January 30, 2005
Amid accusations of animal cruelty and blackmail, the Australian wool industry faces a global animal rights group in court next month.
The Sun-Herald
Sunday, January 31, 2005
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06:08 PM
Pro-hunt campaigners have lost their High Court challenge to the law banning hunting with dogs in England and Wales.
BBC News
Friday, January 28, 2005
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06:04 PM
January 27, 2005
For the second time in a week, a wild animal has died as a result of gunshot wounds.
Auburn Journal
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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11:03 PM
Dressed only in underwear and cleverly placed signs, four Peta volunteers bared all on a blow-up bed on the corner of 6th and Congress Thursday.
KUVE
Thursday, January 27, 2005
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10:59 PM
Whole Foods Market Inc., which announced in December it would create the Animal Compassion Foundation to ensure more humane treatment of farm animals, is now donating seed money to that effort.
Austin Business Journal
Thursday, January 27, 2005
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10:54 PM
AN animal rights group said yesterday it has enlisted the help of Martina Navratilova in its campaign against an Australian sheep farming practice that activists say is cruel.
Maylasia Star
Thursday, January 27, 2005
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10:52 PM
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has given a $1,500 grant to the Lake City Humane Society and Animal Shelter as a reward for boycotting products from a well-known pet food manufacturer.
Lake City Reporter
Thursday, January 27, 2005
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10:49 PM
A Leesburg man faces indictment for felony animal cruelty in a case that has gotten the attention of the largest animal rights organization in the world. The man is accused of stomping a pet cat to death in a trash can.
Leesburg Today
Thursday, January 27, 2005
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10:45 PM
PETA's brand-new anti-KFC billboard, which shows Pamela Anderson next to the tagline "Boycott KFC - Live Scalding, Painful Debeaking, Crippled Chickens" and steers motorists to www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com, has just gone up along I-81 at Lenox, facing south and Pittston, facing north.
NEPAtoday.com
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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10:40 PM
January 24, 2005
After Bush/Cheney pins, fur coats were among the most popular fashion accessories at the inauguration, with a striking number of women wearing them.
Chicago Tribune
Friday, January 21, 2005
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09:31 AM
Protesters from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) organization pose naked outside the Exhibition Center in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, where inside the Pielespana, the International Leather Fashion Exhibition, is being held.
AAP
Saturday, January 22, 2005
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09:27 AM
January 21, 2005
We at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) appreciate Michael Rosen’s willingness to voice his concerns about issues surrounding the AgriProcessors scandal in his recent article, PETA Attacks Jewish Tradition.
Frontpagemag.com
Friday, January 21, 2005
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05:46 PM
Naked PETA members held strategically placed signs that read, "We'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur."
USA Today
Thursday, January 20, 2005
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05:42 PM
Alachua County residents and pet professionals are joining an International boycott of Iams pet food company by telling the multi-billion dollar pet food giant that they will not purchase, sell, or recommend Iams pet food until the company makes some big changes in their animal research program.
Alachua Post
Thursday, January 20, 2005
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January 19, 2005
Many video games feature violence and death. Vancouver game designer Jonathan Skinner's new game Steer Madness, which recently received an award from the most famous animal rights group in North America, is about an indignant steer liberating caged rabbits and chickens destined for slaughterhouses and cosmetic labs.
The Vancouver Courier
Monday, January 17, 2005
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11:19 PM
Two representatives from the animal rights group known for its flamboyant protests showed up on International Speedway Boulevard on Tuesday to protest animal tests conducted by Iams, a popular dog and cat food company.
Daytona Beach News
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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11:15 PM
A powerful animal rights group has stepped up its fight against what it says is a cruel practice by Australian sheep farmers, claiming another major retailer has joined the campaign.
The Age
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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11:09 PM
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will buy billboard space in Iroquois County for a campaign to end or limit the practice of chaining dogs outside.
Pantagraph.com
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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11:05 PM
January 18, 2005
An animal rights group caught the attention of the lunch crowd at the Landing Thursday.
WJXX
Thursday, January 13, 2005
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12:07 PM
Guerneville resident Alex Bury distinctly recalls the day her life in this small Russian River resort town changed forever.
North Bay Bohemian
Thursday, January 13, 2005
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12:04 PM
Since Jackie Horrick was old enough to buy clothes, she had the hardest time finding something to wear.
Whittier Daily News
Saturday, January 15, 2005
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12:01 PM
An animal rights group caught the attention of a crowd at Jacksonville's Landing.
WTEV
Friday, January 14, 2005
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11:49 AM
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is again calling for an E. Russell Hicks Middle School science teacher to be removed from the classroom because of a criminal conviction.
Hagerstown Morning Herald
Monday, January 17, 2005
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11:45 AM
January 17, 2005
After decades of guilting the rich out of their mink coats and fox stoles, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is taking furs turned in to the group and donating them to the homeless in several U.S. cities, as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Time
Monday, January 24, 2005
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07:23 PM
We were the first to write that President Bush is being encouraged by Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, not to wear the beaver-fur hat commissioned for this week's inauguration.
Washington Times
Friday, January 14, 2005
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07:20 PM
An animal-rights group is calling for banning or restricting the chaining of dogs here.
The Advocate
Tuesday, January 13, 2005
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07:18 PM
It's the season of the pretender: acrylic fur, artificial jewels on brooches, fake snake handbags and mock croc shoes.
Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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07:13 PM
If you're thinking about biting into a juicy steak tonight, you may want to think twice.
Boston Herald
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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07:11 PM
In recognition of their trailblazing efforts to provide consumers with fashionable, functional, top-quality merchandise that didn’t cost a cow an arm and a leg, nine companies have been singled out for special recognition in PETA’s second annual Proggy Awards.
World of Garment-Textile-Fashion
Monday, January 10, 2005
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07:09 PM
Clearfield-based Gardenburger, a maker of soy-based foods, has won a national award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, January 7, 2005
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07:02 PM
January 14, 2005
Three types of mammals shown to have such skills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Rats can use the rhythm of human language to tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese, researchers in Spain reported on Sunday.
CNN
Tuesday, January 9, 2005
January 11, 2005
If you were anywhere near 4th Avenue and Church Street on Monday, you were most likely shocked by what you saw. In an effort to protest the violent treatment of circus elephants, a member of PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - laid on the sidewalk, shackled at her ankles, wearing nothing but underwear.
WKRN News 2
Monday, January 10, 2005
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09:43 AM
Sultry animal rights activists stripped down in the freezing weather to bear their skin to try to save the hides of millions of animals slaughtered for fur garments.
AFP
Friday, January 7, 2005
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09:40 AM
Oh, Colonel Sanders, courtly Southern gent clad in white, peddler of deep-fried, finger-lickin' good sustenance, what's become of you?
The Roanoke Times
Saturday, January 8, 2005
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09:38 AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has told federal meat inspectors that they should immediately shut down any slaughterhouse where they observe acts of cruelty similar to those surreptitiously videotaped by an animal rights group at a kosher meat plant in Iowa.
Washington Post
Friday, December 31, 2004
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09:32 AM
Since the early 1950s, historians have credited Australia, with its vast tracts of Outback grazing land and booming wool trade, with riding to economic prosperity "on the sheep's back."
Associated Press
Thursday, December 30, 2004
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09:31 AM
Locally based Whole Foods Market Inc., the largest natural and organic foods supermarket in the world, has received recognition for its efforts to raise the bar on farm animal welfare.
Austin Business Journal
Thursday, December 30, 2004
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09:28 AM
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant chain and one of the largest buyers of chicken, is considering requiring its processors to use a more humane method for slaughtering poultry.
Chicago Tribune
Thursday, December 30, 2004
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09:27 AM
McDonald's Corp. said on Wednesday it is studying whether to require its chicken suppliers to use a more humane slaughter method following a proposal by an animal rights group that holds shares in the fast-food chain.
Reuters
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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09:25 AM
AMERICAN animal rights activists have erected a large, gruesome billboard near one of the busiest thoroughfares in the US as the next step in their campaign to create a worldwide boycott of Australian wool.
Herald Sun
Thursday, December 23, 2004
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09:23 AM
The terminally angry People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals people have lightened up and are sending pingpong balls to the media.
Beacon Journal
Saturday, December 18, 2004
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09:11 AM
January 05, 2005
PETA is recognizing two Virginia businesses for their practices that the Norfolk-based animal rights group calls animal friendly.
Wavy.com
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
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