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Animal Cruelty

Jude Law Pleads With World Trade Organization to Uphold Seal-Fur Ban

Photo by cinemafestival/Shutterstock Jude Law is siding with the seals and is pleading with the World Trade Organization to keep seal fur off the sales racks in the EU. Currently the…

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Paul McCartney, Ke$ha Call for an End to Cosmetic Animal Testing

Photo by Martin Lehmann/Shutterstock STAR POWER “True beauty doesn’t come from cruelty,” Ke$ha says in a statement. “That’s why I want to see an end to the testing…

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Beyoncé Orders Custom Trainers Made of Anaconda, Stingray, Ostrich

Beyoncé may be one of the top-selling performers of our time but her latest move isn’t likely to win her points with animal lovers. According to a blog post by Perfectly Made…

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Olivia Munn Reveals Never-Before-Seen Footage of Chinese Fur Farms

You might want to keep a barf bag and plenty of Kleenex handy; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has revealed horrifying never-before-seen video of what goes on inside…

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10 Cruelty-Free Faux-Snakeskin Fashions to Ring in the Lunar New Year

TROMPE L’OEIL Stella McCartney’s scaly blouse only looks like snake leather. It’s actually made from 100 percent cotton jersey, which the vegan designer cut to create…

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PETA Parodies NY Fashion Week With Animals in "Runway Reversal"

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, a new parody video from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals about the use of exotic skins on the runway. In a reversal of roles, foxes,…

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Vegan Activists Advocate Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Fur, Down

Photo by Shutterstock If you knew about the origins of the soft down inside your favorite winter jacket or comforter, you might think twice about putting either anywhere near your body.…

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European Union to Ban All Animal Testing for Cosmetics

Anita Roddick, late founder of The Body Shop. The end is nigh—for animal testing, that is. Starting March 11, the European Union will ban the import and sale of new cosmetic products…

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Woody Harrelson Joins Humane Society in Calling for a "Fur-Free" 2013

Woody Harrelson wants a fur-free 2013. The two-time Academy Award-nominated actor’s latest role? The narrator of a revealing video produced by The Humane Society of the United…

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Alicia Silverstone Urges Holiday Shoppers to Go Down-Free for the Birds

Alicia Silverstone isn’t down with down. The actress-turned-vegan-lifestyle-guru and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are putting up a united front to urge holiday…

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LUSH Clamps Down on Fur by Ensnaring Human "Victim" in Leg-Hold Trap

FUR TRIM IS A TRAP The groups’ mission? To urge both the public and manufacturers of fur-trimmed apparel, particularly Canada Goose, which is based in Toronto, to eschew fur and…

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LUSH Cosmetics Awards $400,000 to Innovators in Cruelty-Free Research

Animal rights received a big financial shot in the arm this November when LUSH Cosmetics announced the recipients of the first-ever LUSH Prize to eliminate animal testing. Created by…

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Ke$ha is Working on a Faux-Fur Fashion Collection

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What Possessed Tom Ford to Design a $1,660 Purse Made of Skunk Fur?

Tom Ford’s latest handbag really stinks, and we don’t mean that in just the figurative sense. Clad in the carcass of a hapless skunk, the furry black-and-white number…

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"Sex and the City's" Kristin Davis: "Ivory is Basically a Blood Diamond"

Photo by s_bukley/Shutterstock Kristin Davis isn’t just saying no to ivory, she’s taken to calling it the “new blood diamond.” The actress, best known for…

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Did Céline Skin the Cast of Sesame Street to Make Furry Shoes?

Phoebe Philo, who had her third child in April, definitely knows the way to Sesame Street. How else do you explain the fur-clad pumps and pool sandals at Céline’s Spring/Summer…

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3D-Printed Bioengineered Leather Could Hit Runways in Five Years

Photo by Nata Sha/Shutterstock Lab-grown leather apparel could hit the runways in as little as five years—all without harming a hair on a single animal’s head, according to…

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PETA Protestors Parade With Skinned Fox Corpses on Eve of London Fashion Week

As the fashion pack wends its way across the Atlantic, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals treated Londoners to a different kind of runway show. Dressed to kill in little black…

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