PETA Global 2019 Issue 2

ISSUE 2 | SPRING 2019

ADVANCING THE ANIMAL RIGHTS REVOLUTION

11 PAGE Berry Delicious Creamy vegan cheesecake and more!

14 The BFG’s Mark Rylance Spare the bears PAGE

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PETA: Bringing Home the Bagels Since 1980

out that they are not ours to kill just for a sandwich or a shoe, to infect with diseases, or to display as props. Our language must evolve to reflect this awareness. 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.

“Don’t you have bigger fish to fry?” That was one person’s reaction after PETA tweeted a list of animal friendly phrases to replace idioms that evoke harming animals, such as “kill two birds with one stone” or “beat a dead horse.” Although PETA has called for an end to speciesist language for decades, the issue was thrust into the spotlight after Shareena Z. Hamzah, a postdoctoral researcher at Swansea University, wrote a blog suggesting that the increase in the number of vegans will lead to a phasing out of anti-animal expressions like “bring home the bacon.” Hamzah hit the nail on the head. Research has shown that language does affect howwe think: It can reinforce – or challenge – prejudices and stereotypes. Clearly, when we call someone a “pig,” we imply that pigs are not intelligent animals, when in fact, they lead complex social lives and often showmore empathy than human beings, even rescuing their captors from fires and ponds. When we laughingly say that someone is being used “as a lab rat,” we trivialize the plight of rats who are poisoned, blinded, burned, and mutilated in laboratories and don’t deserve to be called “lab rats” any more than asylum seekers should be called “illegal aliens.” Using clichés such as “more than one way to skin a cat” desensitizes us and normalizes violence against animals. Like many other “-isms,” speciesism fosters an “us vs. them” mentality that allows bigotry and exploitation to flourish. Leaders of social justice movements have

long recognized that all oppression is linked. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Civil rights leader César Chávez – who, like Mohandas Gandhi, refused to eat animals out of empathy – said, “Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting and rodeos are all cut from the same defective fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves.”

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PETA’s tweet about animal-friendly language sparked a huge response, which was exactly the plan – to inspire discussion. Media outlets

from the Daily Mail to CNN reported on the issue. When late-night talk show hosts – including Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers – joked about it, they actually shared an animal rights message with millions.

Animals are feeling, intelligent, unique

individuals. As Alice Walker said, “They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.” PETA has pointed

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In a victory decades in the making, Chanel agreed to drop all fur and exotic animal skins – including alligator, crocodile, and snake – from its product lines. The company said that it was “becoming increasingly difficult to source exotic skins which match our ethical standards,” following numerous exposés of the fur and exotic skin trades by PETA international affiliates. British department store Selfridges and designer Victoria Beckham, who has never used fur, also pledged to stop selling exotic skins. Chanel, Victoria Beckham Say, ‘See Ya Later, Alligator’

PETA Tracks Sparrow Torturer to LSU Experimenter Christine Lattin took flight from Yale, but PETA followed a trail of bread crumbs and learned that she was trying to continue tormenting songbirds in pointless experiments at Louisiana State University (LSU). Through protests on campus and at board meetings, an ad in the school newspaper, and

A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President W hat’s in a name? When I was born, my grandmother spirited me away and had me christened “Ingrid Elizabeth” – not the names my mother had had in mind at all. Almost 70 years later, PETA UK suggested that a Dorset village calledWool would be better named “VeganWool.” You would have thought the organization had proposed that Prime Minister Theresa May be renamed Little Miss Muffet. The media went bonkers. That short letter to the parish council – which pointed out that UK sheep shearers had been caught on video kicking and beating up lambs – got coverage of wool-industry cruelty in the news and on websites all around the world. Vegan wool became the talk of the town, and wool – the fleece, not the village – got the bad name it deserved. Over the years, PETA and its international affiliates have made animal issues water-cooler conversation by playfully suggesting that Fishkill, New York, change its name to “Fishsave”; urging Sydney, Australia, to rename Egan Street “Vegan Street”; and suggesting that Hamburg, New York, reinvent itself as “Veggieburg” – among other geographical “updates.” Such exercises are a lot of fun – but serious business, too. “What on Earth?” ask the media and the public, allowing PETA to point out what’s objectionable about beating up a sheep just to acquire a coat or killing a cow just to make a sandwich. At least in the case of Fishkill, a name that’s tongue in cheek beats getting a hook in the mouth. As it turns out, PETA supporters aren’t alone in their efforts. At around the same time that PETA UK was explaining why wool (and, by extension, Wool) is associated with horrific cruelty to animals, a pub in York changed its name from “Shoulder of Mutton” to “Hemworth Inn” in order to attract more vegan customers. I’ll drink to that! LSU/HellSU Ad: Bird: © iStock.com/Andrew Howe • Blood: © iStock.com/fotografstockholm • Flock of birds:© iStock.com/photographereddie • Motts/SeaWorld Orca: © iStock.com/MarkMalleson

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Hooray! Greggs, Carl’s Jr. Add Vegan Options

more, PETA is working to put an end to her cruel stress studies on wild birds, which involve capturing them, feeding them crude oil, and harming them in other ways.

In a victory five years in the making, including a petition that garnered tens of thousands of signatures, PETA UK persuaded bakery giant Greggs to roll out a vegan version of its iconic sausage roll. The internet went wild, with celebrities tweeting their support. A notable exception was Piers Morgan, who was roundly and hilariously mocked, generating even more publicity. More good news: After years of PETA pressure, fast-food chain Carl’s Jr. has a vegan Beyond Burger available at select locations, and Chobani is now offering dairy-free yogurt options. Every day, brands roll out more vegan choices as a result of discussions with PETA and its affiliates, including Hungry Jack’s, Domino’s, and Mad Mex in Australia; Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, and Frankie & Benny’s in the UK; and Pieology and Panera in the US.

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Take Action Now Please go to PETA.org/LSU to urge the university to stop Lattin from hurting more animals.

‘Dog’ BBQ Sparks Debate PETA Australia “grilled” a “dog” in a busy Sydney mall on Australia Day to remind everyone that when it comes to pain and fear, dogs are no different from those lambs, pigs, chickens, or cows on the barbie. The message hit home, angering some but getting youngsters in particular to realize that the animal on their plate was once living and breathing – just like them.

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Six-year-old actor Vivien Lyra Blair stole the show in the runaway hit Bird Box, and then she did it again in her first-ever interview, with PETA, which quickly went viral and was viewed more than 5,000,000 times in under two weeks. In the video, which you can see at PETA.org/VivienLyraBlair , she takes Is PETA’s Youngest Spokesperson Bird Box Scene-Stealer

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VICTORY! Kellogg’s No Longer a ‘Cereal’ Killer

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Dogs endure “a life full of pain for no reason” says Oscar winner and devoted dog guardian Casey Affleck in a new PETA video in which he blasts Texas A&M University for tormenting dogs in cruel canine muscular dystrophy experiments. He reveals that 37 years of these deadly procedures have failed to produce a cure or even an effective intervention for the disease. Casey Affleck Slams Vivisection at TAMU

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Success! Mott’s Applesauce Shows SeaWorld the Door Mott’s Applesauce just got even sweeter: PETA asked its parent company to stop promoting the abusement park SeaWorld. By ending its partnership, Mott’s joins a long list of like-minded brands, including Hyundai Motor America, Thomas Cook, Panama Jack, and Southwest Airlines.

Break out the Raisin Bran! Following discussions with PETA that began 12 years ago, the Kellogg Company has adopted a new policy banning deadly tests on animals to establish human health claims for marketing food products and ingredients. The cereal king, which pursued such cruel tests for nearly 65 years, had earlier pledged to limit them to rats and hamsters, among other measures. Now, it has gone a giant step further by joining a growing list of dozens of major food companies – including General Mills, The Coca-Cola Company, and Kikkoman – that have worked with PETA to ban all experiments on animals not required by law.

off her trademark blindfold and chirps, “My eyes were covered in Bird Box, but I always look out for animals.

That’s why I’m a vegetarian!”. You can also buy

Take Action Now Text “puppy” to 73822 to demand that Texas A&M shut down the lab and release

some lucky child a PETA Kids shirt just like hers or an adorable lunch bag like the one pictured here at PETA.org/Store .

the dogs into good homes.

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The game was a defensive stand-off, but PETA scored big at Super Bowl LIII. The group showed young fans that they can be champions for animals – and blitzed the hundreds of thousands of people who flocked to Atlanta – with billboards, demos, and vegan chicken-wing giveaways that connected like a Tom Brady sideline pass. PETA got sportswriters in the game, too, by sending them vegan recipes and chicken squeeze toys to remind them that birds prefer to sit the game out. PETA’s Super Bowl Touch Down

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Reality Star Says: Free the Chickens

Iowa’s ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Shot Down

UncommonGoods Does Right by Fish – Petco Does Not When it learned from PETA that betta fish are warehoused in tiny bags and die in plastic cups on store shelves, UncommonGoods removed fish tanks from its site, a decision in keeping with its ban on leather, fur, and feathers. “My view is that we should always strive to have a better impact on people, animals, and the planet,” said CEO David Bolotsky. “When PETA approached us … it was an easy decision.”

Daniel Zhu, star of romantic dramas and the hit reality show Perfect Dating , is a heroic leading man on the Chinese screen. Now, he’s a hero for animals, too. He teamed up with PETA Asia to urge everyone to “try to relate to who’s on your plate.” The longtime vegan – whose brother owns a popular vegan restaurant in Taiwan – also narrated the latest version of PETA Asia’s slaughterhouse video Glass Walls . “Animals don’t want to die in order to decorate our plates, and with all the fortifying vegan foods on the market today, they shouldn’t have to,” he says.

PETA has scored another victory for animals and free speech. After the group filed a lawsuit challenging Iowa’s “ag-gag” law and arguing that it violated the First Amendment of the US Constitution, a federal judge agreed, sweeping the statute into the dustbin. PETA investigations have found workers at an Iowa farms kicking pigs in the head, and smashing piglets’ heads against concrete floors, but the state thought the best response was to help the agriculture industry cover up the abuse. Not happening!

Take Action Now Despite receiving an earful from PETA, Petco still sells betta fish. Please push the retailer to stop by visiting

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GLOBAL HERBAL ESSENCES DITCHES ANIMAL TESTING Global hair-care giant Herbal Essences has joined the list of companies that don’t test on animals and will carry PETA’s cruelty-free bunny logo on its packaging. Its parent company, Procter & Gamble, has partnered with PETA for years to end animal testing, including by coauthoring a paper describing non-animal approaches to assessing respiratory toxicity. “We’re proud to have passed PETA’s stringent verification process to join their trusted list of cruelty-free brands,” said Herbal Essences Vice President Lisa Jennings.

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Top Youth Travel Agency Flees Running of the Bulls The leading travel provider for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is pulling the plug on the Running of the Bulls. The Travel Corporation, which operates Busabout and Contiki, said that it listened to its customers – and to protests by PETA UK and PETA Australia – and will no longer offer trips to the festival of San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain, “mainly for the reason of the treatment of the bulls.” During the event, bulls are tormented in the streets before finally being stabbed to death in the bullring.

Twenty buses in Glasgow bore PETA UK ads against wool in the wake of a PETA Asia investigation into dozens of Scottish and English sheep farms. Caught on video were shearers slamming sheep’s heads into floors, stomping and standing on their necks, and throwing them off trailers. The footage prompted the first-ever cruelty charges in the UK wool industry – against a Scottish farmer, with more expected – and has persuaded global retail giant Alternative Apparel to stop selling wool. NABBED! First-Ever Scottish Sheep Farmer Charged With Abuse

PETA India Holds Kite Swap to Save Lives The danger posed by illegal manja – deadly, glass-coated kite string – is real: Not only are thousands of pigeons, crows, and other birds killed each year, the razor-sharp string has also killed many human beings, including a 5-year-old boy. The throats of a young man and a doctor, both on motorbikes, were also slashed by manja in separate incidents. PETA India persuaded students in Ahmedabad to swap their kites for games, including cricket kits and chessboards.

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Got a minute? Great – you have time to help animals! Seriously, that’s all it takes – one minute – to get started changing people’s attitudes and saving lives. Don’t believe it? Try this on for size: After PETA exposed cruelty to goats on mohair farms in South Africa, JOINPETA’S ‘ARMYOF THEKIND’ “Talk Turkey” ad: Photo: © Robert Sebree • Makeup:Alisa Chompupong • Hair:Aaron Barry • Cat in suitcase: © iStock.com/Okssi68 T A L K T H E T A L K , W A L K T H E W A L K • T A L K T H E T A L K , W A L K T H E W A L K •

Get your very own anti-SeaWorld T-shirt at PETA.org/Store .

“I converted an apartment in my house to an Airbnb rental. It’s advertised as vegan-friendly, and it’s equipped with vegan cookbooks, soy creamer, and PETA literature. One couple left a note in the guestbook saying they are both going to try eating vegan!” -Lori Kettler

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f*cking-three, and I’m 100% active for animals. Be a little progressive.

“For our holiday greeting card, I used a photo taken during our vacation of the whole family wearing

“When I was a teenager, I used to cut up PETA literature and paste it into my DIY fanzine. When

If you wouldn’t eat a dog, why would you want to eat a turkey?” -Cloris Leachman

‘SeaWorld Kills’ T-shirts. We also wore the shirts during our flights, and we received cheers, clapping, fist pumps, and lots of smiles.” -Maureen Wilcox

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It’s hard to imagine where animals would be today without PETA’s “Army of the Kind” changing hearts, minds, and practices. To keep achieving important victories for animals, we all need to get active, from ordering vegan pizza for coworkers and sharing PETA videos on Facebook to organizing a protest or arranging for an animal rights speaker at a church or civic league event. Here are some creative ways that people like you are getting out there, making waves, raising a ruckus, and spreading the message of compassion for all living beings. Animals are relying on us, and the time is now to make every day count.

I became an adult, I started a cruelty-free company, Couch Guitar Straps, which makes vegan guitar straps, wallets, belts, and other accessories.” -Daniel Perkins

“Smart phones have a safety feature that lets you not only automatically disable incoming texts while driving but also send an automatic reply. I set mine to an animal rights message.” -Emily Rice

“I always stop people with unneutered dogs when I’m on a walk or in the dog park, talk about the health benefits of neutering, and give them information on

PETA supporters took a moment to send an e-mail to companies that sell mohair products. And the companies listened. So far, more than 340 – including Lacoste, zulily, QVC, Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma – have sworn off mohair, and the list continues to grow as more compassionate people speak up.

low-cost options.” -Lori-Jo Ciccone

“This is my daughter drinking from the glass she uses at school for water, juice, or soy milk. She also put vegan messages on her lunch box and water bottles, and now her classmates and teachers are asking about eating vegan.” -Nikunj Sharma

“My daughter received a toy food truck as a gift. Of course, I didn’t want her to even play at selling animal-based ice cream or BBQ, so I made signs to veganize it.” -Jeff Zick

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“I was on holiday in Kona, Hawaii, where they have a swim-with-dolphins attraction called Sea Quest. I distributed PETA’s marine parks leaflets and struck up conversations with other tourists about the cruelty of dolphin captivity.” -Scott Cator

“I just came back from South Africa. As usual, I left PETA vegan starter kits and leaflets in the airline seat pocket in front of me, in the on-board magazine, and on buses and trains.” -Anja Hägele

“I was in the bank when the teller noticed the ‘No Fur’ pin on my jacket and asked, ‘Are you vegan?’ When I told her I was, she said, ‘Me, too!’ and high-fived me.” -Craig Shapiro I

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“My neighbors asked me to watch their cats while they went on vacation. In exchange, I asked them to go vegan for a week when they returned. It’s been five weeks, and they are still going strong!” -Teresa Cooper

“I have outfitted my bicycle with animal rights

This delicately scented candle, available at PETA.org/Store , makes the perfect gift.

“I give cruelty-free gifts for every occasion and make a point to explain to the recipient why. They are always fascinated to learn something new about

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“Every time I’m kayaking, hiking, jogging, or running in a race, the animal rights message is front and center. As I was sprinting down the final leg of the Phoenix Marathon, the announcer called out over the loudspeaker, ‘And here comes no-meat athlete Keith Burgeson, tearing up the final stretch!’” -Keith Burgeson

pennants, which has caused a lot of double-takes and conversations on my bike rides!” -Bobbi Wright

“Our suitcases are covered with PETA stickers. When I’m traveling and I see a

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public computer at a hotel or café, I always pull up a PETA website and leave it up after I leave.” -Harald Ullmann

animal rights.” -Alisa Mullins

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Make Every Day an Animal Rights Action Day

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“I like to game online under the gamertag VGNGamer12. I’m constantly fielding questions about vegan eating and suggesting vegan treats they can try.” -Scott Brewer

“Every time my sister gets a new issue of

PETA Global, she takes it to the florist where she works and shares it with her coworkers. The shop owners thanked her for opening their eyes to the issues, and now they always have vegan lunch options for the employees.” -Lori Painter

“I ‘changed the narrative’ of a prominent bookstore display by placing my favorite vegan cookbooks over the meaty ones.” -Rachel Stotts

W hen PETA tweeted out a list of kinder, gentler versions of anti-animal idioms, the Twitterverse – and other ’verses – exploded. Virtually overnight, everyone was talking about “speciesism” (a word many had never heard before), discussing the plight of animals in relation to other social justice movements and the notion that words can reinforce unkind ideas. Many embraced the concept, tweeting their own suggestions, including “putting all your eggplant in one basket” and “curiosity thrilled the cat.” People loved PETA’s suggestion to “bring home the bagels,” not the bacon. A Texas police officer’s video went viral when he and his partner used an outstretched blanket to catch a kitten falling from a tree, and afterward he exclaimed triumphantly, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat!”

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“When I’m out taking walks, I always pop animal rights books, vegan starter kits, and PETA sticker sheets inside the Little Free Libraries in my neighborhood. They are always gone when I return!” -Tiffany Rose

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“My cousin, who is a Lyft driver in San Diego, educates customers about the horrors of SeaWorld, directing them to Blackfish and PETA’s website. She has successfully talked a number of people out of going to the abusement park!” -Joelle Vann

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“My son is in the Honor Society, which requires students to participate in volunteer activities. So he is raising money to provide neglected ‘backyard dogs’ I

Kill two birds with one stone Take the bull by the horns Hold your horses Bring home the bacon Let the cat out of the bag Be the guinea pig Open a can of worms Beat a dead horse Put all your eggs in one basket

Feed two birds with one scone Take the flower by the thorns Hold the phone Bring home the bagels Spill the

“I search Instagram for #foiegras, #bacon, and other animal-unfriendly hashtags. Then, I go through, commenting on the photos with a link to a PETA webpage or video. I also report any photos depicting fishing or other forms of cruelty as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘depicting violence.’” -Lindsay Dadko

with doghouses.” -Chrissy Matthies

“When I eat at nonvegan restaurants, I always praise the staff for the vegan offerings. Then, at the end of the meal,

beans Be the test tube Open Pandora’s box Feed a fed horse Put all your berries in one bowl

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I leave a card that says, ‘I choose to eat here because you have vegan options,’ along with a generous tip.” -Stephanie Bell

“My husband and I were hiking on a beach and found lots of chalk lying around. So we decided to

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Easy-peasy, ‘Cheesy,’ and Delicious

Shalin and Frances won’t rest until every food and beverage company gets out of the vivisection business.

Kirin, Sapporo, Other Beer Giants Halt Animal Tests

By Shalin Gala and Dr. Frances Cheng, PETA Laboratory Investigations Department

W ho would have ever imagined that beer was tested on animals? Surely beer companies would have no trouble finding human volunteers willing to down a few brews in the name of science! But that didn’t stop Japanese beer giants Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory from funding experiments on animals. As the first organization to expose animal testing in the alcohol industry, PETA found that these companies – which have a combined share of more than 91% of the Japanese alcoholic beverage market – killed more than 1,800 animals in cruel and unnecessary experiments. Over the Limit Since 2015, Kirin had funded numerous experiments that resulted in the deaths of at least 399 mice and rats. Experimenters force-fed mice fermented milk and injected an inflammatory substance into their brains, and they force-fed others probiotics and injected a flu virus up their noses. Rats were starved and force-fed hop extracts, and electrodes were inserted into their abdomens. At the end of the experiments, the animals were all killed. Asahi – maker of Asahi Super Dry and Peroni beers – killed almost 1,200 mice and rats in nearly a dozen experiments. Suntory – maker of Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, and other spirits – force-fed 190 mice and rats alcohol and other substances, as well as starving and electrocuting them. Sapporo – the best-selling Asian beer in the US – conducted similar experiments on 60 mice and hamsters.

therefore been directly relevant to human health. Suntory did the right thing, telling PETA that “we have decided that we will no longer fund, conduct or commission new projects that use animal testing to establish health claims.” Other brands took notice. Asahi told PETA that it would “not fund, conduct or commission animal tests that are not required by law,” with the understanding that no law explicitly requires animal tests to support marketing claims about food. Soon afterward, Sapporo saw the light. Then Kirin – the second-largest alcoholic-beverage manufacturer in Japan and the ninth-largest one in the world – also agreed to end all experiments on animals for marketing purposes. Other major alcohol companies – including Molson Coors, Bacardi, Heineken, and E. & J. Gallo – have followed suit. PETA has also succeeded in ending many food and beverage brands’ experiments on animals – including Lipton, Ocean Spray, Pepsi, POM Wonderful, Welch’s, Hershey’s, and Barilla pasta. Even strawberry, grape, and raspberry, industry groups were conducting painful and deadly experiments on mice and rats – until PETA put a stop to it.

Vegan Cauliflower Tacos

Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake

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Makes 8 servings

YOU’LL NEED 3 Tbsp. miso paste

YOU’LL NEED For the crust: 18 Medjool dates, pitted 3 /4 cup almonds 1 /4 cup pistachios 2 tsp. coconut oil 1 /2 tsp. Himalayan salt For the filling: 1 /2 cup agar-agar 1 /2 cup coconut cream 1 /2 cup water 1 cup cashews 1 cup blueberries 1 /3 cup maple syrup Juice of 1 lime For the toppings: 1 cup blueberries Handful ground almonds

YOU’LL NEED For the avocado sauce: 2 avocados, pitted and peeled Juice of 1 lime Pinch salt Pinch ground black pepper For the “cheese” sauce: 1 /2 cup cashews 1 /2 cup nutritional yeast 1 /2 cup water Juice of 1 /2 lime Pinch salt For the nachos: 1 bag tortilla chips 1 /3 green pepper, diced 1 /4 red onion, diced 1 /2 red chili pepper, sliced 8 cherry tomatoes, sliced 1 /2 cup cooked black beans 10 leaves cilantro, chopped Juice of 1 /2 lime, optional

Sales of vegan cheese are on the rise – but you may be surprised by how easy it is to make creamy “cheese” sauces, “cheesecakes,” and other dairy-free delights at home. All you need are some cashews, a few other ingredients, and a blender. Belinda Dapena, the brains behind The White Chestnut blog and the recipes that follow, says she wants to help readers see that vegan food is “easy, delicious, and beautiful.” For more recipes, visit TheWhiteChestnut.com .

2 Tbsp. ketchup 1 1 /4 cup water 1 Tbsp. barbecue seasoning 1 /4 cup maple syrup 1 /3 cup apple cider vinegar 2 Tbsp. olive oil 2 medium bunches or 1 large bunch cauliflower, rinsed and chopped 1 /2 cup cashews 3 Tbsp. nutritional yeast 1 tsp. lemon juice Pinch salt Pinch pepper 8 taco shells 1 /2 cup salad greens 1 /2 red onion, chopped 1 avocado, sliced 2 red or orange sweet mini peppers, chopped Chopped chives, to taste

Looking for great vegan cheese? Visit PETA.org/Cheese .

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METHOD • Add all the ingredients for the crust to a food processor and blend until well combined. Press into the bottom of a pie pan and place in the refrigerator. • To prepare the filling, combine the agar-agar, coconut cream, and water in a saucepan. Warm over medium heat, stirring continuously, until the agar-agar has completely dissolved. • Transfer the mixture to a blender. Add the cashews, blueberries, maple syrup, and lime juice and blend until smooth. Pour into the crust. • Allow to cool at room temperature for 1 hour then top with the blueberries and ground almonds.

METHOD • To make the cauliflower sauce, add the miso paste, ketchup, 1 cup of water, the barbecue seasoning, maple syrup, vinegar, and oil to a food processor and blend until smooth. • Toss the cauliflower in the sauce until well coated then spread out on a baking tray and bake at 400°F (200°C) until soft, about 30 minutes. • To make the “cheese” sauce, add the cashews, the remaining water, the nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to a blender and blend until smooth. • Warm the taco shells then fill each with 3 tablespoonfuls of the cauliflower. Top with the salad greens, onion, avocado, peppers, 2 tablespoonfuls of the vegan cheese sauce, and the chives.

METHOD • Add all the ingredients for the avocado sauce to a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. • Add all the ingredients for the “cheese” sauce to a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. • For each serving, place a handful of tortilla chips on a plate. Top with half of the avocado sauce, “cheese” sauce, green pepper, red onion, red chili pepper, tomatoes, black beans, and cilantro. If desired, drizzle with lime juice.

PETA has now persuaded nearly the entire Japanese alcohol industry to abandon archaic

This quick read makes going vegan simple and understandable. Perfect for the fence sitter you know, or to hand out. Great recipes, too! Available at PETA.org/Store .

Cutting Them Off PETA told Suntory that the experimental data could easily have been obtained using human volunteers (or with other non-animal methods) and would have

animal tests, bringing new meaning to the toast “To your health!”

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receive lewd suggestions as well as pictures of myself with my eyes crossed out.

WHAT PETA REALLY STANDS FOR ...

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Henry Bergh, founder of the ASPCA, who also won the first US court case about child abuse, said that if you teach a child not to step on a caterpillar, you do as much for the child as you do for the caterpillar. And Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rightly noted, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” when he was criticized for objecting to the VietnamWar by those who thought he should restrict his activism to racial discrimination. Bullying and violence aren’t limited to acts against humans any more than they’re limited to acts against certain races or a single gender. Animal rights proponents embrace the words of civil rights activist and feminist Audre Lorde, who said, “There is no such thing as a single issue struggle, because we do not live single-issue lives.” A few years ago, scientists and philosophers issued the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, calling on humanity to recognize the rights of other species and saying, “The weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Nonhuman animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess [them].” If ever there were a time to broaden our objections to discrimination against anyone – whether Muslims, people with disabilities, or any other living beings – it is now. Take Action Now Learn more about animal rights and why they matter at PETA.org/Stand , and proudly take a stand with PETA's new “End Speciesism” tee, available at PETA.org/Store .

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I am you, only different.

By Ingrid Newkirk ANYONE WHO WANTS JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE MUST FIGHT SPECIESISM W hen human rights hang in the balance, we who speak up for animals are often told to zip it. This isn’t the time to be concerned

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when it affects the group that you identify with the most closely. Believing in justice means believing in principles, understanding how it affects more than just yourself, your family, your nation, your gender, and your race. As Connie Salamone, founder of New York’s Vegetarian Feminists’ Collective said, “It’s hard to argue for women’s rights when your mouth is full of the remains of a small tortured bird.”

important to understand what links all rights movements. In the HBO special I Am an Animal, I read some of PETA’s hate mail out loud. The majority of it, like the nastiness that appears on PETA’s Twitter accounts today, was from self-identified sexists and homophobes, grinning trophy hunters, and people who get a kick out of spelling out hateful messages with the bodies of rabbits and coyotes they’ve shot. They remind us that all serial killers of humans have a history of harming animals. PETA’s gay staffers receive graphic descriptions of sexual acts, and I

about other species, the argument goes – we must first resolve the problems facing various members of our own species. That’s tommyrot. We absolutely must not put animal abuse on the back burner. More power to anyone fighting any form of prejudice or abuse, but injustice is not some narrow issue that you can only care about

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WE ARE ALL ANIMALS

Q & A

Acting Like You Care — That's Mark Rylance's Life

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Distinguished actor, director, and playwright Sir Mark Rylance, who stars in a new PETA video about the exploitation of bears for entertainment, fears the valuable connection among humans, animals, and nature is disappearing. PETA UK: You voiced the giant in The BFG, who is a vegetarian, like you. Sir Mark: It’s very interesting, the cruelty in that story. His brothers are all eating little children, which, if you eat veal or lamb, you are doing the equivalent to animal species. When you stop eating meat, you know that you’re not contributing to the terrible suffering of industrial farming. When I make a decision like that, I take a fuller breath – I feel more connected with the life around me. It’s important just to disinvolve yourself from something you feel is cruel. PETA UK: We love our dogs, but when it comes to other species, there’s often a disconnect. Sir Mark: It’s probably deep in our souls that we want contact with animals. We long for it. But there’s also this ruling cosmology that we’re somehow separate from nature, that we’re not animals ourselves. This idea that we’re somehow separate and superior has caused us a lot of trouble. PETA UK: What can be done to help people make this connection? Sir Mark: Our actions are intimately connected with all forms of life. You have to think holistically: The way to experience animals is to make places for them where we don’t go so they can live as nature intended and not be isolated in a cage or made to perform. We

have to redress the balance, like we’re trying to do between the genders. We need a similar “Time’s Up” movement for animals – we need to look historically at how they’ve been abused and realize they still suffer. PETA UK: You’ve done a lot of work at The Globe Theatre in London. Have we made much progress since Shakespeare’s time? Sir Mark: In that part of London, there were very cruel animal-baiting arenas – the “bear gardens” and other places where, regularly, a bear would be set upon by dogs. Shakespeare even writes about it in his plays. Fortunately, that’s come to an end – things can get better! But there are still many bears being forced to ride bicycles, stand on balls, or wear stupid costumes – practices you would have thought had passed away, but they’re still going on. PETA UK: In 50 years’ time, how do you think we’ll look back at our treatment of animals? Sir Mark: In horror, absolute horror. First of all, of course, the torture is terrible and the poisoning and all that, but putting them in front of a crowd and making them dance is absolutely ridiculous and so cruel. There could be such a richer, more valuable relationship for us with animals. Hopefully, we’ll realize that everything is intimately connected.

Take Action Now Watch – and share – Sir Mark’s video exposing cruelty to performing bears

at PETA.org/MarkRylanceBears .

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WHY THE ‘WHITE STUFF’ ISN’T THE RIGHT STUFF By Zachary Toliver, PETA Blogger

KICKING THE LEATHERHABIT: FROMBALLET SLIPPERS TO COWBOY BOOTS A ttention all dancing queens and sharp dressed men: If you wear leather, you can’t possibly knowwhose skin you’re in. Pigs, goats, sheep, alligators, ostriches, kangaroos, and even dogs and cats are all slaughtered for their skin. Dog leather ends up mislabeled and exported in the form of gloves, belts, cat toys, and other items. PETA Asia’s investigation into a Cambodian slaughterhouse that supplies the international leather industry revealed that workers repeatedly bash cows in the head with sledgehammers and then cut their throats while they’re still conscious. PETA international affiliates have found similar cruelty in every single slaughterhouse they’ve visited. Now, as a result of investigations, corporate negotiations, and hard-hitting campaigns by PETA and its affiliates, the world is embracing vegan leather. Tesla replaced all its leather seats with vegan ones. Ride services Lyft and Uber removed the requirement for leather seats in their high-end contract cars. The US National Collegiate Athletic Association now requires basketball tournaments to use synthetic balls, and major fashion players from Pharrell Williams to Hugo Boss have rolled out animal friendly shoes. Vegan Footwear, FromHyderabad to Helsinki With encouragement from PETA India and the Animal Welfare Board of India, the Central Board of Secondary Education issued an advisory urging all schools in India to require canvas shoes rather than leather ones. Ballerinas: © Roan Pastor • Boots: © Image courtesy of Dr. Martens • Brogues: © Image courtesy of Will’s Vegan Shoes: httsp://wills-vegan-store.com Helsinki Fashion Week went leather-free at the request of PETA UK, which gave its first Vegan-Friendly High-Street Retailer Award to iconic British brand Marks & Spencer for offering 350 styles of shoes for men, women, and children all clearly marked “Vegan.” PETA France gave a Best Vegan Shoe Collection Award to Studio Céleste, a line by renowned retailer Galeries Lafayette that also carries the PETA logo. Other PETA France comrades include up-and-coming sneaker

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I t sounds like a bizarre joke, but it’s real: White nationalists are now using milk emojis and sharing photos of themselves chugging milk to celebrate their “whiteness.” In The New York Times, geneticists try to explain white supremacists’ “reasoning”: Because of a genetic mutation in Europeans, white people are more likely to be able to digest lactose than the majority (65%) of humans, who are lactose intolerant. So white nationalists argue that their minority mutation somehow indicates that they belong to a “master race”! All was fairly quiet on the issue until PETA tweeted out a link to my blog reporting on the Times story and pointing out that milk is actually a symbol of human supremacism. Suddenly, the topic was on everyone’s lips – unlike milk, which had taken on an ugly connotation. Rape, Rob, Repeat When I think about a cow’s violence-filled life – a man’s arm is thrust into her rectum and a syringe is inserted into her vagina to impregnate her, she’s robbed of the milk meant for her baby, and she’s kicked down a ramp to her death once she’s no longer “productive”

– the parallels between the dairy industry and the oppression of human beings are inescapable.

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PETA has repeatedly uncovered and publicized the dairy industry’s cruelty. A PETA exposé of Heifer Solutions – a Wisconsin farm that raises approximately 1,000 cows at any given time – revealed that a farmhand used a hot iron to burn the horn-producing tissue off calves’ heads without any painkillers. The video shows the youngsters frantically kicking and crying out as smoke rises from their burning flesh. The worker described the torture as “fun” and said that inflicting third-degree burns on calves without relieving their pain made the process “more exciting.” Drinking Milk Supports Oppression It’s no surprise that a toxic subculture glorifying racism, violence, and sexismwould celebrate the dairy industry, but the truth is that all milk drinkers are behaving like supremacists when they buy dairy foods. Supporting an industry that separates mother cows from their beloved calves for the sole purpose of stealing their milk means exercising supremacy, as if humans were entitled to prioritize their fleeting desires over animals’ essential needs. There’s no doubt about it: The “white stuff” is not the right stuff, unless it comes from plants. A farmhand used a hot iron to burn the horn-producing tissue off calves’ heads without any painkillers.

brand and Meghan Markle favorite Veja as well as ASHOKA Paris, the first French brand to manufacture a “leather” bag made from apple skin.

Take Action Now Animal-friendly shoes are everywhere, fromMoo Shoes and DSW to T.U.K. and

Stella McCartney. They’re easy to find in designs that suit every style and function. For a list of PETA’s favorite brands and tips on transforming your closet from fatal to fabulous, check out PETA.org/WearVegan .

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“When I think about a cow's violence-filled life – the parallels between the dairy industry and the oppression and enslavement of human beings are inescapable.”

Take Action Now Please go to PETA.org/HeiferSolutions to watch PETA’s video exposé and to urge

Danone – maker of Dannon Yogurt and Horizon Organic milk – to stop supporting this cruelty by phasing out dehorning in its supply chain.

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Free theMonkeys!

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F rom the very first investigation in 1981 until now, PETA has pioneered freeing primates from laboratories. That first investigation, the Silver Spring monkeys case, led to the first arrest and criminal conviction of an animal experimenter for cruelty to animals in the United States, the first confiscation of abused animals from a laboratory, and the first US Supreme Court victory for animals used in experiments. PETA campaigns have led to the following, and many more, victories for monkeys in laboratories: ✓ The closure of the US government laboratory where, for 30 years, newborn monkeys were taken from their mothers and tormented in useless experiments ✓ The closure of the New England Primate Research Center at Harvard University, after PETA exposed violations of animal-protection laws and protested addicting monkeys to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol ✓ An end to head-bashing experiments on baboons at the University of Pennsylvania ✓ The cancellation of NASA’s plans to expose monkeys to radiation ✓ An end to experiments in which baby monkeys’ eyes were sewn shut at the University of California–Riverside ✓ The Dutch Parliament’s announcement of a plan to phase out the use of monkeys in experiments, after PETA Netherlands delivered 100,000 signatures to legislators ✓ A ban on transporting monkeys to

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Studies have shown that monkeys will starve themselves rather than give an electric shock to another monkey they don’t even know. Yet they are deprived of everything in laboratories. Captive primates usually spend their entire lives inside cramped steel cages not much bigger than their own bodies, without bedding, trees to climb, or even companionship. Babies are taken away from their mothers to be experimented on, leaving both heartbroken. There is no excuse for any of this cruelty – humans don’t have the right to lock up, cut open, and kill monkeys. Now, legislators are beginning to agree. US Sen. Cory Booker has introduced the Primate Protection and Research Modernization Act, which would suspend all funding for experiments on monkeys until all areas of primate use are reviewed. Since studies show that experiments on animals are ineffective and even misleading, this would sound the death knell for paralyzing and starving monkeys, inserting electrodes into their brains, keeping them thirsty to make them “cooperate,” and more.

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laboratories by nearly every commercial airline in the world, including American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines, and dozens of others ✓ Multiple citations and fines for laboratories in which monkeys died when they were inadvertently put through high-pressure cage washers; strangled by devices in their cages; burned by hot pipes, heating pads, or heat lamps; subjected to malfunctioning watering and heating systems; mistakenly forced to undergo surgery; and more.

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Take Action Now Please call or write your legislators and ask them to sponsor legislation to ban

the use of monkeys and all animals in experiments. US readers: Go to PETA.org/Legislators to find your representatives.

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SEE NO EVIL

Everything in Him Screamed ‘ Run , ’ but There Was No Escape

Whipped just for being alive.

Royal River and Air Blade

W orkers wielding sticks goaded the young Thoroughbred named Air Blade up a dim, narrow corridor behind his companion – a filly named Royal River. Suddenly, a metal gate slammed down between them, a shot rang out, and Royal River collapsed in front of Air Blade. Panicking, he stared wide-eyed as his friend’s body was dragged away and hoisted into the air by a single leg. He would be next. PETA’s eyewitness investigation of Nonghyup, South Korea’s largest horse slaughterhouse revealed that this is the real “finish line” for most of the 1,600 horses cast off by the racing industry each year. Many of the animals come from the US or Australia. Some are sons and daughters of Kentucky Derby winners – including Big Brown’s son Dynamic Tank – or the offspring of other American racing legends such as Unbridled and Afleet Alex. Most are only about 4 years old when they’re violently slain. Foal Factories In an attempt to position itself as a major player in global racing, the Korean racing industry imports hundreds of American horses every year to use as breeding machines. The New York–bred horse Sharp Humor, for example, sired 224 foals between 2013 and

Ex-racehorses are secretly being sent to slaughter in South Korea.

2015 in Korea. Already, 85 of those horses are dead – many of them slaughtered for meat. Korea also imports many Australian-bred horses, including Seungja Yechan (“Praise the Winner”), who was sired by the world’s top stallion, Medaglia d’Oro. Praise the Winner was raced four times and then slaughtered so that his flesh could be sold for a few dollars a pound. PETA has revealed that at the Korea Racing Authority’s (KRA) breeding facility and on private farms, multiple times a day, stallions mount mares, who are held in place by workers using twitches – rope loops twisted tightly around their upper lips and causing pain if they try to move. The American broodmare Catch Me Later was forced to breed even though her left hind foot was so painful that she couldn’t bear weight on it and limped badly. One former racer named Annika Queen was forced to nurse two foals despite suffering from laminitis so severe that she could barely walk. A farmmanager said that when the foals were weaned, she would be killed. From Track to Table Even though Koreans bet over US$8 billion annually on horse races, the industry makes almost no provision for the animals’ retirement after their racing or breeding days are over. Instead, it pumps money into “agricultural development” – industry-speak for farms that fatten up horses for meat. In 2012, the KRA’s chair

even stated that “horse meat is good, and we will work on ways of encouraging people to eat it in the future.”

On one farm, PETA’s eyewitnesses found dozens of dirty horses confined to small manure-filled pens and stalls. One horse was gravely ill: She was thin, missing hair, covered with sores, and suffering from an ulcerated eye. No Winners at This ‘Finish Line’ When they’re no longer useful to the industry, the horses are sent to slaughter. PETA’s footage shows workers hitting terrified animals in the face with sticks in order to force them off transport trucks, up a chute, and into a kill box designed for cattle – and then shooting them in the head as they thrash in fear. An official with Korea’s Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency told The Korea Observer, “Things may get a little messy if they do not pass out at the first blow.” One Florida-bred horse named Naha was killed the same day as her daughter, one almost immediately after the other.

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“Horse meat is good, and we will work on ways of encouraging people to eat it in the future.”

Take Action Now PETA has called on South Korean officials to investigate violations of animal-

protection laws and is demanding that the KRA implement a retirement plan for unwanted horses. Visit PETA.org/Korea to add your voice to this important campaign.

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