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Meet Claire Fryer: PETA’s Lean, Green, Vegan Machine
Claire Fryer, PETA Australia’s campaign coordinator, may be a pussycat by day, but she’s a raging tiger by night. Claire is an accomplished fighter in boxing, Muay Thai and mixed martial arts (MMA), and most recently, she dispatched her experienced opponent in short order at the co-main event of the MMA event “Brace for War…
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The Environmental Cost of Live Export
If the suffering of millions of animals on live-export ships every year isn’t a good enough reason for you to support a ban on live export, a new case study by PETA Australia should convince you. The report, which examines live export’s carbon footprint, reveals that the live-export trade is one of the top 40…
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The Seekers’ Judith Durham Speaks Up for Mali!
The Seekers’ vocalist, Judith Durham, a jazz music legend, has joined PETA Asia’s campaign to have Mali – the lonely, ailing 39-year-old elephant who is currently imprisoned in the Manila Zoo – transferred to a reputable sanctuary. In her current environment, Mali is denied socialisation, stimulation, room to explore and everything else that is natural…
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Animal Agriculture Is Full of Gas
It may be an “inconvenient toot”, but cows and other animals raised for food fart and burp massive quantities of greenhouse gasses – so much so that they’re a leading contributor to climate change. So in honour of Earth Day (22 April), the first 50 people from Australia who e-mail PETA at [email protected] will each…
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Victory: Coopers Ends Sponsorship of Cruel Jumps Racing!
We are thrilled to announce that Coopers Brewery has withdrawn its sponsorship of the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival, which has seen 20 horses die in jumps racing events in the last 20 years. Jumps racing is so cruel that it has already been banned in New South Wales. Horses used in jumps races are forced…