The PETA Petition


On March 31, 2011, PETA launched a Win a Vasectomy campaign offering "one lucky man" who spayed or neutered his pet a free vasectomy "in honor of" National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW). The infertility community responded in force expressing their outrage in a massive grassroots social media campaign that started with my open letter here on this blog.

On April 6, I started a petition on Change.org calling for PETA to remove the link between their insensitive and disgusting campaign and NIAW and to formally apologize. On April 8, after gathering over 2,200 signatures in only two days, PETA removed all references from their website to RESOLVE and NIAW.

PETA has yet to issue a formal apology for their actions.

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The PETA Petition Timeline of Events

MARCH 31, 2011

APRIL 4, 2011

APRIL 5, 2011
  • I publicly post my Open Letter to PETA addressed to Ingrid Newkirk, PETA President and Founder.
  • Carrie Snider, Special Projects Coordinator for PETA, responds to my email.

APRIL 6, 2011

APRIL 7, 2011

APRIL 8, 2011
  • The PETA Petition reaches its 2,000th signature.
  • Media: Hey PETA, Infertility is Not a Joke! (TheFertilityBlogs.com)
  • Media: PETA steps in it, just in time for NIAW (FertilityLabInsider.com)
  • By 8pm EST, PETA removes all references to NIAW from their website.

APRIL 9, 2011

APRIL 10, 2011

APRIL 11, 2011

APRIL 12, 2011

APRIL 13, 2011

APRIL 14, 2011

APRIL 18, 2011