April 11, 2005
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, known for brokering peace talks between feuding rappers, has been at the center of secret negotiations between KFC and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — says a source — but it looks like some feathers might still be ruffled.
MSNBC.com
April 11, 2005
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April 08, 2005
MILWAUKEE - As the Milwaukee Brewers prepare for their home opener Monday, Miller Park has been named by PETA to its annual Top 10 list of vegetarian-friendly ballparks.
Duluth News Tribune
April 7, 2005
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10:24 AM
April 06, 2005
Chris Poulsen made a lifestyle choice that affects every aspect of his life, from his clothes, to his diet, to the way he looks at the environment.
review-journal.com
April 4, 2005
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If PETA had its way, you wouldn't be reading this column with your Sunday morning coffee.
Florida Today
April 4, 2005
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Friend? Or fish stick? That's the question students debated when the animal-rights group PETA brought its campaign to the steps of their school.
Miami Herald
April 5, 2005
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POCATELLO - A giant chicken holding a sign waved to traffic Tuesday while People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals representative Ben Goldsmith handed out stickers and trading cards to children at Irving Middle School.
Idaho State Journal
April 6, 2005
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March 24, 2005
German artist Benjamin Schmidt is tied on a wooden cross below a placard with the slogan ' Thou shalt not kill, become a vegetarian,' during a demonstration by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Berlin, March 24, 2005.
Reuters
March 24, 2005
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March 23, 2005
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Wednesday protested against egg consumption saying the egg laying hens are kept in pathetic conditions.
Hindustantimes.com
March 23, 2005
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12:24 PM
March 15, 2005
Children outside the Golden Grove Primary School in Cape Town were approached on Tuesday by animal activists who are trying to persuade young people to stop eating chicken.
Mail & Guardian Online
March 15, 2005
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12:35 PM
March 14, 2005
PETA contest boasts gay bodybuilder, bisexual bombsell as finalists.
Gaywired.com
March 11, 2005
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Ravi Chand says vegetarians are sexier people - just look at him.
The Arizona Republic
March 14, 2005
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March 09, 2005
A central Iowan who grew up on a farm eating meat is now among the top ten male finalists in a global "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" contest.
Radio Iowa
March 9, 2005
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As far as Sunya Marcano is concerned, vegetarians are sexy. "I feel sexier -- definitely -- since I became a vegetarian nine months ago," said the 29-year-old Erin Mills resident. "I don't feel as lethargic, my skin has cleared up and my hair is thicker."
The Mississauga News
March 9, 2005
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05:07 PM
They call her the "veggie vixen" and the "tofutti cutie."
Philiadelphia Daily News
March 9, 2005
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11:04 AM
March 08, 2005
Forget about fad diets and pass the tofu. Pace resident Blair Cranford, 24, beat out hundreds of vegan beauties to become one of the top 10 female finalists in PETA's second annual Sexiest Vegetarian Alive contest.
Pensacola News Journal
March 3, 2005
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March 07, 2005
What rocks -- or rots -- in Richmond? Here's our weekly take on R-town. Risk taker What: A vote for vegetarianism Remarks: Micah Risk, a 20-year-old VCU student, is one of 10 female finalists in PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Alive contest.
www.timesdispatch.com
March 3, 2005
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Getting a taste of KFC's extra crispy or rotisserie chicken weren't on the minds of several passionate folks at the restaurant in Tamuning.
www.kuam.com
February 28, 2005
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CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Children who drink more milk do not necessarily develop healthier bones, researchers said on Monday in a report that stresses exercise and modest consumption of calcium-rich foods such as tofu.
CNN.com
March 7, 2005
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Sex sells, and now it is selling broccoli. The Web site www.goveg.com is hosting the "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" contest, and a North Brunswick woman has made it to the finals.
Home News Tribune
March 7, 2005
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10:09 AM
March 04, 2005
One Monterey beefcake is made of pure tofu. He's soy sexy it almost hurts.
Monterey Herald
March 4, 2005
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09:59 AM
March 02, 2005
A little bit of Greensburg smolders at the bottom of a list of lissome "tofutti cuties" and "sultry soy boys." Westmoreland native Lara Sanders, 23, is a candidate for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' annual "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" contest
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 3, 2005
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February 25, 2005
STAMFORD -- Growing up, girls thought Scott Ackerman was eye candy. Voters for the "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" contest agreed. They selected him as one of their top 10 finalists in the contest sponsored by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
StamfordAdvocate.com
Thursday, February 24, 2005
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PETA wants to know: Who's the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive? (And for this round, celebs need not apply. This is the "girl/boy next-door edition.") We hear local gal Lara Sanders is vying for the top spot. Sanders, 23, is a volunteer at the D.C.-based animal rights group Compassion Over Killing.
The Washington Post
Friday, February 18, 2005
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Three animal rights activists, one dressed as a giant chicken, got a mixed reception at a La Crosse school Tuesday.
La Crosse Tribune
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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Neither police nor school officials received complaints Monday morning after animal rights activists met outside an Oshkosh middle school in an effort to urge children to eliminate chicken from their diets.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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In a bid (we're not saying a bad one, mind you) to make vegetarianism appear less freaky to this meat-eatin' world, the folks at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are holding a Sexiest Vegetarian Alive contest.
Seattlepi.com
Monday, February 21, 2005
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11:21 AM
February 15, 2005
Sunday was a spectacular, springlike day in Alamo Plaza: Tourists going in and out of the Alamo; families and friends taking pictures of each other in front of the Shrine of Texas Liberty; a beautiful young woman with a pillow approaching, accompanied by two young men, one of whom carries a mattress; parents pushing children in strollers.
San Antonio Express-News
Sunday, February 13, 2005
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11:08 PM
PETA, the publicity-mad People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, wants you to have the steamiest Valentine's Day yet. For us that would involve sharing oysters and lobster with our resident Adonis.
Toronto Star
Saturday, February 12, 2005
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11:02 PM
February 11, 2005
The giant fish on M-115 Thursday was not the catch of the day at Lakeside Charlies.
Cadillac News
Friday, February 11, 2005
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11:17 PM
In an open letter addressed to KFC Chief Executive Officer David Novak, the Beasties demanded that the fast food giant cease to use suppliers who allegedly break chickens' necks or use growth inducing drugs.
SOHH
Thursday, February 10, 2005
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11:11 PM
From women in chains to billboards with Dennis Rodman naked, these folks know how to push media buttons.
Orlando Weekly
Thursday, February 10, 2005
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10:57 PM
February 08, 2005
Over 100 activists descended upon the KFC at Eddy and Polk in San Francisco Sunday February 5th for what normally would have been the noontime lunch rush.
indymedia.us
Monday, February 7, 2005
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09:25 PM
February 03, 2005
The Rev. Al Sharpton will not eat at KFC and he doesn't think you should either.
The New York Times
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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05:51 PM
January 27, 2005
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 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
January 17, 2005
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
January 11, 2005
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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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
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
December 07, 2004
In an alliance of thoroughly improbable bedfellows, Israel's Chief Rabbinate is effectively backing an outspoken US animals' rights group and opposing a leading Orthodox kashrut supervisor in a much-publicized fray over practices at a US slaughterhouse.
Jerusalem Post
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
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Ask Concord, N.H., resident Jayme Simoes what he thinks about festive holiday meals and he doesn't hold back: ``Nasty, salty meats.'' In fact, his dread of meat-centered occasions is such that this year, Simoes, his wife and their 3-year-old son - all vegetarians - took to the skies; they spent the day of thanks in the Azores.
Boston Herald
Sunday, December 5, 2004
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05:47 PM
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge said Monday if her department had jurisdiction, she would shut down and investigate a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville that critics say makes cattle suffer needlessly.
Globe Gazette
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
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December 06, 2004
U.S. Agriculture Department investigators are checking a kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Ia., that animal-rights activists have accused of abusing cattle.
Des Moines Register
Saturday, December 4, 2004
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10:05 AM
December 03, 2004
In the wake of accusations of cruelty from an animal rights group, the world's largest kosher certification authority announced yesterday that it would ask a major kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa to change the way it kills animals.
The New York Times
Friday, December 3, 2004
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05:53 PM
December 02, 2004
Animal rights activists have asked the Applebee's restaurant chain to change how its meat suppliers slaughter chickens.
Associated Press
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
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11:17 AM
December 01, 2004
An animal-rights group released grisly undercover videotapes today showing cows in a major kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa staggering and bellowing in seeming agony long after their throats were cut.
The New York Times
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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November 30, 2004
Don’t mention the T word around Florence today. It might upset the plump, white turkey.
The Virginian-Pilot
Thursday, November 25, 2004
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The Northville man whose animal rights protest got him arrested this week in Vietnam was fined 200,000 dong -- or $15 -- Wednesday.
Detroit Free Press
Thursday, November 25, 2004
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09:53 AM
November 19, 2004
Thanksgiving isn't just for carnivores.
News 14 Carolina
Thursday, November 18, 2004
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05:28 PM
On Tuesday, November 16, three activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Emmet Street KFC to protest what the group calls "abusive" practices in chicken processing.
The Hook
Thursday, November 18, 2004
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A well-known animal rights group is asking an Ames church to get rid of turkey at its annual Thanksgiving dinner.
IowaChannel.com
Friday, November 19, 2004
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05:21 PM
November 18, 2004
Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish -- contrary to stereotype -- are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat.
Associated Press
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
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November 11, 2004
Why did the chicken cross the road? To protest animal cruelty.
Napa Valley Register
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
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11:37 AM
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked Pole Line Road Baptist Church not to serve turkey at its annual Thanksgiving potluck dinner.
The Davis Enterprise
Thursday, November 11, 2004
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11:35 AM
November 08, 2004
The American Veterinary Medical Association gathered in Chicago on Nov. 5 to discuss a topic that is very dear to my heart: the treatment of pigs.
Chicago Sun-Times
Saturday, November 6, 2004
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04:22 PM
November 05, 2004
Regarding the Oct. 27 article "One woman's quest to enjoy her dinner without guilt": After I mustered up the courage to inform myself about the reality of factory-farmed animals, I gradually became a vegetarian.
The Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
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10:37 AM
November 02, 2004
Be honest, he says. Cheese smells like old socks.
Houston Chronicle
Monday, November 1, 2004
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10:15 AM
November 01, 2004
Telephone company Chief Executive Officer Norm Mason is a vegan and lifelong animal lover, so there was never any doubt what he'd offer at his company cafeteria.
Associated Press
Monday, November 1, 2004
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09:13 AM
October 28, 2004
An animal advocacy group is calling for prosecutors to press animal cruelty charges against Perdue Farms, after an activist at a lower Eastern Shore plant secretly videotaped chickens flapping wildly after their throats were slit on a processing line.
WBAL-TV
Thursday, October 28, 2004
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05:20 PM
The egg has long been known as "nature's perfect food."
The Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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05:18 PM
October 27, 2004
PETA, the animal rights activist organization known for its splashy demonstrations against wearing fur and the treatment of chickens and other animals, picketed Burger King outlets in 2001 to protest the fast-food giant's treatment of animals killed to make hamburgers and other products.
The Boston Globe
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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11:19 AM
October 22, 2004
Fish aren't stupid.
St. Petersburg Times
Friday, October 22, 2004
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09:42 AM
October 20, 2004
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals set up a display in Smith Park Tuesday, asking people to rethink their lunchtime choices.
WLBT 3/NBC
October 19, 2004
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02:12 PM
October 15, 2004
An animal rights group's controversial billboard ad featuring the late President Ronald Reagan and which links eating meat to Alzheimer's disease won't appear in metro Detroit, after two advertising companies turned it down.
Detroit Free Press
Friday, october 15, 2004
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09:57 AM
October 13, 2004
How many chicken facts does it take to make the average Brown student cross the road to vegetarianism?
The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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09:58 AM
October 12, 2004
Australian model Corey Wills poses for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) advertising campaign titled 'Chicks Love a Vegetarian' in Manila.
Reuters
Friday, October 8, 2004
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Fort Smith drivers who saw a giant chicken crossing the road on Friday were actually watching a protest from a national animal-rights group.
KHBS/KHOG
Friday, October 8, 2004
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10:04 AM
October 06, 2004
If you thought fish were cold, wet creatures who forget everything in three seconds flat, think again.
news.telegraph
March 10, 2004
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07:04 PM
October 04, 2004
In the week leading up to today's Feast of St. Francis, it fell to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to decide whether the sale and production of foie gras should be terminated in California on the grounds of cruelty to animals.
The Dallas Morning News
Monday, October 4, 2004
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10:33 AM
October 01, 2004
You watch two scantily-clad women engage in a pillow fight, of course your thoughts immediately turn to legumes.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Friday October 3, 2004
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07:14 PM
September 29, 2004
Fox Sports Net in Pittsburgh won't be running a racy ad produced by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, which argues that eating meat clogs arteries leading to the heart - as well as other organs.
Associated Press
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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10:21 AM
September 27, 2004
"MAGANDA ang hinaharap basta (The future is bright if you're) vegetarian."
Phillipine Daily Inquirer
Monday, September 27, 2004
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10:20 AM
In 1997, animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky freed 1,542 minks from a Canadian fur farm.
Daily Pennsylvanian
Monday, September 27, 2004
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10:16 AM
September 24, 2004
WEARING nothing but a skimpy bikini made of lettuce leaves, pin-up queen Pamela Anderson, best known internationally for her starring roles in the TV series Baywatch and V.I.P., appears in the new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) ad with the tagline "Mas maganda sa katawan ang maging vegetarian (Going vegetarian is good for the body)."
Sun Star Manila
Saturday, September 25, 2004
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02:39 PM
September 16, 2004
Healthy veganism has never been so comparatively good for you, so easily available, so delicious and so popular.
Medical News Today
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
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09:51 AM
September 09, 2004
Actress Pamela Anderson, always game to ruffle a few feathers in the name of mistreated fowl, has lent her famous face to a billboard campaign calling for a boycott of the KFC chain of chicken restaurants.
CNN.com
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
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09:10 AM
September 07, 2004
I wouldn't exactly say it inspires civic pride, but perhaps PETA has given Tampa another reason to be proud.
St. Petersburg Times
Friday, September 7, 2004
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11:52 AM
September 02, 2004
If you’re one of those people who aren’t moved by the plight of fish having to swim through mercury-befouled waterways, then you’re not a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Columbus Alive
Thursday, September 2, 2004
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12:23 PM
September 01, 2004
Like many teens, Laura White is a vegetarian. Like many students who choose vegetarianism, Laura is earnest, serious, concerned and committed.
The Courier-Journal
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
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10:00 AM
August 24, 2004
An animal activist group is evoking the memory of former President Ronald Reagan in its push for a vegetarian diet.
Cybercast News Service
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
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01:18 PM
Beef producers dismissed a new PETA campaign targeting meat consumption yesterday as nothing more than misinformation and below-the-belt tactics.
The Calgary Sun
Monday, August 23, 2004
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01:14 PM
August 20, 2004
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protesters are touring the region, spreading their message that KFC should stand for "Kentucky Fried Cruelty."
News 10 Now
Friday, August 20, 2004
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10:26 AM
August 19, 2004
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Captial News 9
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
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10:43 AM
August 17, 2004
An anti-fishing sign on Interstate 45 that shows a dog with a fishhook through its bloody lip will be taken down because of numerous complaints, a nationwide sign company decided Monday.
Houston Chronicle
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
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05:19 PM
August 13, 2004
Local television viewers had a beef with WPTA, Channel 21, until the local ABC affiliate pulled a PETA commercial showing images of sick and injured animals on commercial farms.
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Friday, August 13, 2004
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10:05 AM
August 12, 2004
Former "Baywatch" beauty Pamela Anderson is plastered on an anti-KFC billboard that just went up near the FleetCenter.
The Boston Globe
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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11:01 AM
Actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis doesn't think KFC is finger-lickin' good — she's just sent a letter to the fast-food chain taking them to task for their treatment of animals, on behalf of PETA.
MTV.com
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
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09:35 AM
August 09, 2004
Singapore police questioned a Santa Claus impersonator from an animal rights group Friday after she protested outside a KFC outlet against alleged fowl treatment of live chickens by the fast-food giant.
Associated Press
Friday, August 6, 2004
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03:47 PM
August 06, 2004
A Singaporean member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), dressed as Santa Claus, holds a banner outside a KFC restaurant in Singapore, August 6, 2004.
Reuters
Friday, August 6, 2004
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10:22 AM
Making the switch from a regular meat-and-dairy diet to an all plant-based, vegan diet may be easier than it would seem, new research suggests.
Reuters
Thursday, August 5, 2004
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10:19 AM
August 04, 2004
To date, there have been barely a handful of vegetarian restaurants in the United States that would tempt the average nonvegetarian; most might as well post a "meat-eaters keep out" sign on their doors.
The New York Times
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
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09:49 AM
July 29, 2004
If there are two things people shouldn't see being made, it has been observed, they are sausage and legislation.
Chicago Tribune
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
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09:30 AM
July 27, 2004
Poultry producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp., which has seen its stock stumble since reports surfaced of animal cruelty at one of its slaughterhouses, is moving quickly to shift attention away from KFC, which bought chicken from the plant.
Associated Press
Monday, July 26, 2004
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11:03 AM
Last week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released an undercover videotape made at the Pilgrim's Pride slaughterhouse, which supplies KFC restaurants.
Los Angeles Times
Sunday, July 25, 2004
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10:54 AM
July 26, 2004
More than three months until Election Day, the major-party presidential candidates' standard sound bites have become quite familiar -- perhaps even stale.
The Post and Courier
Sunday, July 24, 2004
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09:40 AM
July 23, 2004
Since allegations of abuse at Moorefield's Pilgrim's Pride plant broke, some have questioned whether video shot by PETA is even real. TV-3 spoke to one woman who used to work at the plant was says it's not only accurate, it didn't capture enough.
WHSV/abc
Friday, July 23, 2004
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09:56 AM
July 22, 2004
Something you won't be seeing as you cruise along I-4: A Pamela Anderson billboard urging a boycott of KFC, the fried-chicken joint.
Orlando Sentinel
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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09:34 AM
The Colonel's secret ingredient
MSN
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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09:27 AM
Poultry processor Pilgrim's Pride said Wednesday it fired 11 employees at its Moorfield, West Virginia, facility after a video from animal rights group PETA showed cruelty to chickens.
Reuters
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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09:21 AM
July 21, 2004
Yum Brands Inc.'s Louisville-based KFC division issued a statement Tuesday that called the actions of workers at one of its chicken suppliers "appalling."
Business Journals
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
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09:39 AM
An animal rights group on Tuesday released a video it said it secretly taped showing cruelty at a U.S. poultry plant owned by Pilgrim's Pride Corp., and the company's shares fell as much as 5.7 percent.
Reuters
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
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09:37 AM
An animal rights group released a videotape Tuesday showing slaughterhouse workers with a KFC Corp. supplier jumping on live chickens and slamming them into walls, apparently for fun.
CNN/Money
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
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09:30 AM
July 20, 2004
Heads-up on the Hill: Wearing only lettuce bikinis, Playboy Playmates and PETA activists Lauren Anderson (July 2002) and Kari Kennell (February 1988) will be passing out veggie dogs tomorrow around lunchtime.
Washington Post
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
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10:05 AM
An animal rights group involved in a long legal dispute with Kentucky Fried Chicken about the treatment of the 700 million chickens it buys each year is to release a videotape today showing slaughterhouse workers for one supplier jumping up and down on live chickens, drop-kicking them like footballs and slamming them into walls, apparently for fun.
The New York Times
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
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09:52 AM
July 14, 2004
A company that produces official racetrack publications for NASCAR events rejected an advertisement that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had purchased in a recent NASCAR race-week program.
ESPN.com
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
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09:29 AM
July 07, 2004
Some members of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals "made out" in Baltimore Tuesday.
WBAL/NBC
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
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10:00 AM
July 01, 2004
A TV ad promoting a vegetarian diet made its national debut in Billings last week – then was promptly pulled.
The Billings Outpost
Thursday, July 1, 2004
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05:11 PM
June 22, 2004
Animal rights activists protested on Saturday outside a South Bend restaurant because of how they treat their chickens.
WNDU-TV
Saturday, June 19, 2004
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04:49 PM
June 14, 2004
Anderson, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has sent a letter to NASCAR driver and KFC spokesman Dale Earnhardt Jr., 29, asking that he use his new relationship with the fast-food chain to curb its suppliers' worst abuses of chickens.
The Louisville Courier
Friday, June 11, 2004
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04:07 PM
June 03, 2004
The animal rights activists notorious for flinging fake blood at fashion models strutting runways in fur coats are using a gentle approach to turn children to vegetarianism.
The Sun Herald
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
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05:26 PM
May 13, 2004
The egg industry should stop advertising its products as humane as long as it continues such practices as clipping hens’ beaks and depriving birds of food and water, according to a ruling issued Monday by the Better Business Bureau.
MSNBC
Thursday, May 11, 2004
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05:08 PM
May 11, 2004
Animal rights activists unveiled a campaign Tuesday that compares the conditions of livestock to those of Holocaust-era concentration camps, defying a ban on the event in Trafalgar Square by city officials.
Associated Press
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
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03:40 PM
Scuffles broke out between police and animal rights protesters in London’s Trafalgar Square today.
The Scotsman
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
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03:38 PM
May 07, 2004
A campaign by the radical animal rights group Peta which compares the suffering of intensively reared animals with the plight of Jews in Nazi death camps is to be staged on London next week in defiance of a local authority ban.
The Independent Portfolio
Friday, May 7, 2004
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03:28 PM
May 05, 2004
Take a good look at the new billboard at Interstate 71 and West 150th Street, and you have to wonder: Is the bug-eyed boy's sesame seed bun loaded with a sizzling burger or a chicken breast?
The Plain Dealer
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
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09:48 AM
May 03, 2004
Gary Yourofsky and Kate Timko, from Royal Oak, Mich., have stopped in Halifax County for two days to explain the benefits of a vegan lifestyle, and, what they believe are, the cruel methods used to supply humans with meat.
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
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LOWELL Rose McGarry owns a pet dog and 11 ducks. And she adores filet mignon too much to be a vegetarian.
Lowell Sun
Friday, April 30, 2004
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10:26 AM
April 27, 2004
Saurabh Dalal of Lanham loves pizza, frequently ordering it with green peppers, black olives, onions and tomatoes. While many people indulge in the Italian cuisine for its high-calorie cheese, Mr. Dalal, 38, does without the dairy product.
The Washington Times
Tueseday, April 27, 2004
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03:29 PM
The pretrial date for the case against Dan Mathews, vice president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), was set for May 27 in a Middlesex County Court yesterday.
The Harvard Crimson
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
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03:08 PM
April 26, 2004
Poverty, drug addiction and sexual molestation as a youth here in Peoria couldn't stop Richard Pryor from becoming one of the world's most famous comedians during the 1970s and '80s.
Journal Star
Thursday, April 22, 2004
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04:07 PM
April 20, 2004
PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has sent letters to LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets. The letter urges them to refuse the NBA's Rookie of the Year Award because it is sponsored by the "Got Milk?" campaign of the dairy industry.
Detroit Free Press
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
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01:46 PM
April 15, 2004
The gun-toting chicken will find no coop in Yakima.
Yakima Herald
Thursday, April 15, 2004
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02:09 PM
Virginia's egg business heats up. But is there a difference between factory and farm?
Style Weekly
April 14, 2004
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01:55 PM
April 09, 2004
Two People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals members plan to set up a bed on a State Street sidewalk this weekend to prove that vegetarians make better lovers. The stunt is part of the animal rights group's "Live Make-Out Tour."
WISC-TV
Friday, April 9, 2004
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05:26 PM
April 08, 2004
PETA's controversial "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit is coming to Amsterdam.
UN Observer
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
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05:15 PM
Street teens" have been hired to plaster the city with controversial anti-meat posters linking the fate of 61 missing or slain women from the Downtown Eastside with the slaughter of pigs, after local billboard firms refused to rent space to the radical group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Globe and Mail
Thursday, April 8, 2004
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04:40 PM
April 07, 2004
The very public display of affection started around noon today, when Ravi Chand and his girlfriend, dressed only in lingerie started making out in a bed near the Bass Pro Shop.
KTOK-AM
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
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05:23 PM
A U.S. animal rights group defended an advertising campaign on Wednesday that links the women victims in a Canadian serial murder case to the fate of butchered pigs.
Reuters
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
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05:19 PM
April 05, 2004
A controversial animal rights group will set up a statue of a 10-foot-tall cow dressed as the pope outside today's Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston's South End.
Boston Herald
Sunday, April 4, 2004
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04:40 PM
March 30, 2004
It was there to greet the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, but it will not be in Roanoke to dampen the spirits of the National Dairy Calf and Heifer Conference
Roanoke Times
Saturday, March 27, 2004
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02:08 PM
March 25, 2004
A controversial animal rights group recently staged a demonstration featuring a 10-foot-tall "Jesus" model in London at the opening of "The Passion of the Christ" movie, asking film maker and actor Mel Gibson to show "compassion" to animals.
MensNewsDaily
Thursday, March 25, 2004
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05:53 PM
March 24, 2004
The animal-rights activists who once suggested Ronald McDonald was a bloody butcher are going after Colonel Sanders, contending cruelty is the "secret recipe" for KFC's fried chicken.
Associated Press
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
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04:35 PM
March 22, 2004
Germany's Jewish community said Friday it won a court order to prevent an animal rights organization from displaying posters that liken the treatment of animals to the suffering of Jews during the Holocaust.
beliefnet
Friday, March 19, 2004
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06:43 PM
March 18, 2004
An animal rights group said on yesterday it would go ahead with a controversial advertising campaign that likens the slaughter of animals to the murder of Jews under the Nazis, despite threats of a legal challenge.
The Boston Globe
Thursday, March 18, 2004
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01:40 PM
A woman walks past a 'Holocaust on a plate' campaign poster of vegetarian group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Stuttgart March 18, 2004.
Reuters
Thursday, March 18, 2004
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01:24 PM
March 17, 2004
The Central Council of Jews in Germany intends to fight an American-based animal-rights group over a controversial campaign likening animals to victims of the Holocaust, according to a published report Wednesday.
Expatica
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
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04:31 PM
March 15, 2004
Protesters from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) picketed outside Lincoln Elementary School Thursday in an attempt to convince kids to stop eating chicken.
WANE/NewsChannel15
Thursday, March 11, 2004
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02:02 PM
Will Fenway Park go veggie?
MSNBC
Monday March 15, 2004
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01:36 PM
March 12, 2004
Animal-rights activists will bring a large chicken and cards depicting children getting sick from eating chicken to Lincoln Elementary School today.
The Journal Gazette
Thursday, March 11, 2004
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01:04 PM
March 09, 2004
Bacon the Pig is fighting for her life, all 198 snorting pounds of it.
The Miami Herald
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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12:04 PM
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on a higher source in its efforts to have Mormons go vegetarian.
CBS/KUTV
Monday, March 8, 2004
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11:59 AM
March 03, 2004
Marc Deconcinck, chef at Le Bilig French Cafe, proudly serves the silky delicacy known as foie gras to discriminating diners at his Auburn restaurant.
The Sacramento Bee
March 1, 2004
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11:45 AM
March 02, 2004
The Darkness have joined the PETA campaign against KFC, with frontman Justin Hawkins writing a letter to the fast food chain, urging them to implement PETA’s recommended improvements in the treatment of its chickens.
MTV-UK
February 27, 2004
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09:37 AM
February 25, 2004
Even dressed as Jesus, Bob Chorush knew he was taking on a challenging task.
Billings Gazette
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
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11:32 AM
America's most aggressive animal rights organization plans to use Wednesday's premiere of the Mel Gibson-produced "The Passion of the Christ" to urge movie-goers to stop eating meat.
CNSNews
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
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11:29 AM
February 23, 2004
Singer Chrissie Hynde and an activist in a chicken outfit hold a poster in front of KFC restaurant in Bangkok on Sunday Feb, 22, 2004, promoting vegetarianism.
Associated Press
Sunday, February 22, 2004
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10:37 AM
A middle-aged woman came to Dr. Jane Hightower's San Francisco internal medicine practice complaining of hair loss, upset stomach, and difficulty concentrating. Like many professionals in the Bay area, the woman ate a lot of fish.
BusinessWeek
Thursday, February 19, 2004
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10:31 AM
February 20, 2004
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been reaching into record racks recently to recruit spokespeople for its cause, and the group can now add the Black Eyed Peas and Pharrell Williams to its A-list supporters.
MTV.com
Friday, February 20, 2004
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04:35 PM
February 18, 2004
Australian internet personality and model Sarah Jane, who is acknowledged in the Guiness Book of World Records as 'The world's most downloaded woman,' poses naked for an advertising campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Melbourne.
Reuters
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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12:07 PM
A truckload of veggie burgers wasn't enough to get a small Oklahoma town to change its name to Veggieville.
Associated Press
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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12:01 PM
February 17, 2004
Residents of this central Oklahoma community have a beef over an animal rights group's attempt to raise awareness of animal abuse.
Chicago Tribune
Friday, February 13, 2004
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A disturbing anti-meat commercial that shows a chick getting debeaked has run afoul of the organization that clears TV ads for Canada's private broadcasters.
Canoe
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
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10:31 AM
A machine-gun-toting chicken aims to deter Americans from eating meat in the latest national campaign launched Monday by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Billings Gazette
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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10:28 AM
February 12, 2004
Showing an adorable baby pig standing in a sun-drenched field of grass - a “ luxury” never afforded to pigs raised on factory farms - with the tagline “Please, Think Before You Eat. Go Vegetarian,” PETA’s new billboard aims to remind consumers that bringing home the bacon and other meats made from pigs not only means daily misery and certain death for lovable, smart, social pigs, but also brings home America’s top killer diseases that cut short human life.
Decatur Tribune
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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01:32 PM
US funnyman Richard Pryor is calling on Americans to boycott fast-food giant KFC for allegedly allowing chicken cruelty, animal rights activists said.
AFP
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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01:29 PM
February 10, 2004
A machine-gun-toting chicken aims to deter Americans from eating meat in the latest national campaign launched Monday from Denver by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Denver Post
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
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09:22 AM
January 23, 2004
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
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10:31 AM
January 15, 2004
Mad cow disease and salmon scares may make this the year of the veggie
The Sacramento Bee
Thursday, January 15, 2004
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10:30 AM
Mad cow disease and salmon scares may make this the year of the veggie
The Sacramento Bee
Thursday, January 15, 2004
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10:30 AM
January 14, 2004
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
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05:20 PM
January 13, 2004
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
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11:00 AM
January 12, 2004
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
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10:54 AM
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
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10:47 AM
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
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10:45 AM
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
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10:41 AM
January 09, 2004
