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PETA is excited to be releasing a limited-edition animal-friendly streetwear capsule collection designed by vegan artist, designer, and activist Phil America.

The collection is called “People Are Animals,” and each piece is extra special, especially the hoodie. When you apply a custom Instagram filter to the hoodie, it simulates anaglyph 3-D glasses and the design will appear to be transformed. It becomes two unique designs that—when viewed through either the red or the cyan side—challenge the viewer to consider alternative perspectives on the same image.

As a lifelong supporter of PETA, getting to work with them is always special to me. In a world where we have everything from Buddhist monks to athletes to rappers who are vegan, I have always tried to break down stereotypes of what people expect a vegan to look like. With this collection, we have created a new design language for people who want to both support PETA as well as speak up for animal welfare.

 

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Vegan fashion collections like “People Are Animals” spare animals immense suffering and help protect the planet. Every year, billions of animals suffer and die for clothing and accessories. Skin is torn from them to make leather, birds are held down while handfuls of feathers are ripped out of their sensitive skin, and small animals are caged for life before being killed for their fur. Sheep are often beaten and mutilated by workers who steal their wool and skin for shearling. Goats are similarly abused for cashmere and mohair. All this abuse is done in the name of fashion. No matter the type of material or where it comes from, if the process involves animals, it also involves horrific cruelty.

In addition to causing the suffering and deaths of billions of animals each year, the production of animal-derived materials—including wool, fur, and leather—contributes significantly to climate change, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and air and water pollution.

Shop the Phil America x PETA Collection

Vegan fabrics represent the future of fashion. They’re versatile and environmentally sound and don’t involve cruelty to animals. You can shop the full collection on our website today!

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“Don’t go swimming in crocodiles’ home” isn’t a tall order—you wouldn’t want someone invading your home, so don’t do it to others. A video reportedly taken by visitors to a lagoon in Tamaulipas, Mexico, shows the lifeless body of a man who apparently ignored warning signs and swam in the lagoon, which is home to many crocodiles.

The footage serves as a morbid reminder to leave wildlife alone. Like all our fellow animals, crocodiles deserve respect—which means they don’t want humans intruding in their natural habitats.

Live in Harmony With Wildlife

Crummy roadside zoos, cruel marine parks, and other facilities that exploit our fellow animals perpetuate speciesism—the idea that humans are superior to other animals—which may lead to the false notion that approaching wild animals isn’t dangerous. In reality, wild animals don’t want to be approached by humans in their natural habitats, and when they feel provoked, they may attack intruders out of self-defense.

The solution is simple—don’t approach wildlife, don’t attempt to use wild animals as props for your selfie, and don’t support or visit places that exploit our fellow animals for entertainment. Click the button below for more tips on living in harmony with wildlife:

Just 4 months old and weighing only 29 kilos (about 64 pounds), a black bear cub had apparently wandered into Castaños, a municipality in Coahuila, looking for water. But instead of leaving the cub alone, several residents reportedly decided to subdue the animal.

The ensuing tragedy was shocking.

 

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Graphic images of the incident appear to show the villagers, some of whom seem to be minors, tying up the cub with ropes while others hold the frightened animal by the legs. Unwilling to let the cub go, the villagers apparently beat the animal and tightened the rope around their neck until they suffocated.

The images also appear to show some villagers and members of the municipal police, who apparently did not intervene, smiling for the camera afterward. Reports say the cub’s body was taken to a veterinarian to be weighed and to determine the cub’s age, then buried near the animal’s natural habitat.

Black bears are considered an endangered species in Mexico—the result of shrinking habitat and illegal hunting—and are protected in other areas of Coahuila.

Earlier this month, police in Norway killed a walrus after she chased a woman taking a selfie. In June, a woman at Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison when she got too close. Those incidents, like the reported one in Castaños, are graphic reminders to respect wildlife and leave them alone.

The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection is reportedly pursuing a criminal complaint against the bear’s suspected killers. We can help save wildlife now by leaving them alone—and by going to @profepa_mx and @fgecoahuila to call for swift action against the bear’s alleged abusers and the police who reportedly failed to stop them.