New Delhi: Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has posed as a snake to raise her voice against animal skin trade in an ad for animal rights organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The caption of the ad reads: "Face It: Exotic Skins Kill. Wild Animals Belong in the Wild, Not in Your Wardrobe." Dia said: "Skinning animals alive or beating them to death for a pair of boots or...
02:40 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Animal rights organisation PETA on Monday wrote a letter to the Karnataka assembly speaker urging him to screen "Kitty Porn" video in the house, to garner support of legislators for sterlisation of stray cats and dogs. "We have sent a letter to K.G. Bopaiah, speaker of the Karnataka assembly, urging him to show PETA India's 'Kitty Porn' video to the entire assembly to spur support for sterlisation of...
04:52 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: An activist of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) holds a baby as she walks on road wearing a coat festooned with the limbs of baby dolls protesting against the sale of leather goods at International Leather Goods Fair in Kolkata, Friday, February 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ...
12:38 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Los Angeles: Hip hop star Dr Dre and designer Oscar de la Renta have come under fire from animal rights group PETA for making a set of headphones with fox fur. The limited edition headphones, designed in collaboration by Dre and Oscar, are a part of the former's collection Beats by Dre, said The Hollywood Reporter. The headphones are described on Oscar de la Renta's website as covered 'in luxe...
06:10 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Chennai: National award winning actor and 'Kolaveri Di' song fame Dhanush, Bollywood actress Vidya Balan and actor Sonu Sood are among those who have taken early leads in the vegetarian celebrity contest, conducted by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Besides the three, other film stars in the foray are Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, actresses Mallika Sherawat, Kareena Kapoor, Hema Malini and Ayesha Takia, competing for the title 'India's...
01:06 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: For raising her voice to oppose cruelty to animals and her staunch commitment to a vegetarian diet, veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini has been named the person of the year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Dream Girl on behalf of PETA recently wrote a heartfelt appeal to the minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, urging him to take immediate steps to end...
06:50 PM, Dec 21, 2011
London: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have launched a new stamp range featuring the likes of the 20 most famous vegetarians of all-time, including veteran singer Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney along with Natalie Portman, Pamela Anderson and Morrissey have agreed to feature on the stamp which will be released in the US Tuesday. "These are very influential people, and not everyone knows that these folks are vegetarian,"...
12:19 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood boys Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Riteish Deshmukh and lovely ladies Hema Malini, Juhi Chawla, Kirron Kher and Sonali Bendre brought star power to the first edition of Colors' Golden Petal Awards. The grand event took place at the Film City here Monday night, with a line-up of TV stars from all the popular shows of the channel in attendance. The winners will be announced later....
07:38 PM, Nov 22, 2011
Chennai: Actor Sonu Sood, who received rave reviews for his work in the Salman-starrer Dabangg, is joining PETA to promote vegetarianism. Sood recently won an award for best performance in a negative role in the film at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in Canada. In Canada, he took time out of his packed schedule to write to the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, urging him to end...
07:24 PM, Sep 29, 2011
New York: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, no stranger to attention-grabbing campaigns featuring nude women, plans to launch a pornography website in the name of animal rights. The nonprofit organisation, whose controversial campaigns draw criticism from women's rights groups, said it hopes to raise awareness of veganism through a mix of pornography and graphic footage of animal suffering. "We're hoping to reach a whole new audience of people,...
07:42 AM, Sep 19, 2011
Los Angeles: George Clooney's ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis is the latest celebrity to strip down for animal rights group PETA, unveiling her campaign and her naked body in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. Shoppers on ritzy Rodeo Drive got an eyeful of Canalis as she posed next to her nude, black-and-white campaign portrait for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The Italian TV host, who split from A-list actor Clooney earlier...
11:36 AM, Sep 14, 2011
London: Pop star Katy Perry is finding it hard to stick to her pledge to stay vegetarian and has been secretly eating chicken and meat, a friend has claimed. The 26-year-old singer gave up eating meat two years ago to keep her vegetarian husband Russell Brand happy but is now finding it difficult to stay away from non-veg delicacies, reported a newspaper. "Russell has been a veggie for 22 years,...
11:15 PM, Aug 21, 2011
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