• Ann Taylor to ditch alpaca wool after PETA probe

    Ann Taylor to ditch alpaca wool after PETA probe

    Ann Taylor is packing up the alpaca. Ascena Retail Group, the clothing conglomerate that owns the Ann Taylor, LOFT and Lou & Grey plans to stop using wool from the llama-like creatures amid
  • PETA slams Elon Musk for implanting brain device in pig

    PETA slams Elon Musk for implanting brain device in pig

    PETA regards Elon Musk as swine for implanting a brain device in a pig as part of a mind-bending invention he believes can cure everything from blindness to quadriplegia. In a statement, the animal-rights group President Ingrid Newkirk challenged the tech tycoon to “behave like a pioneer and implant the Neurlink chip in his own …
  • Alec Baldwin seeks justice in abuse of Dillan, the obese black bear

    Alec Baldwin seeks justice in abuse of Dillan, the obese black bear

    Alec Baldwin is calling upon Gov. Tom Wolf to seek justice for the abuse of the obese black bear, Dillan. Dillan was released from Union County Sportsmen’s Club in Pennsylvania to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado in January, and now Baldwin, on behalf of PETA, is asking Wolf to pursue neglect and cruelty to …
  • Paragon Sports says it will stop selling fur after winter season

    Paragon Sports says it will stop selling fur after winter season

    What better time to announce a fur ban than during a heat wave in August? Paragon Sports, New York City’s go-to sporting goods retailer for over a century, has quietly announced that it will no longer sell fur products in its store once the winter season end. “There has been considerable innovation in the non-fur …
  • Minka Kelly urging balding tiger at zoo Carole Baskin is after be placed in sanctuary

    Minka Kelly urging balding tiger at zoo Carole Baskin is after be placed in sanctuary

    The latest roadside zoo that has caught the attention of “Tiger King” nemesis Carole Baskin also has actress Minka Kelly concerned. The “Friday Night Lights” star, whose character, Lyla, shares the same name but a different spelling from the balding tiger in trouble at the Waccatee Zoo in South Carolina, penned a letter to owners …
  • Zoo featured in ‘Tiger King’ probed for animal negligence

    Zoo featured in ‘Tiger King’ probed for animal negligence

    The zoo formerly owned by Joe Exotic and featured in the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” is being probed after photos of neglected and injured animals allegedly surfaced. PETA says it got ahold of photos and video footage of the animals at G.W. Zoo, currently operated by Jeff Lowe in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, prompting several requests to …
  • Canada Goose to stop buying fur from freshly killed coyotes

    Canada Goose to stop buying fur from freshly killed coyotes

    Canada Goose said it plans to stop using fur from freshly killed coyotes to make its pricey parkas — but the company denied it’s caving to pressure from animal-rights groups. The 63-year-old luxury coat maker — which has been under fire from animal rights activists for years over its use of coyote fur and goose …
  • NeNe Leakes receives faux fur coat from PETA after new song release

    NeNe Leakes receives faux fur coat from PETA after new song release

    PETA heard NeNe Leakes loud and clear. The animal rights group sent the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star a faux fur coat after hearing her latest single, “Come and Get This, Hunni,” which includes lyrics about PETA and dropping a “mink to the floor.” “Leakes would drop fur to the floor forever if she saw …
  • PETA on the hunt for bargain stocks

    PETA on the hunt for bargain stocks

    Animal rights group PETA is on a shopping spree — for cheap stocks. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals scooped up shares in nearly two dozen apparel companies, including Ralph Lauren, Urban Outfitters, Guess and Ugg owner Deckers Outdoor Corporation for the right to attend their shareholder meetings and pressure them into giving up …
  • PETA requests celebrities cease posing with wild animals after ‘Tiger King’

    PETA requests celebrities cease posing with wild animals after ‘Tiger King’

    PETA is hoping the success of “Tiger King” will get celebrities to stop posting selfies with wild animals. The animal rights organization sent letters to celebrities including Cara Delevingne, Logan Paul, Floyd Mayweather, Odell Beckham Jr., Jason Momoa, Hugh Jackman, Kate Walsh, Hayden Panettiere and Paris Hilton, asking them to reconsider posing with animals in …