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Blog Post: Pamela Anderson Adopts Desi Dog

PETA — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:00 GMT

When Pamela Anderson came to India to appear as a guest on Bigg Boss 4, her heart was captured by the plight of the homeless dogs she saw on the streets. So when Anderson, an honorary director of PETA US, learned that PETA India Chief Functionary Poorva Joshipura was headed to the States to meet with her overseas colleagues and to visit her family, the Baywatch star asked if Joshipura would take along a homeless Indian puppy. Anderson has decided to name her new family member Pyari, or "Loved One". The puppy was rescued from a construction site in Mumbai.

"I'm tickled to be able to give Pyari a loving home", says Anderson. "I already have rescued dogs, and I urge everyone to join me in adopting a homeless desi dog from their local animal shelter or the streets instead of buying a so-called 'purebred'. Desi dogs are stars: add love and they become healthy and beautiful and will love and protect you always."

Every time someone buys a dog from a breeder or a pet shop, a dog on the streets or in an animal shelter loses his or her chance at finding a good home. What's more, "pedigree" dogs have been purposefully bred for certain exaggerated physical traits, making them susceptible to abnormally high rates of health problems, including hip dysplasia, heart defects, epilepsy and eye and ear infections. These painful defects can prevent proper breathing, walking and more. Indian community dogs are hardy and resilient and are not predisposed to health problems.

Join Pammy in helping end the homeless dog crisis by taking the pledge to adopt, and never buy.

Wayne Parnell Is A Tiger – Born To Be Free – In New PETA Ad

PETA — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:18:00 GMT

'Mother Cow' Looking For Missing Baby Will Protest Outside Dairy Booth

PETA — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:12:00 GMT

Wayne Parnell Urges Boycott of Zoos in New PETA Ad

Erika-G — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:17:00 GMT

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Erika-G — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:02:00 GMT

Lucknow Consumers Confronted With 'Severed Heads Of Cows' As PETA Asks, 'Did Your Shoes Have A Face?

PETA — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:04:00 GMT

Jaipur Consumers Confronted With 'Severed Heads Of Cows' As PETA Asks, 'Did Your Shoes Have A Face?

PETA — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:59:00 GMT

Cochin Consumers Confronted With 'Severed Heads Of Cows' As PETA Asks, 'Did Your Shoes Have A Face?'

PETA — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:40:00 GMT

Support Canadian Senator's Bill to End Canada's Seal Slaughter

Erika-G — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT

Blog Post: Kingfisher Aircraft to Fly Billboards?

PETA — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:50:00 GMT

PETA India has flown into action with a tempting offer to help keep Kingfisher Airlines out of its financial crisis and flying sky-high while helping meat-eating men rise to the occasion. In a letter to Kingfisher Chairperson Vijay Mallya, we offered to pay the airline to paint our new ad on the sides of Kingfisher's planes:

Considering that impotence affects more than 50 per cent of our nation's males over age 40, placing PETA's "Want Good Times? Go Vegan. Meat Consumption Leads to Impotence" ad on the bodies of planes is the perfect way to reach and help millions of men who may be having trouble "keeping up" in the bedroom.

In addition to causing animal suffering, eating meat can lead to a host of illnesses and medical conditions, including impotence. A diet heavy in meat and dairy products has been linked to heart disease, prostate cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity – all of which can cause impotence. The good news is that medical science suggests that all of these diseases, along with impotence, can be prevented or even reversed by eating a healthy vegan diet!

It's pretty obvious that the best way to help animals, protect the environment and avoid turbulence in your love life is to go vegan.

We haven't heard back from the airline yet, but we can assure you that more than just Kingfisher's jets will be "taking off" if Dr Mallya accepts PETA's offer and spreads this vital message about meat and impotence.

Consumers Confronted With 'Severed Heads Of Cows' As PETA Asks, 'Did Your Shoes Have A Face?'

PETA — Thu, 03 May 2012 06:55:00 GMT

Blog Post: 6 Fabulous Cruelty-Free Mother's Day Gifts

PETA — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:12:00 GMT

She's helped you through heaps of headaches and heartaches, and you can always count on your mom to be there for you any day of the week. So this Mother's Day, show your love for her and for animals by surprising her with one of these six unique, animal-friendly presents:

1) Faux-Silk Saree: Wrap your mom in comfort and style with an exquisite Banarasi faux-silk or classic cotton saree. The best thing about giving your mom a cruelty-free saree (besides her joy in receiving it) is the fact that you won't be contributing to the "saree" fate of the approximately 9,750 silkworms who are boiled alive to make just one of these real-silk garments!

2) Lush Body and Bath Goodies: Pamper your mom with one or some of Lush's many fresh handmade vegan products, such as their patchouli-scented Blue Skies bubble bar, or the gentle yet effective Celestial face moisturiser. With a wide variety of delushious bath and body treats and a firm policy against maiming and torturing animals in archaic and out-of-touch product testing, it's hard not to gush about Lush.

3) The Body Shop Fragrances: Whether you choose velvety White Musk Perfume Oil or ultra feminine Moroccan Rose Eau De Toilette, your mom will think you're an angel for giving her such a heavenly scented gift! Check out PETA US' shopping guide for a list of even more cruelty-free companies.

4) Baggit Bags and Accessories: Your mom's never been one to follow the herd, so surprise her with an oh-so-classy, cow-free bag, purse, wallet or mobile phone holder from Baggit's leather-free line of must-have merchandise. After all, there's nothing trendy about toting around a tote made from the skins of tortured animals.

5) Meatless Mother's Day Meal: Treat mom to dinner. Cook up a fabulous vegan feast or take her out to a local vegetarian restaurant. Your mom has a good heart, and the best way to keep it that way is with a low fat, cholesterol-free vegan diet that wards against heart disease and keeps mom's ticker going strong for many Mother's Days to come.

6) Crocs Shoes: Forget shoes that once mooed. Leather production wreaks havoc on the environment. Made from lightweight synthetic materials and available in a variety of styles and colours, Crocs will help mom reduce her carbon footprint—and look good doing it!

Happy Mother's Day!

Blog Post: 'The Artist' Star Uggie for PETA India

PETA — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:56:00 GMT

Twenty-five million homeless dogs are struggling to survive on India's streets. They go hungry, are hit by vehicles or are abused by cruel people. The luckier ones are in animal shelters waiting for a family to call their own.

When you are ready to welcome a new animal into the family, please don't support pet stores or breeders. Always adopt – never buy.

Urge Chennai Mayor to Call Off Plans to Round Up Stray Dogs

Erika-G — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:44:00 GMT

Blog Post: 5 Ways to Save the Earth

PETA — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:14:00 GMT

This Sunday marks the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, and PETA India is celebrating with five fantastic ways that everyone can help save the planet and animals.

1) Go vegan. White milk and cheese do not equal green. The dairy industry contributes to climate change, overuse of natural resources and massive water and air pollution.

2) Ditch leather. No one wants to wear a toxic soup of chemicals, but that's exactly what you'll find at leather tanneries, which use chemicals such as formaldehyde and coal-tar derivatives and cyanide-based finishes. It's obvious that wearing dried-up animal skin is all dried up.

3) Post this Earth Day fact on Facebook: A report by the United Nations confirms that a global shift to a vegan diet is vital to combat the worst effects of climate change.

4) Share this photo with your meat-eating friends:

Meat production requires so much water that you save more water by not eating one 16-ounce steak than you would by not showering for six months. So by going vegan, you can help save the Earth and still help keep it a pleasant-smelling place.

5) Shop cruelty-free. There are so many luscious body-care product lines out now that are made without harsh chemicals and without harsh animal tests that it's easier than ever to be a green goddess. Check out the PETA US' shopping guide for a list of cruelty-free companies.

Happy Earth Day!

Blog Post: Higher Ed Animal Use for Trainings Banned

PETA — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:42:00 GMT

Animals in university, medical and pharmacy school laboratories and classrooms – and those of us who care about them – have reason for celebration. Following an extensive campaign by PETA India, forward-thinking scientists and other caring people, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued guidelines to the Medical Council of India (MCI), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and University Grants Commission (UGC) to completely stop dissection and experimentation on animals for training both undergraduate and post-graduate students and to use non-animal methods of teaching instead!

This victory was hard fought. In addition to writing letters to all the entities mentioned above, our efforts included gathering petition signatures from university students, progressive scientists and other caring individuals; celebrity involvement; media coverage and online action by you!

Also key to this victory was our engagement with the scientific community. In September, the Indian National Science Academy organised a brainstorming session in which scientists from all corners of India were invited to discuss the use of animals in education and research. PETA India was the only organisation that was given a chance to be a part of the discussion panel. We shared the information on available alternatives, gave examples of how medical schools in the US and the UK phased out the use of animals in their curricula and submitted a dossier of non-animal alternatives to the president of the MCI. As a first step in the victory, the UGC website published guidelines for phasing out dissection of animals in life-sciences courses.

In January, PETA India sponsored a series of free workshops on alternatives to the use of animals in bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) programmes, which allowed us to reach nearly 500 medical teachers from 120 medical schools across India, many of whom decided to change to non-animal methods of instruction. Then, in February, we submitted a dossier of alternatives to use of animals in pharmacy education to the president of the PCI, who immediately informed us that they would begin the process of removing animals from pharmacy education and invited us to a brainstorming session with officials from the UGC and the PCI.

Finally, MoEF agreed with PETA that animal experiments should be avoided when alternatives are available, according to section 17(d) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. These new guidelines constitute a ban to which all the schools should strictly adhere.

This is an important win, but many animals continue to suffer and die in commercial laboratories. You can help them by urging the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to implement a complete ban on testing cosmetics on animals.

Rozlyn Khan To Bathe In 'Blood' In Public To Protest Cosmetics Testing On Animals

PETA — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:45:00 GMT

Higher Ed Animal Use for Trainings Banned

Erika-G — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:31:00 GMT

Hard Kaur Gives Harsh 'Rap' To Circuses That Still Use Animals In New PETA Ad

PETA — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:32:00 GMT

Bodypainted PETA Members Ask Bhopal Residents To Go Vegan For Earth Day

PETA — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:19:00 GMT