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‘Free Meat Week’? How About ‘Happy Heart Attack Week’?
PETA has offered some words of advice to Dawson MP George Christensen, who decided that Meat Free Week is “un-Australian” and planned a cholesterol-laden counter-campaign, dubbed “Free Meat Week”, featuring a massive barbecue. In a letter sent to Mr Christensen, we suggested that “Happy Heart Attack Week” would be a better moniker for his flesh-filled…
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A Kid’s Message to Bindi Irwin
Post written by Rose McCoy *Please note that SeaWorld in the US (to which this blog post relates) is in no way affiliated with Sea World in the Gold Coast in Australia. Although Sea World in the Gold Coast does hold many marine animals captive, including dolphins and seals, orcas are not at the facility.*…
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Get Fit and Help Animals at the Same Time
Is your New Year’s resolution to get in shape becoming a distant memory? Want to boost your fitness and show your commitment to animals at the same time? We’ve just launched an exciting new tool, The PETA Pack, on our website that will motivate you right to the finish line and to a healthy new…
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Australian Fashion Retailers and Designers Ditch Vile Angora
Following the release of video footage shot by a PETA Asia investigator in China – the source of 90 per cent of the world’s angora wool – many of Australia’s top retailers, including Myer, David Jones, Big W, Kmart and Retail Apparel Group, along with more than two dozen Australian designers, including George Wu, Alexi Freeman, Carly…
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Living in Harmony With Wildlife
Australia’s diverse ecosystem affords us many opportunities to enjoy watching animals in their natural habitat. We can live peacefully alongside wildlife, and it takes just a little effort to help keep animals safe. Living in harmony with wildlife means letting animals live as nature intended, not treating them like novelty pets. Foxes, possums and water dragons…