The Nature Conservancy Names The Greenest Bands Ever

The Nature Conservancy Names The Greenest Bands Ever Sep 15, 2011

In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the legendary Austin City Limits Festival, a new list recognizes bands that are making great music while fighting to save the planet More
Ian Somerhalder Calls On Obama And Clinton To Stop Pipeline

Ian Somerhalder Calls On Obama And Clinton To Stop Pipeline Sep 15, 2011

The Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF) has joined the ever growing international chorus opposing the Keystone XL pipeline. More
Mya To Run New York Marathon For Animal Charity

Mya To Run New York Marathon For Animal Charity Sep 13, 2011

Grammy Award-winning singer Mya will join fifty other animal-loving athletes aiming to raise $200,000 for the dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens of North Shore Animal League America, as members of Team Animal League in the ING New York City Marathon. More
Vince Gill And Sheryl Crow For Country Music Fundraiser

Vince Gill And Sheryl Crow For Country Music Fundraiser Sep 12, 2011

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All for the Hall fundraiser will return to Los Angeles for a third consecutive year. More
Mary Tyler Moore To Be Awarded For Acting And Charity Work

Mary Tyler Moore To Be Awarded For Acting And Charity Work Sep 9, 2011

Renowned actress, producer and humanitarian Mary Tyler Moore will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)’s most prestigious accolade – the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. More
Roger Moore Applauds Girl Who Changed Name For Foie Gras Protest

Roger Moore Applauds Girl Who Changed Name For Foie Gras Protest Sep 7, 2011

PETA's campaign against Fortnum & Mason for refusing to stop selling cruelly produced foie gras just got personal for a PETA staff member: Abi Izzard has now officially changed her name to StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com. More
Ke$ha Named As Global Ambassador For Humane Society International

Ke$ha Named As Global Ambassador For Humane Society International Sep 6, 2011

Ke$ha has been named as Humane Society International's first Global Ambassador for Animals. More
Leona Lewis Wants Seal Hunting Stopped In Namibia

Leona Lewis Wants Seal Hunting Stopped In Namibia Sep 2, 2011

Leona Lewis is calling on the government of Namibia to stop seal hunting in the African country. More
Emma Stone And Olivia Wilde Honored For Supporting Cruelty-Free Cosmetics

Emma Stone And Olivia Wilde Honored For Supporting Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Aug 31, 2011

When actors Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde chose to partner with Revlon, they were signing on to represent one of the country’s first mainstream cruelty-free cosmetics companies. More
Emily Deschanel Named As Walk For Farm Animals Spokesperson

Emily Deschanel Named As Walk For Farm Animals Spokesperson Aug 26, 2011

On TV, she makes the world better by solving crime, but in real life, Emily Deschanel is the national spokesperson for Farm Sanctuary's Walk for Farm Animals, a series of events with a simple message about personal solutions to cruelty to animals. More
Massive Greenpeace Celebrity Charity Auction Raises Money For Rainbow Warrior

Massive Greenpeace Celebrity Charity Auction Raises Money For Rainbow Warrior Aug 26, 2011

Celebrities from around the world are taking their commitment to save the planet to the next level to raise money for Greenpeace's new flagship Rainbow Warrior. From backstage passes to private lunches you’ll see celebrities giving it up to the highest bidder in an attempt to raise money to pay for the world’s leading environmental organization’s new environmentally friendly ship. More
Betty White To Present Award At Animal Charity Event

Betty White To Present Award At Animal Charity Event Aug 24, 2011

Join spcaLA this weekend for a very special event as Betty White presents Madeline Bernstein, spcaLA President, with the inaugural Diamonds Not Fur Award in West Hollywood. More
Supernatural Fans Give A Duck For Charity

Supernatural Fans Give A Duck For Charity Aug 22, 2011

Fans of CW’s Supernatural – the hit show starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles – have been busy lately fundraising for charity. More
Iggy Pop Wants Norway To Stop Seal Product Imports

Iggy Pop Wants Norway To Stop Seal Product Imports Aug 19, 2011

Days before his performance in Bodø, Norway, rock icon Iggy Pop has sent an urgent letter on PETA's behalf to Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway’s minister of foreign affairs, calling on Norway to make its World Trade Organization (WTO) case against the European Union’s ban on seal imports open to the public. More
Bring Your Charity Ideas To Ian Somerhalder Youth Event

Bring Your Charity Ideas To Ian Somerhalder Youth Event Aug 10, 2011

Ian Somerhalder will host his first Youth and Kids Charity Event with his IS Foundation in October. More
Bob Barker And Bunny Friend Say Yes To Cruelty Free Shopping

Bob Barker And Bunny Friend Say Yes To Cruelty Free Shopping Aug 4, 2011

Longtime animal rights activist Bob Barker and his bunny friend Benny have a request for all compassionate consumers: Please stay away from products that have been tested on animals. More
Kristin Bauer Auctions True Blood Premiere Dress For Charity

Kristin Bauer Auctions True Blood Premiere Dress For Charity Aug 3, 2011

Together with Kristin Bauer, leading True Blood fansite The Vault – TrueBlood-Online.com is auctioning off a piece of clothing that comes straight out of Kristin’s closet: her fabulous True Blood Season 3 Premiere dress. More
Ted Danson And Adrian Grenier Attend Oceana Hamptons Splash Party

Ted Danson And Adrian Grenier Attend Oceana Hamptons Splash Party Aug 2, 2011

On July 30, international ocean conservation organization Oceana welcomed Ted Danson and Adrian Grenier and the Honey Brothers at the 2nd annual Hamptons Splash party. More
Ian Somerhalder Testifies For Conservation

Ian Somerhalder Testifies For Conservation Aug 1, 2011

Actor Ian Somerhalder was in Washington, DC last week to testify before Congress on HR50, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act. More
Pamela Anderson Writes To Royal Family In Denmark About Fur

Pamela Anderson Writes To Royal Family In Denmark About Fur Aug 1, 2011

Pamela Anderson has just sent a letter on PETA's behalf to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark over the royal family’s use of fur. More
Joanna Lumley Joins Celebrity Friends To Save Tigers

Joanna Lumley Joins Celebrity Friends To Save Tigers Jul 26, 2011

British actress Joanna Lumley has added her support to TigerTime, the new global charity campaign to save the last 3,200 wild tigers on earth. More
Sarah Silverman Thinks Circus Elephants Are No Laughing Matter

Sarah Silverman Thinks Circus Elephants Are No Laughing Matter Jul 25, 2011

Sarah Silverman may be known for her cutting humor, but when it comes to animal abuse, she’s not joking around. The comedian has sent a deadly serious letter on PETA's behalf to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) calling on the government to remove four ailing elephants— including a fellow Sara—from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. More
Jillian Michaels Leads Massive Protest For PETA

Jillian Michaels Leads Massive Protest For PETA Jul 21, 2011

Exercise guru Jillian Michaels led a massive protest outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles today to demand that Ringling Bros. circus abides by Los Angeles laws forbidding sick animals from working and that the circus free the elephants from their dismal lives in chains and boxcars. More
Yao Ming Commits To Charity Following Basketball Retirement

Yao Ming Commits To Charity Following Basketball Retirement Jul 21, 2011

Yao Ming may have retired from basketball, but that won’t stop his charity work. More
Jillian Michaels To Lead Protest For Circus Elephants

Jillian Michaels To Lead Protest For Circus Elephants Jul 20, 2011

To call attention to the plight of circus elephants, exercise guru Jillian Michaels will join throngs of PETA members outside the Staples Center to demand that Ringling abide by Los Angeles laws forbidding sick animals from working and that the circus free the elephants from their dismal lives in chains and boxcars. More
Get Paul McCartney's Glass Walls DVD At New PETA Exhibition

Get Paul McCartney's Glass Walls DVD At New PETA Exhibition Jul 19, 2011

PETA's new “Glass Walls” exhibition—which takes its name from Sir Paul McCartney's poignant quote, If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian – is making its national debut on the National Mall, and celebrating its arrival in Washington is civil rights leader and D.C. Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton, who, along with PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk, will launch the exhibit on Wednesday. More
Steve-O Honored With Animal Rights Award

Steve-O Honored With Animal Rights Award Jul 18, 2011

Jackass’ Steve-O was honored in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night with a special animal rights award. More
Constance Marie Stands Up For Elephants

Constance Marie Stands Up For Elephants Jul 15, 2011

For several years, the notorious animal trainers from Have Trunk Will Travel (HTWT) have provided elephant rides annually at the Santa Ana Zoo — but Switched at Birth star Constance Marie is determined that this year will be different. More
Adopt Pets... Or Gene Simmons Will Find You

Adopt Pets... Or Gene Simmons Will Find You Jul 15, 2011

KISS legend Gene Simmons and his longtime partner, Shannon Tweed, have adopted a dog from the Saskatoon SPCA, and made a video urging people to follow their example. More
Project Runway's Tim Gunn Applauds Furless Miss Florida

Project Runway's Tim Gunn Applauds Furless Miss Florida Jul 13, 2011

After learning from PETA that the Miss Florida USA pageant will not be awarding a mink coat to its winner on July 16, Tim Gunn—the fashion guru, Project Runway mentor, and creative officer at Liz Claiborne, Inc., who previously asked pageant coordinators to dump fur prizes—sent a personal letter to Grant H. Gravitt Jr., executive producer of the pageant, to thank him for making the decision. More