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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

American actor Zac Efron prepares pancakes using Kodiac Cakes mix next to a grizzly bear as part of a promotional video uploaded to his Instagram account on June 14, 2022. (Instagram)
August 8, 2022, 10:07 pm
PETA slams Zac Efron over pro-conservation ad featuring grizzly bear
Animal rights group criticizes US actor for starring in videos by pancake and waffle mix maker Kodiac Cakes: ‘Hypocritical to exploit one animal to potentially help another’
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative photo of a man trying on a shtreimel in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 9, 2021, 8:54 pm
PETA hails Israel as first country to ban fur, but major exceptions remain
Legislation still allows imports of sable shtreimels, worn by many Haredi men on Shabbat and holidays, which makes up majority of fur worn in temperate Middle Eastern country
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a man trying on a shtreimel in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 6, 2020, 4:37 am
Israel moves to ban fur trade, with major exception for ultra-Orthodox hats
Proposal announced by Environment Minister Gamliel will still allow imports of sable shtreimels, worn by many Haredi men on Shabbat and holidays
By ToI Staff
American hunter Aaron Raby shoots an elephant for sport. (Screenshot, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
September 8, 2020, 7:42 pm
El Al to ban shipments of hunting trophies, after US elephant killer’s interest
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals gets airline’s commitment as US hunter reportedly suggests using El Al to ship dead elephant home
By Sue Surkes
A sample of the offerings at Meshuggah Bagels in Kansas City. (Victor Wishna/JTA)
December 7, 2018, 9:03 pm
PETA: ‘Bring home the bagel’ — not the bacon
Activist animal rights group suggests list of animal- and fauna-friendly alternatives to common idioms
By JTA
Illustrative image of a calf in a pen ahead of slaughter. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via JTA)
July 24, 2018, 11:58 pm
Orthodox Union says no more beef slaughtered with ‘shackle and hoist’
Following Israel’s lead, largest US kosher certifying authority to no longer accept controversial method of killing cows
By Josefin Dolsten
Actress Natalie Portman quotes Jewish author Isaac Bashevis Singer in a video for PETA released on July 16, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 16, 2018, 3:43 pm
Natalie Portman video for PETA compares animal treatment to Holocaust
Actress, animal rights group activist honors Isaac Bashevis Singer, a vegetarian and animal rights pioneer who wrote in a novel, ‘We do to God’s creatures what the Nazis did to us’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture of a donkey rider whipping the animal, at the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. (Courtesy PETA)
January 23, 2018, 3:16 pm
Animal rights group urges tourists to boycott Jordan’s Petra
PETA cites cruel treatment of pack animals used to haul sightseers up to ancient temple; demands motorized vehicles be used instead
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of cows at a livestock farm (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 23, 2017, 12:50 am
As Israel bans ‘shackle and hoist’ slaughter, activists ask: What about the US?
No more import of inhumanely slaughtered meat to the Holy Land, but as long as the cruel practice continues, concerns remain for Diaspora Jews
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
May 19, 2017, 3:16 am
Israel mandates more humane slaughter methods for beef imports
Agriculture Ministry’s new guidelines on kosher meat shipments ban shackle-and-hoist method
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a cow (photo credit: CC BY-SA frennlareo/Flickr)
March 29, 2017, 3:41 am
Paraguay meat to require more humane ways of kosher slaughter
Shackle-and-hoist method will be banned; 40% of beef consumed in Israel comes from South American nation
By JTA
Former The Smiths singer and songwriter, Morrissey, in Dublin (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-2.5, Caligvla)
January 5, 2014, 8:11 pm
Morrissey in meat, Auschwitz parallel
Rocker compares infamous death camp to slaughterhouse
By Adiv Sterman
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