Kategorie: Animals

Directly across the street from two eateries with mollusks on the menu, a new PETA billboard carries a pro-vegan message from octopuses to local diners: “Hands off!”

Diners can easily opt for vegan selections at both restaurants—Okinawa Japanese Grillhouse & Sushi Bar and Fuji Sushi—and that fish-free proteins like Gardein vegan fish fillets and Good Catch vegan tuna are the latest development in healthy and compassionate food and available at nearly every grocery store.

“With a mini-brain in each tentacle, octopuses are smart as can be, and they’re so sensitive that they can taste everything they touch,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA’s billboard is a reminder that vegan foods are always within reach, even if you don’t have eight arms!”

Highly intelligent and known to caress and kiss, octopuses have the capacity to feel bored, unscrew jar lids, communicate with each other using patterns and colors, and use tools. Those held in captivity have even attempted escapes and squirted their captors with water. But because of speciesism—the human-held belief that other species are inferior to our own—billions of octopuses and other invertebrates are killed for food each year. Some mollusks are even eaten alive.

The ad is located at 2025 Hamilton St. and will run until July 11.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—offers a free vegan starter kit full of recipes, tips, and more. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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As the Fourth of July approaches and revelers plan to watch fireworks light up the sky, PETA is asking everyone to ditch the noisy pyrotechnics—which cause many dogs and cats to flee in panic—and follow its tips to keep animals safe.

Every Independence Day (and any time fireworks go off), animal shelters see a spike in lost animals who have fled the noise, and some are run over or killed in other ways. Last Fourth of July, a Chihuahua named Phoebe ran away from her Sitka home while fireworks were going off and was missing for three days until she was found among the rocks at Crescent Harbor.

People can help protect animals by taking the following precautions:

• Keep cats and dogs indoors. Never leave animals tethered or chained outside—they can hang themselves if they leap over a fence while trying to run from the noise. Animals can also injure themselves while trying to climb out of pens.
• Never take animals with you to watch fireworks displays! If you know in advance that there will be fireworks in your area, stay home with your animals and try to keep them calm.
• Close your windows and curtains. To help drown out the sounds, turn on fans and air-conditioning units as well as the TV or a radio that’s tuned to a classical music station.
• Purchase a ThunderShirt, which can help your dog or cat cope with the stress of the fireworks. Other ways to keep animals calm include playing specially designed music from iCalmPet and giving them a natural supplement called melatonin, which is available at your local health-food store. (Consult your veterinarian first.)
• Make sure that your animal companion is microchipped and wearing a collar or a harness with an up-to-date identification tag, just in case.
• If it’s cool enough outside, take dogs for a long walk or a romp in the dog park before fireworks start to help tire them out.
• If you witness someone setting off illegal fireworks, call the authorities right away.

“To animals, fireworks really do sound like ‘bombs bursting in air,’” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA encourages everyone to dance, cheer, and celebrate however they see fit—so long as the festivities leave animals in peace.”

Animals aren’t the only ones affected, either: Veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can be deeply disturbed by fireworks. By following PETA’s tips, everyone can help make this a safer holiday for everyone. PETA’s helpful yard signs—available here—highlight just how much fireworks can startle companion animals. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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As the Fourth of July approaches and revelers plan to watch fireworks light up the sky, PETA is asking everyone to ditch the noisy pyrotechnics—which cause many dogs and cats to flee in panic—and follow its tips to keep animals safe.

Every Independence Day (and any time fireworks go off), animal shelters see a spike in lost animals who have fled the noise, and some are run over or killed in other ways. Last year in Langlade County, a bald eagle was injured by what rescuers believe to have been fireworks used in an intentional attack on the bird around the Fourth of July, resulting in severe burns and damage to his beak.

People can help protect animals by taking the following precautions:

• Keep cats and dogs indoors. Never leave animals tethered or chained outside—they can hang themselves if they leap over a fence while trying to run from the noise. Animals can also injure themselves while trying to climb out of pens.
• Never take animals with you to watch fireworks displays! If you know in advance that there will be fireworks in your area, stay home with your animals and try to keep them calm.
• Close your windows and curtains. To help drown out the sounds, turn on fans and air-conditioning units as well as the TV or a radio that’s tuned to a classical music station.
• Purchase a ThunderShirt, which can help your dog or cat cope with the stress of fireworks displays. Other ways to keep animals calm include playing specially designed music from iCalmPet or giving them melatonin, a natural supplement available at your local health-food store. (Consult your veterinarian first.)
• Make sure that your animal companion is microchipped and wearing a collar or a harness with an up-to-date identification tag, just in case.
• If it’s cool enough outside, take dogs for a long walk or a romp in the dog park before fireworks start to help tire them out.
• If you witness someone setting off illegal fireworks, call the authorities right away.

“To animals, fireworks really do sound like ‘bombs bursting in air,’” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA encourages everyone to dance, cheer, and celebrate however they see fit—so long as the festivities leave animals in peace.”

Animals aren’t the only ones affected, either: Veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can be deeply disturbed by fireworks. By sharing PETA’s tips, you can help make this a safer holiday for everyone. PETA’s helpful yard signs—available here—also highlight just how much fireworks can startle companion animals! For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office has shot and killed a chimpanzee named Buck after he severely attacked the daughter of a local woman, Tamara Brogoitti, who had long deprived the highly social animal of the companionship of other chimpanzees and kept him as a “pet” for years. Below, please see a statement from PETA Foundation Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet:

PETA warned state authorities that Tamara Brogoitti had created a ticking time bomb by engaging in direct contact with a dangerous ape, and now, he is dead and a woman has been mauled because of Brogoitti’s refusal to follow experts’ advice and transfer Buck to an accredited sanctuary. Since long before the chimpanzee Travis ripped a woman’s face off in 2009, it has been clear that attacks are inevitable so long as people continue to treat chimpanzees like Chihuahuas.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—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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