Nowadays, most guardians know to keep their cats—especially black ones—inside on Halloween. But the danger doesn’t pass once the last Twizzlers have been handed out to the last “Elsa” or “Spider-Man.”
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Animals
PETA Praises School That Once Sewed Monkey’s Eyes Shut for Using Stem Cells
University of California–Riverside—the same school whose experimenters once infamously stitched an imprisoned baby monkey’s eyes shut—is now developing groundbreaking non-animal tests using stem cells.
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Feds Care Little About Animal Abuse
A circus is cited for more than 100 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act—including for failing to provide animals with adequate veterinary care, minimum space, shelter from the elements and clean water. A roadside zoo keeps an Asiatic black bear who suffers from painful dental disease and is at least 400 pounds overweight in a cramped concrete-floored cage. Why are these outfits still allowed to continue conducting business as usual? And more importantly, what can compassionate people do to stop this cruelty?
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What Fish Would Like You to Know on Fish Amnesty Day
A lot has changed since PETA first introduced Fish Amnesty Day more than two decades ago. Science has shown us that every fish is someone a “who,” not a “what.” So this Fish Amnesty Day the fourth Saturday in September let’s reconsider our treatment of these sensitive animals.
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