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Recent News
May 28, 2004
The Boston Globe: Hold that trendy diet, US food panel says
BETHESDA, Md. -- Americans should ignore trendy low-carbohydrate diets and focus instead on cutting calories by avoiding super-sized fast food in favor of lean meats, low-fat dairy products, and fruits and vegetables, according to draft government dietary guidelines.
Grist Magazine: Fowl Play
What do the National Chicken Council, the National Turkey Federation, United Egg Producers, and Tyson Foods have in common? Well, first there's the obvious fowl connection. Then there's the foul connection...
MSNBC: Man sues Atkins over clogged arteries
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A businessman has sued the promoters of the Atkins Diet, saying the low-carb, high-fat meal plan clogged his arteries and nearly killed him.
New Scientist: Dinner, Pets, and Plagues by the Bucketful
A dozen bullfrogs slump together in a dark green mass at the bottom of a plastic bucket, looking more dead than alive. Some have blotchy skin and none has strength left to move.
May 27, 2004
MSNBC: Clucking about chicken
Is Bea Arthur a terrorist? The Golden Girl is the lead crusader in the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals’ campaign against KFC, and now the chicken company has accused PETA of “corporate terrorism.”
May 24, 2004
Washington Post: Bush Speechwriter Emerges as Animal Welfare Advocate
Quick, does Matthew Scully sound like a Republican?He wants increased government regulations of corporations that mass-produce animals for slaughter.
IVIS: Plants Affecting the Mammary Gland
Ever since the deaths of Abraham Lincoln's mother and others were shown to be caused by drinking milk from cows that had eaten white snakeroot, concern has existed regarding the presence of plant toxins in milk.
May 21, 2004
Ohio News Network: White Castle inducts vegetarian into its Hall of Fame
NEWARK, N.J. As a vegetarian, Montclair's Kal Penn seems an unlikely candidate for the White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame. But Penn is among this year's inductees to the iconic burger chain's list of most devoted or notable diners, as co-star of New Line Cinema's fast-food adventure, "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," due out this summer.
May 19, 2004
Reuters: Calif. lawmakers back ban on force-fed foie gras
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (Reuters) - Force-feeding of ducks and geese to make foie gras, a delicacy to some and an outrage to others, is a step closer to being outlawed in California after the state senate's passage of a bill on Tuesday.
NY Times: Meatless, Not Joyless
I made dinner the other night for five, two of them vegetarians, and while shopping I realized how often such a situation now arises. Vegetarianism, common to most of the world but still regarded skeptically by staunchly carnivorous Americans, has made significant inroads into the national culture, and it is increasingly making itself felt at American tables.
May 18, 2004
AZ Central: Vegetarian dogs and cats: Kibble doesn't cut it anymore
Vegetarian cat and dog owners are faced with a difficult decision when it comes to feeding their carnivores: vegetarian in concert with their beliefs or red meat in concert with what cats and dogs need? Now there's an answer, and one that's becoming increasingly available.
May 13, 2004
WJACTV: Steer Escapes Slaughterhouse, Takes Refuge In Garage
NEWARK, N.J. -- A steer that escaped from a slaughterhouse and took refuge in the Newark garage across the street may soon have a new home, WNBC-TV in New York reported.
May 12, 2004
Baltimore Sun: Arsenic used in chicken feed may pose threat
A prominent researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health says the poultry industry's widespread use of drugs to raise chickens is exposing people who eat them to more arsenic than previously estimated.
May 11, 2004
The Whichita Eagle: Vegging out? You're probably not a purist about it
What exactly is it that vegetarians eat?
That's a question asked by researchers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, who then reported on those who eat no meat, poultry or fish.
NY Times: Better Business Bureau Nixes Egg Ads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- 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.
Jerusalem Post: Animal rights compares farms to death camps
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.
May 07, 2004
MSNBC: PETA says Moore’s size a weighty issue
Michael Moore is making headlines with his controversial documentary, but one group is targeting the filmmaker for his waistline.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has selected the gadfly filmmaker as one of its “Flab Five” and is treating him to a Veg Eye for the Fat Guy makeover.
NY Times: You Want Liver Failure With That?
The filmmaker Morgan Spurlock kicked off his career with "I Bet You Would," a proto-reality show on MTV that dared the man on the street to suffer through some mild humiliation (in one memorable episode, a leather-bound biker accepted the dare to ride his bike down a popular strip wearing a tutu and pink leotard). More recently, in a karmic payback of sorts, Mr. Spurlock dared himself to eat nothing but McDonald's for 30 straight days, shunning most exercise while gorging on burgers with special sauce and downing 42-ounce Cokes.
The Independent: Holocaust used to show animals' suffering
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.
May 05, 2004
The Houston Chronicle: Horse fans spur push to end U.S. slaughter
WASHINGTON -- Kentucky Derby devotees and other horse fans are rounding up support in Congress to stop the slaughter of U.S. horses that would grace gourmet dinner plates in Japan, Belgium and France.
Plain Dealer Reporter: Animal-rights group challenges meat eaters
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?
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