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In a win for chickens, Panda Express announced that it will soon begin testing a new vegan version of one of its most popular dishes. Starting on July 26, the new dish—called “Beyond the Original Orange Chicken”—will be available at select Panda Express locations in New York City and Los Angeles. This vegan take on one of the chain’s signature dishes is made with Beyond Meat chicken and features a crispy breading and a honey-free sauce.

In 2019, PETA urged Panda Express to get with the times by offering vegan options at its 2,000 stores around the globe. After PETA supporters took more than 234,000 actions demanding change, the company began offering its first vegan meals.

While you’re waiting for Beyond the Original Orange Chicken to arrive at a location near you, try these other vegan options at Panda Express*:

Chow Mein

Eggplant Tofu

Super Greens (Broccoli, Kale, and Cabbage)

Vegetable Spring Roll

Brown and White Steamed Rice

Sauces

• Chili sauce
• Hot mustard sauce
• Plum sauce
• Potsticker sauce
• Soy sauce
• Sweet and sour sauce
• Teriyaki sauce

*Please note that availability and ingredients may vary by location. Always check with a store to make sure that it’s vegan-friendly.

The move by Panda Express follows those by other fast-food chains that have expanded or introduced delicious vegan options. Panda Express has picked up on what so many already know: Being vegan is on the rise with no signs of slowing down.

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It’s never been more convenient and easier to be vegan. But animals still need help!

Sure, fast food may not be for everyone, but we’re all for any option that allows on-the-go consumers to eat vegan and prevent sensitive animals from being caged in their own filth, tormented, and subjected to a terrifying death when their throats are slit while they’re still conscious. Hungry patrons want fast, compassionate options, and savvy food companies will either offer them or be left behind.

Help get vegan options at McDonald’s, KFC, Domino’s, and elsewhere by taking action. Each time you click “Take Action,” another company will receive a message urging it to offer vegan meals. How cool and convenient is that?

Note: PETA promotes being a healthy vegan. If you choose to eat fast food, we suggest options that are kinder to animals. As is common at many restaurants offering vegan options, Panda Express uses shared equipment and therefore cross contamination can occur. But remember, helping animals is not about personal purity!

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“Is rawhide bad for dogs?“ “Are rawhide chews bad?” “Is rawhide digestible?” The internet is flooded with these and similar queries from canine guardians. But what about chews dubbed “No-Hide” that allegedly contain rawhide? According to a class action lawsuit, this is the case with Earth Animal No-Hide Chews—a consumer lawsuit says that the treats, which the brand refers to as a “healthier … alternative to rawhide,” are really made using rawhide. So what’s a well-intentioned guardian to do?

What to Do If You Spot Earth Animal No-Hide Chews in a Store

If you are shopping and see Earth Animal No-Hide Chews or STIX, kindly draw the store’s attention to them—make sure it’s aware of the lawsuit.

As far as what you purchase for Fido or Lassie, be sure to avoid any products made using rawhide or processed animal bones as well as most jerky-style treats. Animal-free treats from retailers such as v-dog and Wild Earth are great options, as are the other brands and products listed in our vegan dog food guide. Or treat your best buddy right with homemade dog goodies made of safe, yummy ingredients like peanut butter, pumpkin, carrots, and oats.

Treat Your Best Buddy Right With These Vegan Dog Biscuits

What Is Rawhide? Is Rawhide Really Bad for Dogs?

Rawhide is skin that’s torn from animals’ bodies—including from horses, cows, and pigs—and then dried and processed. Cows who are killed for rawhide dog chews are often the same ones who are killed for leather used to make shoes and other products. But while animal-derived leather is made of the outer layer of animals’ stolen hides, the inner layer is used for rawhide—and separating the two and processing the skins require some seriously scary chemicals, including lye, a sodium hydroxide solution that’s also used for disinfecting floors and toilets.

According to information reportedly obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture found trailers full of rawhide products (which looked strikingly similar to Earth Animal’s No-Hide products) that had been imported from China at the company’s manufacturing facility. In China, animal-skin industries are governed by murky regulations or are sometimes not regulated at all. (The manufacturer of the chews also admittedly sells rawhide.) A PETA Asia undercover investigator even documented that dogs were slaughtered for leather—their skins were sold to unsuspecting customers all over the world.

PETA will be closely watching the outcome of the class action lawsuit, eager for any information that it might reveal about Earth Animal and the rawhide chew industry.

Is Rawhide Digestible?

It shouldn’t shock you to learn that the chemically processed skins of animals aren’t gut-friendly, but “Is rawhide bad for dogs’ digestion?” is still a way-too-frequently googled query—and the answer is a very simple yes. Dogs can have allergies or sensitivities to rawhide, which can cause diarrhea. Some dogs break off large chunks of rawhide chews with their teeth and swallow them, putting them at risk of choking or obstruction—the pieces can get stuck in the esophagus and cause blockages, which can require surgery or even lead to death.

It’s vital that we know what we’re feeding our animal companions.

Always read labels. When in doubt, consult your veterinarian. And visit the PETA Shop to discover other animal-friendly items for your dog to chew on (or wear).

Join your dog—remove the bones and flesh from your own diet, too:

For You and Your Dog, Be the Best Version of Yourself: Go Vegan

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On Wednesday, PETA supporters, joined by enormous, can’t-be-missed alpaca, sheep, cow, and goose puppets, will create a bit of mayhem outside the Anthropologie store on Nichols Road. They’ll chalk the sidewalks, urge would-be shoppers to turn around, and loudly demand that Anthropologie and all other Urban Outfitters, Inc., brands—including Free People—leave alpaca fleece, wool, leather, mohair, cashmere, and down to their original owners.

When:    Wednesday, July 14, 12 noon

Where:    Anthropologie, 531 Nichols Rd. (at the intersection with Jefferson Street), Kansas City

“Anthropologie stores are graveyards for animals who were beaten up, cut up, and killed,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is calling on Urban Outfitters’ brands to honor the company’s consumer pledge of sustainability and ethics by selling only vegan materials—which would be easy to do, because they already stock them.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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Police recently rescued a dog left inside a hot car in Brookville, and similar reports nationwide are rolling in at an out-of-control rate. For some dogs, including a K-9 who recently died after being left behind in a patrol car, help comes too late. Already this year, 20 dogs have been reported dead from heat-related causes. (Figures are far likely higher, as most heat-related companion animal deaths go unreported.)

This week’s high temperatures put dogs at a high risk of enduring heat prostration and dying, so PETA is issuing an urgent warning to anyone with a dog: Never leave them inside vehicles, and please be sure to do the following.

• Touch the pavement before walks to ensure that it won’t burn dogs’ foot pads.
• Be alert to a long, curled-up tongue and heavy panting, as dogs cannot sweat as humans can and heat builds up inside their bodies.
• Walk only in the shade or on earth or grass, and neverleave animals alone (On Memorial Day weekend, PETA fieldworkers discovered the body of a dog who had died after being left chained up in the hot sun.)

PETA thanks Brookville police and other rescuers for taking action and urges everyone to support the Hot Cars Act of 2021, which would require automakers to install technology in vehicles to detect the presence of an animal or a child and alert drivers when someone is in the backseat.

Anyone who leaves animals in hot cars or outside to suffer in severe weather may be prosecuted for cruelty.

For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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