Yesterday, the enormously talented (and playfully goofy, but more on that in a minute) singer/songwriter Joel Gibb of the indie band The Hidden Cameras was in Ottawa to unveil a billboard reminding everyone that "Canada's Club Scene Sucks." While other...
Posted in The PETA Files on October 30, 2009 03:15 PM
What happens when a demented Ronald McDonald sits down with one of television's most befuddling interviewers? Visitors to Will Ferrell’s FunnyOrDie.com are finding out today. A bizarre PETA video just debuted featuring Martin Short’s Jiminy Glick character grilling a "fried"...
Posted in The PETA Files on August 24, 2009 09:25 AM
Thanks to Richard Cohen for his Washington Post piece in which he asks if some sports reporters have a special key on their typewriters for "He's served his time." Michael Vick has indeed served his time, and that entitles him...
Posted in The PETA Files on August 13, 2009 03:03 PM
news.com.au / CC In case you were wondering, Trashley Trollsen is as wretched as ever. She was most recently caught in an article on Marie Claire's Web site exclaiming, "Crocodile is my fa-vorite!" Yeah, I love crocodiles too. That's why...
Posted in The PETA Files on August 11, 2009 09:56 AM
flickr / CC As one of PETA's resident experts put it, "I wish every Jew in the world would read this article." 'Nuff said. Read it. Posted by Joel Bartlett...
Posted in The PETA Files on August 3, 2009 01:54 PM
The "duck man" is at it again. Last year, around this time, a news story about Washington banker Joel Armstrong, who caught ducklings as they leapt off an overhang, made the rounds on the Internet. This year, mama duck—dubbed...
Posted in The PETA Files on May 19, 2009 03:43 PM
In PETA's new ad, Joel Gibb of Canadian indie band The Hidden Cameras announced that "Canada's Club Scene Sucks." and he's not talking about JELL-O shots. Today, Joel and the band teamed up with PETA for a public unveiling...
Posted in The PETA Files on May 4, 2009 04:11 PM
Thanks for all of your wonderful comments on this Win It Wednesday. The winners of the PETA Grocery Tote are Mariah Lacey, Joel A., and Alyson Paige Warren. Congratulations! "Win It" Wednesday is coming a day early this week! One...
Posted in The PETA Files on April 21, 2009 10:56 AM
Not since we were pitted against Nazi attack dogs when we first escaped from Castle Wolfenstein 17 years ago have we seen such barbaric treatment of dogs in video games as we did in Call of Duty, World at War....
Posted in The PETA Files on March 23, 2009 12:33 PM
When you work for PETA, it's hard to ever really go on vacation. That's because everywhere you go, you are bound to encounter people doing not-so-nice things to animals. Take my recent trip to Egypt. Skinny stray cats and dogs...
Posted in The PETA Files on February 27, 2009 12:32 PM
There's nothing I'd rather do than write PETA's blog while everyone else is dancing and drinking Mojitos … Wait, I mean shoveling their cars out of a snowdrift or still stranded at an airport! Around this time last year, I...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 26, 2008 08:38 AM
crimerant / CC In the three years since Paris Hilton had a bouquet of flours (millet and plain baking) tossed at her—sorry, on her—by an animal rights activist, she's come a long way. But, like some others who have graced...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 24, 2008 09:40 AM
Last Friday, a New York City "carriage horse" slipped on the ice and fell into a split on 59th Street. Big surprise! Filmmaker Donny Moss asked the following to the ASPCA—which is charged with enforcing the anti-cruelty code and regulations...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 23, 2008 08:49 AM
Donna Karan, the target of one of our campaigns, has announced that her fall 2009 lines will be fur-free and that she has "no plans" to use fur in the future! PETA is now calling on activists and supporters to...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 22, 2008 11:33 AM
We recently reported that Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife bought a dog from a breeder instead of adopting one from an animal shelter. Fortunately, the moaning was loud enough for the Bidens to get the message, and our...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 20, 2008 03:09 PM
Earlier this week, when PETA released our parody of Majesco's Cooking Mama video game series, we wondered how the game would go over with the folks at Majesco. We were extremely happy yesterday when we received Majesco's public response,...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 20, 2008 09:54 AM
Just in time for Thanksgiving and the release of the latest installment in Majesco's popular video game series Cooking Mama, PETA has launched a parody of the game called Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals, the Unauthorized PETA Edition. If...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 17, 2008 10:33 AM
Lindsay Lohan's tan turned noticeably paler tonight after an anti-fur activist showered her with flour at a nightclub in Paris. Lindsay was on her way into the VIP room on the Champs-Elysées just after 1 a.m. early Saturday when she...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 14, 2008 07:46 PM
PETA took these pig displays to grocery stores around California to get the word out about Prop 2 We are so pleased to report that—thanks to your hard work—two important ballot initiatives passed yesterday, making history for animals. California voters...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 5, 2008 05:17 AM
There's a great editorial titled "PETA's Undercover Agents Deserve a Pat on the Back" in the Post-Bulletin that's well worth reading. We don't generally just push people over to another site, but when something is good it's good—so we'll let...
Posted in The PETA Files on October 27, 2008 05:10 PM
According to Google Insights, searches for "human breast milk" skyrocketed in the last month. Searches for "breast milk recipes" have also more than doubled. (See the graphs below for more details.) Never to miss an opportunity—especially during these tough economic...
Posted in The PETA Files on October 17, 2008 10:07 AM
dogbreedinfo / CC PETA created a Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Salmon list a couple years ago. With the report of a man contending that he got a 9-foot (!!!) tapeworm after eating undercooked salmon hitting the news cycle,...
Posted in The PETA Files on August 20, 2008 01:44 PM
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of baby elephant Hansa's death from herpes at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Activists braved the wind and rain to commemorate Hansa's brief life and demand an end to breeding at the zoo....
Posted in The PETA Files on June 18, 2008 04:04 PM
Killer birds from PetSmart. It sounds like a reimagined version of Hitchcock's The Birds or maybe Troma's follow-up film to Poultrygeist, but it's a true, tragic story. A bird-loving family from Corpus Christi, Texas, reportedly lost their beloved father—and the...
Posted in The PETA Files on June 17, 2008 11:09 PM
Every once in a while, someone notices that women are featured in PETA's provocative ads and demonstrations more often than men are. It's not that PETA, as an organization, doesn't appreciate animal-loving, nearly naked men—it's just that usually the ads...
Posted in The PETA Files on June 13, 2008 02:38 PM
In March, a video surfaced on online showing a smiling Marine throwing a live puppy off a cliff while another Marine laughs. People everywhere were outraged, PETA was immediately flooded with calls and e-mails from people who wanted to know...
Posted in The PETA Files on June 12, 2008 02:56 PM
Click to see Joel’s OMMA BioEarlier this year, when I announced that I was, officially, the greatest Dr. Mario player in history, my good friend Joel Bartlett was completely unimpressed. But now that the folks at OMMA magazine have decided...
Posted in The PETA Files on June 11, 2008 12:14 PM
Norfolk’s annual Doo Dah Parade invites local organizations and business owners to march the streets in ludicrous outfits so that the citizens of this fine city can laugh at them. I’ve never quite figured out why this goes on, but...
Posted in The PETA Files on April 1, 2008 03:56 PM
ThisNext/Creative CommonsThis little piece of good news comes to you courtesy of my friend (and occasional PETA Files blogger) Joel Bartlett, who spends more time in our local Starbucks than some of the people who work there. (Incidentally, Joel, who...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 24, 2008 02:47 PM
PETA’s original Milk Gone Wild video was one of the most successful things we’ve ever done online, reaching a completely new audience with a message about why milk is cruel and unnatural, and totally grossing out literally hundreds of thousands...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 18, 2008 03:19 PM
Photo from Ms. Amy Cook of the VegCooking BlogHey again everybody! Now that I'm writing the blog while Jack's in Texas, I thought about the fact that I can post almost anything… hey, if Joel can write about Smiles, then...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 11, 2008 08:05 AM
Hey everyone! Jack's now out of the office for a few days attending a conference in Texas. As I'm sure you dedicated readers know, when Jack takes off then usually the marketing manager Joel hops in to write about something...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 10, 2008 08:27 AM
Yup, today is my birthday. Because it’s my birthday today, I can do anything I want (at least, I’m pretty sure that’s the rule), which means that I will be closing out the day by gratuitously posting some videos I’ve...
Posted in The PETA Files on January 9, 2008 04:18 PM
First of all, Happy New Year! Joel’s reign of terror over this blog has officially come to an end now that I’m back from vacation, so the PETA Files will be starting off the New Year with a return to...
Posted in The PETA Files on January 2, 2008 01:47 PM
I love it! This one is a real winner. It’s got the Trollsens and it’s New Years relevant! Click for a larger version To check out the archives of past strips, click here. - Joel...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 31, 2007 02:09 PM
Did we need more evidence to know that no-kill shelters are not the solution? According to news reports two members of a no-kill animal rescue group will serve time behind bars for keeping nearly 300 dogs and cats in squalid...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 31, 2007 02:09 PM
Animals are pretty impressive. Most of them are faster than us humans. Many of them are stronger. And now we see that some are even smarter than some of us. This isn’t a new story, but it just keeps...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 31, 2007 02:05 PM
When tragedy strikes at such a large scale as with the assassination of Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and death of 20 others, it’s impossible to ignore its impact. A colleague sent me the following quote by Ms. Bhutto that...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 28, 2007 03:26 PM
Trollsen Twin Update Page Six reported earlier this week that Hairy-Kate and Trashley are “groveling at the non-leather shoes of PETA” in response to our Trollsen Twin campaign. According to one source, "The Olsens want to make peace with PETA."...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 28, 2007 01:37 PM
I’m a fan of lists. I’m also a fan of Jack Shepherd (as in the guy who usually writes this blog not the doctor on Lost—though I like him too). Jack’s off enjoying the holidays with his family so I...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 27, 2007 01:47 PM
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia has been named PETA’s “Person of the Year.” Byrd has been recognized with the award for his passionate defense of animals throughout six decades of public service. The senior senator, who was a...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 26, 2007 09:55 AM
Natalie Portman has announced a new line of vegan shoes in conjunction with Te Casan. The shoes are available for pre-order on January 15 and 5% of profits will be going to charity. Natalie, of course, is a longtime vegetarian...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 26, 2007 09:29 AM
I first put a version of this list together when a couple of my friends were moving away from Norfolk, Va. and it got me thinking about where I would eat my last meals in Norfolk if I were ever...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 24, 2007 10:55 AM
Several employees of Murphy Family Ventures, which owns pig-breeding farms that supply Smithfield Foods, the country's largest pork producer, were fired in response to PETA’s recent undercover investigation released less than two weeks ago. You can read more about this...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 24, 2007 10:47 AM
That’s right, folks—I am taking a week off to spend Christmas with my family in DC. I’ll be back, refreshed (hopefully) and ready to go after the New Year, but in the meantime my good friend Joel Bartlett will be...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 21, 2007 05:10 PM
Alright people, fun’s over. You had your day with Joel talking about soy nog and “smiles”. Now it’s time to get back to work. Today we will be going over the finer points of whether a coherent liberationist ethic can...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 30, 2007 12:22 PM
It’s well known that chicken fat may kill you by clogging your arteries, but did you know that it may also crash your car? Earlier this week chicken fat that leaked from a waste truck onto the roadway caused at...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 29, 2007 03:18 PM
Here’s a blog that I’ve been pushing Amy at our VegCooking blog to write since the idea of having a PETA food blog was still in its infancy. Amy, however, is against processed foods. I’ve been hoping Amy would...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 29, 2007 01:42 PM
Two weeks ago I e-mailed Jack and Amy, two of PETA’s bloggers saying, “If I wrote a blog I'd write about how excited I am about this time of the year because Silk Nog is in the grocery stores and...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 29, 2007 11:43 AM
I’m going to be in DC tomorrow, standing naked outside the British embassy painted like a British flag along with PETA members from seven other nations who will be reminding Britain that the “world is watching” while the nation condones...
Posted in The PETA Files on November 28, 2007 03:27 PM
Or maybe it’s fox. Either way, a whole lot of them had to die so that the aging Stone could wear her desperation on her sleeve on the red carpet yesterday. I hate to give this photo any ink at...
Posted in The PETA Files on October 29, 2007 11:35 AM
Last month, I talked a bit about PETA's contest asking for submissions in our first-ever "blog ad" contest, and even created my own little ad for The PETA Files, which, sadly, we will not be running on any blogs, as...
Posted in The PETA Files on October 10, 2007 04:51 PM
If you didn’t happen to catch Year of the Dog in theatres, don’t fret, it’s coming out on DVD today. Written and directed by Mike White—of School of Rock, The Good Girl and Nacho Libre fame—and starring Molly Shannon, Peter...
Posted in The PETA Files on August 28, 2007 11:35 AM
As if I needed another reminder of how disgusting meat is, my pal Joel Bartlett sent me this. It’s called the Stinky Meat Project and basically, this guy puts some raw meat on a plate, puts it out in the...
Posted in The PETA Files on July 16, 2007 01:50 PM
comicbookmovie/Creative CommonsSo the Wachowski Brothers (the geniuses behind The Matrix) have been holed up for a while working on a live action version of the '60s cult cartoon Speed Racer. Sounds pretty awesome, except that they've made the decision to...
Posted in The PETA Files on July 6, 2007 03:39 PM
Anyone familiar with lolcats? This is a take on the phenomenon that my friend Joel made with an image that’s been circulating everywhere on MySpace. Childish? Yes, a little. Joel’s particular brand of genius can manifest itself in odd ways...
Posted in The PETA Files on June 3, 2007 11:13 AM
My friend Joel Barlett’s girlfriend made this cute cartoon about soybeans and their childhood dreams. Sorry everyone, Joel made me share....
Posted in The PETA Files on May 17, 2007 10:38 AM
So the Marketing Department just had our weekly meeting a couple of hours ago, and, as often happens, we got to reminiscing about some of PETA's old marketing initiatives. The conversation went a little like this: Tracy: What ever happened...
Posted in The PETA Files on May 8, 2007 05:11 PM
So I walked into my local Taco Bell today, psyched to order my usual lunch, the always delicious and satisfying combo of a bean and rice burrito and a beef and potato burrito (substitute beans for beef and salsa for...
Posted in The PETA Files on April 25, 2007 03:32 PM
Not sure how many of you will care, but I thought I’d share some cool geeky news that I’m pretty excited about. Have you noticed how I’ve been hyperlinking the word vegetarian a bit lately? Well, our resident search guru...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 21, 2007 03:16 PM
I just started reading this hilarious blog called Teddy Wisdom. Heard of it? I’ve been passing it around the office, and my friend Joel has launched a new, albeit fictional, PETA affiliate called PETSA: People for the Ethical Tretment of...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 20, 2007 11:30 AM
Every now and then, my department at PETA gets together outside of work to do a little teambuilding, brainstorm some brilliant new ways to help animals, and swap nasty rumors about people in the other departments. For the most recent...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 19, 2007 01:13 PM
Have you seen Fast Food Nation yet? If not, the DVD was just released, so you can go rent or buy that jam this weekend. Just like the book, this film does a great job of getting people thinking about...
Posted in The PETA Files on March 7, 2007 02:31 PM
I'd love to announce this as an official PETA victory, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the MLB's decision to get rid of all their wool caps in favor of a polyester blend has more to do with the...
Posted in The PETA Files on February 22, 2007 03:50 PM
Today is my birthday, which—for those of you not familiar with birthday rules—means I can do anything I want. And what I want to do today is post this video that my friend Joel and I made a while ago...
Posted in The PETA Files on January 9, 2007 11:40 AM
My good friend and colleague Joel Bartlett just started watching Veronica Mars, starring the lovely Kristen Bell, who was voted the world's Sexiest Vegetarian this year. Joel, who has never been one to let daily life get in the way...
Posted in The PETA Files on December 10, 2006 06:37 PM