Sara Groves

Hopewell Junction, N.Y. – On Saturday, November 16, Hopewell Junction native and mother-of-three Shannon Blair led a protest of the dairy industry-funded Every Woman’s Marathon in Savannah, Georgia, to point out the hypocrisy of a women’s race organized by the dairy industry

Mt. Vernon, Ohio – With animal shelters in Ohio bursting at the seams with homeless dogs, today, ahead of National Mutt Day (Dec 2), PETA sent a letter to Mount Vernon Nazarene University President Dr. Carson D. Castleman with a fetching idea: adding an inscription to the university’s beloved Dog Fountain downtown encouraging visitors to adopt—not shop—for their next canine companion. If school officials agree, PETA has offered to contribute to the cost of adding the lifesaving message—which would read, “Save a dog’s life. Please ADOPT a dog, never buy one.”

Washington – To call out the White House Turkey Pardon for being nothing more than a presidential endorsement of the cruel, destructive meat lobby, PETA is dispatching “ Hell on Wheels ”—its new life-size, hyperrealistic turkey transport truck covered with images of the birds crammed into crates on their way to slaughter—to the district. The vexatious vehicle will cause a ruckus outside the Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue—where the birds will be held on Sunday evening—and then it will hit the White House on Monday during the egregious “pardoning” fiasco.

Oakland, Calif. – Following news that bird flu has infected a local child—bringing the reported number of human infection cases this year in the U.S. to 55, including 29 in California alone—PETA plans to place a sky-high warning in Alameda County featuring a reminder from a straight-talking chicken: If the saturated fat and cholesterol in bacon and burgers doesn’t kill meat-eaters, then bird flu might. Thankfully, the child has a mild case and is expected to recover, but more than half the people with confirmed infections of the H5N1 strain of bird flu have died—and the World Health Organization has called the risk of the virus “an enormous concern.”

Vancouver, B.C. – Following the news that a previously healthy British Columbia teenager remains hospitalized in critical condition with bird flu—despite having no known contact with bird farms—and that the number of farms in the province affected by the virus spiked to 53 over the past week, PETA plans to place a billboard near Vancouver restaurants and grocery stores featuring a stark reminder that the meat and egg industries are cruel to birds and serve as breeding grounds for deadly pathogens that are hazardous to human health. Hundreds of thousands of chickens have been killed as a result of the spread, and the teen’s infection indicates that the virus may have mutated and become more transmissible among humans.

Nashville – On the busiest shopping day of the year, downtown holiday crowds will be met with a surprising sight—a lifelike robot calf named Charli XC Cow, who will hoof it to leather-clad shoppers outside Free People and other stores to ask, “Are you wearing my mother?” and share how cows suffer mutilations and violent killings in the leather industry. But she’s no bull y—the “calf” will also make time for fun, breaking into a celebratory dance whenever someone proclaims they are actually wearing shoes, clothing, or accessories made of vegan leather.

Cleveland – Humane education materials that help prevent violence by young people are on their way to local schools from PETA’s humane education division, TeachKind, following reports that two teen suspects—ages 14 and 17—were arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman, kicking one of her dogs, and stealing her car at gunpoint, and using another stolen car in an attempt to run over two girls just days later. In letters sent today to

Topeka, Kan. – Forcing kids to dissect frogs in school? As if! That’s the message Y2K star Alicia Silverstone is delivering to kids and parents in a PETA video spot running on the big screen in Topeka before showings of the new A24 horror-comedy. The longtime PETA pal appears with her son Bear in a special heartfelt message that empowers kids and parents to say “no” to dissecting frogs and other animals. In it, Silverstone points out that cutting up animals—like other forms of violence—has no place in classrooms. Topeka schools allow students who are opposed to dissection to request an alternative lesson.

Delray Beach, Fla. – Holiday crowds in downtown Delray Beach are in for a sci-fi spectacle on Wednesday when a walking, talking, AI-powered robot calf named Charli XC Cow will hoof it to Urban Outfitters and other nearby stores to ask leather-clad shoppers outside, “Are you wearing my mother?” The robot, which features a state-of-the-art 3D-printed head, will describe how cows suffer mutilations and violent killings in the leather industry —and also break into a celebratory dance whenever someone proclaims they’re wearing shoes, clothing, or accessories made of vegan leather.

A 17-year-old Vista Ridge High School student is facing charges for allegedly fatally poisoning a goat named Willie housed at the school’s Future Farmers