PETA Global AU 2024 Issue 3

Global ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION ISSUE 3 | WINTER 2024

25 ways to get active today Biologists know there’s lots to love about reptiles 3 PAGE Surprise! What cats really crave 12 PAGE PETA: Battling Bullfighting, Banning Buffalo Races, Saving Cows and Calves Steve Buscemi Lights, camera, compassion Peter Saved!

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Meals That Heal! Your prescription’s in the kitchen

I f you could see them today, you’d never guess where we found Jerry and Peter: A PETA investigator came across the calves on a filthy dairy factory farm that supplied Land O’Lakes. They were in appalling condition. Jerry was nearly blind from a painful pink eye infection, and Peter was 100 pounds underweight and too weak to stand. Although precious to their mothers, male calves born in the dairy industry are just inconvenient “byproducts” to farmers – some thing to get rid of so that humans can take their mothers’ milk. PETA took Jerry and Peter to The Cow Sanctuary in New Jersey, where, with love and veterinary care, they blossomed. Spunky Peter went from death’s door to head of the herd. Shy Jerry was content to spend quiet afternoons with his best friend, Patrick – a pig. These dear lads got a second chance at life, but most cows aren’t so lucky because so many humans still demand dairy. Of course, cows and bulls can feel love, grief, and other emotions. Yet anyone who buys dairy cheese is paying to have loving mothers treated as disposable milk machines. For the sake of a handbag, cows are viewed not as sentient beings but as raw materials. Bulls are forced

to pull heavy carts, are whipped to race, and are stabbed to death slowly by matadors. PETA entities are out to stop it all, and we shall.

There’s no excuse for any animal abuse! You can now get vegan anything – from

cheesecake to coffee creamer and from burgers to bulgogi – and PETA has paved the way from the time of our inception, when buying nondairy milk was unheard of, when vegan leather shoes and car interiors were never even dreamt of, and when no one thought twice about using animals for entertainment or as “beasts of burden.” We’ve knocked down all these ideas with decades of provocative protests, undercover investigations, videos, celebrity ads, legal action, and behind-the-scenes work to show corporations the business they’re missing if they fail to offer animal-friendly options. Today, cowskin shoes must be as unacceptable as a human-skin jacket – a point that PETA models have made by strutting their provocative “human leather” outfits at fashion shows around the globe. And our work with automakers – including BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, Jeep, and Volvo – means that now anyone can get fully vegan car interiors.

Bullfighting in Spain, bullock cart racing in India, buffalo mozzarella factory farming in Canada – whatever and wherever the exploitation, PETA entities are hard at work changing perspectives and old habits to achieve animal liberation. N E V E R B E S I L E N T • B E A D O G G E D D E F E N D E R ! •

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Help us create a better world in which every animal is recognized as someone. Read on! J

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Top Hotel Chain Ditches Down! Is H&M Next?

A-Lister Steve Buscemi Gets an A+ From PETA

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A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA Australia’s Founder

Rather than using an animal supplied by a notorious Hollywood exhibitor – such as Atlanta Film Animals (AFA) – director Steve Buscemi cast Tessa Thompson ’s adopted dog, Coltrane, as her costar in The Listener , earning him PETA’s Compassion in Film

Following a vigorous PETA India campaign, elephant Malti – who was forced to give rides to tourists at Amber Fort in India and had been violently beaten and verbally abused – was released to a reputable sanctuary where she is safe and in the company of other rescued elephants. Frustrated captive elephants often lash out, and recently, Gouri , another elephant at Amber Fort (sometimes called “Amer Fort”), broke a tourist’s leg. That tourist, Kochetova Mariia, has joined PETA India in pleading for Gouri to be released to a sanctuary: “I do not wish for Gouri to be punished. Instead, I believe she has been punished enough by a lifetime of being trained with violence and forced to give rides, which clearly upsets her.” Please, never take animal rides. Visit PETA.org.au/AmberFort to urge authorities to end elephant rides at Amber Fort. BIG WIN! Abused Amber Fort Elephant Rescued

Miami Seaquarium Gets Eviction Notice

I am just back from India, and there is someone I’d like you to meet. His name is Roushya . Actually, we don’t know what his mother called him (all mothers name their little ones – remember Washoe, the chimpanzee who even had a sign language name for her baby?), but Roushya is the name humans gave him.

The world watched in horror as the Miami Seaquarium let the lone orca Lolita languish and die. Subsequent US government inspection reports described a dolphin with a 2-inch nail embedded in his throat and a sea lion who was in so much pain from an untreated eye condition that she refused food, among other neglect. But PETA’s

For years, he pulled a heavily laden cart through the streets of Old Delhi, day in and day out, steered by a rope

Award . Our undercover investigation into AFA ( PETA.org.au/AFA ) revealed that dogs, cats, and pigs were denied food and veterinary care and were warehoused in cold, barren kennels. Comment on the social media pages of your favorite networks and studios, telling them why they shouldn’t hire cruel animal exhibitors for their productions. And never buy a ticket to a movie that exploits animals.

unrelenting campaign, which included lawsuits, celebrity ads, letters to county officials, and protests, prevailed: The Miami Seaquarium was ordered to clear out. PETA is helping to fund the construction of spacious enclosures at a reputable sanctuary for the parrots moved from the Seaquarium – where they engaged in excessive self-plucking, a sign of psychological distress.

Roushya enjoying retirement

PETA’s Doughnut Giveaway: A Lifesaving Proposition Closed! Hemopet , a California facility that kenneled hundreds of greyhounds and sold their blood to veterinary clinics, shut down after we released our investigation into it and fought for a landmark law phasing out the state’s captive animal blood banks. Exposed (and going down)! Major US veterinary chains BluePearl Pet Hospital and VCA Animal Hospitals stopped buying blood products from The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB) in Indiana after we revealed that at TVBB, more than 900 long-term captive dogs and cats (like Jane and Vivi, whom we rescued) were restrained and blood was drawn from their necks every three weeks. PETA Busts Blood Banks USA VICTORY!

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threaded through his nostrils, sometimes his flank stung by the whip, his back hit with a pole. The wooden yoke of the cart dug into his shoulders as cars and trucks honked and wove around him in the crowded streets, and the muscles in his legs must have hurt.

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Edie Falco: © Starmaxinc.com • Laughing Cow cheese: © Bel Brands • Ferret: © iStock.com/Candy_Vandy • Man flexing arm: © Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock.com All that is behind him now. He was “laid off” because of PETA India’s mechanization project – which recently rescued its 150 th animal – funded by PETA’s Global Compassion Fund . A shiny new e-vehicle is doing the hauling in Roushya’s place.

King Charles’ Pigeons Fly the Coop

As for his new life, I’m sure he could never have imagined that one day the painful nose rope would be pulled out, that he would be able to walk at his own pace on soft ground, graze and gaze, and enjoy retirement at a PETA-supported sanctuary. Every evening, he listens to Indian classical music. Every day, he is groomed with a brush. And he now has a friend to sit with him. When we say, “Every animal is someone,” we include this dear old man. Let no one tell you that bulls are fierce. Just like anyone else, if they’re taunted, tormented, tortured, or treated like a “thing,” they may fight back. But underneath it all, every one of them is someone who can suffer.

Ask your veterinary office where it gets its blood: Visit PETA.org/BloodSource for talking points.

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Three birds who had been confined to King Charles ’ pigeon loft have been spared a life of misery in the racing industry, thanks to PETA UK. Stopping them from going to another racing outfit, PETA UK got them and sent them to a sanctuary in Wales and then urged King Charles to cut all ties with this archaic pastime that costs so many birds their very lives. PETA’s exposés have shown that hundreds of thousands of pigeons – wonderfully sweet birds who have their own culture, partner for life, and defend their young – face awful deaths during races in which they’re forced to fly back to Britain across the vast stretch of water, storms and all, that is the English Channel. Visit PETA.org/UKPigeons to help end these “graveyard” races.

PETA’S ‘JOLLY’ CARTOON WITH A HORRIFYING TWIST How to make someone choke on their bacon: Show them PETA UK’s cartoon, released during National Butchers’ Week, detailing the twisted tail of pig slaughter. A father and his daughters are tucking into a meaty breakfast when he launches into a tune about being a pig farmer. But his song takes a sinister turn as playful pigs are turned into sausages, bacon, and ham. See it and share it at PETA.org/TwistedTail .

Please, weigh in against bullfights (see page 6), for Roushya’s sake.

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“Dogs are social, loving animals. They just want to be with you.” New York Jets defensive tackle Solomon Thomas – a two-time Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee and the recipient of the 2023 Heisman Humanitarian Award – gets right to the point in a PETA video urging people never to chain their dogs outside as if they were bicycles. See and share his video at PETA.org/SolomonThomas . And if you see an animal in distress, say something. You could save a life! NFL Star Tackles Dog Chaining

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PETA India Saves Stray Dogs From Drug Tests

Queen Camilla: © Starmaxinc.com • Rat: © Kirill Kurashov/Shutterstock.com

Stray dogs were spared the agony of being used in vaccine trials after the Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals – responding to concerns raised by PETA India – withdrew its plan. PETA India had pointed out that the misguided plan would open the floodgates for other painful experiments on homeless companion animals (like Rossy, pictured, who was rescued by PETA supported Animal Rahat) and appealed to the committee to encourage scientifically sound, animal-free research instead. Visit PETA.org.au/RMD to support PETA’s groundbreaking Research Modernization Deal .

Another Deadly Iditarod Notorious Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey’s dogs have tested positive for opioids, his kennel was accused of killing dogs who weren’t fast enough, and a whistleblower reported finding dying puppies on his property. After PETA and more than 60,000 of our supporters let the American Pistachio Growers know this, the trade group stopped sponsoring Seavey before the start of this year’s race – and thank goodness, because the 2024 Iditarod was one of the deadliest in recent years. Before the race even began, five dogs – including two from Seavey’s kennel – were killed in two separate training incidents after being hit by snow machines. More than 200 dogs were pulled from the trail due to exhaustion, injury, or illness. Visit PETA.org.au/LibertyMedia to tell Liberty Media subsidiary GCI to join ExxonMobil , Coca-Cola , and dozens of others that have cut ties with the Iditarod.

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Queen Camilla’s Fashion Decree Reigns Supreme

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Georgina Amorós Teams Up With PETA to Take Down Bullfighting

Dog: © Aneesh Sankarankutty • Georgina Amoros ad: © Photo – Carlota Guerrero | Hair and Makeup – Ricardo Calero | Wardrobe – Francesca Rinciari | Set Design – Cito Ballesta | Special Effects – Digo

Buckingham Palace confirmed to PETA UK that Queen Camilla will not procure fur for her wardrobe. She follows in the footsteps of the late Queen Elizabeth II , who changed with the times and announced in 2019 that no new items for her wardrobe would contain real fur. Camilla’s stance shows that the Ministry of Defence’s use of bear fur for the King’s Guard’s ceremonial caps is completely out of touch. A PETA video exposé reveals how bears are baited with food and shot by hunters in Canada so that their fur can be sold. Visit PETA.org.au/Bearskins to urge officials to use their influence to help replace bear fur with faux fur for the guard’s caps.

Elite Spanish actor Georgina Amorós worked with PETA for a powerful ad that was displayed in central Madrid just as the bullfighting season began. “People have the misconception that bulls are violent … when, actually, they’re very peaceful and calm,” she says. “And the truth is, they’re just frightened.”

After talks with PETA UK, the British Council banned fur at London Fashion Week . But animals suffer for more than fur in the fashion industry, so a PETA UK supporter muscled her way onto the red carpet at The Fashion Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall to proclaim that every animal is someone, not a bag or a pair of boots. PETA entities’ takeovers are prompting talks with decision-makers, like those behind Melbourne Fashion Week , which banned feathers from wild birds, and Copenhagen Fashion Week , which banned feathers and exotic skins. And PETA entities didn’t stop there. After hearing from them, Taiwanese retailer Momo dropped badger-hair makeup brushes and home-furnishings supplier Kravet Inc said no to cashmere. Fur is now out at winter apparel brand Pajar Canada , Tory Burch binned exotic skins, House of Fraser ditched angora, and France’s Isabel Marant canned angora, fur, and exotic skins. Make your closet cruelty-free: Check out our clothing guide at PETA.org/Shopping . PETA Entities Storm the Runways

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PETA’S PUSH ENDS BOGUS EXPERIMENTS Cruel experiments on animals are no longer an option for food and beverage companies in Taiwan trying to make dubious blood-iron health claims about BRAVO!

Reality Star Says, ‘Get Fit!’ Jansen Andre , winner of The Summit and star of this eye-catching PETA Australia ad, says, “Since I cut out animal-derived foods, I’ve had more energy and become stronger than ever. I’m proud to be plant powered.” Animal agriculture is cruel – and eating meat, eggs, and dairy raises your risk of suffering from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health issues. Dig into healthy vegan eating at PETA.org.au/Recipes .

their products. Following intense pressure from PETA and e-mails from more than 24,000 of our supporters, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration finalized a new regulation allowing only safe, effective human tests for this purpose. To help us stop companies that are still mutilating and killing animals to establish other health claims, please visit PETA.org.uk/Taiwan .

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PETA: ‘Blessing Bullfights Is Blasphemy!’

Catholic Church Must Sever Ties With Bloody Spectacle

Jesus ad on bus: © Stefano Carofei • Bullfight: © We Animals Media

Italian actor Loredana Cannata turned heads at a protest outside the Vatican, posing as a “bloodied bull” with banderillas sticking out of her back.

Blessed Are the Merciful At the behest of PETA UK, Catholic priests from Canada, France, and the UK wrote a letter reminding Pope Francis that bullfighting “blatantly contradicts the principles of mercy and respect that you so thoughtfully advocate for with regard to the animals with whom we share the planet.”

Fr Francis Terry ad: Arena – © iStock.com/pulsartt | Bull – © iStock.com/carloscastilla

One priest, the Rev Terry Martin (pictured left), wrote the following in the Catholic Herald :

Tens of thousands of bulls, all God’s creatures, are goaded and repeatedly stabbed with a lance and harpoon-like banderillas until they’re weak and defenseless. Then, the matador – literally “killer” – plunges a sword into the animals’ hearts or lungs; if this doesn’t kill them, a knife is used to sever their spinal cord. Bulls may still be conscious when their ears and tails are cut off as “trophies.” They are then dragged out of the arena in chains. … Inflicting agony and terror on vulnerable, terrified creatures to the barbaric delight of cheering crowds is an affront to God.

Tortured, then stabbed to death

Pope Francis wrote in his encyclical Laudato si ’ that “every act of cruelty towards any creature is ‘contrary to human dignity.’” As early as the 16 th century, the now-canonized pope St Pius V denounced bullfights as “cruel and base spectacles of the devil.” He forbade Catholics from attending bullfights on penalty of excommunication. Caring vs. Cruelty Despite the Catholic Church’s inaction, Colombia has outlawed bullfighting and more than 125 Spanish provinces and cities have declared themselves anti-bullfighting. Thanks to the work of PETA Latino and other animal advocates, multiple states in Mexico – including Coahuila, Guerrero, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Sonora – have banned the bloody spectacle. PETA Latino supporters successfully pushed Telefónica ’s paid TV platform, Movistar Plus+, to stop airing bullfights. And after hearing from PETA, PETA France, and

The Rev Terry Martin also wrote an op-ed condemning the Catholic Church’s ties with bullfighting.

Be Part of It! Bulls need you! Visit PETA.org.au/Pope to join the more than 114,000 PETA supporters who have asked Pope Francis to denounce bullfighting.

T he pope’s prayer service in Rome is a solemn occasion, but PETA UK supporters – angry over the Catholic Church’s support of bloody bullfights, festivals of horror for animals – were determined to disrupt it. After letters and other appeals fell on deaf ears, they knew they had to somehow reach Pope Francis with their message. Holding signs in English and Italian, they interrupted a service at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, pleading with His Holiness to tell his priests to stop blessing bullfighters and bullfights and start condemning them. The Bible preaches mercy for all God’s creation, yet every year, thousands of bulls are tormented, stabbed, and slaughtered around the world “in honor” of Catholic saints. Catholic priests officiate at religious ceremonies in bullrings and even minister to bullfighters in chapels built inside arenas. PETA entities are calling on the pope to honor his namesake, St Francis – the patron saint of animals – by cutting the Catholic Church’s ties with this unholy blood sport.

For the pope’s 87 th birthday, Italian singer and TV personality Daniela Martani delivered a gruesome gift to the Vatican: a bottle filled with “bull’s blood.”

other groups, Pernod Ricard – which owns over 90 wine and spirits brands, including Absolut Vodka – ended its financial support

PETA UK placed this striking ad on a sightseeing bus that loops through Rome’s hot spots and in El Pais , Spain’s biggest newspaper.

Schoolchildren in India want animals out of circuses. of the Union of Paul Ricard Bullfighting Clubs, the world’s largest bullfighting organization.

Animal allies in Rome crash the pope’s evening prayer.

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The Tiniest Beings Can Astonish Us As Cruelty Cases Rise, PETA Fights for Kids’ Hearts

to teach children to see animals as individuals. Handlers whose donkeys have the highest body scores win prizes. The competitions have gotten results, and kids are now educating adult handlers. When Javed won, he refused his prize – a warm winter coat – instead choosing a soft harness and padding for his donkey.

Girl with pig: Created in partnership with Mackevision

Kid-friendly ad spots, like this one that tells the story of a girl and her pig best friend, help children understand that the animals we eat are no different in any important way from those we love.

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Some of India’s poorest children,

Teachers Without Borders When PETA Germany began its program to help animals in Romania – which has the highest population of homeless animals in Europe, with laws to protect them rarely enforced – the group immediately saw the need to introduce a humane education curriculum. Dogs in Romania commonly wander or are chained without basic care, but through PETA Germany’s inspiring presentations, more than 20,000 young people have learned how to tend to animals’ needs.

including HIV-positive orphans, are treated to nourishing vegan meals thanks to a partnership

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between PETA Honorary Director Alicia Silverstone and PETA India.

Alicia and Bear Silverstone help kids say “yes” to education and “no” to cruelty.

Emphasizing Empathy, Battling Big Ag, Kicking Animal Dissection to the Curb

Be Part of It! Empower the kids in your

T he incidents are disturbing. A young person in Texas was caught on video beating a family’s dog while others watched and recorded the attack. Two teens in South Dakota laughed as they intentionally plowed into a pregnant cow with their car, causing injuries so severe that she had to be euthanized. Whenever PETA hears about a cruelty case like these, we rush humane education kits to local school districts so they can teach their students that every sentient being – whether a classmate or a cow – deserves empathy. We also sent thousands of copies of Unlocking the Animal World – a kids’ version of Ingrid Newkirk’s book Animalkind – to public libraries in states with the most cases of cruelty to animals committed by young people, ahead of their summer reading programs. Compassion can be cultivated, and – from Miami to Mumbai – PETA entities are planting the seeds that will instill empathy and kindness in the next generation.

animatronic cow, Carly. She’s one of PETA Kids’ ambassadors, and children love her. She visits elementary schools across the US to awaken children’s compassion for all sentient beings – and to combat the lies being force-fed to them by Big Ag. Meanwhile, the US government mandates that public schools serve cow’s milk at mealtimes – even though young people are increasingly rejecting dairy. Gen Z has been dubbed the “Not Milk” generation, and 79% of Gen Zers regularly opt for meat-free meals. Carly has visited more than 200 schools and youth programs, showing kids who cows are and giving many their first taste of vegan ice cream. In the US and India, life-size mechanical elephant Ellie also wows kids at schools and summer programs as she explains how she was rescued from a life of giving rides and performing tricks. Standing Up for Students’ Rights Not to Harm Animals PETA’s TeachKind Science division provides educators with vastly superior alternatives to animal dissection, including realistic frog models and state-of-the-art eMind digital dissection software, revolutionary teaching tools that have been praised by teachers. Following a push from PETA, growing numbers of school districts have implemented policies that allow students to opt out of animal dissection. TeachKind also offers in-person presentations and humane education materials in multiple languages that teach students about kindness and the Golden Rule. TeachKind’s “Share the World” primary school kit was even added to Discovery Education’s digital platform for schools. For all problematic activities – from aquarium field trips to chick hatching programs to classroom “pets” (we suggest that classes cultivate plants instead) – PETA provides kind choices and the resources that teachers and students need in order to embrace them.

life to stand up for their rights at school and get active for animals! Request a visit from Ellie or Carly, humane education materials, and more by e-mailing Info@teachkind.org . And visit PETAKids.com and TeachKind.org for more resources.

At spay-a-thons held in Mexico by PETA

and PETA Latino, families are treated to delicious vegan lunches and kids receive fun educational booklets and stickers. Similar events held in the Philippines by PETA Asia provide vital services in impoverished areas, including a cemetery that many people and their animals call home. It’s often the first time the animals have seen a veterinarian and the first time families have received information on treating animals respectfully.

Help Kids

Help Animals!

A Moo ving Experience

Are you a child’s parent, guardian, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or friend? Here’s what you can do to help:

The meat, egg, and dairy industries are now propagandizing in our schools, sponsoring lesson plans that ask students to design new breeds of cows and distributing bingo themed worksheets promoting beef! But they can’t win against our life-size talking

As veterinarians at the PETA-supported clinic in Petra, Jordan, treat suffering donkeys forced to haul tourists, they frequently encounter school-age handlers. Copying what they’ve seen adults do,

Global 9 If you’re in the US or Canada, help kids sign up to become a PETA Kids member at PETAKids.com/Member . • Print PETA Kids’ coloring and activity sheets at PETAKids.com/Activities . • Give children books and uplifting videos with animal-friendly messages and chalk to write messages about being kind to animals. • Bake vegan goodies together to give to friends and neighbors. •

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children may drive the animals to exhaustion even when they are lame or have gaping wounds. The vets devised “donkey smile” competitions

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PETA Uncovers Nefarious Secret Scheme to Build Primate Prisons: 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 S T I G A T I O N • THE FIGHT IS ON!

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

Monkeys are forced into shipping crates like these for journeys that can last up to 30 hours.

Monkey farm foes packed a city council meeting.

Macaque in cage and monkey on billboard: © We Animals Media • Blank billboard: © iStock.com/ghornephoto

The Devils Went Down to Georgia PETA is leading an all-out effort to quash a similar scheme in Georgia, where the laughably and no doubt deliberately misnamed Safer Human Medicine (SHM) plans to build a facility to import, breed, and warehouse 30,000 monkeys for use in deadly experiments. The company sought support from local officials but kept it hush-hush that such facilities are not safe whatsoever for humans or monkeys. As PETA’s Dr Jones-Engel testified at a town hall meeting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a surge in imports of monkeys infected with multiple strains of tuberculosis that can infect humans. Bewilderingly, city and county agencies had already voted to approve the plan. They even offered SHM a $58 million sweetheart deal packed with tax incentives and other goodies without the required public notice and transparency – violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act. Something fishy is afoot. SHM is led by a cadre of former bigwigs from notorious animal tormenting companies Charles River Laboratories , Covance , and Envigo – which have all faced federal investigations and citations for repeated violations of even basic animal welfare regulations.

Harkness lies to Georgia residents, trying to cover up what happened at Envigo’s Virginia beagle-breeding warehouse. PETA’s investigation into that hellhole revealed heinous abuse and led to a US Department of Justice investigation , the closure of the facility, and the release of nearly 4,000 beagles for adoption. Residents were outraged to learn of these deceptions and filed a lawsuit against the local agencies that approved the plan. Soon afterward, the Decatur County Board of Commissioners reversed course, unanimously voting to cancel the $58 million incentive package. The fights in Texas and Georgia rage on, and PETA will persevere to prevent a single brick from being laid for these cruel, regressive primate prisons.

I f you suddenly discovered that a massive warehouse complex was quietly being set up in your neighborhood to breed and imprison monkeys for experiments, what would you do? Brazoria County, Texas, and Bainbridge, Georgia, residents are doing what anyone would do: fighting like hell to stop it – and PETA is leading both battles against these cruel, polluting, disease-breeding monkey prisons.

Texas Won’t Hold ’Em In Texas, PETA uncovered a sneaky plan by Charles River Laboratories to build the largest monkey-holding facility in the US, designed to imprison 43,000 primates – each animal an individual and each one a potential environmental and health disaster. The company is one of the largest monkey dealers in the world, and all the animals are used for experiments. Fully aware that residents wouldn’t welcome these new “neighbors,” Charles River, which is now under federal investigation for possible violations of import laws, quietly set up a shell company – Kandurt LLC – to purchase the land and kept its plans out of public view. But PETA got the dirt on Kandurt and mailed 4,000 letters to area residents, alerting them to the dangers of the proposed facility slated to pop up in their backyard. The doomed animals would produce some 100,000 gallons of liquid waste every day – a major threat to the federally protected salt marshes, lakes, and coastal prairies that border the property. In addition, monkeys used for experimentation are known to carry and transmit a slew of pathogens and diseases, many transmittable to humans, including herpes B virus, tuberculosis, Ebola-like viruses, simian hemorrhagic fever virus, shigellosis, salmonellosis, Campylobacter, malaria, and dengue. And escapes can and do happen. Led by PETA’s senior primate scientist, Dr Lisa Jones-Engel, residents railed against Charles River’s plan at a county board of commissioners’ meeting, and commissioners unanimously recommended that state and federal authorities axe the proposal. But the battle isn’t over: The monkey prison could still be constructed if state and federal authorities don’t listen.

Be Part of It! Visit PETA.org/Brazoria and PETA.org/Bainbridge to urge Texas and Georgia officials, respectively, to scrap plans to

build monkey warehouses.

PETA pulled back the curtain on SHM CEO Jim Harkness – a former Envigo executive – by releasing damning video footage in which

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PETA’s billboard spelled out the dangers of Charles River’s planned primate prison.

Bainbridge, Georgia, residents rallied their local community.

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Little Dave ‘Dogness’ Finds His

• S atisfy cats’ need to scratch by providing plenty of posts and boards covered in a material they can sink their nails into, like sisal. Declawing cats, which means also amputating the bones and cartilage in their toes, for the sake of a couch should be unthinkable. • C ats need to live indoors for their own safety (and that of wildlife), but you can let them enjoy the outdoors by building a secure window perch or a “catio.” (Get free plans at PETA.org/CatioPlan .) With a patient introduction, some cats can become comfortable wearing a harness and enjoy leisurely, leashed strolls with their guardians.

Run, Bark, Sniff, Repeat

To be your dog’s true best friend, follow these tips: • Never leave dogs locked in a box (i.e., a crate). Some people put their dogs in a crate when they’re out as well as when they go to bed, so imagine how few hours that means the animals are free to move around as they wish. Come home on your lunch break, hire a trusted dog walker if needed, and dog-proof your home so they can have some freedom. • Let dogs choose the pace and route of their walk and sniff as long as they’d like. Dogs experience the world (aka “read the news”) through their noses, which are so sensitive that one whiff can tell them who passed by hours earlier. Rushing dogs through their precious walks is rude. • Always use a comfortable nylon harness – never a barbaric punishment device such as a prong, choke, or shock collar. • Set aside your cell phone when you’re walking your dogs so they can enjoy your company. • Don’t scold dogs for digging and running, which are natural, enjoyable behaviors. Provide a digging box or corner of the yard where they can excavate

Dogs playing: © iStock.com/dageldog

Cartoon: © Harry Bliss • Cat playing: © iStock.com/rai

Be Part of It! Help a lonely, neglected dog like Dave by visiting

PETA.org/Doghouse to sponsor a doghouse, food, medicine, or other lifesaving care. And visit PETA.org/250Things to order copies of PETA Australia Founder Ingrid Newkirk’s 250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You to Know (aka “the cat guardian’s bible”) for yourself and every other cat guardian you know.

D ave barely looked like a dog. He had certainly never been allowed to be one. Chained outside for all his young life, he was nearly hairless from mange and a raging flea infestation. Internal parasites had robbed him of energy, yet he still yearned to romp, explore, and have a friend. All alone on a patch of dirt, day in and day out, he could only turn in a circle and scratch at the miserably itchy skin that didn’t allow him even a good night’s rest. Then, along came PETA’s fieldworkers. They spotted Dave and called the police. Together, they rescued him and got him the veterinary treatment he desperately needed. After weeks of loving care, Dave was healthy and his hair was starting to grow back. Best of all, he was adopted in time to spend his first Christmas with a loving family – playing with toys, exploring the neighborhood on walks, snuggling on a soft bed, and finally getting to be a dog. PETA’s fieldworkers are constantly helping dogs like Dave, all severely neglected and kept chained or penned in solitary confinement – a torturous existence for these social beings. But even guardians who consider their animal companions family members may be denying them their “dogness” and “catness” in other ways. Most people expect You May Be Surprised by What More Your Animal Companions Want!

to their hearts’ content. Fence your yard and/or regularly visit a dog park so they can run freely. • And don’t shush them. Let dogs speak when they have something to say – after all, they patiently tolerate our endless yapping.

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You may think your cat is sedentary, but that mind is whirling – and all cats need challenges for their keen mind, outlets for their energy, opportunities to engage in their instincts, quiet spaces where they can curl up, and more. • Add fun to each day with 15-minute play sessions. Use interactive wand-type toys, rolled-up paper, ping-pong balls, felt “mice,” or whatever your cats find irresistible. • “Catify” your home by providing multistory cat trees, tunnels, cardboard boxes, and paper bags (with any handles removed). Make sure they have a view or two to enjoy. • Felines are fastidious – respect their cleanliness by scooping litter at least twice daily and scrubbing and refilling litterboxes weekly. Have one box per cat. Forcing cats to tiptoe through their own waste to relieve themselves is inconsiderate and can cause them to “think outside the box.”

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dogs to conform to their rules, their schedules, and their preferences, controlling every aspect of dogs’ lives, even when they can relieve themselves. Are your dog’s wants and needs really being met?

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W e know that meat, cheese, and other animal-derived foods are full of fat, leaving Dr Neal Barnard’s New Cookbook Is the Prescription for a Healthy Life Rainbow Fajita Bowl Makes 2 servings

Book and recipes: © This is an edited extract from The Power Foods Diet by Neal D Barnard, MD. Published by Balance, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Recipes by Dustin Harder and Lindsay S Nixon. Photography by Dustin Harder.

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folks who eat them feeling sluggish, struggling to concentrate, and at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and other serious health problems. But luckily, there are “wellness warriors” – foods that improve sleep, energy, and focus; fight disease; and even burn, trap, and flush calories out of your system. Neal Barnard, MD, has packed The Power Foods Diet with compelling data gathered through the most up-to-the-minute nutrition research and more than 120 easy, tasty recipes that harness the mouth watering, prescription-strength power of vegan foods. Enjoy these adapted selections, and get your copy today!

METHOD • Add the onion, bell pepper, mushroom, sweetcorn, soy sauce, lime juice, and fajita seasoning to a large bowl and toss. • Warm a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable mixture and sauté, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes, or until soft. Divide the romaine and cabbage into 2 bowls. Top with the fajita vegetables, rice, pinto beans, tomatoes, and spring onions. Drizzle with the Creamy Tofu Sauce. Sheet Pan Frittata Makes 2 servings YOU’LL NEED 250 g. halved cherry tomatoes 1 / 2 red pepper, thinly sliced 1 / 2 red onion, thinly sliced 1 head broccoli, cut into bite-size florets (300 g.) 1 package silken tofu 120 ml. unsweetened almond milk 80 g. gram (chickpea) flour 3 Tbsp. nutritional yeast 2 Tbsp. cornflour 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 1 tsp. sea salt or kala namak (black salt) 1 tsp. baking powder 1 / 2 tsp. ground turmeric 1 Tbsp. dried rosemary or 2 Tbsp. fresh rosemary Freshly cracked pepper (optional) METHOD • Preheat the oven to 175°C. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper. • Add the tomatoes, red pepper, onion, and

YOU’LL NEED 1 / 2 red onion, thinly sliced 1 / 2 orange bell pepper, thinly sliced 1 large portobello mushroom cap, thinly sliced 80 g. fresh or frozen sweetcorn, thawed 1 Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce Juice of 2 limes 2 tsp. fajita or taco seasoning 200 g. roughly chopped romaine lettuce 120 g. roughly chopped purple cabbage Cooked brown rice (optional) Cooked pinto beans (optional) 60 g. halved cherry tomatoes Spring onions, thinly sliced, for garnish Creamy Tofu Sauce (see recipe)

drained and rinsed 1 Tbsp. taco seasoning 8 corn tortillas

250 g. Mango Salsa (see recipe) Creamy Tofu Sauce (see recipe) Spring onions, thinly sliced, for garnish METHOD • Heat a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the Brussels sprouts, pinto beans, and taco seasoning and sauté for 4 to 6 minutes (longer if you like the sprouts softer). Add a bit of water, as needed, to prevent sticking. • Divide the filling among the tortillas and top with the Mango Salsa, Creamy Tofu Sauce, and spring onions. Mango Salsa Makes 4 servings YOU’LL NEED 2 Tbsp. finely diced red onion 2 mangoes, diced 250 g. diced cucumber 1 Tbsp. finely chopped coriander or fresh mint 2 Tbsp. white balsamic or mango vinegar Juice of 1 small lime Salt and pepper, to taste 1 / 2 avocado, diced METHOD • Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and gently toss. Serve immediately.

Creamy Tofu Sauce Makes 4 servings

YOU’LL NEED 1 package silken tofu 3 Tbsp. nutritional yeast or vegan Parmesan Juice of 1 lemon

broccoli florets to the baking tray and roast for 15 minutes, or until the broccoli is fork tender. • While the vegetables are roasting, add the tofu, almond milk, flour, nutritional yeast, cornflour, mustard, salt, baking powder, and turmeric to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. • Slowly pour the mixture from the blender over the vegetables until it fills the baking tray. Sprinkle the rosemary evenly over the top and add some fresh pepper, if using. Return to the oven and bake 24 to 26 minutes, until the mixture appears dry. • Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Cut into 8 squares.

1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. onion powder

1–2 Tbsp. nondairy milk Salt and pepper, to taste

METHOD • In a blender, combine the tofu, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and spices. Blend, adding nondairy milk as needed, until smooth and creamy. Add salt and pepper, to taste. • Transfer to a saucepan and heat over low until warm.

Brussels Sprout and Pinto Tacos with Mango Salsa Makes 4 servings

YOU’LL NEED 450 g. shredded Brussels sprouts 1 can low-sodium pinto beans,

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Meet Jennifer White, Animal Rights Messaging Maestro For PETA UK’s senior media and communications manager, getting people to see who animals are is a marathon, not a sprint.

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A marathon runner against the Running of the Bulls: Jennifer stands up for bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

Jennifer (in the sheep costume) protests with PETA Honorary Director Pamela Anderson.

Jennifer’s suggestion to rename The Old Bulldog pub “The Old Mutt” sparked massive media coverage of the cruelty of breeding flat-faced dogs.

“I think that mouse deserves to be treated humanely. And comparing your children to specific animals isn’t the point. The point is that humans don’t have a right to exploit and mistreat animals.” Going the Distance for Animal Rights Jennifer is quick on her feet in more ways than one. Off-camera, she’s a member of the PETA Pack , an online club that raises funds for animal rights projects by participating in sports (see PETA.org/PETAPack ). She has run one half and two full marathons, raising over $70,000 (£56,000). She started as a casual jogger but soon took on bigger challenges. Her career with PETA UK progressed similarly: Starting as a digital marketing intern, she quickly moved up the ranks to the media team and then to leading the department. Now, training new staffers and seeing them strut their animal rights stuff on air is “hugely rewarding,” Jennifer says. Smart and Steady Wins the Debate After her first-ever contentious exchange on Good Morning Britain , a chorus of support erupted for Jennifer and PETA UK, with singer Alesha Dixon posting on X, “I thought you were kind, gracious & professional on GMB this morning. Shame nobody else was!” In Jennifer’s latest interview with Piers Morgan on his new TV talk show, Uncensored , she explained why the King’s Guard must switch from cruelly obtained bearskin to faux fur for its caps, and Morgan agreed ! He deadpanned, “I find myself in a very unusual position where I think you might have a point.” “There have been countless times when a presenter or a guest I’m debating ends up agreeing with PETA’s position,” Jennifer says. “But every time I can talk about PETA’s work in front of millions of people, it’s a win for the animals’ perspective.” Be Part of It! Speak up! No need to go on TV to educate about animal rights. Opportunities abound: Talk to people you know and those you don’t, such as someone standing next to you in a checkout line.

Jennifer runs marathons to raise money for PETA. If you run, swim, bike, or walk, you can, too! Visit PETA.org/PETAPack .

That fiery debate went viral, and Morgan later posted on X that it was his favorite interview in four and a half years. Good Morning Britain has invited Jennifer back again and again to talk about animal rights, and she became such a favorite of the show that after one appearance, a producer hugged her and said how much they loved having her on.

Jennifer helped produce an episode of Britain’s Next Top Model featuring a PETA challenge – and even made costumes for it – to show how animals suffer when used for fashion and entertainment. Here, she protests fur during London Fashion Week.

Fighting Ignorance With Information When interviewers try to trip her up, Jennifer always deftly pivots back to animal rights. While she was on GB News to discuss the cruelty of breeding dogs to have flat faces and other deformities, the host insinuated that she was saying that it would be better if humans with physical disabilities had never been born. Jennifer countered that no one is trying to breed disabled humans. “There is no such thing as responsible dog breeding,” she explained. “And the kennel club actively encourages inbreeding. It is ethically wrong.” During a discussion about foxhunting, one interviewer, trying to deflect attention away from cruelty, suggested that animal advocates “object to the bright coats, the ceremony, the history.” Jennifer shot back, “I can assure you we don’t object to the coats.” In another GB News exchange, the host guffawed, thinking she’d nailed her when Jennifer explained that speciesism is why humans think they’re superior to other species. “Are you taking the mickey?” the host asked sarcastically. “Are you telling me that the mouse under the fridge is as important as my children?” Not missing a beat, Jennifer responded,

P eople dread going head to head with interviewers like Piers Morgan – the notoriously combative former host of Good Morning Britain . But PETA UK’s Jennifer White does this with aplomb. Not only does she rise above probably deliberately ignorant and outright rude comments and interruptions to share the animal rights message with millions of viewers, her convincing arguments and disarming personality also often win over even the staunchest opponents. If I Called You a Pig, Piers, It’d Be a Compliment Jennifer has given over 130 top interviews. But few have been more memorable than one of her very first, on Good Morning Britain . Making the point that we shouldn’t call people animals as an insult, she explained, “If I came on this show and called Piers a pig, he’d probably think I meant that he was disgusting and repulsive.” Jennifer continued, “But no – pigs are hyper-intelligent animals, so calling someone a pig is a compliment.” Morgan’s cohost interjected, “She just called you a pig !”

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involved heavily sedating mother monkeys and watching as their terrified infants screamed and clung to them. Following a PETA campaign bolstered by Gluck’s congressional testimony, NIH finally ended these experiments, which had gone on for 32 years yet hadn’t resulted in even one cure to alleviate anxiety, depression, or fear in humans.

status quo and accelerating treatments and cures.

In the series, Rich Ulmer relates how he learned firsthand about the unreliability of animal testing when the pharmaceutical company he formerly headed released an eye product that was deemed safe and effective in rabbits but caused serious adverse reactions in humans. Now, Ulmer leads InVitro International , which invented the first non-animal test accepted by the US government and provides researchers with superior methods for assessing chemicals – methods that don’t involve smearing substances on animals’ skin or applying them to their eyes.

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The series drops another

“The people who experiment on animals will tell us that if they don’t do it, science is going to stop in its tracks,” Guillermo observes. “That’s the most significant lie. Science will rocket forward .” Be Part of It! Watch The Failed Experiment , free at PETA.org/TheFailedExperiment ,

bombshell: Most experimentation at universities is curiosity-based and done to allow experimenters to

More than 6,600 companies never perform cruel product tests like this on animals. Find them all at PETA.org.au/CrueltyFree .

keep publishing papers, thereby keeping grant money

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coming in. One of these experiments that PETA exposed, at the University of Wisconsin,

THIS EYE-OPENING, TRUE STORY TAKES YOU INSIDE ANIMAL LABS

and share it with everyone you know. And please visit

PETA.org.au/RMD to urge your legislators to support PETA’s Research Modernization Deal, a comprehensive strategy to propel science forward by replacing experiments on animals with state-of-the-art, human-relevant methods like organs on-chips and other modern marvels.

H ere’s a question for you: Which of the following scenarios actually happened?

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have nothing to do with human health and are egregiously cruel psychological ones. According to the US government, at least 92% of all medications that test safe and effective in animal trials fail in human clinical trials. “In

involved imprisoning, mutilating, and killing cats in futile “sound localization” tests. Following an intense PETA campaign, this laboratory shut down and the surviving feline victims were released for adoption.

Following PETA’s intensive campaign, NIH ended maternal deprivation experiments on baby monkeys.

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Experimenters infected institutionalized children with hepatitis by making them drink chocolate milk mixed with feces from infected children. Experimenters injected terminally ill people with plutonium to determine how the toxic, radioactive chemical would spread through the body. A Harvard experimenter tore baby monkeys away from their mothers and sewed their eyes shut – forcing them into total darkness for a year. All of the above

PETA Pushes to Replace the Rubbish, Right the Wrongs Innovative, animal-free research methods are challenging the

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Mabel was one of nearly 4,000 beagles liberated from laboratory supplier Envigo’s now-shuttered dog-breeding factory following PETA’s undercover investigation. Envigo pleaded guilty to federal crimes and was fined $22 million. SAVED!

No Consent and No Cures If you guessed “All of the above,” you’re right. Just as humans who were incapable of giving consent were subjected to experiments before the experimenters were forced to stop, baby monkeys and other animals who can’t consent are being mutilated, poisoned, psychologically tormented, and killed in experiments today. And PETA’s groundbreaking new docuseries The Failed Experiment from executive producer Bill Maher reveals the extent and horror of it. Experimenting on Animals Is Unethical and an Epic Failure Most experiments on animals

any other field, a 92% failure rate would be completely unacceptable,” explains PETA Senior Vice President of Laboratory Investigations Kathy Guillermo . “If you’re saying, ‘Well, only 8% of the time does it work,’ it’s really time to find another way.” The Failed Experiment features interviews with experts who have worked inside this senseless system, including former primate experimenter John Gluck , PhD . He recalls having to suppress his empathy in order to work in an industry built on imprisoning and torturing sentient beings. “There were so many incidences where what we were doing to an animal gave me pause, and/or embarrassed me, or frightened me, or left me feeling guilty,” he says. “It got me thinking, ‘Who are these beings, and what do we owe them?’” Curiosity Killed Many Cats Gluck recounts how, after he decided to stop experimenting on animals, he sent monkeys from his lab to National Institutes of Health (NIH) experimenter Stephen Suomi – a decision he now deeply regrets. Years later, PETA exposed Suomi’s experiments, including one that

“ Testing on animals has nothing to do with human safety ... they just do these tests to cover their a**es in the event of a lawsuit.” – The director of toxicology at Biosearch, where a PETA undercover investigation revealed horrific cruelty

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