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animal rights stories: 71 news summaries

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WELL...SORTA

 PETA Drove Me to Kill My Cat 

After a series of potential veiled threats, woman puts cat down

Nov 4, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Buried on the last page of an article about the shiny, happy PETA interns (or, as one passerby called them, “those crazy PETA people”), the Washington Post relates a story of how they contributed to one cat’s untimely demise. Lydia Netzer, who lives next door to the... More »

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animal rights • PETA • cat • crazy

food critic's lament

 70-Year-Old Lobster 
 Deserves Freedom 

Larry's plight stirs conscience of restaurant writer

Oct 23, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Restaurant writer Ryan Sutton has dined on his share of lobsters, but the plight of one venerable crustacean has left him without an appetite. "Larry" is a 70-year-old lobster at New York's Oceana restaurant awaiting its fate as a $275 entree. Sutton admits he's never given much thought to... More »

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New York • restaurant criticism • animal rights • seafood • lobster • women's issues • Oceana

PRINCESS PIGLETTE

 PETA Peeved Over Paris' Pig 

Hilton's latest accessory angers perpetually pissed animal rights organization

Oct 14, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - PETA has found a new poster child for its ire: Paris Hilton, who recently adopted a $4,500 miniature piglet. Despite naming the animal “Princess Piglette,” TMZ notes, PETA claims the "wretched example" treats her pets like “disposable accessories”—“as disposable as her friends,... More »

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entertainment • Paris Hilton • celebrity • animal rights • PETA • pig

 Vick Plans TV 
 Documentary 
 Series on His Life 

Show will take a somber, serious look at QB's life: BET producers

Oct 7, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick will star in an eight-part documentary-style TV series about his life for BET. The Michael Vick Project, due in 2010, will look at Vick’s comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles along with his troubled childhood and—of course—the time he spent running a dogfighting ring. "I... More »

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Michael Vick • animal rights • PETA • documentary • Humane Society • BET

 Hippo Hunt Divides Colombia 

Animal rights groups decry containment plan

Sep 11, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pepe the Hippo has become a divisive figure in Colombia. When the animal escaped from his birthplace near Pablo Escobar’s pleasure palace, the government and some environmentalists organized an intense hunt that eventually ended when a team of more than a dozen soldiers killed the runaway beast. But some... More »

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Colombia • animal rights • hippopotamus

 Sorry, 
 Glenn Beck: 
 Senate 
 Confirms 
 Sunstein 

57-40 vote goes mostly along party lines

Sep 11, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s nominee for a bureaucratic White House post, has been confirmed in a 57-40 Senate vote largely along party lines, Politico reports. Sunstein, who will monitor federal regulations as director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has been under attack by conservatives... More »

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Senate • White House • animal rights • hunting • Glenn Beck • nominee • President Obama • confirmation vote • end-of-life care • Cass Sunstein

Say Hello to Glenn Beck's Latest Target

Sunstein's stance on hunting puts him on Fox host's hit list

Sep 10, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Glenn Beck has helped take down Van Jones, he’s set his sights on another Obama appointee: Cass Sunstein, would-be head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Conservatives initially praised the choice of Sunstein, because some of his writings have a libertarian bent, More »

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animal rights • hunting • Harvard Law School • Glenn Beck • Obama administration • Cass Sunstein

 Rights Group Films 
 Workers Grinding 
 Chicks Alive 

Animal rights group uncovers disgusting practices at Iowa egg hatchery

Sep 1, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(AP) - An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted male chicks by tossing them live into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor. Chicago-based Mercy for Animals said it shot the video... More »

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Iowa • euthanasia • animal rights • egg • killings • poultry • chicken • factory farm • animal abuse


 Vick's Fans, 
 Critics Plot 
 Rallies Ahead 
 of Eagles Game 

NAACP to march at stadium, while SPCA throws 'tailgate' party

Aug 27, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick’s first NFL game since his conviction for dog fighting has triggered strong reactions among animal and civil rights advocates in Philadelphia and they plan to let him know it, AP reports. Before he steps onto the field today as the Eagles’ quarterback, the Pennsylvania SPCA will throw... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • football • Philadelphia • animal rights • dogfighting • SPCA • Philadelphia Eagles • NAACP

(Newser) - Animal rights militants have torched the home of the CEO of drug giant Novartis and stolen his mother's ashes from a Swiss cemetery, say company officials. Employees' cars have also been vandalized and attacked with crude explosive devices, reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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drug companies • animal rights • Novartis • grave robbing • animal testing • arson

(Newser) - Britain's beleaguered fox hunting crew is undergoing media training to stop acting so bloody "toff," as the Brits say, in order to curry favor with the hoi polloi, reports the Independent. Hunters should always climb off their horses before speaking to the press and refrain from wearing their... More »

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animal rights • Britain • equestrian • horses • fox hunting • hounds • riding

PETA Wants Psych Test for Vick to Return

Animal-rights group threatens NFL with protest otherwise

Jul 22, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - PETA may protest if Michael Vick gets another job in the NFL without first undergoing a psychological evaluation, the animal-rights group’s DC office says. A spokesperson tells CBS affiliate WUSA-TV that a person who’s served time has the right to go free, but isn’t entitled to go... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • protests • animal rights • PETA • dog fighting

PETA Protests Seattle Fish-Flinging

Fishmongers nonplussed by PETA effort to defend the dignity of dead fish

Jun 13, 09 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - PETA has called foul on the antics of Seattle's famous fishmongers, the Los Angeles Times reports. Workers at the city's Pike Place market routinely chuck fish more than a dozen feet from display case to counter over the heads of shoppers with deadly accuracy. PETA says the practice is "... More »

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fish • fishing • animal rights • PETA • Seattle

(Newser) - It's not only Kate Gosselin who's upset with hubby Jon. Now an animal rights organization is on his case about comments he made to People that his eight kids "beat up, bite, and drag around" the family's two German shepherds. The Humane Society of Berks County, where the Gosselins... More »

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animal rights • rich dogs • Man's best friend • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Shoka • Nala

Monkeys Pass
Altered Traits
to Offspring

Genetic breakthrough
will aid disease study,
but troubles some

May 27, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese scientists have produced the first genetically modified monkeys that can pass on their new traits to offspring, a research breakthrough mired in ethical quandaries. The technique is meant to be used to infect monkeys with diseases like Parkinson’s and then test treatments on them, but could eventually be... More »

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ethics • genetics • disease • animal rights • monkey • eugenics • lab rat • scientific breakthroughs • gene mutation

Rodent Rights Activists Face Uphill Climb

Animal campaigners seek a better quality
of life for lab rats

May 16, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Activists have managed to improve the lives of many animals in recent years, but they've met indifference when it comes to getting a better deal for rodents, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rats and mice make up 90% of the animals used in research in the US, say advocates, but... More »

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mice • rats • animal rights • animal testing • scientific research • lab mice

Queen of Spain Pleads for Grief-Stricken Zoo Elephant

Barcelona Zoo urged to move bereaved elephant to more suitable habitat

May 15, 09 3:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spain's Queen Sofia has intervened to help save an elephant campaigners say is dying of grief, the Independent reports. Susi, Barcelona Zoo's only elephant, lives alone in a concrete compound and has exhibited behavior experts say shows anxiety and deep depression since her companion died last year. The queen has... More »

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Spain • zoo • animal rights • elephant • elephant habitat • Queen Sofia

 Betty White-Barker 
 Feud Heats Up 

Price is Right host won't attend game show awards if she's there

May 12, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barker might not come on down to the Game Show Awards this weekend—at least, not if Betty White dares to show her face, BuzzerBlog reports. The feisty oldsters are feuding over an elephant Barker wants relocated from the Los Angeles Zoo, and since the Golden Girl got her... More »

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entertainment • Bob Barker • celebrity • animal rights • game show • elephant • Los Angeles Zoo • Betty White

(Newser) - In a first, the FBI today put an animal-rights crusader on its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list, CNN reports. San Francisco-bred activist Daniel Andreas San Diego is charged with the 2003 bombings of two corporate buildings. Authorities allege he believed the companies were tied to animal testing. The FBI has... More »

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terrorism • FBI • San Francisco • bombing • animal rights • fugitive • vegan • criminal charges • Daniel Andreas San Diego • Most Wanted

Pet Shop Boys Reject PETA's Request to Change Name 

'Rescue Shelter' boys perhaps?

Apr 10, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pet Shop boys turned down a curious request from PETA to change their name to the "Rescue Shelter Boys," CNN reports. The animal-rights group admitted its request might seem “bizarre” but exhorted the dance-music duo to consider the attention they could bring to the squalid conditions... More »

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music • animal rights • PETA • Britain

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