PETA Global Issue 2

ISSUE 2 | SUMMER 2017

FIGHTING FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE

7 PAGE Paul McCartney Helping octopuses eight days a week

13 Fish-Free Faves ‘Seafood’ without the catch PAGE

10 PAGE Casey Just Can’t Bear It Oscar winner’s latest role is a big, hairy deal

Paul McCartney: © MPL

Fish and Chips: © Jackie Sobon

THE BIG FISH UE

PETA Calls for a Sea Change in Attitudes Toward Sea Life

O ctopuses are extremely intelligent, these Einsteins of the ocean off their plates. Octopuses use tools, communicate with one another, and form social bonds. They’ve been observed carrying and using coconut shells as shelter, as well as wielding poisonous Portuguese man-of-war tentacles like swords. They can navigate mazes, solve puzzles, and open childproof jars. Squid, their cephalopod cousins, can pass the “mirror test,” which is commonly used to demonstrate self-recognition and consciousness. But cephalopods aren’t the only smarties in the sea. Rabbitfish pair up and take turns keeping watch for predators so that their friends can eat in safety. Rainbowfish can learn to escape a net via a single hole after only five trial runs – and remember the escape route a year later. Catfish and cichlids glue their eggs to leaves and small rocks so that they can carry the precious cargo to safety when their nests are disrupted. And goldfish can tell the difference between music by Bach and music by Stravinsky. resourceful, and self-aware animals, and PETA has long urged consumers to leave

sea animals. The right to live free from cruelty and exploitation isn’t just for furry, cuddly animals considered “cute” by humans. As long as chefs hack apart octopuses while they’re still alive, as long

Fish Illustration: © iStock.com/danleap | Octopus: © iStock.com/Jman78

as parents still take their children fishing for “fun,” and as long as humans kill so many fish each year that “lined up end to end, they would reach

the sun” (as one scientist put it), PETA will keep at it. Read on to find out how you can help bring about a much-needed sea change.

These are just a few of the reasons why PETA works to raise awareness of the plight of fish and other

Dive into the plight of sea animals on page 2. J

Gajraj was a wedding gift to an Indian queen. Taken from his home at age 12, he spent more than five decades in shackles, exploited as a tourist attraction. Today, the elderly and ailing elephant is finally free, thanks to PETA India, its affiliates, and caring people around the world. PETA India’s eyewitness video footage showed him straining against his chains, swaying back and forth, and bobbing his head – signs of severe psychological distress caused by intensive confinement. He also developed infected abscesses and painful foot conditions resulting from being chained in one place and deprived of basic care by his mahout (handler). Gajraj, the Royal Elephant Chained for 50 Years, Is Free Rescued!

INDIA

A MESSAGE FROM Ingrid Newkirk PETA’s President

This issue is devoted to sea animals. Perhaps you heard that Italy has made it illegal for retailers and restaurants to keep lobsters on ice, because it is cruel to do so. And PETA Germany has achieved legal victories in its campaign to end the torment of catch-and-release fishing. What progress! I remember once spotting a man fishing in a Pennsylvania river. He was wrestling with an eel he had hooked through the throat with a five pronged metal gaff and was trying unsuccessfully to remove the gaff by pulling and twisting at it, but he couldn’t manage. To get it over with, I held the eel still so that he could use both hands. But suddenly, the man became impatient and yanked hard on the gaff, ripping the eel’s throat right out. At that moment, the eel and I made eye contact, and there was no mistaking the look of shock, horror, terror, and terrible pain. It has been years, but I’ll never shake the look in the eyes of that poor fish, who had been tortured and mortally injured – not by sadists on a crime spree but by a nice man who was just “relaxing” by the river.

For six years, PETA India sent veterinarians on the long journey to the village where Gajraj was being held in order to provide himwith medical treatment and give his owner advice, but they always met with resistance. Even essential medicines went unused, as did a cooling system and pads to protect against his chains. PETA’s president begged his owner, the queen of Aundh, to release him, but she refused. So PETA brought Gajraj’s plight to the world’s attention, alerting members and working with the UK newspaper The Sun to tell his story. Following intense meetings, the Maharashtra Forest Department seized him. Hundreds of villagers protested and threw rocks. But on June 14, Gajraj was placed on a truck to travel to his new home at the spacious Elephant Conservation and Care Centre. PETA paid for his journey and his care so that he can receive vital medical treatment, bathe in cool ponds, enjoy the company of other elephants, and, at last, be treated with care and respect.

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Why do otherwise kind people feel comfortable terrorizing fish? Because they can’t relate to them. They don’t think fish are sensitive, intelligent individuals like dogs or cows or you or me.

PETA ‘Veganizes’ Taco Bell

PETA started working to change that perception long before anyone ever thought about “finding” Nemo – long before any other organization. PETA even featured a lobster on the cover of its magazine back in 1989 as part of a “Lobster Liberation” campaign. Sea animals are people, too, and we’ll spread that message until all-you-can-eat “seafood” buffets are scorned and anglers get hooked on compassion.

PETA ran ads on billboards near Taco Bell restaurants – without the company’s approval – to encourage customers to choose vegan options. PETA’s sexy chicks dished up free bean burritos to show diners that eating vegan at Taco Bell is as simple as ordering meals made up of any of the 26 pant-based ingredients on the menu.

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UK

The Royal Austra asian College of Surgeons (RACS) will stop using animals in its trauma training program, following a campaign by PETA and PETA Australia. Previously, Australian surgeons-in-training VICTORY! Surgeons Will No Longer Cut Up Animals AUSTRALIA were forced to cut holes in the throats, chests, and limbs of live pigs and sheep. More than 100,000 people signed petitions demanding an end to these muti ations, and PETA Australia kept the pressure on by p acing a thought-provoking ad at the tram station near the RACS head office. It also sent costumed “pigs” to protest at a RACS conference.

Check out the video at PETA.org/LoveMyDog .

To celebrate the 50 th anniversary of his first hit song, “I Love My Dog,” singer-songwriter Yusuf Isam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) donated the tune to PETA to use in a heartfelt video showing the bond between a man and his adopted dog. “A dog will love you unconditionally, whether you’re on top of the world or in the pits,” Yusuf says. “PETA and I encourage everyone to visit their local animal shelter today and open their heart and home to an animal in need.” HIT! CAT STEVENS HELPS HOMELESS ANIMALS

PETA Australia offered to provide RACS with free TraumaMan simuators: Studies show that doctors who learn surgical skills on simuators are more proficient than those who mutiate animals.

USA

CANADA

PETAmembers, including 10-year-old Gifted and Designated Survivor star Mckenna Grace, applauded as Anita Krajnc, who had been facing six months in jail and a hefty fine, emerged from an Ontario courtroom a free woman, found not guilty of criminal mischief for giving water to pigs on a truck headed to slaughter on a swelteringly hot day. Her animal rights lawyers, James Silver and Gary Grill, argued successfully that she had acted in the interests of the greater good. Her story awakened people worldwide to the plight of pigs on their way to becoming pork and demonstrated that showing mercy is vital. Justice! Good Samaritan Who Gave Water to Thirsty Pigs Cleared

In a move that literally stopped traffic, PETA hung 39 infatable “dead orcas” from highway overpasses in Los Angeles at the height of rush hour – one for each orca who has died on SeaWorld’s watch. In Texas, just one week after the orca Takara gave birth at SeaWorld San Antonio, PETA flew a banner over the city’s Battle of Flowers Parade, urging an estimated 350,000 paradegoers to stay away from the abuse ment park. ‘Dead Orcas’ Hold Commuters Captive in L.A.

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SPAIN

CUBA

Cuban Lettuce Ladies: © Instagram: vegan_eh

Nearly 100 PETA and AnimaNaturalis supporters gathered in Pamplona and simultaneously broke banderil as containing red powdered paint over their heads to protest the Running of the Bulls.

Olympic Medalist Backs Freedom for Orcas CHINA

When a US airline flew to Havana for the first time in more than 50 years, PETA’s “Lettuce Ladies” were on board – wearing little more than strategically placed lettuce leaves and toting green suitcases that proclaimed, “Vegan Ambassador to Cuba.” They were greeted by crowds on Havana’s popular Obispo Street, where they posed for photos and handed out Spanish-language vegan starter kits. (Get your free vegan starter kit in Spanish or English at PETA.org/ VSK .) The ladies also took much-needed veterinary supplies to local animal-rescue groups and delivered Spanish-language Share the World humane education kits to Havana-area elementary schools. ‘Lettuce Ladies’ Go to Cuba

Chinese athlete Fu Yuanhui, who won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, is using her star power in a new ad for PETA Asia. She’s calling on her fans to protest orca captivity by refusing to buy tickets to aquariums and marine parks. “Confining orcas to aquarium tanks is like keeping a swimmer like me in a kids’ pool,” Fu says. “PETA Asia and I encourage everyone to let orcas and other animals swim free in the ocean, where they belong.”

USA

PETA: Stop Lab Abuse at U. of Pittsburgh Rabbits’ limbs surgically bent into unnatural positions. A wounded monkey left to suffer with exposed tendons. Mice’s intestines punctured so that bacteria would leak into their abdomens and cause septic shock. This cruelty inside University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) laboratories was a deep dark secret – until PETA exposed it. PETA filed a complaint with the US Department of Agriculture, rallied students for an on-campus demonstration, reached out to Pitt alumni, and placed an ad in the university’s student newspaper. The paper responded, tweeting, “Animal abuse doesn’t belong on campus!”

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As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s ballistic missile tests set world leaders on edge, PETA responded with an edgy banner outside its Washington, D.C., office and at the United Nations in New York City, pleading with the saber-rattling dictator to nix the nukes and stick with cukes. PETA Urges Kim Jong-un to Give Peas a Chance

The federal Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare confirmed a number of PETA’s findings, including that mice were found dead in their cages, that cages were flooded, that live mice were sealed inside a plastic bag, and that improperly housed mice were so severely injured from fighting that they had to be euthanized. Take Action Now Please call University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick D. Gallagher at 412-624-4200 and urge him to redirect Pitt away from cruel, archaic experiments on animals and toward modern, animal-free research.

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CHINA

USA

Organic Goat Milk FarmWorkers Fired Acting on a whistleblower tip, PETA Germany investigators obtained video footage showing dairy farmworkers forcing terrified goats into a milking parlor by beating themwith sticks or their fists. PETA Germany’s eyewitness found goats suffering from protruding bones, lameness, open wounds, deformed hooves, and upper respiratory conditions. Sick and injured animals were denied veterinary care. When they died, workers simply tossed them behind a shed and covered themwith a tarp. After PETA Germany’s exposé, the workers caught on video abusing goats were fired. PETA Germany called on authorities to ban the farm’s owners from keeping animals and to take action against the agency that had previously “inspected” the farm. send a polite e-mail to your congressional representatives urging them to cosponsor the bipartisan Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act (H.R. 1243/S. 498), which would end the shooting, dismembering, burning, and killing of thousands of animals each year in cruel military trauma training drills and instead require the use of superior human-patient simuators. for the sake of medical training is a cruel and unnecessary practice. State-of-the-art interactive human simuators will be a less costly and more effective way of teaching how to provide humans with emergency medical care.” US Coast Guard Stops Killing Animals in Trauma Training PETA Victory! Take Action Now Tell Congress to Support the BEST Practices Act. If you live in the US,

PETA Asia Live-Tweets Thrilling Rescue A Shanghai man, caught on a video that went viral viciously beating a small dog who wouldn’t (or couldn’t) pull him on a cart, got quite a surprise when PETA Asia staffers showed up on his doorstep and refused to budge until he handed over the beaten dog and another one they found there. “He said no, but we won’t leave without the dogs,” PETA Asia live-tweeted to its more than 8,300 followers. After an hours-long stand-off, the man finally relented and surrendered the animals to the staffers, who tweeted, “We got the dogs!” Both pups have since been adopted.

The US Coast Guard has become the first branch of the US Armed Forces to stop wounding and killing animals in cruel trauma training exercises. In 2012, after PETA released eyewitness footage of a Coast Guard trauma training drill in which instructors cut off live goats’ legs with tree trimmers, the service defended the mutiations. Fast forward to 2017, when the head of the Coast Guard, Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft, testified at a congressional hearing that cutting up and killing animals in trauma training drills is “abhorrent” and that the Coast Guard “will move to a simuation” training model. “I am overjoyed and deeply gratified,” said California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Alard, who has spearheaded congressional action on the issue. “Shooting and stabbing live animals

GERMANY

PETA Germany captured video footage of handlers at the Hanover Adventure Zoo beating and whipping baby elephants in order to coerce them into performing tricks. One trainer dragged a crying baby elephant by the neck. Another young elephant was hit repeatedly on the back with a sharp steel-tipped bullhook. When one tormented elephant tried to escape, trainers chased after the terrified animal, who finally surrendered to them, sitting up and “begging.” Just the sight of a man approaching themwith a whip made a group of baby elephants cower. BUSTED! Zoo Caught Beating Baby Elephants

GERMANY

Take Action Now PETA Germany has filed a criminal complaint against the zoo. Please write to

Hanover Zoo officials at info@erlebnis-zoo.de and let them know that you will never visit as long as their trainers beat elephants.

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THE BIG FISH UE Fish Illustration: © iStock.com/danleap | Octopus Meal: © rdegrie

Eaten Alive A PETA Exposé

A n octopus named Inky made a daring escape from the National Aquarium of New Zealand last year. He saw an opportunity and seized it: When the lid of his aquariumwas left slightly ajar one night, the clever cephalopod apparently climbed to the top of his tank, slid down the side, and scrambled across the aquarium floor to a drainpipe that was 146 feet (44.5 meters) long and led to the sea – and freedom. Octopuses are sometimes called the “primates of the sea,” and examples of their ingenuity and intelligence abound. One of them, named Otto, at a German

aquarium alleviated his boredom by playing with hermit crabs and periodically “redecorating” his tank by rearranging everything in it. He repeatedly extinguished an annoying spotlight above his tank by squirting it with a jet of water, short-circuiting the power to the entire building. Yet at some restaurants, these smart and sensitive animals are hacked apart while still alive for a barbaric dish called “sannakji” (literally, “wriggling octopus”). Limbs Cut Off, One by One PETA went inside restaurants in Los Angeles and New York that mutilate and serve live animals. At T Equals

Fish, chefs held down an octopus – nicknamed “Pearl” by an observer – and sliced off most of her sensitive arms and legs with a butcher knife. The severed limbs, which continued moving and reacting to stimuli, were served still writhing to diners. But Pearl’s suffering was far from over. Kitchen staff explained that she would be kept alive until another customer ordered the remaining limbs. Struggling helplessly and trying desperately to escape, she was pushed to the side like a halved tomato. The chef said that after every last arm and leg had been cut off, he would rip open her mantle, tear out her intestines, and leave her to die.

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The argest brains of all invertebrates

Eyes almost identical to those of humans

Paul McCartney: © MPL | Octopus Illustration: © iStock.com/berdsigns

Known to have figured out complex escape routes from tanks

TOO SUPER TO BE SUPPER

So dexterous that they have been known to unscrew lids on jars

10,000 more genes than humans

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The chef said that after every last arm and leg had been cut off, he would rip open her mantle, tear out her intestines, and leave her to die.

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According to Dr. Jennifer Mather, an expert on cephalopods at the University of Lethbridge in Canada, “[T]he octopus, [whom] you’ve been chopping to pieces, is feeling pain every time you do it. It’s just as painful as if it were a hog, a fish, or a rabbit, if you chopped a rabbit’s leg off piece by piece. So it’s a barbaric thing to do to the animal.” Torn Apart and Steamed Alive Similar horrors are taking place at other restaurants in California and New York. These establishments cut the tails off live shrimp and plate them next to their moving bodies or tear off their protective exoskeletons so that diners can bite right into their flesh. Lobsters’ tails are also torn off, prepared “sashimi style,” and plated right next to their mutilated but still-living bodies, for diners’ amusement. Boiling these animals alive and ripping them apart causes them excruciating pain. According to Robert Elwood – an animal behavior scientist at Queens University, Belfast, who studies animals’ perception of pain – prawns, shrimp, and lobsters “show a high motivation to escape noxious stimuli, respond in ways that are conclusively not mere

reflexes, have strong physiological stress responses, show symptoms of anxiety after negative treatments, and have long-termmemory of negative experiences.”

Taking Mutilation off the Menu PETA is pushing lawmakers in California and New York to introduce and support

legislation to ban the practice of serving live animals. PETA has also

created a poignant video (watch it at PETA.org/FishEmpathy ) that was screened at its Fish Empathy Exhibit to promote compassion for aquatic animals.

Take Action Now Call T Equals Fish (213-380-3385) and Sik Gaek (718-205-4555) and urge them to stop serving octopuses and other animals alive.

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Eating Fish Is Like Smoking

THE BIG FISH UE

Low-Tar Cigarettes The notion of “healthy” fish flesh is a myth. By Dr. Neal Barnard

Fish Illustration: © iStock.com/danleap | Chalk background: © iStock.com/subjug

S ome people eat fish because they think it’s a healthful choice. But is it? The facts might surprise you. For starters, Atlantic salmon flesh is about 40% fat. Chinook salmon’s fat content is even higher – over 50%. That load of fat is why, as a group, people who eat fish are heavier and have a higher risk of diabetes than people who avoid animal products altogether. And if you thought fish fat must be “good” fat – that is, omega-3 – well, the fact is that about three-quarters of the fat in fish is not omega-3 at all. It’s actually a mixture of other fats that pack a lot of calories and do your body no good. But what has health authorities especially concerned are pollutants frequently ingested by fish, such as methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). As small fish are eaten by bigger fish – who, in turn, are eaten by even larger ones – these toxins become more and more concentrated. At the top of the food chain are the human beings who eat the flesh of such fish, not realizing that it may contain a load of pollutants. Wayne State University researchers found that women who regularly eat fish, even years before becoming pregnant, are more likely to have babies who are sluggish at birth and have developmental problems. Go Fish-Free Eating fish flesh under the misguided notion that it’s a healthy option is like smoking low-tar cigarettes. The far better choice is to eat plant-based foods instead. Walnuts, flax and chia seeds, leafy greens, navy beans, soybeans, mangoes, berries, winter squash, seaweed, and other vegan options contain omega-3 fatty acids, along with fiber and antioxidants – but without the harmful heavy metals, carcinogens, and cholesterol found in fish flesh. Leave Farmed Fish off Your Plate, Too Eating farmed fish is just as unhealthy as eating wild caught fish – maybe even more so. Tests on farmed

salmon purchased at US grocery stores, for example, show even more PCB contamination than in wild fish.

“Per pound, farmed salmon are fed more antibiotics than any other animals reared for slaughter.”

Farmed fish are also given huge quantities of antibiotics to stave off bacterial diseases and sea lice. Per pound, farmed salmon are fed more antibiotics than any other animals reared for slaughter. This contributes to the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and makes it increasingly difficult to treat some human diseases. And did you know that farmed salmon are dyed pink to look like their wild cousins? Scientists are now concerned that the artificial coloring can cause retinal damage. Fish farms are bad for the surrounding environment, too. They often discharge feces, pesticides, and other chemicals directly into ecologically fragile coastal waters, destroying local ecosystems. Farms that raise fish in fenced-in areas of natural waters kill off thriving natural habitats by overpopulating them far beyond their capacity. Waste from the high concentration of

fish can cause huge blankets of green slime on the water’s surface, depleting oxygen and killing much of the sea life. You can read more about fish farms, the detrimental effects of commercial fishing, and the harmful consequences that fish consumption has on human health at PETA.org. And if you’re hooked on the taste of sea animals, try vegan versions such as Gardein’s Fishless Filets and Crabless Cakes.

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WAGS Star:

“What has that animal gone through for you to wear this jacket? ” Model and TV personality Nicole Williams of WAGS on E! feels so strongly about the cruelty in the leather industry that not only does she refuse to buy or wear leather, she also bared her own skin for an arresting PETA ad.

The leather industry doesn’t just “rip off” cows, pigs, goats, alligators, ostriches, and even dogs and cats slaughtered in China so that their skin can be exported around the world. It also cons consumers, who often have no idea what – or who! – they’re wearing. In an emotional interview, TV star Nicole Williams explained why she shuns animal skins and encourages everyone to buy only animal-friendly vegan shoes, clothing, and accessories.

through for you to wear this jacket?” The more I thought about it, the more research I did, the more my eyes opened to really what happens in these slaughterhouses when these animals know that they’re about to be murdered.

PETA: It really had an effect on you. NW: What they’re doing to the cows and the pigs and the

sheep and all of these animals on the farms, trying to get them to the slaughterhouse. A lot of times, they’ll collapse. To get them up, they break their tails. In places like India, they rub tobacco and chilies in their eyes. Now I feel like I have a voice, and I can reach out to the people who know this but ignore it. But ignoring it’s not helping. PETA: As consumers, we have so much power – we can save lives every time we shop. NW: Animals are so smart, and people think that they’re just nothing because they’re not human. Animals have feelings just like us. And if you’re an animal lover, you’ll realize that. How do you wear leather and not think about what that animal went through? Would you want that done to you? And if not, then why do it to a helpless animal? Take Action Now Steer clear of all clothing made from animals. Share the video of Nicole’s interview, which can be viewed at PETA.org/NicoleWilliams .

PETA: What persuaded you to stop wearing leather? NW: I have worn leather – leather shoes. I wore leather jackets. And like most people, you don’t think about where this leather is coming from. I mean, you know it’s animal skin. But you don’t think about, “What has that animal gone

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Bear: © iStock.com/MMSB

60 BEARS RESCUED FROM MISERY –AND COUNTIN G! Bears lead interesting, complex lives. They love to explore and climb and have been seen moving tree stumps to gather food out of reach and using rocks to help remove loose fur. These big strong animals can be altruistic: A bear in the Budapest Zoo was filmed gently plucking a drowning crow out of the water, carefully p‘acing the bird on the ground, and then going about his business.

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“Tell everyone never to go to roadside zoos. If you don’t go, they will have to let the bears retire.”

Geometric Grid Graphic: © iStock.com/Evgenii_Bobrov | Forest Graphic: © iStock.com/enjoynz

“Bernard” – PETA’s 7-foot-tall robotic bear voiced by Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea star Casey Affleck – is journeying around the US to remind people to stay away from animal-exploiting tourist traps. In most roadside zoos, bears live in concrete pits or pens, deprived of everything enjoyable or even essential to their physical and mental well-being. One, named Ben – who was confined to a barren, 12-foot-by-22-foot pen at a North Carolina roadside zoo – spent 75% of his waking hours pacing and gnawing on, pawing at, and head butting the chain-link fence surrounding his enclosure. From Pens to Prairies Thanks to generous members and supporters, PETA has now rescued Ben and 59 other bears who were living – if you can call it that – in depressing enclosures, which were sometimes filthy and rusted. Some who never set foot outside a cramped cage for decades are now running through meadows. And mother bears are raising their young instead of being forcibly separated from them so that they can be used as props in photos – or even slaughtered for meat. There were bears who were just skin and bones – and others who were obese from lack of exercise and an improper diet of sweets and white bread. Some had

Life in the Pits One target of PETA’s long-term advocacy is the Cherokee Bear Zoo in North Carolina. Surrounded by four high, solid walls, the bears see nothing but blank barriers and spend their days begging for white bread, iceberg lettuce, and dog chow from visitors standing above them. Sierra and Ursula pace incessantly in the bear pit at the Spring River Park & Zoo in Roswell, New Mexico. There’s little to help them pass the interminable days except walking endlessly in circles. The hard concrete is rough on their joints and wears down their sensitive paw pads. There are more than 1,000 bears still being held prisoner in grotesquely inhumane conditions across the US. PETA has long called on the US Department of Agriculture to broaden protections for these intelligent and inquisitive animals under the AWA. The agency promised to do just that more than a year ago, but so far, it has made little progress. Meanwhile, PETA frees as many bears as possible and keeps the pressure on.

been painfully declawed, and others suffered from intestinal parasites or broken teeth. One, named Sweet Baby, was severely underweight and housed in a tiny cage inside a dark barn.

Elsie, Dusty, and Bella have gone from pacing in filthy cages in sweltering heat at the Mobile Zoo in Alabama to roaming a multiacre, naturalistic habitat at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado that includes climate controlled dens and pools for bathing. The Mobile Zoo closed after its exhibitor license was revoked by the US Department of Agriculture for violations of the Animal Welfare Act – including failure to give animals proper food and clean water, denying the sick and injured veterinary care, and keeping them in filthy cages strewn with waste and rotting food – and the operator was charged with 28 counts of cruelty to animals.

Take Action Now Never visit a roadside zoo or any exhibit that exploits animals for human entertainment.

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Philip Hirschkop: © 2017 ALM Media Properties

Some people are born to make a difference.

PETA’s (Not So) Secret Weapon: Philip Hirschkop , Legal Legend

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Party PerfectWontons

Makes 12 wontons

Made from seaweed, not fish eggs, vegan Cavi-art* is a delicious addition to any party platter. Serve it with crispbreads for a no-fuss appetizer, or wow guests with these tasty wontons.

S ome people are born to make a difference. Philip Hirschkop is one of those people. He has served as PETA’s litigation counsel for several decades, defending PETA protesters and arguing landmark lawsuits, such as the one that put Las Vegas entertainer and notorious orangutan abuser Bobby Berosini out of business and led to the apes’ rescue.

YOU’LL NEED • 12 thin pastry sheets for baking

“I first met Philip Hirschkop around 1980, when I was arrested for soliciting (not what you think!),” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “All I was doing was leafleting against a rodeo, but an officious police officer told me that I would be arrested if I didn’t stop. I knewmy rights, carried on, and, yes, was arrested. Later, in court, the officer started to embellish his testimony, claiming that I had been blocking traffic and so on. Hirschkop asked, ‘Officer, may I refresh your memory by playing you a tape in which you stated categorically that all Ms. Newkirk did was pass out leaflets?’ The officer gulped and corrected his ‘recollection’ and the case was thrown out. PETA then sued the rodeo organizers, who had to pay our legal fees, make a donation, and, best of all, agree to stop organizing rodeos.” Loving v. Virginia Devoted to justice and fairness, Hirschkop’s landmark case was Loving v. Virginia – he’s played by actor John Bass in the film Loving – which struck down laws banning interracial marriage and declared them unconstitutional. Many of Hirschkop’s cases have dealt with the right of citizens to demonstrate – a crucial part of PETA’s campaign strategy – but he’s accomplished much more, winning, for instance, the first anti-cybersquatting protection case when PETA’s domain name was taken and had to be restored. He also successfully fended off an absurd but dangerous civil racketeering claim against PETA’s investigation into cruelty to animals at a notorious laboratory. And in Covance v. PETA, he defended the organization against the world’s largest contract laboratory, which was attempting to stop the distribution of footage exposing animal abuse by experimenters. Today, the PETA Foundation’s legal department in Washington, D.C. (read more about it on page 15), is named The Philip J. Hirschkop Legal Department, after this legendary lawyer and pioneering champion of animal rights.

(can be purchased premade) • ± /³ cup vegan cream cheese • ± /³ cup Cavi-art, plus more for garnish

• 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh dill • 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice • Pinch pepper • Oil, for brushing the pastry sheets • Whole fresh chives, optional • Chopped chives or additional chopped dill, for garnish METHOD Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the pastry sheets into 4-by-4-inch squares. Stir together the vegan cream cheese, Cavi-art, dill, lemon juice, and pepper. Place a spoonful of the filling in the middle of each square, brush the edges with a tiny bit of oil, and pinch closed. You can also tie the squares into bundles using whole fresh chives. Place the squares on a baking sheet and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Garnish with chopped chives or dill and additional Cavi-art.

*Cavi-art is available for purchase at PETACatalog.com .

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Fabulous Fish-Free Fare

Clam chowder and fish & chips recipes from Veganize It! by Robin Robertson, available from PETACatalog.com

C”am-Free Chowder

Vegan Fish & Chips with Tartar Sauce

Makes 4 servings

Makes 4 servings

Fish-Free Fillets

This healthier alternative to fish and chips features baked (not fried) potatoes and tofu fish fillets, along with a creamy vegan tartar sauce. YOU’LL NEED • 2 large russet potatoes, halved lengthwise and sliced ± /³ inch thick • 2 Tbsp. olive oil • ± /´ tsp. salt • ± /´ tsp. paprika • ± /´ tsp. garlic powder • ± /³ tsp. ground black pepper • 1 recipe Fish-Free Fillets (recipe follows) METHOD Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or spray with cooking spray. In a bowl, combine the potato slices, olive oil, salt, paprika, garlic powder, and pepper. Toss to coat. Arrange in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and tender, turning occasionally, about 30 minutes. When the potatoes are about halfway done, bake the fillets according to the recipe directions. To make a tartar sauce, combine the vegan mayonnaise, pickle relish, and lemon juice in a small bowl. Mix well and refrigerate until ready to serve. When the potatoes and fillets are done, serve hot with the tartar sauce. • ± /´ cup vegan mayonnaise • 1 Tbsp. sweet pickle relish • ± /´ to 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice

Oyster mushrooms star in this vegan interpretation of New England clam chowder.

YOU’LL NEED • 1 pkg. extra-firm tofu, drained • 3 Tbsp. olive oil • 2 Tbsp. tamari • 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice • µ /³ cup panko bread crumbs • 1 tsp. dulse flakes

YOU’LL NEED • 2 Tbsp. vegan butter

• 8 oz. oyster mushrooms, chopped • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped • 1 rib celery, minced • 1 clove garlic, minced • 2 cups peeled and diced potatoes • 2 bay leaves • 1 tsp. dulse or nori flakes • ± /´ tsp. dried thyme • ± /´ tsp. Old Bay Seasoning • 1 tsp. salt • ± /³ tsp. ground black pepper • 2 cups vegetable broth • ± /³ tsp. liquid smoke • ± /´ cup raw cashews, soaked in hot water for 1 hour, then drained • 2 cups unsweetened almond milk • 1 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley METHOD Heat 1 tablespoonful vegan butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the pot and set aside. Add the remaining butter, the onion, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Stir in the potatoes, bay leaves, dulse, thyme, Old Bay Seasoning, salt, pepper, and vegetable broth. Bring to the boil, reduce to low, and cook for 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaves and add the liquid smoke. Blend the cashews and 1 cup almond milk until smooth. When the vegetables are tender, add the cashewmixture and remaining almond milk. Add the reserved mushrooms and heat through. Garnish with the parsley. THE BIG FISH UE

• ± /³ tsp. onion powder • ± /³ tsp. garlic powder • ± /³ tsp. paprika • Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

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METHOD Cut the tofu into 1/2-inch slices and press. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or line with parchment paper. Set aside. In a shallow bowl, combine the oil, tamari, and lemon juice. In a separate shallow bowl, combine the bread crumbs, dulse flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Mix well. Dip each tofu slice into the oil and lemon mixture, then season with the salt and pepper on both sides. Dredge in the crumb mixture, patting lightly to coat well. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until nicely browned on both sides, turning once about halfway through, about 25 minutes.

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PETA’s Legal Eagles Pushing the Envelope for Animals

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I can readily imagine a future in which ordinary citizens, moved by respect for animals and fear that we dehumanize ourselves by accepting widespread cruelty, look back with horror on the ways in which we now treat some of these noble creatures.” PETA prevailed when SeaWorld sought permission from the California Coastal Commission to expand its orca display. Shortly after PETA attorney Jared Goodman met with the commissioners and gave an impassioned argument during the public hearing, the commission ruled that the expansion would be permitted only if the company stopped breeding or importing any new orcas. SeaWorld then announced that it would stop the breeding. The PETA legal team’s lawsuit to force the city of Pasadena to turn over public records (and pay PETA’s legal fees) flushed out a SeaWorld spy who was trying to pose as an animal rights activist in an attempt to incite illegal activities. The clumsy attempt blew up in SeaWorld’s face when PETA outed the spy to the media.

Another trailblazing case seeks to have Naruto, a wild macaque, declared the owner of his internationally famous “monkey selfie” photographs.

C orporate Counsel magazine named the PETA Foundation’s legal team among the Best Legal Departments of 2017 – and with good reason. From the landmark 13th Amendment case Tilikum v. SeaWorld that challenged the enslavement of orcas kept at SeaWorld to using the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) to gain more protection for captive wildlife and overturning laws restricting the gathering of eyewitness footage inside laboratories, PETA’s attorneys use every strategy they can to benefit animals. Despite the might and money driving the animal-abusing corporations that PETA targets, its lawyers set precedents – and the cases they take on send ripples through the global legal community. In the SeaWorld case, PETA's general counsel Jeff Kerr argued that Corky, Kasatka, Katina, Tilikum, and Ulises were kidnapped from their homes and families by force, locked up, put to work, and never allowed to leave, which is the very definition of involuntary servitude. Although the judge didn’t see the amendment as the remedy to orca captivity, their plight was splashed all over the news and heard in open court, and future generations will look back on this case as one that broke legal ground. Legal scholars supported PETA’s precedent-setting case. Harvard professor Laurence H. Tribe wrote: “It seems to me no abuse of the Constitution to invoke it on behalf of nonhuman animals cruelly confined for purposes of involuntary servitude. To the contrary, Pictured from left to right: Brittany Peet, John Seber, Emily von Klemperer, Jeffrey Kerr, Katherine Beasley, Corey Mishler

Another trailblazing case seeks to have Naruto, a wild macaque, declared the owner of his internationally

famous “monkey selfie” photographs, which he took by looking at his own reflection in the camera’s lens, making various faces, and clicking the shutter. In US federal court, PETA’s attorneys argued that the US Copyright Act doesn’t limit authorship exclusively to humans. If PETA prevails, it will be the first time that a nonhuman animal has been declared a property owner rather than a piece of property. Law schools are abuzz discussing this innovative case. that challenged the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s secret and illegal issuance of hundreds of ESA permits to circuses, roadside zoos, and other animal exploiters. Such facilities must now follow ESA requirements. PETA is determined to liberate captive chimpanzees, and its lawyers are helping to achieve that goal. One Alabama roadside zoo kept a chimpanzee named Joe isolated for nearly two decades. But not wanting PETA’s lawsuit to proceed, it settled, with an agreement that prevented the facility’s owner from ever possessing a chimpanzee again and allowed Joe to be transferred to an accredited sanctuary, where he’s now thriving. The roadside zoo has since closed, and its owner later pleaded guilty to 14 charges of cruelty to animals. Taking on entrenched cruelty is what PETA’s attorneys do: The team won a lawsuit

Behind the Chimpanzee ‘Smile’ PETA’s legal team is suing the inaptly named Missouri Primate Foundation, which is actually nothing more than the filthy home of a woman named Connie Braun Casey, to win the release of all the chimpanzees being held there. This includes Connor, whose picture was used on those ubiquitous “grinning” (actually a fear grimace) chimpanzee greeting cards for years and can still be found on Hallmark stock. In response to an appeal from PETA, American Greetings Corporation announced that it would stop using Connor’s images.

Take Action Now Visit PETA.org/Hallmark to let Hallmark Cards know that chimpanzee abuse is no laughing matter.

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oo PETAWorks to End Cruelty to Sea Animals

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T here’s no excuse: Countless studies show that fish feel pain and pleasure, are intelligent, have long-termmemories, communicate with one another, use tools, recognize individual human beings, and more. Octopuses have even been known to hold grudges – expressed by sending jets of water at humans they don’t like, for instance, but not at the ones they do. Lobsters use complicated signals to explore their surroundings and establish social relationships. Shrimp are social beings who use sound or polarized light to communicate. Some live in complex colonies similar to beehives, and some mate for life. Yet many people still don’t recognize that each of these beings is an individual – a “who,” not a “what.” That’s where PETA comes in: Through provocative displays, eye-catching protests, clever campaigns, fishless fillet giveaways, and other consciousness-raising actions, PETA is helping the public to see that fish, octopuses, and other marine animals are sea life, not seafood – and deserve to be left in peace.

“In the end, pain is pain: That species’ sensory systems differ one from the other (and from ours) doesn’t change that fact a bit, as is abundantly clear in the emerging consensus about the ability of fish to feel pain even though they lack the mammalian neocortex. No animal need be sentient like us to be sentient, just as no animal need be smart like us to be smart or feel emotions like ours to be known as a feeling being with a distinct and sometimes vivid personality.”

— Dr. Barbara J. King, author of Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat

‘Mermaids’ and a ‘Hooked’ Human Take Over Empathy Center

Guests were greeted by “Freeda Fish,” the evening’s mascot, before getting a fish-eye view of the world. A “hooked” woman, Victoria LeMeow, suspended from the ceiling illustrated the excruciating pain that fish endure when they are caught, while “mermaids” described how fish communicate and interact with one another. Also on display was PETA’s colorful Fish Empathy Quilt, measuring more than 300 square feet and consisting of more than 100 decorative squares – each sewn by a PETA supporter to honor the billions of fish who are abused and killed by humans every year.

PETA’s Empathy Center in Los Angeles hosted an interactive Fish Empathy Exhibit that included provocative live demonstrations, a video screening, and tasty vegan fish tacos. Acclaimed biologist, animal behaviorist, and ethicist Jonathan Balcombe also took to the stage for a special reading from his new book, What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing.

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Fish Empathy Quilt on Dispay

Use Your Creativity to Help Fish To call attention to the billions of fish who are abused and killed for food and “sport,” PETA is harnessing the talents of compassionate crafters to create the world’s first Fish Empathy Quilt. Want to help? Contribute a panel! Send your fish-friendly creation (measuring 17 inches x 17 inches with an additional 1/4-inch seam allowance around the design) to Fish Empathy Quilt, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510.

Memorable Mascots Make a Splash Over the years, PETA has deployed numerous costumed characters to help send a message of compassion for sea animals. For example, “Tiffany Tuna” handed out free vegan starter kits and delicious vegan seafood samples to passersby at San Francisco’s famous Fisherman’s Wharf – while two beautiful “mermaids,” perched atop a decorated pedicab, took part in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade to encourage onlookers to leave fish off their forks. When the parade came to a halt for a moment, a young girl who was thoughtfully staring at the cab declared, “Fish are friends, not food!” Bingo!

Parents: Don’t Let Your Kids Become ‘Hookers’

Fishing is a blood sport that subjects animals to the agony of being impaled, torn from their aquatic homes, and gutted, yet some parents still seem to think that it’s a harmless pastime for children. That’s why PETA warns parents not to raise their children to become “hookers” – and while being a hooker of fish may not be “the world’s oldest profession,” it’s still long overdue for retirement. There’s no longer any doubt that fish experience fear when chased and pain when impaled on hooks. Biologist Culum Brown, author of a study about fish sentience in the journal Animal Cognition, says that “it would be impossible for fish to survive as the cognitively and behaviorally complex animals they are without a capacity to feel pain.” All parents who fish send their kids the dangerous message that it’s enjoyable to torment and abuse animals. Let’s raise kids to be compassionate toward fish – and other animals – not cruel. Visit PETAKids.com for fun, animal-friendly activities that you and the children in your life can enjoy together.

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Let Lobsters ‘Rock On’! B-52s lead singer Fred Schneider tells PETA Global readers how he came to call lobsters “sea life , not sea food. ”

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W hile I was growing up in New Jersey, my family headed for the coast to see relatives near Toms River every summer. e’d go crabbing in their boat on the bay and bring in our catch for cooking. At the ripe age of 4, as I watched while live crabs were dumped into boiling water, I vowed never to eat them again. In the ’70s, the idea for the B-52s’ breakthrough hit “Rock Lobster” was sparked by a slide show at an Atlanta disco that showed puppies playing, children playing, and then lobsters on a grill. I was infuriated! But I thought, “Hmm, rock this, rock that … rock lobster!” I told the band, and we jammed on the title and came up with the song. Crustaceans are unfamiliar to us – I get it. With their exoskeletons, jointed legs, and long antennae, they certainly aren’t cuddly like dogs and cats are. Despite such differences, there’s something big that they have in common with us: the capacity to suffer. The idea of subjecting a fellow animal to a painful death for food has always haunted me, especially now, in light of the mounting evidence of their suffering. From observations

“The idea of subjecting a fellow animal to a painful death for food has always haunted me.”

of shore crabs who changed their behavior to avoid electric shocks and hermit crabs who rubbed at their own injuries, science has confirmed that these animals can feel pain, which is something that we humans have long tried to ignore. Fortunately, there are many cruelty-free options these days, from decadent vegan lobster bisque to crunchy vegan crab Rangoon and even a full sized vegan lobster. Please, let lobsters and crabs “rock on”!

– Fred Schneider

PETA Time Capsule: 1995 Longtime PETA supporter and vegetarian Mary Tyler Moore made headlines in 1995, when PETA enlisted her help to save a 65-year-old lobster named Spike from a restaurant tank and she offered to pay $1,000. “Marine biologists report that lobsters are fascinating beings with complex social

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interactions, long childhoods, and awkward adolescences,” Mary wrote. “Like humans, they flirt with one another and have even been seen walking ‘claw-in-claw’!” PETA later worked with the producers of the Ellen sitcom to incorporate lobster liberation into an episode in which Ellen rescued a lobster from a restaurant and was later honored by none other than Mary Tyler Moore herself.

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