Kategorie: Animals

Lakeland diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries and a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan. The vexatious vehicle will debut outside Frescos Southern Kitchen & Bar before moving on to confront diners at LoveBird Almost Famous Chicken, Zaxby’s, PDQ, Chick-fil-A, The WingHouse Bar & Grill, 4 Rivers Smokehouse, Grillsmith, Smokey Bones, Hooters, and BubbaQue’s BBQ.

When:    Saturday, January 6, 12 noon

Where:    Outside Frescos Southern Kitchen & Bar, 132 S. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland

“Behind every barbecued wing or bucket of fried chicken is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck is an appeal to anyone who eats chicken to remember that the meat industry is cruel to birds and the only kind meal is a vegan one.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and offers a free vegan starter kit on its website.

For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.

As the year’s inaugural nor’easter is forecast to affect parts of the U.S., PETA is sharing tips to help keep animals safe. They’re especially vulnerable in cold weather and winter storms, which lead to multiple deaths, injuries, and near-miss rescues each year. (And most incidents aren’t even reported.) A glimpse of just some of the dogs PETA’s fieldworkers have found suffering in the cold can be seen here.

The following steps can go a long way toward helping animals survive cold weather.

• Bring them indoors: Companion animals should always live indoors. Dogs who are kept chained outside and “outdoor cats”—like those featured in Breaking the Chain, a documentary produced by Oscar winner Anjelica Huston—often go without adequate food, water, shelter, and veterinary care. They’re no better equipped to survive freezing temperatures or extreme weather conditions than humans are, they suffer terribly from frostbite, and they can die from exposure.
• Gear up: Coats will keep dogs comfortable in cold weather (just be sure to remove wet jackets the moment dogs return home), secure harnesses can help prevent them from getting loose on walks, and booties will protect their sensitive paw pads from the frozen ground. Keep walks short in cold weather, especially for shorthaired dogs.
• Don’t forget birds: During extreme winter weather, provide birds and other wild animals with access to an emergency water supply by filling a heavy nonmetal water bowl (tongues can freeze to metal) and breaking the surface ice at least twice a day.

Good Samaritans who see companion animals kept chained or penned outside 24/7 or without adequate shelter from the elements should note the animals’ exact location and alert local law-enforcement authorities immediately. Anyone who leaves animals outside to suffer in severe weather may be prosecuted.

For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.

PETA and Bill Maher’s New Series, ‘The Failed Experiment,’ Will Shock You—Watch It Now 

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New Series ‘The Failed Experiment’ Will Make You Question Everything You Know About Medicine 

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Are you sick and tired of waiting for medical breakthroughs? The Failed Experiment, the new docuseries from PETA and Bill Maher, offers a path forward. 

 

As average life expectancies plummet in the U.S., scientists waste time and taxpayer dollars treating animals in laboratories like pin cushions. Why? 

 

If you watch only one documentary this year, make sure it’s The Failed Experiment. This riveting series will have you questioning everything you’ve been told about medical research. 

 

Curiosity has killed many cats. From PETA and executive producer Bill Maher, the new docuseries The Failed Experiment exposes what most people don’t know about experiments on animals. 

From risking their lives to save dogs, cats, and others caught on the front lines of war to providing emergency and long-term veterinary care, this PETA-supported team in Ukraine—Animal Rescue Kharkiv—has an important message of gratitude for you:

“Without all of you, we could not have done it. We are grateful to the bottom of our hearts.”

—Igor Sobko, Deputy Manager, Animal Rescue Kharkiv

Rescued in Ukraine: How PETA Is Helping Animals

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, PETA Germany and its partners have been on the ground building a robust network of rescue workers, volunteers, and activists to help as many animals as they possibly can. You can support this work through PETA’s Global Compassion Fund.

PETA’s Global Compassion Fund is moving mountains for animals in Ukraine:

• Teams have rescued more than 15,000 animals—and counting!
• Cats, dogs, horses, and other animals are receiving more than 40 tons of food each month.
• A spay/neuter program is now providing free surgeries to 150 animals every month.
• Beautiful safe spaces—like this cat refuge—are being maintained for around 1,000 animals in Kharkiv, where a PETA-supported clinic treats 80 to 100 seriously injured or sick animals every day.