% fat. If it were any worse, it would be Vaseline. And with all the salt added in the cheese factory, cheddar has more sodium ounce per ounce than potato chips! Crying Out for a Queso Fix Cheese smells like old socks, but people get hooked on the stuff. Why did Katherine love it so much? The reason is something called casomorphins. Casein, the protein that’s in milk, breaks apart in your digestive tract to release morphine-like chemicals that go to your brain and hook to the very same receptors that morphine or heroin would attach to. The most potent of these chemicals is morphiceptin. It has about one-tenth the brain-binding power of pharmacy-grade morphine. So it’s not strong enough to get you arrested, but it is strong enough to get you hooked. Break Free – for Cows’ Sake and Yours We can’t ignore the ethical issues of dairy production. Impregnating a cow doesn’t involve roses and Barry Manilow records. It’s done with artificial insemination. Workers insert an arm into a cow’s rectum and a metal rod to deliver semen into her vagina. These animals are not volunteers; they have no choice. They are going to be impregnated whether they want to be or not. And they bellow at the assault on their bodies.

Nine months later, the mother cow has a calf. And the baby is clumsy and awkward and cute as can be. But the farmworkers say, “Wait a minute – this is a dairy. If the calf drinks the mom’s milk, what are we going to sell?” Well, every dairy farm has an implement that solves this problem. It’s called a wheelbarrow. They pick up the calf by the chest, plunk them in the wheelbarrow, and carry them away. And the mother cow vehemently objects. She follows and cries out and effectively says, “That is my baby you’re taking away!” But there’s nothing she can do. And this is the way it is on every dairy farm that gave you every piece of cheese you ever ate.

Calf: © We Animals Media • Dr. Barnard: © Elliott O’Donovan

Be Part of It! Don’t keep this information to yourself. Share it with your family and friends to

help them kick the cheese habit! Go to

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

Get a copy of The Cheese Trap at PETA.org/Store .

Neal Barnard , MD, Author of The Cheese Trap , Explains the Fascinating Reason Why We Get Hooked on Cheese – and Why We Must Break the Habit

K atherine was an Air Force

When she woke up in the recovery room, Katherine’s surgeon had a surprise for her: He’d discovered that her endometriosis was practically gone. The lingering pain was due to scar tissue, which he removed. He didn’t perform the hysterectomy.

You can’t give up breaking his little heart?

aerospace engineer stationed in Iraq. When her tour of duty ended, her family and friends decided to help her make up for all the foods she had missed while she was overseas. Cheese was high on her list, so a friend gave her an entire case of 48 mac-and-cheese dinners. She ate them for 48 days straight. Katherine gained some weight. She also developed a painful condition called endometriosis, which is when cells that normally line the uterus escape into the abdomen. Her doctor’s solution: a hysterectomy. She scheduled the procedure, but before she had the operation, she went to see a nutrition expert, who said, “Let’s get rid of all the cheese and other animal-derived foods.”

“Well, she went vegan,” Katherine’s mother said. “That’s why she’s better!”

Her doctor wasn’t so sure. “There’s only one explanation for this,” he said. “This is a miracle!”

Sky-High Levels of Fat and Sodium Miracle or not, Katherine was well. And her doctor had missed something: Endometriosis is fueled by estrogens, and estrogens are found in some foods – especially dairy foods. Cows are impregnated every year on dairy farms, and their gestation is about nine months. When they give birth, they start producing milk. Cows make estrogen anyway, but during pregnancy, they make a whole

Katherine decided to give it a try. She started feeling better – a lot better. But there was still pain, so she decided to have the hysterectomy.

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Shot with a crossbow, later to be disemboweled

“ I am protecting what it means to be British. Certainly, wearing the skin of a dead animal on my head accomplishes none of that.” – Royal guard

Guard: © Sergii Figurnyi/Shutterstock.com • Stephen Fry: © s_bukley/Shutterstock.com

PETA UK supporters hold a “die-in” outside MoD headquarters in London.

bearskin caps between 2017 and 2022. Yet PETA UK first offered a weather-resistant faux fur produced by luxury faux furrier ECOPEL to the MoD in 2017, and ECOPEL has committed to supplying an unlimited amount

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for the caps free of charge for a decade. This makes these nearly 500 bears’ deaths particularly shameful and entirely indefensible.

A Kinder Generation of Guards Today’s King’s Guard members are young and engaged, and many reject the notion that living, feeling beings are mere “fabric” for humans’ use. In an op-ed published in The Independent , one guard explained that wearing a fur cap tarnishes the uniform and “feels cruel and inhumane.” Members of Parliament agree: Seventy-five of them supported a motion calling on the MoD to recognize that using real fur “is not in line with the UK Government’s commitment to have and promote the highest standards of animal welfare.” Be Part of It! Visit PETA.org.au/StephenFry to watch the new video exposé, and share it with everyone you know. Then use every outlet at your disposal – social media posts, letters, protests, phone calls – to send the message to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the MoD that the time is long overdue to transition to superior, humane faux-fur caps.

T he hungry bear could smell the honey, cookies, and bagels and moved cautiously toward the enticing aroma. Suddenly, he felt enormous pain: A razor-sharp arrow had torn into his flesh. He struggled through the agony, trying to flee. Eventually, he collapsed and died. The next morning, hunters used dogs to track the bear’s blood and scent. They were happy to have “bagged” him: “He’s a big ’un!” He was skinned, his head likely a trophy for someone’s wall, his beautiful coat likely sent to the auction house where the British Ministry of Defence ’s (MoD) capmakers buy bear fur to be made into the King’s Guard ’s caps. If a bear killed for a cap was a mother, her cubs would be doomed to die of starvation – slowly and in confusion at the loss of their mother – the moment she was shot. For nearly two centuries, the MoD has waged war on black bears – for each cap worn as a strictly ceremonial headdress by the King’s Guard, a bear is cruelly killed, not counting those who are never found after fleeing and who die in the woods or the cubs who don’t know how to feed themselves. A new PETA video investigation narrated by actor Stephen Fry shows black bears being shot, disemboweled, and dismembered by ”sport” hunters in Canada, where the King’s Guard’s bearskins originate. To add to the horror, high-powered crossbows are used, as hunters say they heighten the challenge. Crossbow hunting has been illegal in the UK for over 40 years, due in part to the suffering it inflicts on animals, yet the MoD buys caps made of pelts from animals killed this way. The Ministry’s Lies The MoD long claimed that the bear pelts are a byproduct of a “cull” overseen by Canadian authorities. Yet federal and provincial Canadian

governments have confirmed that no such culls exist. The Canadian government issues “tags” to hunting enthusiasts who are then free to bait and kill an allotted number of bears for recreation and sell their skins. The MoD has now shifted to aligning itself with Furmark, a commercial fur industry accreditation scheme that exists solely to defend the interests of fur farmers and hunters and to promote the (rapidly declining) use of fur in fashion.

The fact is that fabulous, free faux fur is there for the taking. The MoD purchased 498

“ Tradition is never an excuse for cruelty, which is why I’m joining the call for the Ministry of Defence to stop using the fur of slaughtered wildlife and make the switch to humane faux fur for the King’s Guard’s caps. To do otherwise would be unconscionable – and un-British.” – Beloved actor and author Stephen Fry

An unsuspecting bear is lured to a trap.

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“ I wanted to make treats that blow you away with the taste and indulgence you expect – just without animal ingredients.” That’s how renowned pastry chef Philip Khoury describes the decadent vegan desserts – a huge hit with customers – that he concocted for the Harrods department store food halls. If a trip to London isn’t in your future, Khoury is at your service with his new cookbook, A New Way to Bake . And as PETA UK’s 2023 Best Vegan Cookbook award winner proves, whipping up show-stopping sweets using plantry staples – and no eggs or dairy – is a piece of cake! Philip Khoury: © Matt Russell • Cookbook and recipes: © This is an edited extract from A New Way to Bake by Philip Khoury. Published by Hardie Grant Books. Photography by Matt Russell.

Pastry Chef Harrods’ Head Divine Desserts From Get a copy of A New Way to Bake at your favorite bookstore.

Strawberries: © iStock.com/Liudmila Chernetska • Background: © iStock.com/StevanZZ

• Whisk the jam so that it’s soft and spreadable. Using a small palette knife, spread it over the base cake almost to the edge. • Place whole raspberries along the perimeter of the base cake, leaving a raspberry-size gap between each one. • Pipe alternating dots of the whipped cream between each raspberry. Then pipe it in a spiral in the middle of the cake and out to the edge so the cake is covered in a generous layer of whipped cream. • Place the other cake, domed side up, on top and dust with icing sugar. Top with a single raspberry and serve immediately. Berry Jam Makes 245 g

Notes : Agar-agar is a flavorless gelling agent made from seaweed. It is available in the baking section of many supermarkets and can be ordered online. This jam recipe makes more than is called for in the Victoria Sponge. Spread the extra on toast or biscuits. Thick Whipped Cream Makes 500 g

Note : This recipe makes more than is called for in the Victoria Sponge. Use the extra sandwiched between cookies or graham crackers. Additional Recipe Online! For another recipe from A New Way to Bake – Almond Vostock , a bun of brioche dipped in syrup, filled with frangipane, and topped with nuts – go to PETA.org/PhilipKhoury .

METHOD • Place an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350°F/180°C. Line the bases of two 20-cm round springform pans with baking parchment. • In a large bowl, gently whisk together the flour, cornflour, caster sugar, muscovado sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. • Place the oil, soy milk, vinegar, vanilla extract, and sweet potato in a blender and blend until smooth. • Add the blended liquid to the dry mix and whisk until smooth. • Divide the batter evenly between the lined pans. Bake for 18–20 minutes, or until the top is smooth and golden and springs back when lightly pressed. • Cool the cakes in the pans on a wire rack. Once cooled, carefully run a sharp paring knife along the inside edge of each pan and gently release the cakes. • Trim the domed top off one of the cakes to make a flat top (discard the excess). Place the trimmed cake on a plate, trimmed-size up, for the base of the cake.

YOU’LL NEED 120 g caster sugar, divided 40 g cornflour 300 g plant-based milk 6 g vanilla bean paste 120 g vegan shortening

METHOD • Mix 70 g of the sugar and the cornflour in a small saucepan. Then add the plant-based milk and vanilla bean paste, mixing well to combine. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly with a silicone spatula until thickened. • Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Pour the mixture into a shallow dish, cover the surface with plastic wrap, and let sit at room temperature. It should be 15–20°C/59–68°F when used. • Add the shortening and remaining 50 g sugar to a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or to a large bowl and use electric beaters. Whisk until very pale and fluffy. Continue whisking while adding the cooled custard mixture a little at a time until it is all incorporated. It will become fluffier and fluffier. Use immediately.

YOU’LL NEED 30 g caster sugar

Victoria Sponge Makes 1 double-layer cake YOU’LL NEED 280 g all-purpose flour 40 g cornflour 300 g caster sugar 28 g muscovado sugar 8 g baking powder 4 g bicarbonate of soda 2 g salt 80 g peanut or sunflower oil 320 g soy milk 10 g white vinegar 10 g vanilla extract 55 g cooked sweet potato, peeled and cooled

2 g agar-agar powder (see note) 120 g strawberries, tops removed

110 g raspberries 22 g lemon juice

METHOD • Mix the sugar and agar-agar

together in a bowl. Add to a blender along with the berries and lemon juice and blend to a purée. • Transfer to a saucepan and bring to a boil then pour into a shallow container. Allow to cool to room temperature then place in the refrigerator to set. When ready to serve, blend or whisk the jam until smooth.

130 g Berry Jam (see recipe) 200 g Thick Whipped Cream (see recipe) 125 g raspberries Icing sugar, for dusting

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TVBB took blood from animals who were elderly, emaciated, injured, medicated, or sick – potentially compromising the health of both the unwilling “donors” and the recipients of the blood, who are often critically ill or injured. Freeing the Forced ‘Donors’ TVBB isn’t the only such facility. In 2017, PETA revealed that The Pet Blood Bank in Texas kept 151 greyhounds in solitary confinement inside dirt-floored pens in an old turkey shed and severely neglected them. Dogs had severe dental infections and painful open wounds, and they were reduced to spinning in endless circles and crying out in despair. Under pressure from us, The Pet Blood Bank closed and released the dogs for adoption. The following year, we investigated Hemopet, a canine blood bank in California that warehoused approximately 200 greyhounds discarded by the racing industry. Since then, a landmark bill was passed, thanks to PETA. Now, veterinarians in that state can dispense blood donated by healthy dogs who live in loving homes instead of blood from captive canines. Cats, crammed by the dozens into pens with nothing to do and no space to themselves, climbed the chain-link walls out of frustration. Be Part of It! After hearing from PETA and thousands of supporters, PetVet Care Centers – which operates more than 350 veterinary hospitals across the US – dropped TVBB as a supplier. Visit PETA.org/Blood to urge Mars Inc. , which owns BluePearl and VCA Animal Hospitals , to obtain blood only from cats and dogs who live in loving homes and are volunteered by their guardians to periodically “donate.” And please share this article with your veterinarian and ask them where they get their blood from. But other animals still need your help.

warmth of a home or the love of a family, TVBB finally euthanized Squiggy – releasing him from the loneliness and repeated poking and bleeding. But hundreds of other dogs and cats remain at the facility, condemned to the same miserable existence. Never-Ending Needle Pricks and Blood Draws A PETA undercover investigation into TVBB found that dogs’ blood was taken beginning when they were only 6 months old. Most animals at the facility remain there for life – deprived of joy, comfort, affection, and even a blanket to lie on. Even those whose blood was no longer taken were warehoused indefinitely, including elderly cats who were confined to a dismal pen that workers callously called the “stairway to heaven.” PETA Reveals Hundreds of Dogs and Cats Bled and Caged Until Death Where Does Your Vet Get Transfusion Blood From? Do Ask! ? P E T A I N V E S T I G A T I O N • P E T A I N V E

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Cats were held in crowded cages, forced to compete for resources.

Lay workers with no veterinary credentials administered vaccines, anesthetized animals, stitched up wounds, and performed “dentals.” A worker extracted eight blackened teeth from a dog named Foster, who struggled to breathe under anesthesia. Others’ teeth were left to rot in their mouths.

Kolbie, a 12-year-old hound, had been debarked in what a worker called a “horrible” and “gruesome” surgery that the blood bank’s owners performed to stop her from howling. Kolbie likely would have died there if PETA’s investigator hadn’t worked hard to adopt

SAVED!

Kolbie had been debarked in a “horrible” and “gruesome” surgery.

her. The investigator also rescued three cats in bad condition.

No Comfort, No Escape Dogs at TVBB spent more than 23 hours a day – and all day on Sundays – in small, barren, deafeningly loud kennels. Many had pressure sores and growths from lying on hard, grated floors. Cats, crammed by the dozens into pens with nothing to do and no space to themselves, climbed the chain-link walls out of frustration. Stressful conditions led to fights among dogs. Howard was attacked at least three times by his kennelmate, and after Clara and Parker fought, they were still let out together, resulting in a fight that left Clara with a severe leg wound that required staples. Workers Paid Blood Money for Strays TVBB obtained its victims by breeding them or acquiring them as strays or through “free to a good home” ads. A manager offered workers $200 for each cat, saying, “Where you get [them] from is not my business.” Workers brought in homeless animals and kittens they found on Facebook. Sick Animals’ Blood Sold to ‘Help’ Veterinary Patients Some animals tested positive for contagious conditions, including feline herpesvirus and mycoplasma, but TVBB eventually used their blood anyway. Workers drew blood from dogs like Baxter, who apparently had bone cancer and who died alone in his kennel, and cats such as Chelsea, who had lost more than 10% of her bodyweight in three weeks.

Boomer’s blood was drawn approximately every three weeks.

Beautiful Jane, who had become too sick for blood draws, was rescued in the nick of time. SAVED!

I magine being confined to a cramped cell and being taken to have nearly a pint of your blood drawn every three weeks for a decade or more.

This was Squiggy’s reality. At age 15, he was the oldest surviving dog at The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB) – an Indiana operation that perpetually confines nearly 900 dogs and cats to barren kennels or crowded pens and sells their blood to veterinary clinics.

After a lifetime of being used as a blood factory, never knowing the

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TELL IT LIKE IT IS, TRACY Help when you need it: PETA’s executive vice president tackles your tough questions and tricky situations. !

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My son’s pediatrician is pushing me to give him cow’s milk for calcium. Help! – Calci umm …

Push back! Your son’s doctor likely didn’t get any nutrition training in medical school and is parroting what they’ve heard in dairy ads. The fact is that children don’t need a cow’s breast milk any more than calves need yours. Cows make milk that’s designed by nature for their babies, who have four stomachs and gain hundreds of pounds in months. And catch this: As proteins in cow’s milk break down, they produce acid. And what do our bodies use to neutralize acid? Calcium. It takes all the calcium in a glass of milk plus more from our own stores to digest that glass of milk. So consuming dairy actually robs us of calcium! Far healthier and more digestible calcium sources include leafy greens, edamame, tofu, white beans, sesame seeds, and fortified plant milks and orange juice.

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Many parents (including me) have raised strong, healthy vegan kids – and more and more doctors support this choice. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine offers a list at PCRM.org/FindADoctor . Oh, and cow’s milk is one of the primary causes of food allergies among children. Disturbingly, recent research published in the British Medical Journal also found that cow’s milk is now the leading cause of fatal anaphylaxis in children under 16. Cows are cool! Request a free copy of the PETA Kids comic book A Cow’s Life or download a printable version at PETAKids.com/Comics .

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Doggone delicious and purr fectly kind.

My child is a picky eater. I’m concerned about dairy, but what can I do when sometimes all she’ll eat is grilled cheese

or macaroni and cheese? – Dairy-Dubious Dad

I and many other parents have been right there with you. Fortunately, there are loads of vegan cheese and milk options that are kid-approved. Chao and Violife make nondairy cheese slices in a variety of flavors, and Daiya ’s mac ’n’ cheese is top-notch. Follow Your Heart ’s shreds are great on pizza. When my son was younger, I used soy milk on his favorite healthy cereals, and it makes a great base for fruit smoothies (sneak in veggies!). He also liked the vegan versions of kid classics like hot dogs, burgers, chicken nuggets, and deli slices. You can find more inspiration at PETAKids.com/Food and PETA.org.au/Recipes .

Stand extra-firm for animal rights.

Gia, daughter of Vice President of PETA UK, Europe, and Australia Mimi Bekhechi, is off to a great plant fueled start. Bekhechi says, “Her favorite food is porridge; she’d eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I let her. And it’s loaded with good stuff: oats, soy milk, flaxseeds, chia seeds, peanut butter, almond butter, banana, apple, pear, and cinnamon. Some days, I swap the apple, pear, and cinnamon for chocolate mousse, which is just

This tote is on a mission. I

Own a piece of history with collector’s items based on Ingrid Newkirk’s novel will. The vegan leather wallet mimics the one that will be made out of her lizard tattooed arm skin and sent to Hermès, and the keychain replicates “watchful eye” plaques that will go to the US National Institutes of Health and UK Home Office. Read about it at PETA.org.au/Will .

blended tofu, cacao powder, dates, and soy milk. Other days, I’ll make it with blueberries, cherries, and strawberries to ensure she’s getting an array of healthy foods.”

Gia is already spreading the word! Snag her onesie at PETA.org/Store .

Be Part of It! Do you have a burning question for Tracy? E-mail it to PETAGlobal@peta.org.au .

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SPEED TESTS ARE TREACHEROUS Carnage for 2-Year-Olds at Thoroughbred Auctions KILLING YOUNG HORSES A

PETA’s Lifesaving Plan Horses are not machines, and horse racing won’t survive being plagued by fatalities, drug scandals, and negative public opinion forever. But to reduce as much suffering as possible right now, PETA has presented instantly implementable plans to the industry, including persuading racing officials to launch the first-ever industry-supported retirement program to help prevent the slaughter of ex-racers, called the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA). We also proposed a first-of-its kind technology that asks bettors to donate a portion of their winnings to the TAA, which is now in place at horse racing wagering terminals. The funds it has generated have helped prevent many horses from being sold at auction and sent to slaughter.

Now, PETA has submitted a creative plan to major auction companies and top breeders, trainers, owners, and other horse racing insiders. It proposes that under tack events be run at longer distances that correspond with horses’ training for actual races, rather than short sprints that are more likely to leave horses injured or dead, and moving trials from spring to the fall, when young horses are more physically developed.

PETA released video footage of yet another horse, “Hip #1041,” who was killed at a different under tack show after an excruciatingly painful injury left her dragging both rear legs. And an undercover video that PETA

released previously shows horses forced to run so fast in speed tests that their bones broke and their aortas burst. One horse suffered a fatal cardiac event while being forced to sprint in extreme heat. From Under Tack to Undertaker Trainers admit that these hideous events don’t predict a horse’s future success and that they put the animals in grave danger. They’re held only to sway gullible buyers who salivate at the thought of acquiring a

Reckless speed trials are deadly for fragile young horses like “Hip #130.”

Be Part of It You don’t have to go to these races to understand how cruel they are. All US residents, please visit PETA.org/UnderTack

he 2-year-old Thoroughbred filly hadn’t even been given a name yet, but her life was about to end. Known only as “Hip #130,” she strained

to help us end deadly speed trials.

“Hip #1041” sustained a fatal rear-leg injury.

DEATH RACE

every muscle, sprinting as fast as she could under the sting of a whip, until she sustained a catastrophic injury. Panicked and in severe pain, her leg dangling, Hip

“Hip #130” was forced to run at top speed. After sustaining a catastrophic leg injury, she reared up in panic before being given a lethal injection. A blue screen was put up to block the carnage.

#130 reared up as trainers surrounded her. Her racing “career” – and her life – ended there on the track, with a lethal injection in the neck. PETA’s undercover investigator managed to capture it all on video. Lives Cut Short for Reckless Sprints Hip #130 was one of thousands of young Thoroughbreds forced to run at a breakneck (and break-leg) pace in what a former president of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders called “idiotic speed tests.” Known as “under tack shows” in the industry, these dangerous displays involve forcing fragile young horses – whose bones, tendons, and muscles aren’t yet fully developed – to run faster than they’ll ever run in any race, all to impress buyers at auctions and raise the purchase price.

Kentucky Derby contender. Condemning the “stupidity” of forcing horses to run 1-furlong (1/8-mile) sprints in less than 10 seconds, billionaire racehorse owner Mike Repole said that the events should be banned. For horses who advance to racing, the dangers are far from over. In the lead-up to last year’s Kentucky Derby alone, 12 horses died after suffering horrific breakdowns or because of unexplained causes. And even the “winners” eventually lose: When they can no longer outrun the competition, many are sent to slaughter in Canada or Mexico. Others are sold to the racing and breeding industry in South Korea, which eventually slaughters nearly every horse for meat. (Turn the page for more about what PETA has uncovered there.)

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