Littering Kills November 10, 2009

Posted by Rachel-O at November 10, 2009 3:27 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 11 ) | TrackBack

Littering is disgusting, and it's not just dirty and ugly—it kills.

Artist Chris Jordan took a series of photographs of albatross chicks, and the photos are so sad that I thought they had to be fake (having this job, you'd think I'd know better). If you think it's just a couple pieces of lint, or paper from your pocket, or just one cup or a couple of straws that you throw out of your car window, you should take a look at these unaltered images of real birds.

Photo @ Chris Jordan


Photo @ Chris Jordan


Taken at Midway Atoll, a remote stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific, the photographs depict corpses of albatross chicks whose parents mistakenly picked up plastic in the ocean thinking it was food. With bellies full of plastic, the chicks died from starvation, toxicity, and choking.

Every year, this lethal diet of trash kills tens of thousands of albatross chicks on Midway, which is 2000 miles from the nearest continent—proof that the litter people carelessly discard on roadsides and beachfronts suffocates and poisons animals who inadvertently consume it.


Photo @ Chris Jordan

It takes only seconds for us to throw away our trash instead of littering and putting the lives of countless animals in danger. If you spot litter, pick it up, and if you catch someone littering, say something—you may literally be saving a life. It really is that easy!

Shirley Manson Does It... Terminator Style! September 29, 2008

Posted by Shannon Phillips at September 29, 2008 9:30 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 3 ) | TrackBack

Friend to peta2, Shirley Manson, has been appearing at a television near you on Fox's series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as a T-1000 liquid Terminator Robot. Yes, it's true! Tonight will be her third appearance on the show, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what she does next. Did anyone happen to see the episode where she morphed into a urinal? I don't make this stuff up, guys!

You may know Shirley Manson as the beautiful and talented lead singer of the band Garbage. I don't know about you, but every time I hear "Vow" or see the video for "I Think I'm Paranoid", I am reminded of why I love Garbage so much.

Even better though, is the fact that Shirley is not quiet when it comes to letting fur wearers know exactly where their coat came from. This ad is personally one of my favorite ads we've ever done.

Shirley thinks fur is garbage (I know, we're clever!), and hopefully you do too. Take the pledge against fur if you haven't already, and be sure to check her out in action tonight, September 29th, on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles at 8 pm on Fox.

xo,
Shan