Ricky Gervais Helps Fan Get Rescued Dog

When
one of Ricky Gervais’
young fans tweeted the
star with the message “my parents agreed if you retweet this they will buy
my sister a dog & let you name it,” Ricky
agreed but with one important stipulation. “A rescue dog tho,”
he mandated. We would expect nothing less from the man who is a constant voice for homeless
animals, urging people to adopt, never buy, and bashing greedy breeders and puppy mills. And like many
compassionate celebrities, Ricky consistently uses his Twitter account to reach
millions of people with animal-friendly messages.

We
can always count on Ricky to get an animal rights point across while he’s
making people laugh. And Jon
Stewart did, too, with The
Daily Show‘s humorous coverage of Iran’s launching a monkey into space: “Iran, you think
the CIA is tough? You just got PETA on your ass, and those guys don’t f**k around.” We’d love to hear Jon’s take on Funny or Die’s spot-on spoof of Dodge Ram’s pandering
“God Made a Farmer” Super Bowl ad, “God Made a Factory Farmer.” 

And
Waka Flocka Flame‘s
hilarious Instagram photo
had us laughing at how ridiculous people look in fur:

Happily,
Beyoncé went fur-free at the
Super Bowl, but she draped herself in python skin, iguana skin, and leather instead.
PETA is
urging the singer to take a cue from other beautiful, talented performers such
as Carrie Underwood,
who puts on a dynamic show in cruelty-free fashions. 

And
it was the epitome of a dynamic cruelty-free show when Vaute Couture designer Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart
presented the first completely vegan runway show at
New York Fashion Week. Celebrities are flocking
to the line, which is named after “haute couture” but spelled with a “v”
for vegan.

New
York isn’t the only city celebrating cruelty-free fashion. Across the pond, our
affiliate PETA U.K. presented the first-ever Vegan Fashion Awards, with celeb judges Sadie
Frost and Meg Mathews honoring animal-friendly fashion from top designers and
retailers such as Stella
McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, and Topshop. 

To
keep up with what all your favorite stars are doing for animals, follow @PETA on Twitter.