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  • August 2008

    • Newspaper Rejects PETA Ad on Bus Decapitation

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 08 8:03 AM CDT

      Newspaper Rejects PETA Ad on Bus Decapitation

      (Newser) - A Canadian newspaper has nixed a PETA ad that likened the decapitation of a bus passenger to the killing of animals in slaughterhouses, reports AP. The animal rights group had sought to run the ad, depicting a throat being cut, in a city close to where a man was stabbed, beheaded, and partially cannibalized by a fellow bus passenger last week. More »

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      murder  • Canada  • animal rights  • PETA  • advertisements  • buses

    • 32 Research Monkeys Die in Overheated Lab

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 08 6:15 AM CDT

      32 Research Monkeys Die in Overheated Lab

      (AP) - Thirty-two research monkeys at a Nevada laboratory died because their human handlers left the room fatally hot, said officials for the drug company that runs the facility. Charles River Laboratories representatives have met with USDA officials to discuss new measures to avoid a repeat of the accident that involved a faulty heating system, according to the company. The USDA reportedly cited the lab for dozens of violations of the Animal Welfare Act the last three years. More »

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      Nevada  • animal rights  • PETA  • monkey  • animal testing

    • Swimmer Takes Fur Protest to Beijing

      Agence France Presse  |  Aug 6, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      Swimmer Takes Fur Protest to Beijing

      (Newser) - Amanda Beard became the first athlete to protest at the Olympic Games today, revealing a huge nude photo of herself outside the athlete’s village in Beijing. Eschewing Darfur or Tibet, the US swimmer blasted fur clothing in the ad for PETA. “The Olympics are a great forum for me to use to get my message out,” Beard said. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic protests  • PETA  • nudity  • Amanda Beard

  • July 2008

    • Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

      Associated Press  |  Jul 18, 08 9:12 AM CDT

      Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

      (Newser) - The Army is butting heads with animal rights activists over a planned drill that involves shooting live pigs. As practice for battlefield medical care, soldiers will fire at the pigs, then rush to save them. "It's to teach Army personnel how to manage critically injured patients within the first few hours of their injury," said an Army spokesman. More »

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      animal rights  • PETA  • Army  • pigs  • Military  • soldiers  • medical training

  • June 2008

    • PETA Targets Fur-Wearing Olsen Twins

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Jun 13, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      PETA Targets Fur-Wearing Olsen Twins

      (Newser) - PETA is trying to make life hairy for the Olsen twins, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The animal rights group, noting that the sisters are still fond of fur, is urging activists to cut off their own locks and send them to the twins for their 22nd birthday today, "since they seem to be in such dire need of extra hair on their bodies." More »

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      animal rights  • PETA  • Mary-Kate Olsen  • fur  • Ashley Olsen

  • May 2008

    • Vt. Town Sheds Inhibitions, Puts Them Back On

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 19, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Vt. Town Sheds Inhibitions, Puts Them Back On

      (Newser) - Whether shopping, bicycling, hula-hooping, or demonstrating for PETA, people in Brattleboro, Vt., have witnessed a rash of nakedness, the Wall Street Journal reports. Public nudity is generally legal in Vermont, but a spontaneous act of nakedness by three 20-year-olds two summers ago sparked a trend that made many residents uncomfortable and prompted passage of a ban. More »

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      nudity  • PETA  • Vermont  • indecent exposure  • fine  • public nudity  • legislature  • Brattleboro, Vt.

    • PETA Cries Foul Over Filly's Death

      Lexington Herald-Leader  |  May 5, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      PETA Cries Foul Over Filly's Death

      (Newser) - PETA is calling for broad reforms in horse racing after the second-place finisher in Saturday's Kentucky Derby broke her two front legs and was immediately euthanized, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader. PETA is calling for horses to begin training at their third birthdays, rather than their second, and also for synthetic surfaces on all racetracks, which offer less of a pounding to the animals' legs. More »

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      horse racing  • Kentucky Derby  • PETA  • Eight Belles

  • April 2008

    • Strawberry Fields Forever, Sir Paul Pleads

      Reuters  |  Apr 21, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Strawberry Fields Forever, Sir Paul Pleads

      (Newser) - If you want to fight global warming, drop the hamburger, Sir Paul McCartney advises. “The biggest change anyone could make in their own lifestyle would be to become vegetarian,” said McCartney, himself a longtime herbivore. Livestock is a big contributor to global warming, the ex-Beatle says, because of the amount of land and water the meat industry uses. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • environment  • Paul McCartney  • PETA  • meat  • vegetarianism

    • PETA Offering $1M Prize for Test Tube Meat

      New York Times  |  Apr 21, 08 10:21 AM CDT

      PETA Offering $1M Prize for Test Tube Meat

      (Newser) - PETA is offering a $1 million reward to the first researchers who can figure out a commercially viable artificial meat-production system, the New York Times reports. Scientists have been working on in vitro meat for years, hoping to grow edible tissue cultures that could replace slaughtered livestock. But there was a “near civil war” within the animal-rights group over the reward. More »

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      food  • science  • PETA  • meat

  • 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

    • 'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

      Marine Corps Times  |  Mar 4, 08 8:46 AM CST

      'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

      (Newser) - Military officials are investigating a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a Marine hurling a puppy off a cliff, the Marine Corps Time s reports. The video shows a Marine joking with buddies in a rocky landscape before throwing the animal. An official from the Hawaii base where the Marine is thought to be stationed called the video "shocking and deplorable."  More »

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      YouTube  • military  • animal cruelty  • US Marine Corps  • PETA  • viral video  • puppy

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • PETA Card Lets You 'Give Vick a Good Shake'

      Associated Press  |  Dec 19, 07 2:08 PM CST

      PETA Card Lets You 'Give Vick a Good Shake'

      (Newser) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has released a series of online holiday cards that strike back at celebrities on their naughty list, including dogfighter Michael Vick. The card features the former Falcons quarterback dragging a ball and chain around a prison yard, surrounded by guards and, of course, their dogs, AP reports. When viewers shake the globe, things get rough for Vick. More »

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      NFL  • Michael Vick  • dogfighting  • PETA  • holiday card

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Fight Rumors Dogged Vick for Years

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Sep 5, 07 8:11 AM CDT

      Fight Rumors Dogged Vick for Years

      (Newser) - Tracing what they call the "open secret" of Michael Vick's dogfighting involvement, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on a trail of tips, whispers and investigations that led nowhere until the Falcons QB's indictment and subsequent guilty plea this year. PETA and the Humane Society both received repeated alerts—but each organization kept the information to itself, saying the tips were too vague to act. More »

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      Michael Vick  • PETA

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

  • August 2007

    • Vick's Pit Bulls Could Face Euthanasia

      Associated Press  |  Aug 23, 07 10:28 AM CDT

      Vick's Pit Bulls Could Face Euthanasia

      (Newser) - The 53 pit bulls seized from Michael Vick's property must be claimed today—otherwise they could be euthanized. A spokeswoman for PETA claims rehabilitation isn't an option for ex-fighting dogs. "It's widely accepted that euthanasia is the most humane thing for them," she said. More »

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      dog  • Michael Vick  • dogfighting  • PETA  • euthanasia  • pit bull

  • July 2007

    • Hollywood Tries Pigeon Birth Control

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 30, 07 10:05 AM CDT

      Hollywood Tries Pigeon Birth Control

      (Newser) - Hollywood will try to cut its pigeon population by lacing rooftop feeders with birdie birth control. The contraceptive OvoControl P is meant to reduce the spectacular amount of pigeon poop flooding from above, the LA Times reports, and even PETA is on board. "We would much rather they use contraception than poison or anything harmful," says a Humane Society exec. More »

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      Los Angeles  • Hollywood  • birth control  • PETA  • population control  • pigeons

  • June 2007

    • Romney 'Tortured' Family Dog

      Time  |  Jun 28, 07 6:26 AM CDT

      Romney 'Tortured' Family Dog

      (Newser) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney once kept his Irish Setter in a dog carrier strapped to the roof rack of the family car during a 12-hour road trip in a stunt that's come back to haunt his campaign 24 years later, Time reports. The incident came to light as an anecdote about Romney in a newspaper profile. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • presidential campaign  • dog  • pets  • animal cruelty  • PETA

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