PETA Global 2018 Issue 2

ISSUE 2 | SPRING 2018

ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION 9 Mena Suvari What keeps the American Beauty star up at night PAGE 12 PAGE Simply Sublime Pioneering vegan restaurateur shares her secrets Make Your Life Count in the Movement for Animal Liberation PETA Says ... T I M E T O G E T A C T I V E • T I M E T O G E T A C T I V E

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Right now , a mother coyote is chewing off her own foot to escape from a steel trap .

Simply choosing a vegan cupcake is not enough to help them – not by a long shot. It’s not enough to take our dog for a long walk and figure that we’ve done our part for animals today. Our brothers and sisters of other species are being abused and exploited every second of every day. Let’s put ourselves in their place: We would ache for someone to do everything possible to help us! If we care about animals, we must continually spread the message that all beings deserve to be left in peace and treated with respect. We must actively work toward the day when all species are treated as the unique individuals they are – not as food or fabric, as research tools or toys, or as props or protection. Circumstances will only change for animals if we create that change. So let’s not waste our voices, our power, our consumer clout, or our lives. Until every cage is empty, every chain is broken, and every animal is treated with dignity, we must never be complacent and never be silent.

Right now , a newly hatched chick’s beak is being burned off with a hot blade.

Right now , a tiger feels the sting of a trainer’s whip.

Right now , a rabbit trembles in a laboratory cage, dreading what lies ahead.

Let’s do something to help them – right now!

SAVED BECAUSE SOMEONE STEPPED IN

We can’t work for animal liberation every minute of the day, but we can do a lot if we incorporate activism into our daily lives. While we are going about our activities – looking at our phones, spending time with friends, watching sports, or playing video games – animals are being mutilated, trapped, burned, poisoned, shot, and killed for products that no one needs, used in archaic experiments, and tormented in vile forms of “entertainment.”

Khaleel was scrounging for food, inches away from speeding cars, when a PETA staffer scooped him out of a gutter in Old Delhi, India. If you see an animal in need, never hesitate to stop and help. If not you, then who?

Make the animal liberation movement a part of your life – living, feeling beings are counting on you.

See inside for dozens of ways to make a lasting impact for animals. J

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INDIA

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk demonstrates the plight of elephants at India’s Amber Fort tourist attraction. PETA’s President Meets With Minister Regarding Elephant Abuse

A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President

S ome years ago, on the Portuguese island of Madeira, I found a mother dog dying in a bush. I scooped her up and drove her to a veterinarian recommended to me by my hotel’s kind receptionist, who worried that this effort was ruining my holiday. On another occasion, this time on the Italian island of Sardinia, a sympathetic hotel employee helped me track down a shelter and sterilization services for 22 starving cats and kittens abandoned on the seashore. She, too, was concerned that all this effort was interfering with my R&R. Not so! I was very glad to help these deeply distressed animals. Doing so meant the world to me as well as to them. My message today is my message every day: When we see an animal in trouble anywhere, we must never assume that someone else will come to the rescue. We must act, doing everything we can to help, right then and there. We can’t simply imagine that there’s already help on the way to stop abuse. We must always be seen and heard and never shrink from suffering but rather, as Tolstoy advised, move closer to it! Then, we must do all we can to stop it. From hands-on rescues to leaving leaflets in hotel foyers and on planes to politely conversing with others at every opportunity, all our actions, large and small, are vital if we are going to protect animals’ rights. Perhaps you’ll join me in paying an “animal tax” on luxuries. It works like this: When I treat myself to anything special, whether a latte or a vacation, I pay a 10% “tax” to PETA via PETA.org/Tax , or to a local animal shelter to help living, feeling beings who have no luxuries. And when I leave this Earth, my will gives whatever I have to PETA, too. I love reading stories and suggestions from members and supporters, and PETA’s list of people ready to jump into action is always growing. To join the volunteer network – PETA's Action Team – please e-mail ActionTeam@peta.org . “ When we see an animal in trouble anywhere, we must never assume that someone else will come to the rescue. ” for those caged parrots or pessimistically assume that donkeys are always going to be beaten whether we speak up or not. Change comes when we raise our voices and insist on intervention by authorities

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk still has the heavy stick that she confiscated from men she’d found beating two elephants. One of the animals was blind in one eye and suffering from a respiratory problem. She took the weapon with her to a meeting with Union Minister of Tourism KJ Alphons in December – along with more than 63,000 signatures on a petition – to appeal for help for elephants exploited in India’s tourism industry. After watching a video showing an elephant being beaten so hard that her leg broke, the minister issued an advisory to governmental agencies asking them to stop promoting elephant rides. PETA India and all other PETA affiliates are pressing on with the campaign. Take Action Now Tell everyone you know that riding elephants harms them. Visit PETA.org/Fodors to urge the travel guide company to stop promoting such rides.

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VICTORY! HOTEL CHAIN ENDS ‘RENT A FISH’ PROGRAM After PETA contacted posh boutique hotelier Kimpton Hotels, the popular international chain agreed to end its fish rental program, in which live fish were delivered to guests’ rooms in cramped bowls as a novelty and potentially exposed to extreme heat or cold – such as in direct sunlight or in front of an air conditioning unit – causing them stress and suffering. PETA is now hard at work placing nearly 300 of the animals in permanent homes, including the handsome fellow above, who has already been adopted.

PETA PULLS A FAST ONE ON FAST-FOOD CHAINS PETA claimed some choice real estate – and served up food for thought – when it put up a series of evocative billboards where fast-food customers couldn’t miss ’em. The campaign, which also targeted “seafood” chains Long John Silver’s and Captain D’s, reached about 5 million people with the message that animals, too, value their lives.

Take Action Now Contact PETA.org/Billboard to sponsor a billboard today.

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USA

UK

PETA Tells NIH to Stop Sewing Mice Together Since 2015, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has squandered more than $300,000 of American taxpayers’ money on cruel sepsis experiments at the University of Virginia. In these hideous procedures, mice are sewn together and then given a massive infection – even though NIH has determined that such experiments have no benefit to humans. Please join PETA in calling on the US government to end them.

Chris Mears: © @JackGuyPhotography • Pig: © iStock.com/Nguyen Minh Loc • Octopus: © iStock.com/wrangel

Olympian Makes a Big Splash for Dolphins In PETA UK’s ad campaign against “swim with dolphin” attractions, Olympic diving champion Chris Mears highlights the cruelty of holding marine mammals captive in chemically treated pools, which can result in premature death.

Take Action Now Add your voice by going to PETA.org/NIHMice today.

Sexual Predator, Animal Abuser Banned USA

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PETA Catches Toronto Restaurant Cutting Up Live Octopuses

John Hagmann was once paid millions in taxpayer dollars to maim and kill pigs in the crude military trauma training exercises that he devised decades ago. But once PETA exposed the cruelty, his house of cards came tumbling down. First, the federal government stopped using his company after PETA publicized that he had sexually assaulted service members. Then, he lost his medical license in both Virginia and Washington state. Now, following another PETA complaint, the North Carolina Medical Board has barred him from practicing medicine there.

After being tipped off by a whistleblower, a PETA observer documented an octopus being pulled from a tank, tossed onto a cutting board, and pinned down while a chef at Marado Sushi in Toronto hacked off the tentacles, which were then served – still writhing – as a Korean dish called “sannakji.” PETA filed a complaint with the Ontario SPCA, which agreed that octopuses are protected by anti-cruelty statutes, and – for perhaps the first time ever – defended invertebrates by informing the restaurant that it was breaking the law.

Take Action Now Unfortunately, restaurants continue to chop off and serve the arms and legs of live

Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org/BEST to send an e-mail urging your congressional representatives to support the Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act, which would phase out the use of animals in military medical training drills.

octopuses, which causes them enormous pain. Please demand that Marado Sushi, Gal’s Sushi, and other establishments drop live animals from their menus entirely, by visiting PETA.org/EatenAlive .

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ASIA

USA Alpaca: © iStock.com/JamesBrey • Zhou Yang: © He Lei • Eve: Photo: © Brian Bowen Smith • Fashion stylist: Lexyrose Boiardo Hair stylist:Angela Christine Stevens • Makeup artist: Jazzmene.

Bear With Blurred Vision Sees Bright Future Ben’s corneas are scarred because of neglectful treatment at Tregembo Animal Park, a miserable roadside zoo in North Carolina. But thanks to a lawsuit brought by local residents – with representation by PETA’s attorneys – he and another bear, Bogey, are no longer pacing back and forth in cramped, barren cages: Instead, they’re living the good life at the spacious Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.

GERMANY

Coinciding with the Winter Olympics and the Year of the Dog, PETA Asia teamed up with Chinese speed-skating phenomenon Zhou Yang for this version of its “Adopt – Don’t Shop” ad. “There’s nothing quite like locking eyes with an animal at a shelter and knowing you’ve found a family member,” she says. GoldMedal Winner Stars in PETA Asia Ad

PETA Germany Video Makes People Say, ‘Goodbye, Milk’ T he widely shared “Goodbye, Milch” video shows heart-wrenching goodbyes between mothers and their children – including a calf who is dragged away from her mother so that humans can take the milk that was intended for her. Celebrities and influencers are responding with their own #GoodbyeMilch videos on Facebook, and hundreds of people are taking PETA Germany’s 21-day #GoodbyeMilch Challenge, which features a Facebook chatbot offering daily tips on living dairy-free, including milk-free recipes and advice on the best plant milks to use in coffee. I

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Victory! PETA Australia Gets University Petting Zoo Nixed After learning from PETA Australia that petting zoos contribute to a cruel cycle of breeding, abandoning, and killing animals, the University of Canberra pledged not to host such exhibits again. A petting zoo was part of the school’s “Stress Less Week” events, but PETA Australia pointed out that for animals who don’t like being handled and have no escape from the noise and crowds, being exhibited causes nothing but stress.

RECORDING STAR EVE CARES The Talk’s Eve stars in a new PETA billboard ad with rescue dog Howard. If your animal pal needs an “Adopted and Adored” bandana like Howard’s, visit PETACatalog.com .

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The resolution was picture-perfect: PETA appealed to Shutterstock – the world’s largest subscription-based stock-photo provider – and the company banned all images of captive ape and monkey “actors” from its collections and from those of its subsidiaries. Nonhuman VICTORY! Shutterstock Bans Exploitative Ape Images Victory! Scotland Bans Wild-Animal Circuses Scotland has become the first country in the UK to ban wild animals from traveling circuses. The move came after thousands of PETA UK supporters contacted the Scottish government demanding a

primates forced to pose for photos are usually juveniles who were traumatically separated from their mothers as babies, and images of them in unnatural settings harm conservation efforts as well as bolstering the illegal wildlife trade.

An exposé released by PETA UK in 2014 documented horrific conditions on fur farms in Norway – including animals suffering from starvation and untreated, bloody wounds – and featured footage recorded by Norwegian animal-protection groups. In 2016, PETA UK supporters joined Norwegian activists in Europe’s largest-ever anti fur protest, during whichmore than 13,000 people marched through the streets of Oslo and other cities – and they’ve kept the pressure on. Now, Norway has introduced a total ban on fur farming, joining Croatia, Germany, Japan, the UK, and other countries that have taken steps to shut down such farms. Let’s keep agitating until all these hellish facilities close. Victory! Norway Bans Fur Farms

Orangutan: © iStock.com/davidevison • Lioness: © iStock.com/NejroN • Girl with magnifying glass: © iStock.com/parinyabinsuk

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ban – and 98% of Scots who responded to an official consultation on the issue indicated that they wanted such a measure. Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham, who proposed the bill, said that it “demonstrate[s] to the wider world that we are one of the growing number of countries that no longer condones the use of wild animals in this way.” UK readers, please urge Whitehall to follow suit by visiting PETA.org.uk/CircusBan .

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Basketball Stars’ Winning Secret? Veggies! Plant-Powered Athletes Break Bread in PETA Video Brooklyn Nets center Jahlil Okafor, who went vegan while recovering from a knee injury, says that his game has never been better: “I’m just a lot faster, quicker.” And four-time NBA champion John Salley, a longtime vegan, says that the benefits go far beyond health: “You are literally saving the planet, you’re saving water, animals from dying. … That’s pretty slick.” PETA’s video featuring these two basketball stars has been viewed more than 1.3 million times in China alone. Watch the video at PETA.org and order Okafor’s “Never Be Silent” T-shirt at PETACatalog.com .

80,000 Visitors Loved PETA’s TeachKind ‘Destination Empathy’

Working with child-development experts, TeachKind – PETA’s humane education division – created Destination Empathy, an interactive exhibit that allowed kids to explore empathy for animals and the human-animal connection in fun ways, using a 360-degree video to experience flight as a pigeon, translate animals’ body language, and step into an augmented-reality environment where they could see how bears, tigers, and elephants enjoy living with their families. Eighty thousand visitors to the award winning Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, where the exhibit debuted, learned that all beings deserve respect, whether they have hands, paws, feathers, or fins.

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My Vegan Goals M aybe you’ve gone vegan, shed your animal skins, and made your bathroom cabinet cruelty-free. Great! But there’s still more to do. Animal rights is more than a personal choice – it’s a revolution, and animals are depending on us to get others on board. So tear out this list, stick it on your refrigerator, and get started today! 20 WaystoBump(er) UpYour Activism!

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 Put an animal rights bumper sticker from PETA.org/Stickers on the back of my car, rental car windows (they peel off), and laptop.  Order PETA’s “Vegan Strong” T-shirts from PETACatalog.com and wear them on my daily run – or daily coffee run.  Order copies of PETA’s cruelty-free shopping guide from PETA.org/CFSGuide , and leave them in drugstore cosmetics aisles.  Contact tour companies and travel agencies that offer elephant rides and “swim with dolphins” programs, and ask them to stop.  Throw a vegan dinner party and wow my meat-eating friends and family with great recipes from PETA.org/Recipes , or treat them to a fabulous vegan meal out.  Make a plan to help animals through my will at PETA.org/GiftPlanning .  Leave 20 vegan starter kits (available at PETA.org/VeganKit ) in my doctor’s waiting room or in a magazine rack at the gym.  Update my voice mail message with an animal rights fact.  Stick PETA’s “warning labels” on packaged meat to remind people that they’re buying a decomposing corpse (available at PETA.org/Warning ).  Buy cruelty-free soap for my office restroom, stock the kitchen with vegan creamer, and tell my boss and coworkers why.  Assemble an animal rescue car kit (or buy an inexpensive one from PETACatalog.com ) to keep in my car so that I’m ready to help stray or injured animals.

 Share PETA videos from PETA.org/Facebook with your Facebook friends. Retweet PETA’s tweets and share other animal videos across all your social media channels.  Take a gift basket of cruelty-free baby wash, shampoo, wipes, diaper cream, and sunscreen to a baby shower. For ideas go to PETA.org/BeautyWithoutBunnies .  Leave PETA leaflets (from PETA.org/Literature ) in library books and in magazines at the store.  Use PETA’s "I Am Not a Nugget" water bottle from PETACatalog.com to send a message with every sip.  Place “Fur Is Dead,” “Animal Testing Breaks Hearts,” or other stickers from PETA.org/Stickers in restroom stalls, in bus stops, on supermarket shelves, or in any other highly visible places.  Donate two animal rights books to my local library or book box ( PETACatalog.com has good options).  Hold a yard sale or vegan bake sale and donate the proceeds to PETA’s spay/ neuter program ( PETA.org/SNIP ) to sponsor an animal whose guardians can’t afford it.  Order “Go Vegan” reusable tote bags from PETACatalog.com to take with me every time I shop!  Complain to management if I see cruel glue traps anywhere and suggest PETA.org/GlueTraps for humane rodent control methods.

� Win Dinner on Us! Enter PETA’s “Vegan Eats and Treats” Contest Make (or buy) a vegan meal and snap a photo of yourself sharing it at the office, a family gathering, or anywhere else where you can influence people, and you’ll have a chance to win a Veestro Starter Pack of 10 delicious, hand-crafted vegan meals delivered to your door once a month for six months! To enter, send the photo – along with a description of what you served, where you served it, and how people reacted (in 50 words or fewer) – to GlobalContest@peta.org by August 31, 2018. Only United States residents are eligible. See additional terms and conditions on the back cover.

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EVERYDAY ACTIVISTS

I introduced my meat eating boyfriend to The Beyond Burger, and it was love at first bite. He’s now vegan! – Tiffany Rose

Someone put these “Eating Animals” PETA stickers on stop signs

I reset the name of my mobile wifi hotspot to “Go Vegan.” So no matter where I go (whether it’s a café, friend’s house, shopping mall, etc.), if people are looking for wifi, they get the message to go vegan. – Laura Weyman-Jones

near meat- and dairy-serving restaurants. – Teresa Cooper

Someone started trolling the animal rights posts that I share on Facebook, leaving immature comments. I responded politely and didn’t “unfriend” him, because I’d prefer that he see the animal rights messages than not see them. One day, he sent me this message: “Although initially annoying, your posts have changed the way I look at what I eat. I have now gone mostly vegan. Thank you.” Anyone can change – even the trolls! – Joelle Vann

During my commute, I read PETA Global and hold it up high so that others can see it. Recently, I caught at least four people reading over my shoulder! Afterward, I leave it for the next person. – Jamie Schwartz

We regularly set up

information tables and hand out

PETA leaflets and stickers at a local park. We always get a great

When I see someone wearing a Canada Goose coat, I smile, hand them a leaflet, and say, “Hi, I saw your jacket. This is something you’ll want to read.” – Jannette Patterson

response. One boy loved our stickers somuch, he plastered them all over his school uniform tie! – Sidney Jesperson

I hand out literature everywhere, from the park with my dogs to Coachella to

supermarket parking lots. At a gas station, I gave the manager

For my husband’s

When ordering coffee at Starbucks, I give the barista an

birthday, I put on a vegan buffet

food for thought by stuffing some PETA pamphlets in the comment box. – Casey Kern

animal-rights themed “name” like “SeaWorld Sucks” or “I Love Almond Milk” that he or she will have to call out when my drink’s ready. – Ashley Wassamire

of lasagne, shepherd’s pie, black bean

mini-burgers, Caesar salad, potato

Lots of stores have alphabet letters for sale. I like to rearrange them to leave a pro animal message, such as

I give vegan cookies, brownies, and cupcakes as gifts. When I tell people that the treats are vegan, they’re always intrigued and ask about the recipes. (And they always love them!) – Melanie Johnson

salad, andmore. His family consumes a lot of meat,

so I was nervous, but it turned out so well! Since then, one brother and cousin have gone vegan – and two other cousins have gone vegetarian. Cooking for people is a great way to show them that they won’t miss out by making kind choices! – Olivia Charlton

“FUR HURTS,” “DUMP DOWN,” or whatever there are enough letters to spell out! – Heidi Parker

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They Made the Call to PETA that Saved Animals’ Lives Farms exposed, labs closed, abusers busted – all because of whistleblowers

Magnifying glass illustration: © iStock.com/Davidscar • Whistle blower: © iStock.com/CraigRJD

G na Wyatt never intended to make headlines when she called PETA about the North Carolina dairy farmwhere she worked, which was so filthy that the cows had to wade through knee-deep manure in order to eat or lie down. She just wanted to help the animals. “I wanted somebody to see what I saw,” she said. Thanks to Gna’s tip, they did. A PETA observer filmed the emaciated cows with their overgrown hooves, protruding bones, raw skin, missing patches of hair, and tails matted with dung, among other conditions, inside the disgusting facility. That video changed everything, prompting inspections by state authorities, persuading a buyer to halt shipments from the farm, and, shortly afterwards, leading the farm to close down. Gna is among the wonderful whistleblowers who have helped PETA and its affiliates find out what’s going on out of public view on farms, in circuses, in laboratories, and at other facilities, leading to exposés, fines, charges, policy changes, and even the closure of animal-abusing enterprises. Persistence in the Face of Resistance Pays Off Whistleblowers come to PETA because they know they will get results. When postdoctoral veterinary fellow Catherine Dell’Orto got nowhere after reporting violations at Columbia University laboratories, including failure to provide adequate post-operative pain relief to monkeys and baboons subjected to invasive surgeries, she approached PETA. An aggressive PETA campaign led to the firing of the head veterinarian, citations and fines by the USDA, and an end to Columbia’s stroke experiments on baboons. Bill Larsen tried for months to get help for the 151 “retired” racing greyhounds kept in an old barn in appalling conditions and used as “donors” for a canine blood bank. After other groups and governmental agencies didn’t respond, he called PETA. In a matter of weeks, PETA had shut down the facility, and the dogs

were taken into foster care. On the first cold night of winter, Bill called to say how grateful he was that those dogs were no longer out there shivering in that cold barn. The Man Who Helped PETA Bring Down the Big Top The demise of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was thanks in part to a whistleblower: Terminally ill former Ringling elephant trainer Sam Haddock couldn’t bear the thought of going to his grave without making good on his promise to his wife that one day he would

Whistleblowers come from all sectors of society. PETA has been alerted to cruelty by school bus drivers, mail carriers, painters, electricians, janitors, neighbors, and passersby. Students in India blew the whistle when they saw that animal dissection was being conducted illegally at their universities, enabling PETA India to get it stopped. Alert witnesses in Germany filmed people abusing cows as they were being loaded into vehicles and shared the videos with PETA Germany, which got the abusers convicted and fined. Manure-encrusted legs didn’t stop cows from being hooked up to milking machines at a North Carolina dairy farm.

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“I think that my soul shall never be the same after my experience in that place.” – Whistleblower at MPI Research, Inc.

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share photos of the barbaric methods used to “break” baby elephants at Ringling’s training compound. So he had her leak the photos to PETA, which shared them with the media and displayed them outside circus performances – the rest is history.

Take Action Now If you see something, say something. Concerns about cruelty anywhere can be reported confidentially by e-mailing PETA at Whistleblower@peta.org .

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Q & A

Mena Suvari: ‘In the TRASH It Goes!’ American Beauty star Mena Suvari describes herself as an “actorvist,” and that’s exactly right. She’s an outspoken fur foe and vegan. She made headlines in the US when she attended a Fur-Free Friday protest in Beverly Hills as well as when she sent an urgent letter to Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas in support of a bill to ban fur farming. Now, she’s taking aim at the cruel down industry. PETA’s exposés have revealed that workers pin down fully conscious, petrified geese and rip their feathers out, racing through the job because it pays by volume, not by the hour. In an interview with PETA, Mena explains why she tossed out her down pillows and agreed to participate in an upcoming print ad campaign, encouraging everyone to shop cruelty-free. PETA: What persuaded you to ditch down? Mena: I just remember sitting in my home, and I was watching one of the videos showing these geese who were having their feathers ripped out while they were still alive, and they were screaming. And I get emotional even now telling the story. And it was really, really horrifying. It was devastating to me. Some of these birds with gaping holes where their feathers had been plucked out …. I couldn’t believe that we as human beings can take part in something like this and be seemingly unaffected by what we’re doing. I went upstairs, and I realized, to my own horror, that my pillows and my comforter were filled with down PETA: What did you do? Mena: I just … took all of it, and I put it all in garbage bags, and I just had to get rid of it. I could not accept myself after watching that video, laying my head down on these pillows and going to sleep that night. PETA: Could you describe your evolution as an animal advocate? Mena: I first went vegan, and then I went cruelty-free in every part of my life. Whether it’s … my makeup or my hair products, all my clothing, accessories – everything – and it just makes me feel better. What I would love for people to take away from [PETA’s] campaign is just to start thinking and continue that process. Because, as I’ve learned, there are so many other options. There’s so many alternatives.

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Take Action Now Ditch down in favor of cozy, high-tech synthetic fillers, such as Plumtech, PrimaLoft, ThermoBall, or Thinsulate.

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W hich of your experiences over the last 20 years stand out? Did you go to college, begin a career, get married, or start a family? Maybe you retired, packed the RV, and crisscrossed the country. That’s the beauty of being free: The possibilities for the future are limitless. But for some, there are no new horizons – no choices. This is usually the case for chimpanzees exploited for human entertainment. Often forced into solitary confinement with no opportunity to form friendships or follow their instincts, these intelligent, social animals can spend decades locked in cages – but not if PETA steps in. A Life of Deprivation When PETA met Joe, he’d been alone for nearly two decades. Instead of roaming a lush rainforest with other chimpanzees, his world was limited to a stall and a small outdoor pen at the sleazy Mobile Zoo in Alabama. He’d been discarded by the entertainment industry when he got too large and strong to control, so he lived on a packed-dirt floor behind double layers of chain link fence – if you could call it “living.” All he could do was sit and stare at a world that he was not allowed to be a part of. Chimpanzees share more than 98% of their DNA with humans, and in the wild, they use tools, mark trails with sticks as directional aids, and build sleeping platforms and nests. But all Joe had to occupy himself were a few old hoses and toddler toys. Visitors were encouraged to throw peanuts at him. PETA Makes Its Case PETA had been working to rescue Joe for years when, in 2015, the US Fish and Wildlife Service eliminated a loophole that had excluded captive chimpanzees from the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Two concerned citizens joined the organization in filing a lawsuit alleging that the roadside zoo and its owner were violating the law by isolating him and denying him the complex environment that he needed. PETA noted that without companionship or meaningful enrichment, he was pulling out his own hair, a sign of deep psychological distress.

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JR spent a decade in solitary confinement at a roadside zoo before his rescue.

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When The Mobile Zoo finally agreed to surrender him, PETA dropped the lawsuit and oversaw his relocation.

Joe’s roadside prison has since permanently closed, and today, he plays under palm trees and on jungle gyms. He has friends of his own species at Save the Chimps, a lush Florida sanctuary where more than 250 rescued chimpanzees roam over 100 acres of tropical islands. Chimpanzees Taste Freedom Thanks to PETA, Joe and other chimpanzees are now free to be themselves. One of them is JR, who was bounced between seedy roadside zoos. At one of them he spent 10 years alone in a small cage. A generous PETA supporter paid for him to be transported to Save the Chimps, too. Another chimpanzee, Terry, spent nearly 18 years all alone at the decrepit Las Vegas Zoo, but then PETA benefactor Sam Simon and another kind supporter helped purchase his ticket to Florida. And Iris, who’d been isolated in a windowless cell at another roadside zoo, greeted the first chimpanzee she met there with an ecstatic hug and a big fat kiss.

Phoenix Zones: © The University of Chicago Press

Lisa Marie explores the lush, tropical Save the Chimps sanctuary.

Broke Joe out of Jail

Before PETA arranged for Lisa Marie, too, to be sent to the Florida sanctuary, she was often confined to a cramped basement cage and forced to wear a collar with a padlock – when not being hauled around in a plastic tote bin. And Tarzan, whose transfer to Florida was paid for by PETA after his companion at a reputable Indiana sanctuary passed away, loves the balmy weather so much that he often chooses to sleep out under the stars. PETA has rescued other chimpanzees as well, and all of them are now safe, just as more will be soon – with your help.

Some Scars Last Forever

Depression. Anxiety. Psychosis. For chimpanzees subjected to years – and often decades – of torture in laboratories, the entertainment industry, and the primate import trade, these symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the scars that linger.

Dr. Hope Ferdowsian, author of Phoenix Zones , is a physician and scientist who traveled around the world to study more than 350 chimpanzees who had endured social isolation, early maternal separation, sensory deprivation, and other forms of trauma. In her book Phoenix Zones , she details the extraordinarily high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the survivors: Nearly half of them suffer from PTSD.

Without chimpanzee companionship, Joe got so depressed that he pulled out his own hair.

Take Action Now Please donate to PETA’s rescue efforts via PETA.org/Entertainment , and never visit

roadside zoos, circuses, or any other attractions that exploit animals for human entertainment. Read more about the plight of chimpanzees and other animals in Phoenix Zones, available at PETACatalog.com .

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Trailblazing Activist Restaurateur Refuses to Be Silent The founder of America’s first gourmet vegan restaurant, Sublime, Nanci Alexander is a firebrand, a tremendously generous – though frugal – person, a doting grandmother, and the founder and president of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF).

Nanci Alexander: © Ray Graham • Nanci and Rose: © Andrew Goldstein

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L ike many women who’ve dared to speak their minds, Nanci has often been told to keep quiet by the powers that be. But she lives by the rule “Never be silent,” because as she puts it, “You will never get back that opportunity to speak up for the animals.” Just ask any fur-wearer who’s ridden in an elevator with her – she won’t let them off without asking, “Do you know howmany animals were killed for your coat?” Nanci is the epitome of a world-changing activist, but she grew up in a family and society that didn’t understand animal rights, so at first, neither did she. She would feed her beloved parakeets crumbs from her mouth and always stopped to rescue strays. But she also saw how animals suffer because of humans’ whims, from a dog who nipped a friend and was promptly returned to the animal shelter to a capuchin monkey who died of a broken heart when his guardian was forced to give him away. These experiences helped her recognize how vulnerable all animals are – and her responsibility for helping them. The turning point came after she had moved to Florida and saw a security guard stuff a duck into the trunk of his car. He refused to answer her questions, so she marched to every home in the housing development and petitioned residents to protect the community’s ducks – then persuaded the homeowners association to let at least some of them stay. “I saw then that one person can make a difference,” she says. From organizing a veal boycott to petitioning to end seal slaughter, she has been making a difference ever since the moment she realized that – as her voice mail message has reminded callers ever since – “animals have rights.”

But she wanted to do even more. Nineteen years ago, there was no beautiful dining spot to take friends to without having to ask, “Is there chicken stock in that soup?” So Nanci created one. As someone who once loved spare ribs and cheese omelets, she envisioned a place where “meat-eating people could eat well and be happy.” Today, Sublime makes its own cashew cheese and serves vegan versions of almost everything that she once ate – except for the calves’ brains on toast that her grandmother used to dish up. And 100% of the restaurant’s profits go toward animal protection. When Nanci first visited the plot of land where Sublime now stands, she looked out toward the water and the biggest, most beautiful iguana she had ever seen appeared – as if to say, “This is the spot!” Today, the long list of people who’ve enjoyed fine vegan dining on that spot includes Paul McCartney, Pamela Anderson, James Cromwell, Alec Baldwin, and Joan Jett, among many others. Many vegan restaurants have sprung up since then. Nanci’s vision ignited a vegan dining revolution, and her refusal to stay silent about animal rights sets a brilliant example for every activist to emulate. Take Action Now Take friends out for a vegan meal or prepare one at home (find recipes at PETA.org/Living ) and show them how delicious cruelty-free fare can be. You don’t need to own a restaurant to be an advocate for animals – you just need to take action!

Every year, Nanci presents one outstanding animal advocate with the coveted Nanci Alexander Activist Award on behalf of PETA. Past recipients include Alan Cumming, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Joan Jett, Blackfish producer Manny Oteyza, and Rose McCoy (shown above), who was honored at age 12 for starting an animal rights club at her school, persuading her teacher to go vegan, and speaking out in behalf of chickens at one of McDonald’s annual meetings.

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Classic Corn Chowder (Makes 6 to 8 servings) Pan-Seared Eggplant and ‘Mozzarella’ Bake (Makes 10 servings) SUBLIME CLASSICS for you to try at home Blissful Brownies (Makes 12 servings)

YOU’LL NEED • 1 lb. pecans • 6 Tbsp. maple syrup • 3 1 /2 cups vegan chocolate chips • 1 cup brown sugar • 1 cup vegan margarine • 1 1 /2 cups nondairy milk • 1 /2 cup all-purpose flour • 1 /2 cup cocoa powder • 1 /4 cup powdered egg replacer • 2 tsp. baking powder • 2 tsp. baking soda

YOU’LL NEED • 3 cups corn kernels • 8 cups water

YOU’LL NEED • 1 /4 cup vegetable oil • 5 eggplants, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1 /2-inch slices • 1 /2 cup flour • 2 cups marinara sauce • 1 lb. vegan shredded mozzarella cheese

• 1 /4 cup vegan margarine • 2 Tbsp. minced shallots

• 2 tsp. minced garlic • 1 yellow onion, diced • 2 red peppers, diced • 2 leeks (white parts only), julienned • 2 stalks celery, diced • 1 cube vegan chicken-flavored bouillon

METHOD • Preheat the oven to 350°F/177°C.

• 2 carrots, diced • 1 potato, diced • 1 cup chopped kale • 1 Tbsp. vegan cream cheese • 1 /4 cup yellow cornmeal • 1 tsp. chopped fresh sage • Salt and pepper, to taste

• Warm the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dredge the eggplant slices in the flour, then fry in the oil until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. • Place a thin layer of the marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9-inch-by-12-inch baking pan. Add a layer of the eggplant slices. Repeat, alternating the marinara sauce and the eggplant slices, until all the eggplant has been added. • Sprinkle with the vegan cheese and bake for 25 minutes, or until browned and bubbly. Cool slightly before cutting.

Sublime corn chowder, brownie, and eggplant: © Steve Lee • Lime slice: © iStock.com/yusufsarlar

METHOD • Preheat the oven to 350°F/177°C.

• Coat the pecans with the maple syrup. Bake on a nonstick pan for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

METHOD • Place 1 cup each of the corn kernels and water in a pot, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Transfer to a blender or food processor and purée until smooth. Strain through a sieve, reserving the “cream.” • Melt the vegan margarine in a large pot. Add the shallots, garlic, onion, peppers, leeks, and celery and sauté until soft. Add 6 cups of the water, the vegan bouillon cube, carrots, potato, and kale. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. • In a separate bowl, combine the remaining water, vegan cream cheese, cornmeal, and reserved “cream” and stir until smooth. Add to the soup, along with the remaining corn, sage, salt, and pepper.

• Melt 2 1 /2 cups of the chocolate chips in a double boiler.

• Whip together the sugar and vegan margarine with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in the melted chocolate and nondairy milk. • In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, egg replacer, baking powder, and baking soda. Using a spatula, combine with the whipped mixture. Mix in half of the pecans and the remaining chocolate chips.

• Serve over linguine or with your favorite vegetables.

• Spread in a 9-inch-by-12-inch foil-lined baking pan. Top with the remaining pecans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

• Cool to room temperature, then freeze. Pull on the foil to remove the brownies. Cut into 12 squares. Bring to room temperature and serve.

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From campus protests against the VietnamWar to the Black Lives Matter movement, students have long played a critical role in leading society to make progress on social issues. So I’ve been visiting North American universities, appealing to students to recognize the roots of bigotry and see that animal liberation is human liberation. Both causes resist the human impulse to discriminate against and disrespect “others,” whether it’s because of their race, gender, sexual orientation – or species. – and Ends How Bigotry Begins By Hanh Nguyen, PETA Torchbearer

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Face: © iStock.com/efenzi • Calf: © iStock.com/bazilfoto

My own story began in Vietnam, where I spent the first 12 years of my life, before my family moved to Laos and suddenly I became the “other” who didn’t quite fit in. I wish I could

humans from “exotic” cultures, mainly Africa and Asia, were still held captive and displayed in human zoos. Marginalized humans have even been unethically experimented on. During the Tuskegee study in the US, for example, information and treatment were deliberately withheld from black men who were infected with syphilis, even though, during the course of the study, it was discovered that penicillin was an effective cure. I believe that we have to look at all existing power relationships with a critical eye. We do ourselves a huge disservice if we address only racism, sexism, xenophobia, and so on without also confronting speciesism. Any invented hierarchy that grants the most fundamental moral considerations to some individuals while withholding them from others is inherently unjust. Speciesism is no different. The good news is that like all other forms of oppression, speciesism is a system of thought that is learned and can, in turn, be unlearned and challenged. And that’s why I’m talking to young people about this. I’ve planted seeds at each stop. After I spoke at Missouri State University, one student said that my talk “really turned some lights on in people and got them thinking about kinder ways.”

say that this experience jumpstarted my evolution on animal rights issues, but I was the typical kid who begged my parents for a “pet” dog or cat – and then quickly lost interest once the novelty wore off. But everything changed

three and a half years ago, when I came across a video of an investigation inside a slaughterhouse. It made me

stop consuming animals.

I began to comprehend how systemic our exploitation of other animals is. I also realized that there is a lot of overlap between speciesism and other forms of oppression. Some sociologists call this “the link”: racism, sexism, and speciesism. It’s the bias that binds.

Throughout history, marginalized groups of humans have been regarded as “animals,” which was and still is the precursor to being mistreated like them: enslaved, exploited, and subjected to horrific violence.

Hanh is wearing a special Vietnamese-language version of the “I Support Animal Rights” T-shirt modeled by Mena Suvari on page 9. Get your copy of the leaflet at PETALiterature.com .

Once we are honest about our most deep seated biases and our privilege as humans, we can easily see that the struggle for animal rights is just like the struggle for human rights. That’s not a scary thought – it’s a vital one if we want to advance justice, and young people are known for being champions of this cause.

Prior to the Rwandan genocide, which killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis, propaganda and radio messages disseminated by Hutu extremists referred to Tutsis

as “cockroaches.” During the Holocaust, Jews were

transported to concentration camps in cattle cars and labeled “rats.” Well into the 20th century,

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PETA Exposé Shows Why Not to Buy the ‘Free-Range’ Lie

Egg: © iStock.com/Dmytro Lastovych • Egg carton: © iStock.com/SuchatSi

W hat comes to mind when you see “free range” on a carton of eggs? The industry wants us to picture happy hens roaming the verdant countryside. In truth, the “happy” hen advertised is anything but. “Free-range” and “humane” are nothing but marketing ploys designed to fool consumers.

In contrast to Nellie’s claim, the facility that PETA visited had no “easy access to the outdoors.” If the hens could actually fight their way to one of the small openings in the wall and the hatch door wasn’t closed, which it often was, there was only a narrow strip of earth and some sparse blades of grass. Nor could they “roam where they please.” The eggs, consumers are told, come from “happy hens.” Tell that to the birds at Nellie’s Pennsylvania supplier, which is “certified humane” but keeps them tightly confined. Hens typically live for up to 10 years, but a Nellie’s employee stated that the birds are slaughtered when they’re barely 1 year old. After producing an egg a day, their bodies become so depleted of calcium that their eggs cease to be marketable. How’s that for “happy”? Nellie’s also uses birds from hatcheries where females have the tips of their sensitive beaks burned or cut off, and male chicks, considered “useless” by egg farmers, are killed. Typical killing methods in hatcheries include suffocation or maceration – throwing day-old chicks into grinding machines while they’re still alive. This kind of abuse is typical across the industry. PETA UK’s exposé of a British “free-range” egg farm found that many hens never saw the light of day until they were sent to slaughter. Competition for food was so fierce that hens even resorted to cannibalism, pecking at the rotting corpses of their flockmates who hadn’t survived.

James Cromwell and PETA Score Big With Super Bowl Ad It’s dark humor that hits the mark. In an online PETA Super Bowl ad titled “Redemption,” Babe star James Cromwell plays a priest who hears a meat marketer’s confession and plea for absolution for coining the deceitful term “humane meat.” But “Father” James isn’t moved. “There’s no forgiving you,” he intones. “We have to draw the line somewhere.” Animals on “humane” farms still endure debeaking and castration without painkillers, live crammed inside fetid warehouses and on barren feedlots, and are shipped to slaughter in all weather extremes. The ad, which can be viewed at PETA.org/Redemption , has earned roaring applause – don’t miss it!

Inside Nellie’s Eggs A PETA eyewitness visited one of its supplier’s farms in Pennsylvania where tens of thousands of hens were crowded into two 535-foot-long sheds. They had so little space – just over a square foot each – that it was difficult for visitors to avoid stepping on them. Chickens are loving, social, inquisitive beings who like to spend their days foraging, sunning themselves, and roosting. But the cramped conditions in sheds like these prevent them from engaging in any natural activity. They can barely stretch their wings properly. Many are missing feathers because of stress, malnutrition, or fighting.

Take Action Now Please share the video at PETA.org/FreeRangeFarce widely. Urge

everyone you know to ditch eggs in favor of VeganEgg, Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer, or other compassionate options. Visit PETA.org/Living for tasty egg-free recipes.

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They say: “Where do you get your calcium? I heard that milk does a body good!” You respond: “That’s an ad slogan but not very

They say: “Where do you get your protein?” You respond : “The same place as gorillas, elephants, and the rest of the Earth’s 10

good health advice. To buffer the acids that animal protein produces when you eat it, your body has to use all the calcium inmilk – and then some. So every time you drink cow’s milk, you actually leach calcium out of your bones. Personally, I get my calcium from grains, nuts, beans, fortified orange juice and soy milk, and dark, leafy greens.”

biggest and strongest land animals: plants. There’s protein in almost everything, from beans to broccoli, so as long as you’re not living on Oreos and fries, you’re fine.” You can also hand them PETA’s free “Where Do You Get Your Protein?” card – get yours at PETA.org/ProteinCard .

All cartoons © Dan Piraro / Bizarro.com

They say: “Humans have been eating animals for thousands of years.” You respond: “Humans have done lots

They say: “Your shoes are leather.” You respond: “They look like it, don’t they? But they’re actually vegan, from Zappos.

of harmful things for thousands of years, including holding slaves, treating women and children as property, and denying interracial and same-sex couples the right to marry. Tradition never justifies abuse.”

Tons of companies make leather-free shoes now, including Nike, New Balance, Steve Madden, Guess, Kate Spade, Nine West, and Skechers. You probably already have some, too.”

One animal advocate in Kentucky got so tired of hearing the same worn out comments from defensive passersby at demonstrations that he started writing a funny message on the back of his signs that he could flip to: “I have a life. I have a job. My shoes aren’t leather.” The next time you wish you had a poster like that, try one of these handy responses. Snappy Comebacks!

They say: “The Bible says that God gave us dominion over animals.” You respond: “The Bible also says, ‘Blessed

They say: “If we didn’t use animals, they’d go extinct.” You respond: “They’re already going

are the merciful,’ and ‘Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto Me.’ The Garden of Eden was vegan: Killing animals and eating them didn’t enter the world until sin did. A loving God wouldn’t give His blessing to the cruelty in slaughterhouses, on fur farms, and in laboratories. Because Christianity emphasizes love and mercy, many theologians interpret the translation of that Bible verse as giving us ‘stewardship’ over animals, not ‘dominance.’”

extinct because we’re using them. We could see oceans devoid of fish by 2048. Every year, 650,000 whales, dolphins, and seals are killed by fishing vessels. One to 2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second for animal agriculture. Populations of African elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, and buffaloes are dwindling because of trophy hunting. The only way to save animals is to stop using them.”

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