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Revision as of 00:24, 18 March 2010
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Focus | Animal rights |
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Area served | China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea |
Key people | Jason Baker, Director |
| Website | www.PETAAsiaPacific.com |
PETA Asia-Pacific is a charitable nonprofit animal rights organization founded in 2005 in Hong Kong. Its offices are in Hong Kong, and Manila, Philippines. PETA Asia-Pacific is an affiliate, but independent of, US-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) which claims the status of the largest animal rights group in the world.
PETA Asia-Pacific focuses on four core issues: factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment. It works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns. Its campaigns cover countries including China, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea.[1]
History
PETA Asia Pacific was founded in Hong Kong in 2005 by Jason Baker, a former staff member of PETA, to support animal rights programs and campaigns in Asia. In 2009, the organization opened a second office in Manilla, Philippines.
Programs and campaigns
Vegetarian/Vegan/Factory farming
PETA Asia Pacific promotes vegetarian and vegan diets through three specific campaigns; education about the benefits of a vegetarian diet, demonstrations against fast food outlets for better treatment of animals used for food, and undercover investigations of animals used for live transport and traditional religious slaughter.
vegetarian demonstration in Tokyo [2]
Maggie Quickley poses nude in PAP veg campaign [3]
Pippa Black as Lettuce Lady [4]
Anti-fur
Two long-running campaigns are "Here's the rest of your fur coat,"[89] and "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur," in which supermodels appeared nude to express their opposition to wearing fur.[24] In May 2006, PETA held a naked protest near St Paul's Cathedral in London to highlight the use of real bear fur in the Bearskins used by the Foot Guards.[90] In 2009, PETA called for a boycott of Canadian maple syrup[91] and the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver[92] to protest the Canadian fur seal hunt.
a benefit in Shanghai [5]
anti-fur in Philippines with Geneva Cruz [6]
Animals used for entertainment
Circuses Shilpa Shetty in a Boycott the circus advertisement
The group regularly protests circuses that use animals. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is a frequent target of PETA's allegations of abuse. PETA asked a number of mayors to pass legislation banning items used to train elephants from cities the circus was due to visit. In one specific case, PETA asked that "bullhooks, electric prods and other devices that inflict pain on, or cause injury to, elephants" be banned, after the animal care director of the Carson & Barnes Circus, Tim Frisco, was filmed allegedly attacking elephants with bullhooks and electric prods.[101][102] PETA's videotape of one of Frisco's training sessions allegedly shows him attacking elephants with steel-tipped bullhooks, shocking them with electric prods, and shouting "Make 'em scream!"[102] The elephants are shown screaming and recoiling in pain, according to PETA.[103]
anti-captivity ad featuring Thai-Swedish model Patrick Ribbsaeter - Wild animals don't belong in chains [7]
anti bull fighting and riding, Imogen Bailey [8]
monkey abused during wrestling match [9]
Other
advocate for rats for Chinese new year [10]
Taiwan should improve animal shelter [11]
Web sites
- PETAAsiaPacific.com – Organization’s official web site
- 51veg.com– Chinese language page about vegetarianism
- 81Fur.com– Chinese language page about the use of animal fur
- AvianFlu.cn - Chinese language page about H1N1 avian flu
- AvianFlu.hk - Chinese language page about H1N1 avian flu
- AvianFlu.in.th – Hindi language site about avian flu
- ChuayChangThai.com– Thai language site about elephant use in Thailand
- HelpThaiElephants.com– English language site about Elephant use in Thailand
- NoFur.hk- Chinese language page about the use of animal fur
References
- ^ "PETA Asia pacific web site". Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Students look at members of PETA Asia-Pacific protesting against killing animals for food at Tokyo's Shibuya district". Augsut 3, 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Maggie Q Poses Nearly Naked With Chilis". September 27, 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "TV Star Goes Green for PETA's Ad Campaign". November 20, 2007. Retrieved 17 march 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Shanghai's First PETA Benefit Gets Wild". March 15, 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Filipino singer goes naked for pro-vegetarian campaign". Retrieved 17 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: Text "August 19, 2009" ignored (help) - ^ "Ohala Patrick Ribbsaeter for Peta Asia Pacific". November 17, 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Peta Camapigns". June 7, 2007. Retrieved 17 march 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "PETA Charity Responds To Dragon Gate Monkey Abuse". June 3, 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Animal rights group urges kindness and respect for rats". January 30, 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "PETA: Sanchong shelter is an embarrassment to Taiwan". June 7, 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2010.