<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pete-davidson-curses-out-peta-exec-in-furious-voicemail">PETA</a> (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has decided your kid&#8217;s favorite carnival ride must be eliminated after the extreme animal rights organization slammed the use of animal-themed carousels as &#8220;exploitation&#8221; and more.
In a <a href="https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/will-animal-themed-carousels-change-with-the-times-peta-appeals-to-wichitas-chance-rides/">letter</a> to the country&#8217;s largest manufacturer of carousels, Kansas-based <a href="https://www.chancerides.com/carousels/https://www.chancerides.com/carousels/">Chance Rides</a>, the organization claimed that using designs of horses and other animals &#8220;unintentionally celebrates the exploitation&#8221; of animals that are &#8220;thinking, feeling, affectionate, playful, and social beings,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/news/peta-calls-on-amusement-ride-manufacturer-chance-rides-to-stop-selling-animal-themed-carousels/">New York Post</a> reported.
&#8220;Animal-themed carousel sets reinforce the notion that these sentient beings are simply here for our entertainment, rather than individuals with the same capacity to experience fear, pain, joy, and love as any of us,&#8221; the letter added.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a press release, &#8220;Children learn through play, and teaching them to have respect and compassion for all living, feeling beings can help create a more just and merciful world.&#8221;
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&#8220;PETA urges Chance Rides and all other carousel manufacturers to hit the brakes on old-fashioned animal-themed rides and embrace designs that engage children&#8217;s imagination and showcase human talent,&#8221; Newkirk added.
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What does the group want Chance Rides to make instead of producing carousel figures in animal forms as companies have for decades? Well, according to the letter, PETA wants the company to &#8220;instead produce carousel figures in the shape of cars, airplanes, spaceships, bulldozers, and other vehicles or more whimsical designs, like shooting stars, rainbows, or brooms.&#8221;
Founded in 1961, <a href="https://www.chancerides.com/carousels/">Chance Rides</a> said of its fantasy carousels, &#8220;In a world that often moves too fast, people still find time to take the carousel&#8217;s magical voyage. Children experience pure wonder, parents and grandparents see life through younger eyes, teens forget their inhibitions … even romance finds its spark beneath the dazzling lights.&#8221;
&#8220;Each Chance Rides carousel is a masterpiece, painstakingly crafted for an authentic, distinctive look,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Multiple sizes and scenery options are available for you to find the Chance Rides carousel that fits your needs.&#8221;
At the time of this publication, the company has yet to respond publicly to PETA&#8217;s request.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pete-davidson-curses-out-peta-exec-in-furious-voicemail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Davidson Curses Out PETA Exec In Furious Voicemail</a>

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“SNL” actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pete-davidson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Davidson</a> shared some harsh words with an executive from the animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/peta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PETA</a>) after being scolded for purchasing a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dogs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dog</a> from a pet store rather than adopting one.
The 29-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comedian</a> left an explicit voicemail on Monday for Daphna Nachminovitch, the senior vice president of PETA&#8217;s Cruelty Investigations Department, after she released a statement about Davidson shopping for a dog.
&#8220;Thank you so much for making comments publicly that I didn&#8217;t adopt a dog,&#8221; Davidson said in the recording, per a report from <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/pete-davidson-lashes-peta-amid-puppy-purchase-backlash-f-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. &#8220;I just want to let you know I&#8217;m severely allergic to dogs, so I have to get a specific breed. I&#8217;m only not allergic to Cavapoos, and those type of dogs.” 
&#8220;And my mom&#8217;s f***ing dog, who&#8217;s two years old, died a week prior, and we&#8217;re all so sad,” the actor continued. “So I had to get a specific dog. So why don&#8217;t you do your research before f***ing create[ing] news story for people because you&#8217;re a boring, tired c***. F*** you. And suck my d***.&#8221;
The Cavapoo is a mixed breed that combines the Cavalier King Charles spaniel and poodle. It’s known for being “hypoallergenic” and is supposedly non-irritating for dog owners with allergies.
Davidson’s friend had previously posted on social media that the actor’s dog, Henry, had died just ahead of the “Bupkis” premiere day on May 4. Davidson and his girlfriend, Chase Sui Wonders, were later photographed shopping for a new dog at the Citipups pet store in New York City.
This led to PETA releasing a statement: &#8220;It’s tragic that Pete didn’t seek out a borough-born mutt from a city animal shelter, because a scrappy New Yorker with charm, personality, and unconventional handsomeness could have been his perfect match. Since shelters in New York and across the country are overflowing with homeless animals, PETA urges Pete to show some big heart energy by adopting, not shopping, in the future.&#8221; 
Davidson replied via his own statement to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/06/pete-davidson-leaves-peta-unhinged-voice-mail-new-dog-backlash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ,</a> saying that he initially sought to &#8220;adopt a specific hypoallergenic dog&#8221; and that he was told &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t an option, and if it was, it was rare.&#8221;
The “SNL” alum also said he was sorry for his harshly worded voicemail but explained how he spoke out of grief. 
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen my mom and sister cry like that in over 20 years. I was trying to cheer up my family. I was already upset that the store had filmed me without my permission or acknowledgment. Then this organization (PETA) made a public example of us, making our grieving situation worse. I am upset. It was a poor choice of words. I shouldn&#8217;t have said what I said, but I am not sorry for standing up for myself and my family.&#8221;
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PETA responded, insisting that Davidson could have found the breed he wanted at a shelter and shouldn&#8217;t have visited a pet store.
&#8220;Our hearts go out to Pete and the rest of the Davidson family for the loss of their beloved dog, but there’s no excuse for promoting the puppy mill industry by buying a dog from a pet store when millions of wonderful dogs await loving homes in animal shelters. Anyone set on finding a dog of a specific breed can go to shelters, where an estimated 25% of dogs are ‘purebreds,’ check with adoption groups, or search Petfinder online,&#8221; PETA wrote.
&#8220;Citipups, the store where Pete purchased his dog, has come under fire for allegedly selling sick puppies who have died prematurely. We know Pete cares about animals and was trying to do a nice thing for his family, but he has millions of impressionable fans and his choices matter—so the next time he’s ready to welcome an animal into the family, we hope he makes the compassionate choice to adopt, not buy.&#8221;

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Animal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/peta">rights activists</a> are out in force against director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-cameron">James Cameron</a> for his decision to use live dolphins to promote his newly released movie “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Avatar: The Way of Water</a>.”
Video from the press tour in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/japan">Tokyo</a> shows dolphins performing tricks in the water, including the marine mammals lifting two trainers into the air. The Canadian director can be seen enjoying the show along with movie stars Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang as well as producer Jon Landau.
Cameron jokingly <a href="https://nz.news.yahoo.com/avatar-2-premiere-sparks-outrage-cruel-dolphin-stunt-slammed-way-of-water-james-cameron-japan-the-cove-003810174.html">said</a> of the dolphins that he was confident that “everybody asked their permission to be in the show.” 
“I love these animals, I love their intelligence,” he said. “I love their sociability, their ability to connect with us and to interact with us and learn from us.”
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PETA U.S. Senior Vice President Lisa Lange expressed her outrage over the use of live dolphins to promote the movie. 
“James Cameron waited 13 years for the development of the right technology to bring the underwater world of Pandora to life,” she <a href="https://plantbasednews.org/news/celebrities/james-cameron-vegan-attends-dolphin-promote-avatar-2/">told</a> Plant Based News. “So why on Earth didn&#8217;t he pause for just five minutes to consider whether he should have allowed himself to be seen as endorsing the cruelty of marine parks?”
&#8220;Confining far-ranging dolphins to concrete tanks and using them as surfboards – riding on their faces in circus-style shows – is something the villains of &#8216;Avatar&#8217; would do,” she continued. “PETA urges him to reject such animal misery outright and encourages everyone to shun these cruel parks.”
Lange also <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/avatar-2-premiere-sparks-outrage-cruel-dolphin-stunt-slammed-way-of-water-james-cameron-japan-the-cove-003810174.html">told</a> Yahoo News Australia that she originally believed the dolphins were animatronics or some kind of “movie magic,” but then discovered they were real animals.
“To see James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, and Sam Worthington sitting there applauding was shocking,” Lange told the publication. “The trainers were treating those dolphins like circus clowns. They were riding on the noses of the dolphins, I mean, that’s as bad as it gets.”
She wasn&#8217;t the only one furious at Cameron.
“Captive dolphins are confined to a tiny, barren, artificial environment 200 thousand times smaller than their natural habitat. They endure severe suffering and distress and live much shorter lives on average than their wild counterparts,” World Animal Protection group director Cameron Harsh <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/james-cameron-slammed-for-cruel-dolphin-stunt-at-avatar-2-premiere/">said</a> in a statement, calling Cameron’s decision “confoundingly out of step” with his reputation.
Many fans and activists went so far as to call for boycotts of the new “Avatar” movie. They were especially incensed because Cameron is a vegan and animal rights advocate himself.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lashed out at billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk for saying that he enjoyed chocolate milk, telling him that supporting the dairy industry was not good for the climate and was just as bad as driving a &#8220;gas-guzzler.&#8221;
The exchange began with a tweet from Musk simply stating that he had enjoyed drinking some chocolate milk. &#8220;Chocolate milk is insanely good. Just had some,&#8221; he tweeted.
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Chocolate milk is insanely good. Just had some.
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&#8220;Drinking cow’s milk is like driving a gas guzzler. The dairy industry is one of the worst contributors to the climate catastrophe. What happened to caring about the environment? Now chocolate oat milk we can get behind,&#8221; the official PETA Twitter account responded.
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Drinking cow’s milk is like driving a gas guzzler. The dairy industry is one of the worst contributors to the climate catastrophe. What happened to caring about the environment?
Now chocolate oat milk we can get behind 😋 <a href="https://t.co/9XOUFmRb0R">https://t.co/9XOUFmRb0R</a>
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PETA also <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/oscar-nominee-superglued-himself-to-starbucks-counter-because-they-charged-him-extra-for-plant-based-milk/">made headlines</a> for a protest involving Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell — who has often spoken up on climate-related issues. The &#8220;L.A. Confidential&#8221; actor superglued himself to a New York City Starbucks counter on Tuesday morning, claiming that it was discriminatory and bad for the environment for the company to charge extra for plant-based milk options.
&#8220;Save the planet, save the cows. Stop the vegan upcharge now!&#8221; Cromwell and others chanted after the actor spoke about the fact that Starbucks was charging extra for plant-based milks.
Cromwell argued that the surcharge was discriminatory because lactose intolerance is more prevalent in minority communities than it is among white Americans. He also argued that for people who chose vegan options because they believed the dairy industry was cruel to animals, Starbucks was effectively charging people more for making moral choices.
&#8220;This is how you get an animal rights message to STICK!&#8221; PETA tweeted. &#8220;James Cromwell joined PETA&#8217;s campaign and glued himself to a @Starbucks counter to call on the company to stop charging extra for animal and earth-friendly vegan milks!&#8221;
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This is how you get an animal rights message to STICK!
James Cromwell joined PETA’s campaign and glued himself to a <a href="https://twitter.com/Starbucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Starbucks</a> counter to call on the company to stop charging extra for animal and earth-friendly vegan milks! <a href="https://t.co/N9aitSQHSm">pic.twitter.com/N9aitSQHSm</a>
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The organization later bragged in a follow-up tweet, &#8220;James Cromwell single-handedly SHUT DOWN a #NYC @Starbucks during rush hour. Watch him confront shoppers and face down the police.&#8221;
Cromwell remained glued to the counter for around 30 minutes.
&#8220;I keep coming back to actor James Cromwell, age 82 going on FOUR, gluing his hand to a counter at Starbucks over plant milk,&#8221; Newsbusters Executive Editor Tim Graham, <a href="https://twitter.com/TimJGraham/status/1524178406547542016">commented</a>. &#8220;My answer? Leave him there. For days. That punishment might work for a pre-schooler. It should work for this guy. And every other PETA brat.&#8221;
&#8220;All this super-gluing makes me want to organize a Big Mac Eating Sit-In at PETA headquarters,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/TimJGraham/status/1524178978361298946">added</a>.

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Oscar nominee James Cromwell superglued himself to a New York City Starbucks counter in protest of the fact that the company charges extra to use plant-based milk in drinks.
In a protest that was live-streamed to Facebook by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/peta-furious-bidens-didnt-adopt-new-dog-when-they-got-rid-of-biter-major/">PETA</a>) activists, the &#8220;L.A. Confidential&#8221; actor superglued himself to the counter before delivering a statement about the company&#8217;s surcharge for vegan milk options and its impact on both the environment and on communities of color.
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Cromwell, who can be seen wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words &#8220;free the animals,&#8221; <a href="https://www.abc27.com/news/entertainment/oscar-nominated-actor-james-cromwell-glues-himself-to-starbucks-counter-video-shows/?utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=t.co">argued</a> that vegan milk options were better for the environment. He also claimed that charging more for them was discriminatory — particularly because minorities suffer from lactose intolerance at a higher rate than white Americans do — but also because he felt that those who chose vegan options as a matter of conscience were being penalized for making a moral choice.
&#8220;When will you stop raking in huge profits while customers, animals and the environment suffer?&#8221; Cromwell asked, arguing that in order to provide the dairy products used at Starbucks, animals were subjected to &#8220;violence.&#8221; &#8220;When will you stop penalizing people for their ethnicities, their morals?
The protest concluded with a chant: &#8220;Save the planet, save the cows. Stop the vegan upcharge now!&#8221;
Cromwell and one other PETA activist — who had also glued himself to the counter — unattached themselves without incident about 30 minutes later. The report did not indicate whether any charges were filed, although a similar protest at the company&#8217;s Seattle headquarters had led to the arrest of two protesters.
Legendary musician Paul McCartney has <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/paul-mccartney-letter-starbucks-stop-charging-plant-based-milk-peta">also called on Starbucks</a> to end the surcharge for plant-based milks, although he opted to write a letter rather than glue himself to a cafe counter.
&#8220;It recently came to my attention that Starbucks in the USA has an extra charge for plant-based milks as opposed to cow’s milk,&#8221; McCartney wrote earlier this year. &#8220;I must say this surprised me as I understand that in other countries like U.K. and India, there is the same charge for both types of milk and I would like to politely request that you consider this policy also in Starbucks USA. My friends at PETA are campaigning for this to happen … I sincerely hope that for the future of the planet and animal welfare you are able to implement this policy.&#8221;

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PETA is at it again.
The publicity-seeking People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is taking aim at popular clothing stores likes Urban Outfitters that use leather and fur by opening a fake store, <a href="https://www.urbanoutraged.com/">Urban Outraged</a>, that features items crafted from “human parts.”
The phony shop features a number of clothing items “made of the finest leather — that on second look, reveal human faces on the jackets, human teeth on the shoes, and human blood oozing from the bags,” according to a press release.
That shoe with the human teeth is called &#8220;The Meg Boot.&#8221;
&#8220;Our signature Meg Boot is our most popular style, but make no mistake: Each boot features its own special touches, depending on which part of Meg was used. She was aging beautifully, so a majority of the work was already done for us, but we still managed to get in some extra tanning. With every kick and scream came lots of pounding with hammers to ensure that the leather stays soft and pliable. We managed to clean off most of the blood, but the occasional drop can be expected as a result of the handmade process,&#8221; the website says.
Then there are &#8220;The Dan Pants.&#8221;
&#8220;There are a lot of Dans in the world, but no two are the same. We brought that level of uniqueness to our Dan Pants. Many, many Dans were used in the making of these pants. We gathered all the Dans we could in order to ensure that we could meet demand. No two have the same bruises, scars, or residual blood left over from the several days of torture that it took to produce these unique garments. Know a Dan? Like a Dan? You’re gonna love these pants,&#8221; the website says.
And there&#8217;s &#8220;The Sofie Dress.&#8221;
&#8220;Located at the intersection of style and luxury, the Sofie Dress is designed to last, season after season. Sofie was a timeless beauty, captured in the prime of her life. After being lured away from her home, she was forced to walk 20 miles. When she stumbled from exhaustion, cruel farmers rubbed tobacco and chili pepper in her eyes. The Sofie dress is sure to become the only dress you’ll need, which is good, because there was only one of her,&#8221; says the website.
The fake store is an attempt to personify the animals that are used to make leather and fur clothing items.
&#8220;Why aren’t you horrified by what’s already in your closet?&#8221; says another section of the website. &#8220;If you own animal-derived materials like wool, leather, alpaca, cashmere, mohair, down, or silk, you’ve bought into barbaric industries involving violent practices that would be considered cruel and unusual were they performed on humans.&#8221;
“A cow’s skin belongs to her, and she feels fear and pain in a slaughterhouse every bit as much as you or I would,” PETA’s executive vice president, Tracy Reiman, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/29/peta-launches-gruesome-online-shop-with-human-leathers/">told</a> the New York Post.

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As the World Series gets underway this week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Thursday called on Major League Baseball (MLB) to retire the term “bullpen” and start using a more “animal-friendly” term.
In a pun-ridden statement, PETA &#8220;pitched” the idea to MLB.
“As the World Series turns into a pitching duel, PETA is pitching a proposal to the baseball world,” PETA <a href="https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/petas-call-to-the-bullpen-rename-outdated-term-arm-barn/?v2=1">said</a>. “Strike out the word ‘bullpen,’ which references the holding area where terrified bulls are kept before slaughter, in favor of a more modern, animal-friendly term.”
“PETA’s suggestion? The arm barn!” the group said.
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“Bullpen” refers to the area of a “bull’s pen” where bulls are held before they are slaughtered—it’s a word with speciesist roots &amp; we can do better than that.
Switching to “arm barn” would be a home run for baseball fans, players, and animals 💪⚾️ <a href="https://t.co/2FzSpDG9mQ">pic.twitter.com/2FzSpDG9mQ</a>
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The animal rights group argued that the baseball “bullpen,” where pitchers warm up before pitching during a game, references the area at rodeos where bulls are held before they are slaughtered.
PETA said that “in rodeos, gentle bulls are tormented into kicking and bucking by being electro-shocked or prodded—all are typically held in a ‘bullpen’ while they await their cruel fate.”
“Bullpen” has “speciesist roots &amp; we can do better than that,” PETA said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/peta/status/1453760167363891203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453760167363891203%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fsports%2Fpeta-urges-mlb-to-stop-offending-cows-replace-bullpen-with-arm-barn%2F">tweet</a> Thursday. “Switching to ‘arm barn’ would be a home run for baseball fans, players, and animals.”
“Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals,” said PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA encourages Major League Baseball coaches, announcers, players, and fans to changeup their language and embrace the ‘arm barn’ instead.”
The group&#8217;s statement comes after the first two games of the World Series this week, with game three scheduled for Friday. The Atlanta Braves are playing the Houston Astros, both teams weathering their own separate controversies. Each team has won a game so far.
Braves fans still use their signature tomahawk chop gesture, “The Chop,” to cheer on their team, which some have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/us/atlanta-braves-tomahawk-chop/index.html">criticized</a> as &#8220;racist&#8221; toward Native Americans.
Before game one of the World Series, which began in Houston on the Astros&#8217; turf, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred defended &#8220;The Chop&#8221; as well as the Braves&#8217; name.
“The Braves have done a phenomenal job with the Native American community,” Manfred said. “The Native American community in that region is wholly supportive of the Braves program, including ‘The Chop.’ For me, that’s kind of the end of the story. In that market, we’re taking into account the Native American community.”
“We try to stay apolitical,” Manfred said. “And like to keep the focus on the field, on the game.”
Meanwhile, the Astros are still tainted by their cheating scandal from 2017 and 2018 that left a lingering bad taste in the mouths of baseball fans, and they have been <a href="https://www.distractify.com/p/houston-astros-cheating-2021">accused</a> of cheating again in 2021.
In yet another political ripple to this year&#8217;s World Series, games three through five will be held at the Braves&#8217; stadium in Atlanta after MLB pulled the scheduled July 13 All-Star Game from the city over criticism of Georgia&#8217;s election law, which progressives claimed would disenfranchise minorities.

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PETA Calls On MLB To Replace ‘Bullpen’ With ‘Arm Barn’

This week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) issued a tweet calling for all human beings to refrain from using the names of animals as euphemisms for insults directed at other human beings.
“Calling someone an animal as an insult reinforces the myth that humans are superior to other animals &amp; justified in violating them,” the animal rights group said. Using animals as euphemisms can &#8220;perpetuate oppression&#8221; and such words are “supremacist language.”
PETA lectured that instead of “chicken” say “coward.” Instead of “rat” say “snitch.” Instead of “snake” say “jerk.” Instead of “pig” say “repulsive.” Instead of “sloth” say “lazy.”
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Words can create a more inclusive world, or perpetuate oppression.
Calling someone an animal as an insult reinforces the myth that humans are superior to other animals &amp; justified in violating them.
Stand up for justice by rejecting supremacist language. <a href="https://t.co/HFmMWDcc5A">pic.twitter.com/HFmMWDcc5A</a>
&mdash; PETA (@peta) <a href="https://twitter.com/peta/status/1354112418276728832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Senator Ted Cruz had a mocking three-word response: “This is Bull$#&amp;!”
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This is bull$#&amp;! <a href="https://t.co/PYorNjsIrk">https://t.co/PYorNjsIrk</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1354645475329257472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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PETA has repeatedly made headlines for its unique, animal-focused world vision. Two days after a radical Islamist murdered 49 innocents and injured 53 others at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, PETA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aftermath-terror-attack-peta-fights-equality-amanda-prestigiacomo/">tweeted</a> that the discrimination against chickens had to stop. “Discrimination is discrimination, and it’s wrong, whether you’re a woman or a chicken,” said PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.
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“Discrimination is discrimination, and it’s wrong, whether you’re a woman or a chicken,” &#8211; PETA President Ingrid Newkirk <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StateOfWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StateOfWomen</a>
&mdash; PETA (@peta) <a href="https://twitter.com/peta/status/742751227738390528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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In November 2016, PETA trivialized rape, running an ad “equating innocent women and girls being raped and impregnated to inseminated farm animals,” as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peta-trivializes-rape-appalling-new-ad-amanda-prestigiacomo/">The Daily Wire</a> reported. The ad commenced with five different female activists alternating lines, seemingly recounting brutal, painful acts of rape against women and girls:
<blockquote>One man held me down&#8230; While another touched me&#8230; I was so scared&#8230; I didn’t know what I had done wrong&#8230; After I felt like I was nothing&#8230; They got me pregnant&#8230; They use my body&#8230; I make them money&#8230; To them, I’m an object&#8230; They call me bitch&#8230; I feel&#8230; This is not okay&#8230; I wouldn’t wish this onto anyone&#8230; This hurts&#8230; I feel everything&#8230; And I feel worthless</blockquote>
The ad then revealed the subject at hand was not women, but instead farm animals being inseminated: “Because I am you,” proclaimed one woman, tears strolling down her face. “Only different,” said another.
“Every year, billions of animals are born into the meat egg and dairy industries,” read a statement flashed across the screen. &#8220;Almost all of them are a result of forcible insemination. Almost all of them are a result of rape. Don’t participate, go vegan.&#8221;
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No mother should have to go through any of this. <a href="https://t.co/DjbWQcFTX3">pic.twitter.com/DjbWQcFTX3</a>
&mdash; PETA (@peta) <a href="https://twitter.com/peta/status/793913336861573120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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In July 2018, PETA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/natalie-portman-compares-eating-meat-holocaust-kassy-dillon/">released a video</a> in which actress Natalie Portman compared the killing of animals for meat consumption to the Holocaust. Portman referenced Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Isaac Bashevis Singer as she stated, &#8220;Isaac Singer grew up in the same part of Poland as my family. And like them, he fled the horrors of the Holocaust.&#8221;
Portman quoted Singer from one of his novels, stating, &#8220;We do to God’s creatures what the Nazis did to us.&#8221;
&#8220;As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony,&#8221; the video states. &#8220;Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/natalie-portman-video-for-peta-compares-animal-treatment-to-holocaust/">According to the Times of Israel</a>, PETA was banned from comparing meat consumption to the Holocaust by a German court in 2009. The court told PETA that they could not use images of the Holocaust alongside abused animals after PETA launched the &#8220;Holocaust on your Plate&#8221; campaign.

Ted Cruz

‘This Is Bull$#&!’: Cruz Mocks PETA’s Call For End To Using Animals As Euphemisms

Where do all those coconuts come from?
Some get plucked off of trees by monkeys, who were captured by trappers and forced into labor.
Amid calls to boycott products that use monkeys, the mega-store chain Costco has pledged not to stock coconut products from Thai suppliers who are accused of using monkeys, officials from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2020/10/28/coconut-milk-chaokoh-monkey-labor-peta-costco-walgreens/5918418002/">told</a> USA Today.
Costco follows the lead of other big chains like Walgreens, Food Lion, and Giant Food, all of which stopped stocking several brands of coconut milk after PETA charged that monkeys in Thailand were being used to pick coconuts.
PETA applauded the move.
&#8220;No kind shopper wants monkeys to be chained up and treated like coconut-picking machines,&#8221; PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement. &#8220;Costco made the right call to reject animal exploitation, and PETA is calling on holdouts like Kroger to follow suit.&#8221;
USA Today quoted a letter from Ken Kimble, Costco’s vice president and general merchandise manager of corporate food and sundries.
&#8220;We have ceased purchasing from our supplier/owner of the brand Chaokoh,” Kimble wrote in the letter dated September 29. “We will continue to monitor the implementation of the harvest policies and once satisfied will resume purchasing.”
According to an investigation by PETA, monkeys were found chained up so they can&#8217;t escape and are kept in small cages overnight, the paper reported. The monkeys can pick upward of 400 coconuts per day.
Monkeys are all around Thailand and are used by Thais to retrieve coconuts. The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s also promotes a “Monkey Center” where &#8220;tourists can watch the primates learn how to collect coconuts for 300 baht, or about $10. Kids can catch the show for just 150 baht, or about $5,&#8221; the New York Post reported.
“The Monkey Center is established and has turned into a new tourist attraction which becomes popular among local people and foreigners. In the center, the monkeys will be trained to collect the coconuts. Each training session takes about 4 months and requires a trainer and a student,&#8221; the tourism authority’s website reads. &#8220;Moreover, you can enjoy other monkey shows in the center.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Theppadungporn Coconut Co. Ltd, which makes Chaokoh, denies using monkey labor, the paper said.
“Chaokoh, one of the world’s leaders in coconut milk production, reassures that we do not engage the use of monkey labour in our coconut plantations,” the company said, adding that its suppliers have “signed memorandums of understanding” that monkey labor will not be employed.
Other food products have come under fire, but mostly as part of the politically correct climate. Quaker Oats announced this summer that it would be removing Aunt Jemima from its 133-year-old brand of syrup and pancake mix, and then the company that makes Cream of Wheat said it would move to rebrand its packaging, which features a black chef holding up a piping hot bowl of cereal.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uncle-bens-rice-to-take-black-man-off-box-cream-of-wheat-mulls-removing-black-chef">Uncle Ben’s Rice To Take Black Man Off Box; Cream Of Wheat Mulls Removing Black Chef</a>

THAILAND-ANIMAL-COCONUTS

Costco Pulling Products Allegedly Gathered By Forced Monkey Labor

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have always seemed to lean into the old adage, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
The organization seems to only seek bad or mocking publicity, and the latest stunt is no different. People are trapped in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. This has helped explode the popularity of Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” which launched on March 20. The video game is a casual life simulation, where players turn a deserted island into an adorable little village, complete with anthropomorphic animal residents.
One of the main collection and money-making activities in the game is to fish, something PETA is against both in real life and fantasy, apparently. The group organized a virtual protest of the museum in Animal Crossing where players donate fish to an owl named Blathers, who, just as his name implies, loves to talk at length about the items you bring him. Metro <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/21/peta-organises-animal-crossing-new-horizons-protest-blathers-museum-12737311/">reported</a> that PETA used social media platform TikTok to post a video of players “storming” the museum and “demanding” Blathers “empty the tanks.”
“The problem is the museum starts off as empty and the tanks are only filled if you decide to catch fish and give them to Blathers, so whoever at PETA made this video would’ve had to go and fish for the museum exhibits themselves – before then protesting their existence,” the outlet noted.
Notably absent from PETA’s virtual protest is the fact that Animal Crossing players can also catch bugs for the museum.
It’s not the first time PETA has leeched off Animal Crossing’s popularity to remind people the organization is against fun. In March, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peta-uses-popular-video-game-animal-crossing-new-horizons-to-push-vegan-lifestyle">reported</a> on PETA’s guide to living a vegan lifestyle in the fictional game.
“It’s disappointing that a game in which villagers from all different species (from elephants and ducks to deer and pigs) coexist harmoniously with humans encourages abusive behavior toward fish and insects. Instead of being recognized as the living, breathing, feeling individuals they are, they’re presented as forms of entertainment for the other villagers. Your island should be a safe space for all animals, big and small,” PETA said in its guide.
At that time, PETA also called for players not to catch bugs. The organization claimed there were plenty of ways to have fun in Animal Crossing without catching bugs and fish (the two main sources of income for players who want to upgrade their islands). The examples PETA gave were dull, however, insisting players can have fun by decorating their island with a bonfire and then sitting around it. Nothing happens in the game when you sit around a bonfire. You just … sit there. No one buys a video game to do nothing but sit around in front of objects.
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Animal Crossing

PETA Is Protesting Fish Captivity – In A Video Game

Video Games

You’ve got to hand it to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), they know how to capitalize on popular culture.
Nintendo released “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” last Friday and it has taken the gaming community by storm. The game has broken Japan’s record for the largest Nintendo Switch release, selling 1.88 million copies in the first three days available. It’s also the fastest selling Switch title in the United Kingdom, and that’s just accounting for physical copies which would likely be higher if we weren’t in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The game has provided a much-needed escape from the coronavirus quarantine and struggles of life, as you, a human, are sent to live on a deserted island with anthropomorphic animals as your village companions. The game takes place in real time, meaning the time, day, and season where you live will be the same in the game. It allows for a leisure game of collecting items to decorate your house and island and fill out the island’s museum with bugs, insects, and fossils.
PETA noticed the success of the title and released its own <a href="https://www.peta.org/features/animal-crossing-new-horizons-vegan/">guide</a> to living a vegan lifestyle within Animal Crossing (and beyond). The guide says you should not fish in real life or the game, since “fishing is harmful to animals and the planet.”
“It’s disappointing that a game in which villagers from all different species (from elephants and ducks to deer and pigs) coexist harmoniously with humans encourages abusive behavior toward fish and insects. Instead of being recognized as the living, breathing, feeling individuals they are, they’re presented as forms of entertainment for the other villagers. Your island should be a safe space for all animals, big and small,” the guide states.
It&#8217;s a game, guys.
This same sentiment is applied to the insects of the game as well, and goes on to state that you absolutely shouldn’t be donating them or fish to the museum.
“Just as fish don’t belong in tanks, insects don’t belong inside cramped cases in a museum for other villagers to gawk at. Your island should be a place where wild animals are free to live without being captured and exploited,” the guide states.
PETA also says you shouldn’t dig up clams because they are also living creatures and to not pick up the hermit crabs on the beach – because again, “They’re not objects—they’re individuals!”
For those who want to play the game but maintain a vegan diet, thankfully your only option is to eat fruit anyway (but you don’t need to eat to survive in the game; eating fruit gives you strength to complete certain exceptional tasks, like digging a tree out of the ground with your shovel). Oddly, PETA says nothing about chopping down trees, even though animals and insects may live in them.
Further, PETA says you shouldn’t build a dog house in your game, even though no dog will actually live in it, because some people mistreat dogs by leaving them chained up outside with only a small dog house for shelter.
Finally, PETA makes several suggestions for how players can “spread animal rights through Animal Crossing,” including adding slogans to your character’s “passport,” making lame custom designs that say “go vegan,” and posting bulletins to ensure no one who visits your island will be able to have fun the way the game intended by telling them not to fish or catch bugs.
PETA’s suggestions for how to have fun without taking part in the games best activities include standing around with your friends in various places on the island. Can’t wait!

PETA Uses Popular Video Game ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ To Push Vegan Lifestyle

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) claims that the NFL and FOX blocked their Super Bowl ad, which riffed on former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling campaign from 2017.
The activist ad features a cartoon bald eagle and other animals taking a knee, in Kaepernick fashion, to protest &#8220;speciesism&#8221; and the abuse of animals by humans, while someone hums the national anthem offscreen. “Respect the right of every living being,&#8221; the end of the ad says.
The controversial animal rights organization captioned the ad via Twitter: &#8220;THIS is the PETA  [Super Bowl] ad the [NFL] apparently didn’t want you to see and pressured [FOX Sports] to snub. It envisions a world where respect is the right of every being and pays homage to Kaepernick and movements rejecting injustice.&#8221;
The one-minute commercial, according to <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/31/49ers-super-bowl-petas-kaepernick-themed-tv-commercial-for-sunday-rejected/">The Mercury News</a>, was pitched to, and rejected, by FOX even though the organization said it would pay the $10 million it costs to air the ad.
“The National Football League apparently found our new Colin Kaepernick-inspired ad — with its message of inclusion and respect — too daring and pressured FOX to snub our commercial,” PETA claimed via their website, according to The Mercury News. “PETA worked with a talented group of advertisers and artists who came up with the idea for our beautiful ad. Positively acknowledged by Kaepernick himself, this project pays homage to all movements that remind us to open our hearts and minds and reject all forms of injustice, including sexism, ableism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and speciesism. … The NFL may be unconcerned with inequality, but we at PETA are activists who will continue to work to dismantle all forms of oppression.”
According to <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/peta-claims-nfl-blocked-a-colin-kaepernickthemed-super-bowl-commercial-featuring-animals-kneeling-181433909.html">Yahoo Sports</a>, PETA has &#8220;offered no evidence to support that the NFL played a role in passing on the commercial.&#8221;
In the past, however, the NFL has openly blocked ads for being too political. For example, the organization spiked a &#8220;Please Stand&#8221; ad from a veterans group before Super Bowl LII.
“The printed advertisement was submitted by the national veteran’s nonprofit organization AMVETS, which took an opposite angle on the social justice kneeling trend that swept through the league in 2017 and 2018,&#8221; outlined Yahoo Sports. &#8220;The ad featured a photo of a service veteran with the American flag and message of &#8216;#PleaseStand.'&#8221;
“The Super Bowl game program is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams and the Super Bowl. It’s never been a place for advertising that could be considered by some as a political statement,&#8221; NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement regarding the ad.
Kaepernick began refusing to stand during the national anthem at a preseason game against the Houston Texans on August 14, 2016. &#8220;The next week,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kaepernick-warns-against-capitalism-ends-up-demonstrating-how-its-a-force-for-good">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time, &#8220;Kaepernick sat on the bench again for the playing of the anthem ahead of the preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, at which point, his private protest started to get national attention.&#8221;
“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,&#8221; the QB explained his protest.
“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way,” Kaepernick added. “There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”
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THIS is the PETA <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> ad the <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFL</a> apparently didn’t want you to see and pressured <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXSports</a> to snub.
It envisions a world where respect is the right of every being and pays homage to Kaepernick and movements rejecting injustice. <a href="https://t.co/kD1osnKhuX">https://t.co/kD1osnKhuX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndSpeciesism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndSpeciesism</a> <a href="https://t.co/clXzU79aZV">pic.twitter.com/clXzU79aZV</a>
&mdash; PETA (@peta) <a href="https://twitter.com/peta/status/1223177758227828736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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