Brittney Williams

St Louis – To kick off National Pizza Day (February 9) and Super Bowl LVIII (February 11), one of the biggest days of the year for pizza sales, PETA has drafted its picks for the Top 10 Vegan Pizzas in the U.S., and with its Vegan Meat Lovers pizza—loaded with creamy vegan cheese, classic tomato sauce, and meat-free pepperoni, sausage, and bacon—locally based pie purveyor Pizza Head has scored a spot on the list.

Windsor, N.C. – After finding dogs sick and shivering with no protection from blistering winds and frigid temperatures this winter, PETA will host a straw giveaway in Windsor on Thursday, at which residents can pick up one free bag of insulating straw bedding per dog kept chained or penned outdoors. Cold weather heightens the risk of frostbite, hypothermia, and even death for these dogs, and PETA points out that overnight lows are expected to dip back into the 30s.

Richmond, Va. – To kick off National Pizza Day (February 9) and Super Bowl LVIII (February 11), one of the biggest days of the year for pizza sales, PETA has drafted its picks for the Top 10 Vegan Pizzas in the U.S., and with its tangy Pickle Back pizza —a hand-tossed pie topped with house-made red sauce, Udderless plant-based cheese, dill pickles, soy chorizo, and a swirl of hot pepper relish on a white sesame seed crust—local pie joint The Hop Craft Pizza & Beer has scored a spot on the list.

Diners in Miami and Fort Lauderdale just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s Diners in Miami and Fort Lauderdale just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries and a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan.

Following damning U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports revealing that workers at the Hometown Meat Market LLC slaughterhouse outside Luling Following damning U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports revealing that workers at the Hometown Meat Market LLC slaughterhouse outside Luling recently slit the throat of a still-conscious steer—after doing the same to a heifer—PETA sent a letter today to Caldwell County District Attorney Fred Weber urging him to investigate and file appropriate criminal charges against those responsible.

Houston – A Compassionate Action Award is on its way from PETA to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston in recognition of the marine inspectors who rescued a dog trapped in a shipping container at the Port Houston Bayport Container Terminal on January 31.

Detroit – With overnight temperatures expected to drop back below freezing in the upcoming week and because the city’s three-hour limit on tethering dogs is reportedly not being enforced—leaving many dogs chained outdoors 24 hours a day—PETA has rushed a code blue alert to the Motor City, courtesy of two sky-high appeals urging everyone to unchain their dogs and bring them inside.

Norfolk, Va. – PETA fired off a letter to U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), whose recently introduced School Lunch Integrity Act of 2024—backed by the United States Cattlemen’s Association, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and South Dakota Pork Producers—seeks to preemptively ban cultivated meat products from being served in school lunches, proposing that they give their bonehead bill the more accurate name “Special Interests’ Cruel and & Unhealthy Lunch Advocacy Act of 2024.”

Plano, Texas – After learning from PETA that bulldogs, pugs, and other breathing-impaired breeds (BIB) suffer from an array of physical disabilities due to their purposely flattened, pushed-in snouts, RKD Group—a locally headquartered marketing and fundraising provider for nonprofits nationwide—committed to not featuring these breeds in any of its newly produced advertisements. To thank RKD Group for its kind move, PETA will send the company delicious, paw-shaped vegan chocolates.

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