PETA Global 2017 Issue 1

Good Riddance to the Bowmanville Zoo

The Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario, Canada, closed its doors after a PETA eyewitness videotaped the owner and former director of the zoo, Michael Hackenberger, whipping a young tiger up to 19 times during a “training session.” Hackenberger has been charged with five counts of cruelty to animals as a result. He had boasted to the eyewitness about using the whip to carve his initials in the animals. Wielding a stick as a wolf cowered on the floor, he added, “You smack ’em and they

generally fold like a house of cards. … And that’s the beauty of these things.” He was previously recorded swearing at a baboon on live television after the animal fell off a pony. And two local residents saw a woman, whom they suspect was a Bowmanville Zoo employee, fire what they believed to be a BB gun at a panicked giraffe. Hackenberger has supplied animals for many film and TV productions, including Life of Pi. The CBS show Zoo dropped its plans to hire him after hearing from PETA.

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Actor Kate del Castillo, star of La Reina del Sur , has teamed up with PETA Latino to urge the Miami Seaquarium to return captive orca Lolita to the ocean, where she was seized from her family more than four decades ago. She hasn’t seen another orca since 1980, when her tankmate, Hugo, died after ramming his head repeatedly into the side of their cramped tank. “Lolita should have spent her life with her mother and aunts and siblings,” del Castillo says. “But instead, she has spent 46 long and totally miserable years stuck inside the world’s smallest orca tank at the Miami Seaquarium.” PETA filed a lawsuit against the USDA for issuing an exhibitor’s license to the Seaquarium despite the facility’s alleged violations of the US Animal Welfare Act. Another PETA lawsuit alleges that confining Lolita to a tiny tank with incompatible animals and virtually no relief from the hot sun violates the US Endangered Species Act. Kate del Castillo Calls for Orca Lolita’s Release

Growing up in Los Angeles, comedian and actor George Lopez saw firsthand the need for spaying and neutering dogs and cats. He often saw dogs running loose in his neighborhood and having litter after litter of puppies. That’s why he and his rescued Chihuahua, Owen, recently starred in an ad campaign for PETA Latino stressing that spaying or neutering helps animals live longer, healthier lives and is the only way to address homeless-animal overpopulation. Lopez credits Owen with enriching his life and calls the dog a loving and affectionate friend who helps keep him active. Chingón , by the way, means cool, great, or awesome! George Lopez and His Rescue Dog Make Adorable Spay/Neuter Plea

Two raspberry trade groups – the National Processed Raspberry Council and the Washington Red Raspberry Commission – were paying for animal experiments that were intended to study the effects of raspberries on everything from diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease to balance and coordination. After a PETA push, the groups confirmed that they would no longer fund cruel and irrelevant experiments on animals. NoMore ‘Raspberries’ for These Trade Groups

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