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PETA Protests Tyson's Pigeon Show

But, for once, the boxer seems like the nice guy in the situation

(Newser) - Shocking, we know: PETA isn’t happy about Mike Tyson’s upcoming pigeon racing reality show . The animal rights organization wants the Animal Planet show canceled, calling it “cruel” and insisting it’s all about gambling, not the birds. “That’s why people do it, to make money,...

PETA Wants Knut Castrated
 PETA Wants Knut Castrated 
Mar 3, 2010 1:33 PM CST

PETA Wants Knut Castrated

They worry about incest with comely cousin Giovanna

(Newser) - The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want Knut’s nuts. The group’s German branch is demanding the Berlin Zoo castrate the world’s most famous polar bear, lest he mate with his current cage-mate—and cousin—Giovanna, a 3-year-old female on loan from the Munich Zoo. “...

Enquirer: Tiger Hooked on Drugs, Too
 Enquirer: 
 Tiger Hooked 
 on Drugs, Too 

also, gatorade cuts ties
Feb 26, 2010 4:36 PM CST

Enquirer: Tiger Hooked on Drugs, Too

Woods returned to rehab for substance abuse, not sex addiction: tab

(Newser) - Tiger Woods isn't just a great golfer and a sex addict—he's a drug addict, too, according to the National Enquirer . Woods "blamed a lot of his cheating behavior on his drug addiction, saying that the drugs were responsible for impairing his judgment," but wife Elin Nordegren isn't...

Celebs Split on Killer-Whale Killing

 Celebs Split on 
 Killer-Whale Killing 
flu is way scarier, says dane
Feb 26, 2010 9:14 AM CST

Celebs Split on Killer-Whale Killing

Khloe Kardashian has whale-phobia; Dane Cook thinks flu is scarier

(Newser) - Celebs are split on which is more outrageous: that the whale that killed a SeaWorld trainer this week is still alive, or that the whale was a captured and trained to perform in the first place. Reactions from Hollywood, as rounded up by E! :
  • Nick Cannon: “People need to
...

PETA Plans Billboard With Tiger Woods

It wants to push the message of spaying and neutering pets

(Newser) - PETA's got a new billboard ready to roll featuring Tiger Woods and the ever-so-subtle slogan, "Too much sex can be a bad thing." The message is that people should get their dogs and cats neutered, and the animal rights group is looking for a sponsor to put it...

PETA to Jess: No Pet Pig for You!
 PETA to Jess: 
 No Pet Pig 
 for You! 
and no bacon, either
Feb 24, 2010 8:42 AM CST

PETA to Jess: No Pet Pig for You!

Animal rights org not pleased with Simpson's pet plans

(Newser) - Hey, Jessica Simpson, didn’t you see what happened when Paris Hilton adopted a pet pig ? Or maybe "Chicken of the Sea" Simpson is indifferent about being on PETA’s bad side. The singer is considering replacing her departed dog with a pig and tweeted Monday, “Does...

Skinny Americans Escalating War on the Fat

Advocates push for 'sin taxes' and other punitive measures

(Newser) - America’s ever-shrinking population of skinny people is fed up with obesity, and they’re not taking it anymore. Over the last decade, healthy people have advocated increasingly harsh measures penalizing their wider neighbors, the LA Times reports. Some notable offensives:
  • Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University floated a plan to force
...

Robot Should Replace Punxsutawney Phil: PETA

Groundhog Day is too stressful, group says

(Newser) - PETA has taken on the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, alleging that the famous clairvoyant groundhog is abused by the annual festivities and suggesting it be replaced with a robot. In a letter, a PETA representative claims that the crowds, flashbulbs from cameras, and handling involved in Groundhog Day stress out poor...

Sasha Grey Ad Proves PETA = Porn Site

Animal rights organization basically just shills nudity now

(Newser) - PETA loves to get normally-clothed celebrities to strip down for ad campaigns, but with the addition of Sasha Grey to the stable, the animal rights organization “is basically a porn site now,” writes Jen Carlson on Gothamist . Grey is, of course, “the charming young lady you've...

10 Celebs PETA Hates
 10 Celebs PETA Hates 
FUR FLAUNTERS
Jan 18, 2010 9:04 AM CST

10 Celebs PETA Hates

Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and more flaunt their fur

(Newser) - For every celebrity willing to pose naked in a PETA ad, there’s one who is equally willing to flaunt fur clothing all over town. The Frisky rounds up PETA’s 10 worst enemies:
  • Kelis: The singer recently accused PETA of being “the death of fashion.”
  • Lindsay Lohan:
...

PETA Pulls First Lady Ads
 PETA Pulls First Lady Ads 
New Target: 'BARACK' the ELEPHANT
Jan 14, 2010 8:12 AM CST

PETA Pulls First Lady Ads

Animal rights group ends campaign featuring Michelle Obama

(Newser) - PETA has decided to pull the “Fur-Free and Fabulous” campaign that featured Michelle Obama—without her permission. PETA’s president last week confirmed the organization didn’t seek Obama’s consent because she can’t make such an endorsement, but insisted that because the first lady has called herself...

Both Obamas Become Unwilling Ad Stars

PETA uses Michelle, while a jacket company likes the president

(Newser) - The president and first lady have a common beef today: Both have showed up in prominent advertisements without their permission. PETA is using Michelle's image to spread its anti-fur message, while the president appears on a Times Square billboard. He's photographed in a Weatherproof brand jacket with the tagline: "...

Bird-Loving Brits Opt for Faux Gras

Celebrities lead fight against 'torture in a tin'

(Newser) - A growing number of British retailers and restaurants have switched from foie gras to faux gras as part of a nationwide move toward politically correct food. Faux gras is made with liver from free-range poultry blended with goose or duck fat, instead of engorged livers from force-fed birds. Consumers seem...

Ringling Trainer's Photos Fuel Abuse Charges

Qualms about baby elephant treatment leads trainer to PETA

(Newser) - The posthumous confessions of a former Ringling Bros. elephant wrangler have given PETA new ammunition in its ongoing fight against the nation’s biggest circus, which it accuses of animal cruelty. Sammy Haddock, who appears to have been seeking absolution, documented what he attested is brutish behavior towards baby elephants...

PETA Accuses Monks of 'Un-Christian' Farming

Group wants Candian abbey to give up its chickens

(Newser) - PETA is waging a campaign to get monks at a Canadian monastery to reform farming practices the group decries as inhumane. "It denies God to treat animals this way," said a PETA official of the New Brunswick abbey, which produces about 300,000 chickens yearly. The campaign has...

Catholics Cross Over Joanna Krupa's Nude PETA Ad

Dancing With the Stars alum uses a crucifix in a way it was not intended

(Newser) - The Catholic League and PETA: Both are pretty set in their ways, making Joanna Krupa’s racy, cross-bearing ad for the animal rights organization a perfect storm of controversy. The League isn’t happy that the Playboy model “exploits Christian symbols” by appearing as a nude angel covered only...

NBC Turns Down PETA Ad
 NBC Turns Down PETA Ad 
UNHAPPY HOLIDAYS
Nov 24, 2009 12:37 PM CST

NBC Turns Down PETA Ad

Commercial, intended for Macy's parade, has no disturbing images

(Newser) - This is the ad PETA wanted to run during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but NBC shot them down, saying it “does not meet NBC Universal Standards.” As you can see in the video, there’s nary an offensive image, just a little girl describing the horrors...

Live Fish Dinner on YouTube Sparks Uproar

PETA rips cruel food video

(Newser) - Footage of Chinese diners tucking into a still-breathing fish has outraged animal rights groups. The video, which has attracted thousands of viewers on YouTube, shows the fish being picked apart with chopsticks as diners laugh and the fish gapes. It had been kept alive during cooking with a wet towel...

PETA Drove Me to Kill My Cat
 PETA Drove Me to Kill My Cat 
WELL...SORTA
Nov 4, 2009 11:40 AM CST

PETA Drove Me to Kill My Cat

After a series of potential veiled threats, woman puts cat down

(Newser) - Buried on the last page of an article about the shiny, happy PETA interns (or, as one passerby called them, “those crazy PETA people”), the Washington Post relates a story of how they contributed to one cat’s untimely demise. Lydia Netzer, who lives next door to the...

Paris to PETA: Pig Better Off With Me Than as Bacon
Paris to PETA: Pig Better Off With Me Than as Bacon
PRINCESS PIGLETTE
Oct 15, 2009 9:52 AM CDT

Paris to PETA: Pig Better Off With Me Than as Bacon

Hilton escalates feud, says she treats 'pets like children'

(Newser) - Paris Hilton is still squealing with excitement over her new miniature piglet—“It’s a girl!” she tells Us—but she’s not pleased with PETA, which called her a “wretched example” for treating her pets “as disposable.” Not true, the heiress says: “I...

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