January 23, 2004

PETA: Couple should be jailed

Activists for the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want a Fitchburg couple to go to jail for allegedly neglecting their pet pit bull.

Sentinel & Enterprise
Friday, January 23, 2004

Posted by arz at 05:48 PM

Animal abuse case in Clay gets PETA's attention

A Clay County animal abuse case has caught the attention of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA.

GainesvilleSun
Thursday, January 22, 2004

Posted by arz at 05:46 PM

Down with cow?

The animal rights activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is targeting DaimlerChrysler AG, demanding that the company offer non-leather interiors on its high-end vehicles that now come with cow skins.

Detroit Free Press
Friday, January 23, 2004

Posted by arz at 01:43 PM

Is the beef safe? Who knows?

My name is Dave and I work at Vern's Moses Lake Meats. I did until the day the mad cow test results on the Sunny Dene cow came back positive for BSE.

Organic Consumers Association
Saturday, January 17, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:31 AM

January 20, 2004

PETA takes protest into exec's home turf

An animal-rights group's boycott against Petco is getting personal.

San Diego Union Tribune
Saturday, January 17, 2004

Posted by arz at 02:22 PM

Scantily clad PETA activist endures cold to protest circus

Wearing fuzzy ears, her body painted to resemble a tiger, and clothed only in black underwear and strategically placed pasties, 19-year-old Bethany Walker knelt in a small wire cage yesterday in Nashville's downtown riverfront.

The Tennessean
Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Posted by arz at 02:19 PM

Animal wrongs

Say "animal-rights activist," and the image that comes to mind is of crazies splashing paint on women wearing fur coats.

Denver Post
Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Posted by arz at 02:12 PM

Anti-PETA actions ruled improper

A federal judge has ruled a school principal and resource officer violated the constitutional rights of animal-rights protesters when they shut down a demonstration and forced the group off a sidewalk near a school five years ago.

Associated Press
Sunday, January 18, 2004

Posted by arz at 02:06 PM

January 16, 2004

Stripped Down to Their Spots

Shouting "Compassion is a fashion, fur is dead!" two protesters from a North Carolina chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) stripped down to painted-on leopard spots Friday at the corner of Union and South Main to demonstrate their gripes with the fur industry.

Memphis Flyer
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:07 AM

CBS Cries Foul on PETA, MoveOn Super Bowl Ads

U.S. football fans will not see ads featuring scantily clad vegetarians or a political attack on President Bush during February's Super Bowl after CBS said on Thursday that advocacy advertisements were out of bounds on professional football's biggest day.

Reuters
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:04 AM

PETA peeved about prairie dog purge

The extermination of Greeley prairie dogs in December sparked a movement to change the policies of International Habitat for Humanity.

Greeley Tribune
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 08:58 AM

January 15, 2004

PETA's impotence ad a no-no with CBS

This is PETA's Super Bowl ad pitch to CBS: Two scantily clad women try to seduce a pizza man but discover that he can't deliver "the goods". CBS rejected the ad. PETA says the network isn't playing fair.

CNNMoney
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 03:42 PM

News to chew on

Mad cow disease and salmon scares may make this the year of the veggie

The Sacramento Bee
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:30 AM

News to chew on

Mad cow disease and salmon scares may make this the year of the veggie

The Sacramento Bee
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:30 AM

59 counts of animal abuse lodged

A Cayuga County man will be in Spencer Town Court on Feb. 11 to answer charges that he abused a herd of nearly five dozen dairy cows on his Tioga County farm - a case that a national animal rights group has called "particularly egregious."

The Post-Standard
Thursday, January 15, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:13 AM

January 14, 2004

Report Cites Health Risks of Farm-Raised Salmon

Salmon raised in ocean feedlots, the main source of supply for American consumers, contains such high levels of PCBs, dioxins and other toxic chemicals that people should not eat it more than once a month, according to an extensive study reported today in the journal Science.

Los Angeles Times
Friday, January 9, 2004

Posted by arz at 05:20 PM

January 13, 2004

Primate debate: U. won'tdetail monkeyexperiments

More than 100 monkeys were involved in experiments at the University of Utah between October 1998 and February 2003. Some primates were as young as 6 months old.
But good luck finding out what was done to them.

The Salt Lake Tribune
Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Posted by arz at 11:09 AM

Local Nightclub Scraps Plans For Gators Under Glass

A Louisville night spot to be called Wet Willy's has decided to scrap a plan to have a pit of live alligators under a glass dance floor.

WLKY
Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Posted by arz at 11:05 AM

Taking up the cause of mute, helpless animals

Bruce believes the reprehensible, cannibalistic practice of feeding cows (which are natural herbivores) cow blood and manure containing diseased sheep flesh at so-called factory farms, ultimately results in epidemics that transcend geographical borders.

The Times of India
Tuesday, January 12, 2004

Posted by arz at 11:00 AM

PETA's book picks

Classic books like "Black Beauty," "Charlotte's Web" and "The Secret of NIMH" are good choices for parents who want to teach their children to be compassionate toward animals, according to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Monday, January 12, 004

Posted by arz at 10:54 AM

January 12, 2004

PETA: Turn Over A New Leaf, Meatless Is Best

The last way you'd think about dressing in Thursday's rainy cold is in a skimpy costume, shorts and a tank top. But to save animals and tout vegetarianism, that's exactly how two members of the animal rights group PETA showed up in Biloxi.

WLOXabc13
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:54 AM

Where's the Beef? Not on Beef.com

If you're looking for tips on cooking beef brisket, pot roast or T-bone steak, skip beef.com. Last week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals took control of the domain name and put up Web pages urging consumers to become vegetarians.

The New York Times
Sunday, January 11, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:49 AM

North Americans haven't tested rigorously enough for mad-cow disease.

One mad cow is messy; two are messier. And in the next few months, if and when North American regulators actually begin to gather some real science by testing thousands of cows, the picture will likely get even dirtier.

The Globe and Mail
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:47 AM

Scientists Say That Animal Product Consumption is Top Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer

Environmental factors such as diet and smoking are generally thought to account for 60–70 per cent of cancer incidence and mortality.

Food Navigator
Friday, January 9, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:45 AM

Have Millions of Americans Been Infected with a Cow Cancer Virus?

Lost in the recent media flurry over Mad Cow disease, a provocative study was released in the latest issue of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.[1] Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that a significant proportion of the American public may be harboring antibodies to Bovine Leukemia Virus, which they may have been exposed to through the consumption of beef or dairy products.

Veganmd
Monday, January 12, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:41 AM

January 09, 2004

PETA PROTESTS AT MAD COW CAPITOL OF AMERICA

Nancy Pennington, left, and Bob Chorush, protesters with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protest Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004 in Sunnyside, Wash., which is near Mabton, Wash., the location of a farm where the first case of mad cow disease in the U.S. was discovered in December.

Associated Press
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:56 AM

For love, not money

THE only people who can beat PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) is PETA itself. With super ad campaigns one after the other, they’ve come up with yet another winner.

Mumbai Newsline
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:45 AM

Taunton woman arraigned on animal cruelty charges

A woman who had 37 emaciated and sickly cats in a filthy apartment at 14 Randall St. in November was arraigned in District Court on Wednesday on animal cruelty charges.

The Enterprise
Friday, January 9, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:41 AM

January 08, 2004

PETA collars beef.com Internet site

The cattle industry has a new beef with animal rights activists.

Rocky Mountain News
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:17 AM

PETA joins effort to find person who hurt puppy

A national animal-rights group has joined local police in the search for the person who used scissors to snip the ears of a 3-month-old pit-bull puppy and then doused the wounds with acid.

The Argus
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 10:12 AM

Columnist has wrong idea about PETA

I am outraged at the obtuse opinions expressed in the recent article "Preposterous PETA".

Oregon Daily Emerald
Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:44 AM

Turtles struggle to survive in well

Over 100 turtles and a large number of fish are dying in a 45-foot well in Kalina where the water has been contaminated by a drainage pipe.

Mid-Day Mumbai
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:19 AM

PETA launches mad-cow Web site at beef.com

Type in Beef.com rather than Beef.org and Internet surfers seeking the latest on mad cow disease might think they've entered alternative cyberspace.

Associated Press
Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:15 AM

January 07, 2004

Prosecutor joins cat-dragging investigation

Two men suspected of torturing a cat by dragging it behind a cable installation truck could face felony charges in connection with the Dec. 22 incident.

Press of Atlantic City
Wednesday, January 7, 2003

Posted by arz at 11:37 AM

Civet cat ban takes toll on China wildlife market

Zheng Minbo's defence of the civet cat begins with the bite marks on his thumbs.

Reuters
Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Posted by arz at 11:25 AM

January 06, 2004

Animal rights group offers $2,500 to nab Hesperia horse shooter

The controversial People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals group is offering $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for shooting a Hesperia horse in the hip with a high-powered rifle on Dec. 12.

Hesperia Star
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Posted by arz at 04:10 PM

Holstein Dairy Cows and the Inefficient Efficiencies of Modern Farming

Sixteen years ago, I met a Holstein cow named Juniper-Mist Bell Paula. She lived in splendid solitude in a stone-walled paddock on a venerable Massachusetts farm.

The New York Times
Monday, January 5, 2004

Posted by arz at 01:08 PM

Diseased cow's calf among herd of 449 to be killed

An entire herd of calves at a Sunnyside feeding operation will be killed, federal officials said yesterday, because it contains a month-old offspring of the slaughtered Holstein that tested positive last month for the nation's only confirmed case of mad cow disease.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Posted by arz at 01:06 PM

PETA ad campaign a bust - literally

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals debuted a controversial billboard in the Knoxville market Monday along Interstate 40 West near the Strawberry Plains Pike exit.

Knoxville News Sentinel
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Posted by arz at 12:39 PM

PETA alleges animal mistreatment, files complaint against wildlife refuge

An animal rights organization alleges that animals at an Amarillo refuge live under "squalid" conditions, but the refuge owner says the accusations are false.

Amarillo Globe News
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Posted by arz at 12:36 PM

January 05, 2004

Horse death riles riders

In her final hours, Angel lay in the comfort of Sharon Keen's corral. The horse's head rested in Keen's lap as she quietly died.

San Bernardino County Sun
Sunday, January 4, 2004

Posted by arz at 04:16 PM

PETA offers reward in burned kitten case

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of teenagers who allegedly set a stray kitten on fire last month.

Associated Press
Saturday, January 3, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:30 AM

Activists take case to meat eaters

On Christmas Eve, less than a day after federal officials uncovered the first known case of mad cow disease in the United States, converging streams of animal rights activists, vegans and organic food proponents were already planning ways to capitalize on what they saw as the silver lining of opportunity in the nationwide scare.

San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, January 5, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:14 AM

Mad Cow Case Casts Light on Beef Uses

It was just one cow, one lame, worn-out Holstein dragged to slaughter in a corner of the country.

Los Angeles Times
Sunday, January 4, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:13 AM

January 02, 2004

Animal activist gets party possum off the hook

For the past 12 years, on New Year's Eve, this Appalachian town has lowered a possum in a Plexiglas cage from the roof of a gas station at the stroke of midnight.

SF Gate
Friday, January 2, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:41 AM

Mad cow disease

According to the Center for Disease Control, 76 million Americans every year get food poisoning. If you do the math, that's about 1 in 4 of us every year. You know that "24-hour flu" you had this year? Well, you should know that there's no such thing as a 24-hour flu.

The Washington Times
Friday, January 2, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:35 AM

Mad Cow Case Not Creating Vegetarian Rush

Droves of Britons gave up meat during England's mad cow outbreak in the 1980s, but since the discovery of an infected cow in Washington state American vegetarians mostly have trod carefully, trying not to take advantage of a situation that could cost lives and cripple a $40 billion industry.

Associated Press
Thursday, January 1, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:29 AM

PETA: Mad cow scare good excuse to go vegetarian

Americans should consider vegetarian diets in wake of the mad cow scare, a national animal rights organization said Wednesday.

The Casper Star-Tribune
Friday, January 2, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:24 AM

PETA draws bead on KFC

Colonel Sanders was a nice man, right? After all, he's the guy in the white suit with the black horn-rimmed glasses who hooked a nation on his fried chicken.

The News & Observer
Thursday, January 1, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:22 AM

The Cow Jumped Over the U.S.D.A.

Alisa Harrison has worked tirelessly the last two weeks to spread the message that bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, is not a risk to American consumers.

The New York Times
Friday, January 2, 2004

Posted by arz at 09:18 AM

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