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  • March 2008

    • PETA Goes After NYC Carriages

      New York  |  Mar 19, 08 3:33 PM CDT

      PETA Goes After NYC Carriages

      (Newser) - Animal-rights activists have long been champing at the bit to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City, and a PETA publicity strongman is in town to do just that, New York magazine reports. Though Michael Bloomberg and others in City Hall support the trade, PETA's Dan Mathews—legendary for his anti-fur tactics—has been crusading to ramp up attention since a Queens councilman proposed a ban in December. More »

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      New York City  • Michael Bloomberg  • animal rights  • PETA  • horse  • Central Park  • horse neglect

    • Elephant Bubble Plans Popped

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 15, 08 6:46 PM CDT

      Elephant Bubble Plans Popped

      (Newser) - A California science center has ditched plans to surround an elephant with a giant soap bubble, reports the LA Times, after a thousand outraged emailers protested the plan and zoo professionals blasted it as a "Vegas-style sideshow."  A "bubble artist" had planned to break a world record by blowing a bubble with a 39-year-old Asian elephant named Tai in it. More »

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      science  • art  • animal cruelty  • animal rights  • elephant

  • February 2008

    • Animal-Rights Violence Has Schools Turning to Courts

      Newsweek  |  Feb 28, 08 3:48 PM CST

      Animal-Rights Violence Has Schools Turning to Courts

      (Newser) - In recent months, animal-rights activists have strapped a firebomb under a UCLA professor’s car and flooded another’s home in a campaign to intimidate the school into ending experiments on primates. A judge has issued several restraining orders as the university tries to protect researchers, Newsweek reports, while protesters think their right to free speech is being attacked. More »

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      protests  • animal rights  • PETA  • UCLA  • UC Santa Cruz  • National Institutes of Health  • University of Utah  • Animal Liberation Front

    • PETA Bristles at 'Cruel' Aretha

      Access Hollywood  |  Feb 21, 08 8:11 AM CST

      PETA Bristles at 'Cruel' Aretha

      (Newser) - The Queen of Soul's fondness for fur means she isn't getting any R-E-S-P-E-C-T from PETA, Access Hollywood reports. Aretha Franklin has topped the animal rights organization's latest worst-dressed list after wearing a fur coat to the Grammys. "Music lovers may think of you as a 'queen,' but to animal lovers, you are a court jester," wrote PETA's vice president. More »

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      celebrity  • fashion  • Lindsay Lohan  • animal rights  • PETA  • Kate Moss  • Aretha Franklin  • fur  • Eva Longoria  • leather  • Marilyn Manson

  • January 2008

    • Top Chefs Meet Their Meat

      New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 4:08 PM CST

      Top Chefs Meet Their Meat

      (Newser) - Top chefs are trying to change the way we eat by calling attention to how animals are raised for meat. In Britain, Jamie Oliver killed a chicken on live television, and supermarkets across the UK sold out of free-range chickens and eggs. The New York Times reports it’s part of a movement by some chefs to become more involved with their food—before it’s killed. More »

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      food  • agriculture  • animal rights  • meat  • chef  • Jamie Oliver

    • Chimp Not a Person, Court Rules

      Associated Press  |  Jan 15, 08 4:24 PM CST

      Chimp Not a Person, Court Rules

      (Newser) - Matthew Hiasl Pan, a 26-year-old chimp, is not legally a person, the Austrian Supreme Court has ruled. The animal shelter where he lives has declared bankruptcy, and human donors have volunteered to support him. But under Austrian law, only people can receive personal gifts, reports the AP, so the court rejected an animal rights group's petition to change Matthew's legal status. More »

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      Austria  • animal rights  • chimpanzees

  • December 2007

    • LAPD Gets Cats to Scare Rats

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 29, 07 1:28 PM CST

      LAPD Gets Cats to Scare Rats

      (Newser) - The LAPD is using six feral felines to shoo away pesky rats and mice from its lots, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mangy, homeless creatures can't be broken in as house pets, so an animal rescue group placed them with the city’s finest to control its rodent problem. “Once we got the cats, problem solved,” said one captain. More »

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      Los Angeles  • animal rights  • LAPD  • rats  • mice  • feral cats

  • September 2007

    • Hunters Take Aim in Wyoming

      Reuters  |  Sep 15, 07 4:20 PM CDT

      Hunters Take Aim in Wyoming

      (Newser) - Hunters take aim at a symbol of the American West today, as Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge opens the first buffalo season in almost a decade. Officials say they need to lower the population from 1,200 to 500 because of overgrazing and disease. But killing the once-endangered species has animal groups and locals up in arms, Reuters reports. More »

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      animal rights  • wildlife  • hunting  • species  • Wyoming  • bison

    • Chrissie Hynde Fuming Over Leather Bag Namesake

      Independent (UK)  |  Sep 3, 07 10:34 AM CDT

      Chrissie Hynde Fuming Over Leather Bag Namesake

      (Newser) - Rocker Chrissie Hynde is furiously threatening to sue an Italian fashion house after it named a red leather handbag after her. The Pretenders star, whose commitment to animal rights has resulted in her arrest in the past, says she's livid that the designers are putting brass in pocket off a potshot at her.  "At first, I thought this must be a joke, it's so outrageous and thoughtless," Hynde tells the Independent. More »

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      animal rights  • PETA  • boycott  • vegetarianism  • activist  • fur  • leather  • Moby  • Burberry

  • August 2007

    • Bullfighting Dustup Has France on Guard

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 18, 07 3:16 PM CDT

      Bullfighting Dustup Has France on Guard

      (Newser) - Animal activists and bullfighting fans in France are butting heads over an anti-bullfighting ad that shows bulls being speared and slaughtered. The French government banned the ad as too violent, prompting cries of hypocrisy from a well organized group of celebrities and dignitaries who have been protesting the gruesome "corrida" Spanish style of fighting.  More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • animal  • Spain  • animal rights  • bullfighting

    • Consumers Scramble for Cage-Free Eggs

      New York Times  |  Aug 12, 07 6:13 AM CDT

      Consumers Scramble for Cage-Free Eggs

      (Newser) - The hottest new trend to hit the food industry is the cage-free egg, laid by ostensibly happier chickens allowed the run of large barns, the NY Times reports. Mega-brands like Whole Foods and Ben and Jerry’s now use only cage-free eggs, and even Burger King is switching, but overheated demand is beginning to outstrip supply. More »

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      food  • farming  • animal rights  • Whole Foods  • cage free  • egg

  • June 2007

    • Woman Dogged by Staring Charge Gets Arf

      Associated Press  |  Jun 8, 07 1:29 PM CDT

      Woman Dogged by Staring Charge Gets Arf

      (Newser) - A Vermont woman charged with cruelty to animals after she stared at a police dog "in a taunting/harassing manner" is free to make faces at any animal that crosses her path. The county prosecutor dropped the charges after finding a big hole in his case: The alleged victim was unavailable to tell the court how the staring made him feel. More »

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      crime  • animal  • trial  • animal rights  • weird  • Vermont

  • May 2007

    • NIH Won't Breed Chimps for Research

      Reuters  |  May 25, 07 6:21 AM CDT

      NIH Won't Breed Chimps for Research

      (Newser) - The National Institutes of Health will stop breeding chimpanzees for use in medical testing, the agency announced yesterday. The practice is being abandoned for financial reasons, NIH says; because chimpanzees live upwards of 50 years in captivity, their lifelong upkeep costs $500,000. More »

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      health  • science  • research  • animal rights  • chimpanzees  • NIH

  • April 2007

    • Police Find Abused Dogs on Vick Property

      ESPN  |  Apr 27, 07 10:49 AM CDT

      Police Find Abused Dogs on Vick Property

      (Newser) - Animal-rights activists are calling for the Falcons to dump superstar Michael Vick after more than 60 starved and injured dogs, presumably kept for fighting, were found at a house Vick owns but does not live in. Smithfield, Va., police discovered the dogs during a raid targeting Vick's cousin Davon Boddie. Vick refused comment through a team spokesman. More »

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      NFL  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • animal cruelty  • animal rights  • dogfighting  • PETA

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