Video: It’s Time For Budweiser’s Puppy Super Bowl Ad

 

When it comes to Super Bowl successes, there are few surer bets than Budweiser’s puppy ads.  This year’s spot, “Lost Dog,” is likely to make it to the top of USA Today’s Ad Track rating of the top ads of the game — that is, unless viewers feel that the spot is too emotionally manipulative or PETA discerns some sort of canine-related controversy.  A rancher type gets the cutest puppy in the world, but then the pup somehow escapes. Cue the strains of the Proclaimers’ “500 Miles,” a rousing tune that is rendered melancholy here in an acoustic rendition by Sleeping at Last. We follow the pup’s pitiful adventures until he meets up with a wolf, and — well, watch for yourself.

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Humans that Harm Animals Should be Held Accountable

Unfortunately, we are all too used to news of drive-by shootings in America. But last week, one incident drew particular attention because the victim was an elephant.  Elvis Presley’s hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, was the scene of another performer’s injury when an elephant traveling with the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus was shot. PETA has offered a reward for the perpetrators’ apprehension, and the police are investigating.

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Ryan Gosling Challenges Cruel Cattle Dehorning

Hollywood heartthrob and longtime PETA supporter Ryan Gosling was appalled to learn that dairy farmers routinely mutilate calves in a cruel process called dehorning. When he heard that workers burn away calves’ horn tissue with hot irons or caustic chemicals, gouge their horns out with sharp metal scoops, or chop off developed horns with guillotines and handsaws, he took his concerns straight to the top.

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