PETA Global Issue 2

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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