PETA Global 2019 Issue 1

ISSUE 1 | WINTER 2019

ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION

15 Natalie Portman’s Hero Oscar winner pays tribute to Isaac Bashevis Singer PAGE PETA’s Mission: Removing the Hand of Human Tyranny 23 Face It You can’t be an egg-eating feminist PAGE 13 PAGE Hot Stuff Kickin’ crockpot chili

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Anyone who has carefully observed animals knows they can run rings around humans in countless ways: Think of the sassy donkey who figures out how to remove a fence post to let himself out of a corral; the clever octopus who – though colorblind herself – can, within a split second, elude capture by “becoming” part of a reef or a sandy ocean floor; or the godwit who flies 7,000 miles without stopping for a moment’s rest.

That’s why PETA agrees with philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s words: It is only “the hand of human tyranny” that prevents animals from being recognized for the unique beings they are. Insecure humans are forever trying to seem superior by putting “others” down, understating or denying their talents, intelligence, social skills, and everything else that shows them to be worthy of respect. Those other living beings have awe-inspiring abilities: When not being run out of their homes, enduring the destruction and diversion of their food and water sources, or being caught in

medicinal plants, flight paths, and the natural world leave even the most learned humans in the dust.

We further patronize other animals by exclaiming condescendingly that some have the intelligence of a human child. Yet an 8-month-old cow can learn by simple observation how to operate a complicated gate latch and turn on a water pump, and a crow of the same age can figure out how to raise the water level in a container by dropping stones into it. For the most part, their senses outstrip ours, too: A dog can detect a USB drive inside a metal box placed within a metal cabinet, and a pigeon can navigate using electromagnetic fields. PETA’s mission is to challenge the absurd and arrogant idea that thinking and acting intelligently and feeling emotion are purely human characteristics. Just as we had to concede that the sun does not revolve around the Earth, we must face the fact that we are all animals, separated only by human conceit. In the same way that the color of one’s skin cannot ethically be used as a reason to exploit, enslave, or discriminate against another human being, the presence of fur, feathers, or scales is no reason to slaughter or even demean another living being.

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steel traps, strung up, cut up, skinned, chained, or caged,

they defy our disparaging assessments by somehow surviving and even raising families without ever availing themselves of supermarkets, mechanized transport, doctors, or schools. Their individual and collective knowledge of foods,

Inside: Read about PETA’s work to achieve Bentham’s dream of a time “when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes.”

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A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President O nce upon a time, I loved animals, yes, but I also loved wearing my big Ginger Rogers–style fur coat. Looking back, how could I have been so blind to the fact that by wearing this monstrosity, made from the fur of about 100 little animals, I was supporting appalling cruelty? Today, seeing 20-somethings in their down-filled jackets, one can wonder the same.

Victory! PETA Halts Horrifying Experiments on Dogs

Imagine being locked in a cage and forced to eat pesticide-laced food or breathe pesticide fumes for a year – until you’re killed and your body is dissected. That’s exactly what dogs endure in a routinely required pesticide test. PETA scientists provided South Korea with documentation of extensive analyses conducted by experts, which demonstrate that data from these tests are not used to protect humans. As a result, that country ended the horrific experiments. PETA has also persuaded Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States to stop requiring this test and will keep working to end all testing on animals worldwide.

VICTORY!

Dove Shows PETA Bunny Some Love Visit Dove’s website and you’ll see its iconic bird logo kissing a bunny – the personal-care giant’s way of announcing that it is “delighted to say that our products will now carry PETA’s cruelty free logo.” In addition, Dove’s parent company, Unilever – the world’s largest consumer goods corporation – has been added to PETA’s “Working for Regulatory Change” list of brands that never test on animals unless explicitly required to do so by law and are actively working to promote non animal tests. This progress comes after lengthy discussions with PETA. Visit PETA.org/CrueltyFree to download PETA’s free app and to search the Beauty Without Bunnies database of more than 3,500 cruelty-free companies.

Cruel Elephant Polo Tournament Stopped PETA Asia’s shocking exposé showing elephants being viciously beaten on the grounds of the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, as well as messages from concerned people around the globe, prompted horrified sponsors to revoke their support. Now, the Thailand Elephant Polo Association has ended operations and will no longer seek permits for future tournaments – effectively relegating elephant polo in Thailand to the history books! Many thanks to all who took action through the alert and helped stop this cruel event.

There were no animal rights activists back then to question my choice. People smiled approvingly, perhaps even enviously.

So, after I wised up, I created PETA to raise

awareness of the suffering endured by animals when they’re raised and killed

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Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/Elephants to urge travel companies to stop offering elephant rides.

for clothing as well as for food, experimentation, and more.

Last year, Los Angeles and San Francisco banned the sale and manufacture of fur, the countries of Luxembourg and Norway banned fur farming entirely, and Jean Paul Gaultier – whose Paris boutique PETA invaded over a decade ago – finally stopped using fur, following Burberry, Gucci, John Galliano, Versace, Michael Kors, and Donna Karan.

‘Sons of Anarchy’ Star: You Can’t Buy Love Actor Theo Rossi plays intimidating characters, such as troubled biker “Juice” Ortiz on the globally popular series Sons of Anarchy.

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Victory! PETA Saves Pigs From Lethal Surgical Training

These decisions were about 35 years in the making, and I remember how it all began.

MAKES IT SAFE TO EAT RAMEN AGAIN! W hy do makers of instant ramen noodles need to conduct bizarre and cruel experiments on animals? Exactly – they don’t! After conversations with PETA, two of the world’s largest ramen brands, Japan’s Toyo Suisan Kaisha and Nissin Foods Holdings Co., used their noodle and ended experiments in which rats and mice were force-fed, starved, injected with antigens and dyes, and then killed.

In the ’50s, I did what little girls did: I dressed up in my mother’s “court shoes” and my grandmother’s fur stole. Plastic teddy bear eyes in the foxes’ eye sockets replaced the real ones that had once looked out at the forest. Those were the days when wealthy board members wore fur coats to attend humane society meetings. But when PETA formed, we knew about the extreme cruelty inherent in fur clothing and sent out graphic photographs by the thousands to challenge the idea of loving dogs and cats while still paying to have foxes butchered. Next came the first-ever anti-fur protests outside fur stores. People hurled harsh words and even objects at us. But as the saying goes, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Now, here we are in 2019, seeing the results of speaking up at every opportunity. Change happens if you work for what is right and don’t give up. Please use PETA’s resources to find ways to effect that change every single day!

Persistence has paid off, and pigs are now breathing easier. After nearly a year of discussions, PETA Germany, with advice from scientists at PETA US, has persuaded one of Germany’s major hospitals, St. Elisabeth & St. Barbara, to end deadly surgical training in which pigs’ chests were cut open, they were operated on, and then they were killed. By using superior non-animal training methods, the hospital will save the lives of countless pigs and improve its treatment of human patients. PETA US is also replacing the use of animals in advanced trauma life support training programs. To date, in collaboration with Simulab Corporation, it has donated 119 TraumaMan simulators to these programs in 22 countries, sparing dogs, pigs, sheep and goats from being cut apart and killed.

But in real life – and his new PETA ad campaign – Theo plays a different role: that of loving guardian to his 15-year-old rescued dog, Benito. “When you adopt an animal from a shelter instead of buying from a breeder or pet store, you save a life,” he says. “And who doesn’t love that?!”

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‘Happy’ Turkeys? Wake Up, Shoppers!

TAMU Can’t Silence PETA

PETA Asia’s animatronic talking bear, Bobo, has a new home: the National Zoological Museum of China. Voiced by actor Janine Chang, the bear has traveled the country and now has pride of place at the museum’s busy main entrance, where she tells visitors about being kidnapped, abused, and eventually rescued from a circus. As one little boy’s mother said, “I feel guilty and angry because I was fooled by the circus.” She and her son – along with thousands of other compassionate people – have pledged to boycott circuses after hearing Bobo’s moving story. Beijing Museum Welcomes Bobo the Bear

PETA Versus Deadly Pigeon Races

Just before the holidays, PETA released eyewitness video (watch it at PETA.org/HeritageTurkeys ) revealing the suffering of so-called “happy” and “heritage” turkeys, who are sold for exorbitant prices and have been featured by Vogue and Martha Stewart. The footage shows workers at Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch in Kansas grabbing and yanking the birds by the neck, wing, or leg and shoving them into filthy, cramped cages for a 12-hour trek to slaughter, without food or water. The ordeal was so stressful that some turkeys didn ’ t survive it. Truly happy turkeys? That would be the 16 in Utah PETA helped save from slaughter, who will live happily ever after in sanctuaries.

A groundbreaking PETA exposé of Taiwan’s notorious pigeon-racing clubs led to gambling charges against 164 racers – the greatest number of individuals ever to face prosecution as a result of a PETA investigation. As a PETA billboard at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport highlights, the vast majority of the birds – who have to fly hundreds of miles over the ocean to reach land – drown or die of exhaustion. In the races that took place last summer and fall, only 147 of 12,423 pigeons survived. If they somehow manage to make it through but don’t win any lucrative prizes, the greedy gamblers typically break their necks. Cheating is also common: In China, two men tried to rig a race by smuggling four pigeons on a bullet train to the finish line. The animals were then killed in an effort to conceal the crime.

After colluding to quash PETA’s right to protest painful muscular dystrophy (MD) experiments on dogs, Texas A&MUniversity (TAMU) and its local police department clearly need a free-speech refresher course. A PETA staffer was arrested and banned from school property for writing “Shut the Dog Lab Down Now” in chalk on a public sidewalk, another was taken to court for projecting a PETA ad onto a building near the university, and Johnathon Byrne, who has MD, protested at an alumni event, was thrown out by police, and then was shaken down at the airport on his way home to the UK. PETA has successfully challenged two of these cases so far, and 500 physicians – including 100 who have treated human patients withMD – are urging the school to end the cruel experiments. Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org/TAMU to urge the university to close its MD dog laboratory, stop breeding these dogs, and release all those in its possession

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Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org/Pigeons and urge the Taiwanese government to ban cruel pigeon races.

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for adoption into good homes.

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‘LOVE ISLAND’ STARS JUMP INTO ACTION Love is in the air! Laura Anderson, Laura Crane, and Samira Mighty – stars of the British reality dating show Love Island – joined the ever-growing movement against fur by calling for a ban on fur sales outside Parliament. “Like PETA, I think that killing animals for their fur is totally unjustifiable and unfair,” says Mighty. “With so many amazing, warm, and stylish cruelty-free options out there, there’s just no need to buy fur from a fox, a rabbit, a coyote, or any other animal!” Although the UK banned fur farming in 2000, Britain continues to import and sell fur. A petition signed by more than 100,000 people triggered a parliamentary debate, during which many MPs expressed support for a ban on all fur sales. UK readers, please visit PETA.org.uk/FurFreeBritain to sign PETA UK’s petition and keep up the pressure.

Roadside exhibitors don’t get much worse than Wildlife in Need, an Indiana facility that flouted federal law by declawing tigers and other big cats (two of whom died afterward). PETA sued to stop a veterinarian who was illegally performing the mutilations, and a historic federal consent order declared that performing declawing surgery on protected cats without medical necessity violates the US Endangered Species Act. The facility’s owner told the media that he would keep maiming big cats anyway, but the court’s ruling will make it hard for him to find a vet willing to carry out the procedure. PETA will keep up the pressure until all the animals there are moved to safe, reputable sanctuaries. Victory! PETA Declaws Reckless Roadside Exhibitor

Victory! Air Canada Bids SeaWorld Adieu When 113,000 PETA supporters speak up, companies listen. Air Canada certainly did. After the airline’s inbox was inundated with e-mails asking that it stop selling tickets to SeaWorld, it gave the orca abusers the boot. There’s more good news, too: The company’s compassionate decision was followed by passage of a bill by the Canadian Senate that would make it a crime to keep whales and dolphins in captivity.

PETA Shakes Up World Dairy Expo Armed with bandoliers full of carrots and raising the rallying cry “Dairy Is Revolting – Revolt!” PETA’s “commandos” stormed the World Dairy Expo inWisconsin to protest the horrors of dairy farming. “Revolt against the imprisonment, rape, kidnapping, and slaughter of cows and their calves,” they urged passersby. Take Action Now The way humans view animals and food is changing fast. Dairy sales are drying up as plant-basedmilks, ice creams, cheeses, and yogurts fly off the shelves. Join the revolution! Visit PETA.org/Revolt for shareable videos and other actions you can take to help cows.

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I Went to Jail for Animals – but You Don’t Have To! By Lisa Lange Senior vice president of PETA’s Communications Department T H E R E ’ S A P E R S O N I N T H E R E • T H E R E ’ S A P E R S O N I N T H E R E

During a protest at SeaWorld, the company’s head of security threw me to the ground and sat on me while bending my arm backwards.

BE BOLD FOR ANIMALS

I may be the only PETA employee whose job interviewwas conducted in prison – the Schuylkill County Prison to be exact, where mining agitators theMollyMaguires had been hanged decades earlier. I’d traveled to a tiny Pennsylvania town to protest a horrific annual pigeon shoot – like a clay pigeon shoot but with real birds. Event organizers trapped the pigeons in cities such as Philadelphia, trucked them to the site, stuffed them into wooden boxes, and then released them to be blasted away by the frequently drunkmen in attendance. Young boys would run out onto the field and twist the heads off injured birds or slam them against trash cans. Every year, hundreds of people came to protest this abomination – in time, we outnumbered the participants. Some of the protesters, like me, ran across the field in front of the shooters to create a distraction while others freed the birds from the boxes. We did this knowing full well that we would immediately be arrested by what must have been every police officer in the county. I was put in a cell block with Ingrid Newkirk, PETA’s president. We spent our first night sleeping on the cold floor, as the prison was too crowded to accommodate all of us. Rather than pay bail money to the city that sponsored the shoot, we spent 12 days “inside.” That’s where she hired me – more than 26 years ago.

I may be the only PETA staffer hired in jail, but I’m not the only one who has gone to jail to call attention to animal abuse. PETA employees have been arrested for storming fashion show runways to protest fur, staging sit-ins at laboratories where animals are tortured in experiments, and even “pieing” Ronald McDonald for peddling hamburgers. Last year, during a protest at SeaWorld, the company’s head of security threwme to the ground and sat on me while bending my arm backwards. Trappers have spat on me. Hunters have called in to radio talk shows that I’ve been on, saying that if they see me on the street, they’ll shoot me. Perhaps that’s why, when a taxi driver recently told me that he was interested in going vegan but was worried that it would be difficult, I thought to myself, “No one is stopping you from going vegan – no one is spitting on you, threatening you, or arresting you.” But out loud, I said, “There’s no need to worry about it. It’s as easy as saying, ‘I am going to go vegan right now.’ It’s as easy as walking into a supermarket and picking up a package of vegan fish, chicken, or burgers. Just do it!” You don’t have to go to jail to help animals: Sometimes, all you have to do is care enough to make some changes.

“At our hotel in France, there were many fliers promoting local attractions, including Marineland (which has orcas) and deep-sea fishing excursions.

“I celebratedmy 100 th year on this planet by participating in a protest against cruel experiments on songbirds at my almamater, Louisiana State University. You’re never too young or too old to get active for animals!” – Holly Reynolds

“My brother and his husband used their creative talents to make cute signs urging motorists to slow down for turtles crossing the road.” – Lisa Lange

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Every morning, those fliers ‘mysteriously’ vanished and were replaced with PETA leaflets.” – PETA Supporter

“While on vacation in Spain, my boyfriend and I put PETA’s anti-bullfighting leaflets everywhere – in souvenir shops, at bus shelters, and even on

“I spotted this car in rush-hour traffic. Think of how many people they reach every day on the road! I can’t imagine many pass up the opportunity to take a photo and share it on social media.” – Ashley Wassamire

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/GetActive to download PETA’s smartphone app and get started

rental bicycles.” – Michelle Kretzer

Eventually, persistence paid off, and the pigeon shoot came to an end.

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Panic, Fear, Desperation, and Near-Drowning T he “forced swim test” is as horrible as it sounds. Experimenters put mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, or gerbils in escape-proof beakers PETA Takes on Notorious ‘Forced Swim Test’ Scientists would have a better chance of choosing the right drug with a coin toss.

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PETA scientists have documented that international pharmaceutical giants Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, and Pfizer have subjected more than 5,000 mice, rats, and other animals to the forced swim test. After digging through published papers and patent applications from the past 30 years, PETA scientists identified dozens of compounds that these companies claimed showed promise as having antidepressant characteristics based on the cruel procedure, but not one of them is currently marketed to treat human depression. Following a meeting with PETA, AbbVie said it will no longer conduct them . These experiments terrify animals and delay the development of new, effective treatments that humans desperately need. Meet Tania Roth University of Delaware experimenter Tania Roth, who claims that she studies child abuse, has a long history of tormenting infant rats by forcing alcohol down their throats, exposing them to the odor of fox urine to make them believe they’re in danger, and electrically shocking them. Then she subjects the terrified animals to the forced swim test and other experiments in order to see how they fare. In one incident at the lab, a rat drowned when a worker wasn't paying close enough attention. (See PETA.org/Roth for more information about her cruel experiments.)

filled with water. The panicked animals attempt to climb up the sides of the containers or even dive underwater in search of an exit – but there is no way out. As their terror grows, they paddle furiously, desperate to keep their heads above water. Eventually, they start to float – no one knows for sure whether they do so from exhaustion or because they’re trying to rest before making another attempt to escape. Some drown “by mistake,” as when a worker goes off to get coffee and forgets to pull them out. Some form of this torturous test has been carried out since at least the 1950s, when notorious Johns Hopkins University experimenter Curt Richter forced rats to swim in cylinders of water until they drowned. Forty Years Down the Drain Experimenters can’t even agree on what the results mean. The test was popularized in the 1970s by experimenter Roger Porsolt, who found that rats who’d been given human antidepressant drugs would struggle and swim for longer than other rats before starting to float. While Porsolt concluded that animals who swam for less time were in a state of “despair,” other scientists argue that floating is actually an attempt to conserve energy so that they can keep their heads above water. Despite this controversy, forced swimming has been used for more than 40 years to test the effectiveness of new antidepressant medications – with stunningly poor results. The procedure yields positive results for compounds that aren’t prescribed as human antidepressants, such as caffeine, and negative results for ones that are. Scientists would have a better chance of choosing the right drug with a coin toss. Importantly, antidepressant compounds with the potential to help human patients may be abandoned if they don’t “pass” this useless test.

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Mice and rats are fastidiously clean animals, grooming themselves several times a day.

They are so smart that they can recognize their names and respond when called.

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As their terror grows, they paddle furiously, desperate to keep their heads above water.

Female mice will vigorously defend their nests and babies.

When rats play or are tickled, they make chirping sounds similar to human laughter.

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Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org/Despair to send an e-mail to pharmaceutical companies

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, and Pfizer telling them to stop conducting the cruel and worthless forced swim test. To donate to PETA’s efforts to save animals from other horrifying experiments, see PETA.org/HelpAnimals .

Mice and rats are highly social. They communicate with each other using high-frequency sounds that we can’t hear without special instruments.

While many male rats like to snuggle up for a cuddle in a human’s lap, female rats tend to be more adventurous and inquisitive.

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Canine Blood Banks: An Unnecessary Sacrifice

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More Wool Horrors – PETA Campaigns Against Forever 21 EXPOSED AGAIN

By Alisa Mullins Senior editor in the PETA Foundation’s Written Communications Department

Cramped crates prevent dogs from fully extending their legs when lying down.

A s I write this, my retired racing greyhound, Jasper, is sprawled on the couch “roaching” – lying on his back, tongue lolling out, legs sticking up in the air – something that greyhounds love to do for reasons no one has yet figured out. Thankfully, he’s not at Hemopet, a massive canine blood bank in Garden Grove, California, that PETA recently investigated. The greyhounds there don’t get to do much roaching, if any. Many are confined to cramped, barren crates for up to 23 hours a day. Hemopet claims that these dogs are well cared for. Really? Try sitting in a crate measuring 3 feet by 4 feet (less than 1 meter by 1.25 meters) for 23 hours. Would your screaming joints agree that dogs should be confined like that for 18 months or more? Add to that having to endure being jabbed in the neck with a needle every 10 to 14 days so that 10% or more of your blood can be extracted, the very reason you’re being kept there. Not only are such conditions uncomfortable, veterinarians like Dr. Christine Capaldo, who consulted on the case, also express concern that drawing blood so frequently can cause anemia and “poses a threat to the health and psychological well-being of the donor.” To hear Hemopet tell it, caging dogs and extracting their blood is the only way to save other dogs who need blood. But that’s not true. Many blood banks work with large dogs who come in once in a while with their loving guardians for a quick blood draw, after which they get a treat and go right back home. Some organizations hold blood drives with “bloodmobiles,” similar to the American Red Cross blood drives for humans. Veterinary clinics may also ask for donations on a case-by-case basis.

The National Greyhound Association (NGA) said that it had barred its members from sending dogs to blood banks after a 2017 PETA exposé revealed horrific abuse at a Texas blood-collection facility that has since closed. Yet a loophole still allows NGA members’ greyhounds to go to Hemopet: The cruel company claims to be a “rescue,” because after dogs are caged and exploited for over a year, they’re eventually put up for adoption. But placement in a loving, permanent home should occur immediately upon retirement from the track, not after being nearly bled dry. Take Action Now Ask your vet to use blood drawn only from dogs living in homes, not cages. Visit PETA.org/Hemopet to urge the NGA to bar members’ dogs from being held captive in blood banks.

A s shearers race against the clock, they lose their temper over small delays and often take out their frustration on the terrified, struggling sheep – dragging them by the leg, punching and kicking them, slamming them to the floor, and worse.

Holes were punched in lambs’ ears, and their tails were cut and burned off with a hot knife – and no painkillers.

affiliates have repeatedly revealed that the abuse of sheep is entrenched in the global wool industry.

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/Never21 to urge retail giant Forever 21 to stop selling wool.

But the abuse doesn’t start in the shearing sheds.

A PETA Asia eyewitness worked on a sheep farm in Victoria, Australia – the world’s largest wool exporter – and found the farm manager and workers mutilating terrified lambs in assembly line fashion. This wasn’t a case of a few “bad apples.” The mutilations are standard procedure in the industry. Holes were punched in lambs’ ears, and their tails were cut and burned off with a hot knife – and no painkillers – causing them to writhe in agony as flames shot up from their flesh. Workers castrated male lambs by placing tight rings around their scrotums so that their testicles would eventually shrivel up and fall off. If they don’t fall off as expected, shearers just cut them off with clippers. Chunks of skin and flesh were also cut off lambs’ hindquarters with shears in a crude attempt to address problems caused by breeding them to produce excessive amounts of wool. These mutilations took place in full view of the mother sheep. After the terrifying procedure, the lambs were dropped to the ground on their bloody wounds, and they cried out and ran in search of their frantic mothers amid the flock.

Olstead, Cammie Scott, and Harley Quinn Smith – who have a combined Instagram following of over 8 million! – as well as Meg and Komie Delikate Rayne for a new vegan fashion campaign. Watch the video at PETA.org/GameChangers . Ready to Wear Vegan? Instead of wool, choose warm and cozy cotton flannel or polyester fleece. Leather-free options Vora of trendsetting womenswear brand

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Repeated blood draws can leave dogs anemic.

Changing the Game The good news is that everywhere you look, fashion is changing for the better – and fast. Consumers and designers increasingly understand that whenever animals are considered mere commodities to be turned into wool coats or leather boots, abuse is inevitable. To help promote kinder choices, PETA teamed up with vegan stars and influencers Jenné Claiborne, DΔWN, Evanna Lynch, Yovana Mendoza, Daniella Monet, Mýa, Renee

include waxed canvas and vegan leather made from recycled plastic bottles. Innovative vegan options – such as leather made from pineapple leaves and cork, wool made from hemp and bamboo blends, and down made from plant sugars and eucalyptus – are on the rise, and more are being developed all the time.

Clear your closet of cruelty. Visit PETA.org/WearVegan to start wearing vegan today.

Rescued Jasper “roaching.”

But Australia isn’t alone: PETA and its international

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During the drab days of winter, nothing can lift your spirits like cozy comfort food, and when it’s colorful and uncomplicated to boot, even better! These vibrant recipes come courtesy of blogger Ilene Godofsky Moreno, who brings a rainbow of colors to every meal. Here’s some sound advice: Plants with deeper, richer hues (like dark leafy greens and red bell peppers) contain the most health-promoting phytochemicals. WINTER WARMERS �Color ful Vegan Crockpot Chili With Cashew Sour Cream Makes 8 servings Thai Coconut Curry Noodle Soup Makes 4 servings Vegan Harvest Pizza With Cashew Cheese Makes 4 servings 1. 2. 3. 1.

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YOU’LL NEED • 1 medium onion, diced • 3 cloves garlic, minced • 1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes

YOU’LL NEED • 1 pkg. noodles • 1 Tbsp. coconut oil

YOU’LL NEED • 1 small kabocha squash, seeds scooped out and sliced • 2 cups halved mushrooms • 1 onion, sliced • 1–2 Tbsp. olive oil • 1 premade pizza crust • 3 /4 cup pizza or marinara sauce • 1 cup shredded kale (sautéed for 2 minutes, if desired) • 1 /4 cup Cashew Cheese (recipe follows) or other vegan cheese METHOD • Preheat the oven to 400°F (205°C). Toss the squash, mushrooms, and onions in the olive oil in a bowl then spread out over a baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes, stirring at least once, until tender. Transfer back to the bowl. • Roll the crust out onto the baking sheet and cover with the marinara sauce. Top with the kale and baked vegetables. Drizzle with the Cashew Cheese and sprinkle with the walnuts, salt, and pepper if desired. • Bake until warmed through, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with the parsley, and serve right away. Cashew Cheese Makes 4 to 6 servings • 1 /2 cup chopped walnuts • Salt and pepper, to taste • 1 /4 cup chopped parsley

• 1 yellow onion, sliced • 3 cloves garlic, minced • 1 Tbsp. minced ginger • 1 can coconut milk • 2 cups vegetable broth • 2 Tbsp. curry paste • 1 Tbsp. tamari

• 1 cup vegetable broth • 1 cup chopped carrots • 1 cup chopped celery

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W e’d performed this trick more than a the water, launching me like a missile. This time, my foot shifted. Takara tried to stop, but my foot slipped off as we broke the surface, and her rostrum slammed into my side. Circling around me as she echolocated on me to see how badly I was hurt, the “alpha orca” at SeaWorld San Antonio became a gentle first responder, gliding me to safety and then lifting me so I could step out of the pool. That’s the bond we shared. Getting to know Takara and the other 19 orcas I trained during my 14 years at marine parks was my dream job, but it was my love for them that ultimately led to my resignation. Nearly two dozen orcas, including Takara, are currently languishing in SeaWorld’s tanks. After the legislation for which I provided expert testimony was signed into law in California – and under pressure from PETA and others – SeaWorld finally stopped breeding orcas, yet male bottlenose dolphins are still masturbated and females artificially inseminated to produce more offspring. SeaWorld brags about conservation but since 2010 has spent only about 3% of its profits on it. SeaWorld and Ex–SeaWorld CEO Jim Atchison were fined a total of more than $5 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges that they misled investors about the negative impact that the documentary Blackfish was having on the company’s bottom line. Meanwhile, it faces a shareholders’ class-action lawsuit, and other shareholder and consumer lawsuits. thousand times: As I balanced on Takara’s rostrumwith one foot, she exploded out of

• 1 cup chopped sweet potato • 1 1 /2 cups cooked kidney beans • 1 1 /2 cups cooked black beans • 1 cup corn • 1 cup chopped tempeh • 1 Tbsp. tamari • 1 tsp. cayenne pepper

better in concrete tanks than in their natural habitat (two words that employees are not permitted to use) I watched them suffer. To cope with the grinding boredom, they regurgitated their food and ate paint off the tank walls. The toxic brew of chemicals in the tanks burned trainers’ eyes so badly that we needed emergency medical treatment and wore eyepatches as we risked permanent blindness. Imagine living in it. SeaWorld also forces orcas to live in unnatural social groups that they would never form in the sea, and the incompatibility and stress of being separated from their families leads to fights, severe injuries, and even death. Forty orcas have died at SeaWorld, most in their teens, and not one has come close to the maximum life expectancy of the species in nature. More than 300 other whales and dolphins – and some 450 sea lions, seals, and walruses – have also died in its concrete pits. That’s why my reaction to SeaWorld’s new rollercoasters and other bells and whistles is mixed. Clearly, the company knows that it must move away from captive animal displays.

• 4 large carrots, chopped • 1 cup sliced mushrooms • 2 medium sweet potatoes, chopped into 1-inch pieces • 1 cup broccoli florets

• 1 tsp. chili powder • 1 tsp. ground cumin

• Salt and pepper, to taste • Fresh cilantro, chopped

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• 1 /2 tsp. paprika • 1 /2 tsp. nutmeg • Cashew Sour Cream (recipe follows) or other vegan sour cream • Fresh cilantro, chopped METHOD • Place all the ingredients in a crockpot. Set the heat to low and cook for 6 to 8 hours, stirring every few hours, until the vegetables are very tender. • Top with Cashew Sour Cream and fresh cilantro and serve with vegan cornbread, if desired. Cashew Sour Cream Makes 3 to 5 servings YOU’LL NEED • 1 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 4 hours • 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar • Juice of 1 /2 –1 lemon • 1 tsp. maple syrup • Salt and pepper, to taste • Unsweetened almond milk, if needed to blend METHOD • Drain and rinse the cashews. • Blend all the ingredients together until smooth.

METHOD • Prepare the noodles according to the package instructions. • Heat the coconut oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, and ginger and sauté until the onions are translucent, about 7 minutes. • Add the coconut milk and vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Stir in the curry paste and tamari. • Add the carrots, mushrooms, and sweet potatoes and simmer for 15 minutes. • Add the broccoli, salt, and pepper and simmer for another 2 to 3 minutes. • Serve immediately over the cooked noodles and garnish with the fresh cilantro.

YOU’LL NEED • 1 cup raw cashews, soaked for 8 hours • Juice of 1 lemon • 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar • 2 Tbsp. tahini • 2 tsp. tamari or Bragg Liquid Aminos • 1 /4 cup water • 1 /2 tsp. sea salt • 1 /2 tsp. ground pepper

But until SeaWorld decides to stop banking on captivity, the body count will grow, and we must warn people not to go. John Hargrove now campaigns against keeping orcas in captivity. He’s the New York Times best selling author of Beneath the Surface.

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Find more recipes in Ilene’s book, The Colorful Kitchen , available at PETA.org/Store.

METHOD • Drain and rinse the cashews. Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend for 2 minutes, or until completely smooth. • Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before using.

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Bearing Witness While SeaWorld sold the absurd lie that orcas do

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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WHALE CAPTIVITY

Isaac Bashevis Singer: Social Justice and Animal Rights Icon

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I saac Bashevis Singer came into this world in 1902, in Poland. Had he been born later, he might have been a PETA staffer. Before the Nazis invaded Poland, he was lucky enough to escape, following his brother to the US. Tragically, others among his friends and family members did not make it. It became his life’s work to write about injustice to all living beings. distraught, because he’d seen a man beating a pig. When he was young, it wasn’t common to be vegetarian, but as he crossed the Atlantic Ocean – fleeing persecution by people who called their victims “vermin” – he decided that he would never again cause the torture or killing of any living being. He vowed to stop eating meat. Singer refused to believe that animals were inconsequential or subordinate to humans, just as he refused to accept that belief about women or Jewish, Black, or gay people. Singer had long been sensitive to animal suffering. When he was just 3 years old, he ran to his mother,

“I did not become a vegetarian for my health. I did it for the health of the chickens.”

On the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, Polish supermodel Joanna Krupa, accompanied by PETA Vice President Dan Mathews, honored Singer with a posthumous PETA Hero to Animals Award at his childhood home in Biłgoraj. “On behalf of PETA, I’m here to celebrate Isaac’s legacy and share his voice with a new generation,” she said.

As he was preparing to perform in Kraków on Singer’s birthday, November 21, Paul McCartney sent a letter urging the Polish Parliament to honor the writer, “who, like me, used his artistic platform to support animal rights.” The request was granted in a public declaration read aloud in parliament.

In a story titled “The Letter Writer,” he noted about animals, “In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.”

In a foreword to a book about animal protection, Singer wrote the following:

What gives a man the right to kill an animal, often torture it, so that he can fill his belly with its flesh? We know now, as we have always known instinctively, that animals can suffer as much as human beings. Their emotions and their sensitivity are often stronger than those of a human being. Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animal – be it a dog, bird, or even a mouse – knows that this theory is a brazen lie invented to justify cruelty.

“Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.”

Oscar winner Natalie Portman partnered with PETA to film a stirring tribute to the Nobel Prize–winning author. The video features music by Moby and was directed by Bob Dylan’s son, filmmaker Jesse Dylan, both of whom cite Singer as an inspiration. “Decades ago, one man articulated the plight of animals so boldly that the modern world couldn’t ignore him,” Portman says in the video. “The heroes in his novels championed women’s issues, gay marriage, and especially animal rights, decades before PETA pushed the cause into the mainstream.” Watch the video at PETA.org/CelebrateSinger .

Singer died in 1991, but his words still inspire readers to defend animals.

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In his short story “The Slaughterer,” Singer wrote about a young man who loved animals but was appointed by the rabbi to be his town’s ritual slaughterer. Tormented, he pondered the roots of violence. “As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures, there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony,” Singer wrote. “Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.”

Take Action Now Are you ready to fight cruelty and injustice at least three times a day?

Visit PETA.org/VSK to get started. You can also leave a legacy of compassion by remembering PETA in your will. Visit PETA.org/Legacy to learn more.

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The Kitten Who Had to Save Herself

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PETA’s Talking Cow Woos Kids With Kindness (and Vegan Ice Cream)

Alicia Silverstone and Carly ⁄

P ETA’s engaging ambassador Carly the Talking Cow is helping children (and adults) see why going vegan means helping animals. Carly, whose voice is that of award-winning actor and vegan of 21 years Alicia Silverstone, has been traveling to schools across the United States to tell the story of her rescue from life on a dairy farm. “Just like human mothers,” she explains, “a cow produces milk for her own baby calf after she gives birth. You’re not a baby calf, are you? Of course not! But on the dairy farm, my babies were taken away from me when they were just a day or two old so that my milk could be sold in stores instead of given to them. I still think about my babies every day, and I miss them soooo much.” Kids Say the Darnedest Things Children are naturally empathetic, and their facial expressions are priceless to watch as Carly talks. One little boy whispered, “Cows want to live,” as he listened, wide-eyed. “Carly felt uncomfortable and sad so she wanted to run away,” said a little girl, her voice full of compassion. “Cows make milk for their babies, like we make milk for our babies, too,” another girl realized. A student murmured that we are the same – we just have different shapes. Children learn howCarly and two friends escaped from the dairy farmandwere rescued by a sanctuary. As she recounted giving birth there to her son, Lucky, and getting to keep him, two little girls hugged each other with delight. Many of the kids told her, “I love you, Carly.” After every presentation, PETA staffers give each child

“[A]s schools around the country face an epidemic of bullying, it’s essential to teach students to have empathy and respect for all living beings.” – Alicia Silverstone

a yummy Tofutti Cutie or So Delicious dairy-free ice cream sandwich. As one group of children concluded, “Foods taste better when they don’t hurt animals.” When asked what they could do to help cows, the students enthusiastically shouted answers like “We can help by not eating dairy products!” and “Eat pizza with dairy-free cheese!” Carly is reaching adults, too. One teacher told PETA staffers, “This was exactly the motivation I needed to go vegan.” A principal thanked them, saying, “That was wonderful. I hope you come see us again soon.” Another teacher decided that she was going to start incorporating more humane education materials into her lesson plans. Numerous educators invited PETA’s team to come back and give more animal rights presentations anytime. PETA’s talking cow has already helped thousands of children – and quite a few adults – see why eating vegan is crucial to ending cruelty to cows and calves. She will continue hoofing it across the US, changing minds with kindness and cruelty free treats.

By Kathy Guillermo PETA’s senior vice president of investigative, legal, and corporate cases

A s I was out walking one evening, a bedraggled, starving kitten ran out of the bushes. Meowing loudly, she followed me all the way home and right into my house. Her “tipped” ear told me that she had been trapped, neutered (i.e., spayed), and reabandoned – TNR’d – to fend for herself. Animal shelters are increasingly doing this to cats – even ones who aren’t feral – as a way to boost their “saved” rate. The average lifespan of a stray or feral cat is less than 3 years, compared to 12 to 15 years for an indoor cat. So when people turn cats loose, they usually aren’t buying them much time. Some worry that those taken to shelters will be euthanized, but the very definition of euthanasia is “good death.” Outdoors, cats’ deaths are inevitably very bad. They die from contagious diseases, dehydration, exposure, attacks by predators (including cruel humans), being hit by cars, and other terrible causes. Shelters are even abandoning tiny kittens to face these hazards. After a Kentucky woman found a malnourished kitten with an upper respiratory But are cats who are turned back out onto the street actually saved? The statistics say otherwise.

infection and a bloody wound on her abdomen and tried to take her to the shelter, staffers admitted that they had TNR’d her and planned to simply dump her back outside, untreated, because “cats do just fine out there.” Appalled, the woman kept the kitten and took her to a veterinarian herself. Aside from the dangers associated with turning cats loose to fend for themselves, there are the dangers that they pose to wildlife, whose welfare can’t simply be ignored or dismissed by defenders of all animals’ rights. Cats are the leading cause of human-related bird and mammal deaths, killing up to 26 billion animals every year just in the US alone. On top of that, TNR doesn’t even reduce homeless cat populations. It can actually encourage more people to abandon their cats under the mistaken assumption that they’ll be cared for. Also, the food set out for cat colonies attracts wildlife, including rats, who, a recent study revealed, are not very affected by cats, as well as coyotes, who tend to eat the cats along with the kibble. Veterinarian, author, and syndicated columnist Dr. Michael W. Fox doesn’t mince words when he says that it is “unconscionable” to abandon cats

and calls TNR a “blight” on the animal sheltering community. “It is time to reevaluate the ‘no-kill’ policies that incentivize these terrible outcomes for cats and wildlife, and it is time to work for responsible solutions,” he says. As my cat naps peacefully on my bed, I shudder to think how close she came to becoming another statistic. Because a shelter was unwilling to face the fact that TNR means a difficult, uncertain, and often miserable life and painful death and would not save her, she had to find a way to save herself. Take Action Now If your local shelter turns away or abandons cats, tell the board that cats’ safety and well-being, not feel-good statistics, should be its top priority.

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Take Action Now Help real-life cows escape dairy-farm misery by choosing nondairy milks,

cheeses, ice creams, yogurts, and coffee creamers, which can be found in most major supermarkets. And if you’re an educator, visit PETA’s humane education division at PETA.org/TeachKind for free lesson plans, classroom presentations, and more to promote kindness and compassion for all.

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Sasha Josipovicz:

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PETA: What are people’s perceptions of vegan interior design? Sasha: Intellectual people, people with a calling, philanthropists, these are the people that would be more associated with a vegan lifestyle earlier, but now, all sorts of people are craving innovation and knowledge. Social perception can define people’s habits. It’s a drastic change in the last 25 years. It’s not eccentric anymore. It is a smart life choice. PETA: What steps would you recommend that people take to be kind? Sasha: Ingrid Newkirk wrote a book called Making Kind Choices, and that’s the perfect way to put it. You can peel away your cruelty, like an onion. You take one peel off, like you stop using fur, removing one layer at a time. Somebody can do it faster, somebody takes a long time, somebody never reaches the goal, and somebody never tries. Be the one who tries! Take Action Now Make your abode animal-friendly by putting out the unwelcome mat for wool rugs, down cushions, and leather furniture – and choosing vegan fabrics instead.

Sasha Josipovicz is a witty, ethical, and super-creative international style icon who is in high demand among the rich and famous. He has designed everything from New York pied-à-terres to exotic Corfu villas and Caribbean hideaways. One of the Toronto-based interior designer’s latest projects is Soos, a Malaysian-themed restaurant that goes all-vegan two days a week. He’s also the honorary editor in chief of OBJEKT International magazine, which teamed up with PETA to name lifestyle blogger Molly Tuttle’s Texas residence “Cruelty-Free Home of the Year.” Sasha: About 15 years ago, I designed a house for two important PETA members, but it wasn’t an auspicious beginning. I remember arriving in outrageously expensive Prada sandals. One of the clients looked and me and said, “What is that on your feet?” And I said, “Prada sandals.” “Those are not sandals to me,” she said. “They are dead rabbits.” She added, “I’m a PETA member.” This was the first time I had heard of PETA! I never, ever wore the sandals again, because every time I looked at them after that, I saw a dead rabbit. Sometimes, a simple observation makes a lasting impact on how you see the world. Fur was the epitome of wealth coming from Europe, especially Eastern Europe back then. But no more fur or leather for me forever, and even though I come from Serbia, where a lot of meat is consumed, I’m now a vegetarian. PETA: What do you consider real design game-changers? Sasha: Well, if somebody wants silk curtains, you have to explain in a cheeky way that the sun eats up the silk and it will disintegrate. You’d better invest your money in man made fabrics that have better longevity. There’s a great company called Designers Guild. They make polyester and nylon curtain fabrics that I adore. As a designer, you are surrounded by people with enormous wealth and uncontrollable visions about tigers’ heads and lion skin rugs and so on. If they want animal heads on the wall, I do Indian masks made of beads. There are more exotic, much more beautiful, elegant choices I can make for them. Excitement to me is color. I am a colorful person living in a beige world! The Ultrasuedes and microfibers have been on the market for a long time, but what’s interesting to me is the process of dyeing, coloring these fabrics. They’ve perfected those technologies. We have a shop in Toronto called Primavera Interior Furnishings, where you can indulge in linens, microfibers, and wallpapers that are made out of paper – and are really the ultimate in luxury. PETA: When did you first think about using vegan materials in your designs?

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