Ever wonder how the down feathers used in down-filled comforters, jackets, and vests got from the birds to your back? Undercover video footage obtained by PETA reveals that goose down production is anything but warm and fuzzy. The video footage shows workers grabbing and carrying geese by their delicate necks or by a single wing. […]
Get Ready for the First-Ever Cruelty-Free Friday
The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been known as Fur-Free Friday, the day when fur stores around the country can look forward to having squads of animal advocates demonstrating just outside their doors. PETA, the organization that started Fur-Free Friday, wants to garner some holiday goodwill not just for animals killed for their fur but […]
Want Your Breast Cancer Dollars to Count? Think Outside the Pink
Ahhh, October. The month of shopping for the cure, walking for the cure, playing football for the cure, and doing just about everything else that one can conceive of doing “for the cure”—except actually finding a cure. That we haven’t done yet. Now, before you say that I don’t care about breast cancer, let me […]
Crawling Snails, Biting Fish, and Other Beauty Treatments That Aren’t Pretty
I like my beauty regimen as natural and organic as I can get it. But I prefer that my treatments not move about independently. So the strange new “snail facial” offered by one Japanese salon seems kind of, well, slimy. The theory is that as the snails roam around a person’s face, their mucus helps […]
You Shouldn’t Have to Work to Get Vegan Options in Your Workplace
Sick of watching your coworkers chow down on artery-clogging cheeseburgers in the office cafeteria? I suppose you could always apply for a job at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which has implemented a vegan office policy mandating that only plant-based foods be eaten at its headquarters. Like PETA, which supports nearby vegan-friendly restaurants […]