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Humane Society says video shows farm conditions legislation would correctupdated: Thu Apr 12 2012 22:21:00

The Humane Society of the United States released Thursday what it says is video showing gruesome images of many dead chickens -- and in some cases, mummified chicken carcasses -- at a farm in southeastern Pennsylvania.

PETA's killer whale 'enslavement' lawsuit goes to courtupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 04:04:00

Lawyers for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will face off against those with SeaWorld in a Southern California federal court Monday after the animal rights group filed a lawsuit to declare that five killer whales are being held in slavery or involuntary servitude in violation of the 13th Amendment.

PETA: SeaWorld enslaves killer whalesupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 04:04:00

Thad Lacinak, former SeaWorld employee, responds to a PETA lawsuit claiming SeaWorld is enslaving killer whales.

CNNMoney: PETA asks Jamie Dimon for O.J.'s houseupdated: Fri Jan 20 2012 08:42:00

PETA wants O.J. Simpson's house.

Preparing to put a puppy under the treeupdated: Fri Dec 16 2011 07:58:00

If you've got visions of a puppy wiggling under the Christmas tree this year, hold on a second. First, resist the urge to surprise your family with a cute and cuddly pet. To ensure a smooth transition, discuss routine tasks beforehand such as feeding, grooming, getting home to let the dog out, and poop patrol. If you absolutely, positively must have a puppy or kitten under the tree, then consider this your holiday pet to-do list.

Parents pull Christmas prank on kidsupdated: Fri Dec 16 2011 07:58:00

CNN''s Anderson Cooper finds some humor in Jimmy Kimmel's holiday challenge to parents.

USDA fines Ringling Bros. Circus over treatment of animalsupdated: Wed Nov 30 2011 19:32:00

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has slapped the parent company of the "Greatest Show on Earth" with a record penalty for alleged animal welfare violations.

McDonald's, Target drop egg supplier after animal cruelty reportupdated: Sat Nov 19 2011 17:26:00

McDonald's and Target dropped an egg supplier this week after an activist group released disturbing video showing what it says shows animal cruelty at three of the company's barns.

Hometown heroes of different breeds are honored for their military serviceupdated: Mon Nov 07 2011 23:27:00

Military war dogs took center stage Monday afternoon on Capitol Hill, where they were honored for their service.

Court dismisses lawsuit over treatment of circus elephantsupdated: Mon Oct 31 2011 11:03:00

A lawsuit claiming systematic abuse and exploitation of elephants by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was dismissed Friday by a federal appeals court.

Animal rights group rescues 800 dogs from China meat trade updated: Thu Oct 27 2011 21:25:00

Nearly 800 dogs were rescued by a Chinese animal protection group last Saturday night in the city of Zigong, in southwest Sichuan province.

Humane Society doesn't fault Ohio authorities in animal deathsupdated: Thu Oct 20 2011 00:15:00

The Humane Society of the United States said Wednesday it does not fault authorities in Ohio for using lethal force against exotic animals running loose.

Ohio Zoo staff on scene to sedate animalsupdated: Thu Oct 20 2011 00:15:00

The Ohio Zoo's veterinary staff is on scene in Zanesville, Ohio, to help sedate and capture dozens of exotic animals.

California activists in West Hollywood seek first fur-free cityupdated: Wed Jan 26 2011 15:42:00

Activists and a city council candidate announced a campaign Tuesday to make the progressive, trendy city of West Hollywood, California -- home to the Sunset Strip -- the first fur-free city in the United States.

Brisbane River rising rapidlyupdated: Wed Jan 12 2011 09:47:00

CNN's John Vause talks with Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale about the deadly flooding.

Obama signs law banning 'crush videos' depicting animal crueltyupdated: Fri Dec 10 2010 16:48:00

President Barack Obama has signed a law that specifically bans so-called "crush videos" -- depictions of small animals being tortured to death by humans. The legislation came in response to a Supreme Court ruling this year striking down a broader congressional law dealing with animal cruelty.

Humane Society accuses top turkey hatchery of abuseupdated: Wed Nov 24 2010 22:40:00

Undercover video shot at one of the nation's largest turkey producers shows what an animal rights group calls cruel and inhumane treatment of birds.

'Farm had eggs on top of corpses'updated: Thu Nov 18 2010 04:13:00

The Humane Society says it has proof of animal abuse and unsanitary conditions at a major egg farm.

Humane Society: Undercover video shows alleged abuse at egg farmupdated: Thu Nov 18 2010 04:13:00

A group that protects the welfare of animals has released an undercover video it claims shows animal abuse at a Texas farm operated by the largest egg producer in the United States.

Senators introduce law to ban 'crush' videos of animal crueltyupdated: Tue Sep 28 2010 03:33:00

Three U.S. senators introduced legislation Monday to specifically ban so-called "crush videos" -- depictions of small animals being tortured to death by humans.

...and a side of Soylent Green, pleaseupdated: Tue Jul 27 2010 20:56:00

PETA - the animal rights activist group whose monthly stage blood budget must run in the quadruple to quintuple digits - today staged a pro-vegan publicity stunt at the intersection of W. 45th Street and Broadway in New York City's Times Square. Legendary proponents of nearly-nude public antics, the cadre's toned and comely volunteers assumed corpse poses upon human-sized, plastic-swaddled (don't they know how hazardous that is?) "meat" trays bedecked with stickers proclaiming, "Billions of Animals Are Abused and Violently Killed Because You Eat Meat."

Global bake sale is 'sweet' vegan activismupdated: Fri Apr 30 2010 09:12:00

When animal rights activist Jasmin Singer found herself face to face with a scientist who conducts animal testing, a cupcake was exchanged instead of harsh words.

Supreme Court strikes down law banning dogfight videosupdated: Tue Apr 20 2010 15:31:00

The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dogfights and other acts of animal cruelty, saying it is an unconstitutional violation of free speech.

Vegetarian activists try in-your-face tacticsupdated: Mon Mar 22 2010 09:15:00

Not content to sit quietly at home eating their tofu cutlets, more and more vegetarians, it seems, are taking action, trying to get the carnivorous masses to change their ways.

Eva Mendes takes on furupdated: Fri Nov 27 2009 21:34:00

Actress and animal rights activist Eva Mendes talks about her involvement in PETA's latest anti-fur video.

Actress Eva Mendes keeps clothes on in latest anti-fur campaignupdated: Fri Nov 27 2009 21:34:00

Actress and animal rights activist Eva Mendes hopes you'll shun fur as you shop for the holidays.

Animal cruelty vs. free speechupdated: Tue Oct 06 2009 19:26:00

The Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a law designed to stop the sale of dog fighting videos.

High court debates dog fighting videosupdated: Tue Oct 06 2009 19:26:00

The Supreme Court voiced deep free speech concerns Tuesday about a law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dog fights and other acts of animal cruelty.

People.com: PHOTO: Carrie Ann Inaba's PETA Ad Campaignupdated: Thu Aug 27 2009 09:06:00

The DWTS judge poses with her cat Shadow to bring awareness about spaying and neutering pets

Man escapes charges for barbecuing pet dogupdated: Tue Aug 18 2009 09:21:00

A man who roasted his pet dog to enjoy as a meal with his family and friends escaped prosecution after authorities in New Zealand determined the animal was killed humanely.

Man cooks family dogupdated: Tue Aug 18 2009 09:21:00

Calls for a change to New Zealand law after a man legally killed and cooked his pet dog. (Warning: Graphic content)

Agent: Michael Vick signs with Philadelphia Eaglesupdated: Fri Aug 14 2009 08:37:00

Michael Vick, recently reinstated to the NFL after being freed from federal prison after a dogfighting-related conviction, has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, according to his agent, Joel Segal.

Animal rights activists, UCLA researchers square off at protestupdated: Wed Apr 22 2009 23:12:00

On Earth Day on Wednesday, Dr. David Jentsch marched at the head of a column of UCLA students and faculty members to the chant of, "Stand up for science!" Across the street a smaller but equally vocal group of animal rights advocates chanted, "U-C-L-A, how many animals have you killed today!"

Animal testing supportersupdated: Wed Apr 22 2009 23:12:00

Supporters of animal research in Los Angeles chant, "Animal research wanted here."

PETA to Pet Shop Boys: Rescue Shelter Boys, perhaps?updated: Fri Apr 10 2009 10:19:00

Just because they named their new CD "Yes," does not mean that British electro-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys, will agree to just about anything.

Closing arguments set for elephant abuse trialupdated: Wed Mar 18 2009 13:26:00

Are circus elephants abused? Or are the elephants under the big top healthy and thriving in a caring environment?

Humane Society alleges mistreatment at primate centerupdated: Thu Mar 05 2009 18:21:00

The Humane Society has accused a federally funded primate center of mistreating chimpanzees and other primates, saying that some animals showed signs of psychosis and self-mutilation.

Stray dogs being killed in Baghdadupdated: Wed Feb 18 2009 10:44:00

The shotgun blast rips into the stray dog's midsection, sending it tumbling over and over. Agonizing yelps echo through the streets as it tries to reach and bite at the gaping wound. Minutes later, the dog is dead.

Killing stray dogs in Baghdadupdated: Wed Feb 18 2009 10:44:00

Baghdad authorities launch a controversial campaign to kill street dogs. CNN's Arwa Damon reports. (Viewer discretion)

An animal lover's Olympic nightmareupdated: Tue Feb 10 2009 23:36:00

Qin Xiaona used to visit the suburban Xiaotangshan Sanatorium in the summer to escape the scorching temperature in the city. Now she comes here to turn up the heat on a subject close to her heart.

People.com: PHOTO: Mickey Rourke's New PETA Adupdated: Wed Jan 14 2009 18:10:00

The Golden Globe winner and his Chihuahua, Jaws, star in a new spay and neuter campaign

People.com: PETA Picks Oprah Winfrey 'Person of the Year'updated: Sat Dec 20 2008 21:39:00

The animal-rights' group lauds the star for helping those who are defenseless

Time.com: Putting Animal Cruelty on the Ballotupdated: Tue Nov 04 2008 13:00:00

TIME talks to Humane Society president Wayne Pacelle about eating meat, factory farming and California's Proposition 2

Shop at a shelter for your new best friendupdated: Fri Oct 24 2008 11:19:00

George Augustin is looking for "the one." He strolls past the 50 cinder block and glass cages that stretch across the Atlanta Humane Society's large dog room, just as he has many times before.

Need some love? Try a shelterupdated: Fri Oct 24 2008 11:19:00

Millions of dogs need forever homes. Gail Buchwald of the ASPCA tells Headline News why shelter dogs make great pets.

Soldier's adopted dog finally leaves Iraq for U.S.updated: Sun Oct 19 2008 21:04:00

An animal rescue group on Sunday picked up a U.S. soldier's adopted dog from Iraq, ending the soldier's weeks-long struggle to send the animal to her Minnesota home.

PETA claims pig abuseupdated: Wed Sep 17 2008 16:33:00

A heavily edited undercover video taken by PETA at a pig farm shows workers hitting pigs with metal rods and kicking them.

Campaigners urge fake fur for palace guardsupdated: Tue Sep 02 2008 11:42:00

Animal rights campaigners were holding a meeting Tuesday with Britain's Ministry of Defence to argue against the use of bearskin in the iconic furry headgear worn by royal guards at Buckingham Palace.

Beijing pollutionupdated: Wed Aug 06 2008 07:22:00

CNN's John Vause says smog remains a problem, despite Beijing's efforts to clear the air.

Time.com: PETA: End Military Animal Testingupdated: Tue Jul 29 2008 10:00:00

Animal-rights activists want the U.S. to stop using animals as subjects to help train its military, calling the medical and trauma exercises cruel

Frantic call after bear attackupdated: Mon Apr 28 2008 09:00:00

A 911 call shows the desperate fight to save a man attacked by a grizzly bear in California.

Time.com: A Personality Test for Petsupdated: Fri Dec 14 2007 14:10:00

Do you want a dog who's a "couch potato" or a "free spirit"? A growing number of animal shelters are using tests to match prospective owners with just the right pet

People.com: Dita Von Teese Backs PETA - But Keeps Her Fursupdated: Mon Oct 01 2007 15:53:00

Dita Von Teese, who stars in PETA's new Animal Birth Control campaign, is a long-time wearer of fur. And the animal-rights organization says it's okay with that.

CNNMoney: Hardee's, Carl's Jr. to go cage-freeupdated: Wed Sep 26 2007 06:30:00

The Hardee's and Carl's Jr. fast-food chains will begin purchasing eggs and pork from suppliers who do not keep animals in cages or crates, spokesmen for Hardee's and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Wednesday.

Chewed up Michael Vick cards sell for $7,400 onlineupdated: Wed Aug 29 2007 21:22:00

The woman who paid $7,400 on eBay for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, acknowledges she hadn't heard of the star football player before he was indicted for dogfighting.

SI.com: John Rolfe: Readers on PETA and the Vick messupdated: Tue Aug 28 2007 06:57:00

Last week's column about PETA asking the NFL to include cruelty to animals among the violations in its Code of Personal Conduct drew passionate response, much of it from hunters such as Dave Winkworth of Pittsburgh, PA, who wrote:

SI.com: George Dohrmann: Vick's future may be in the public's handsupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 03:06:00

St. Louis Rams defensive end Leonard Little killed a woman whose car he hit while driving drunk in 1998, and then six years later -- showing how he'd learned his lesson -- Little was stopped for drunk driving again.

SI.com: John Rolfe: PETA has point in Vick messupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 03:03:00

No matter how you feel about Michael Vick or the folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), only a drooling, spiral-eyed sadist would insist that drowning, hanging or electrocuting innocent dogs should be an unpunishable offense, let alone allowing them to rip each other to shreds for fun and profit. Guilty dogs should be included in that statement, too.

SI.com: Special Report: The House on Moonlight Roadupdated: Tue Jul 17 2007 23:39:00

This article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated on June 4, 2007.

Time.com: Romney's Cruel Canine Vacationupdated: Fri Jun 29 2007 10:50:00

Did the presidential candidate really pull a Clark Griswold on his poor family dog? Ana Marie Cox reports

Time.com: Saving Pets from Another Katrinaupdated: Tue Jun 12 2007 18:30:00

Amid all the planning for another hurricane emergency, New Orleans officials now have to make provisions for animals too

Bill would crack down on puppy peddlersupdated: Mon May 14 2007 21:33:00

It's the nightmare of pet lovers everywhere: Their beloved Fido or Whiskers gets lost, is scooped up by animal thieves, then sold to be dissected in a university research lab.

Death call for celebrity bearupdated: Tue Mar 20 2007 06:02:00

A celebrity in the animal kingdom, polar bear cub Knut is no stranger to TV cameras, visiting fans and posing for Vanity Fair photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Tyrrell: Animal rights nonsenseupdated: Thu Apr 20 2006 16:36:00

The legal concept of the Public Nuisance has for long been recognized throughout all the civilized countries of the world. Basically, and unadorned by the tortured language of the legal profession, a public nuisance is one who uses property to annoy or damage an individual or the general public. Occasionally the annoyance or damage is sufficiently grievous for the public nuisance to suffer some sort of penalty.

Finding homes for the unwantedupdated: Fri Mar 10 2006 09:32:00

While pets across America cuddle in their owners' laps, sleep at the foot of a bed or fetch a ball in the backyard, countless others have no such comforts.

Pet rescuers race against timeupdated: Thu Sep 08 2005 16:15:00

On the flooded streets of New Orleans you can hear the dogs barking for miles. They are trapped -- in houses, on roofs, tied to porches. They are frightened and hungry.

Domestic terror: Who's most dangerous?updated: Wed Aug 24 2005 10:07:00

Watching Eric Rudolph be sentenced to life in prison this week for his terror bombings, I wondered whether he and his followers represent the future of domestic terrorism or the past.

Online trade 'threatens wildlife'updated: Tue Aug 16 2005 05:58:00

Thousands of live animals and wildlife products are being traded illegally every week on the Internet, according to a study by an animal protection group.

FBI, ATF address domestic terrorismupdated: Thu May 19 2005 03:06:00

Violent animal rights extremists and eco-terrorists now pose one of the most serious terrorism threats to the nation, top federal law enforcement officials say.

PETA accuses lab of animal crueltyupdated: Tue May 17 2005 19:35:00

A leading animal rights group has accused a northern Virginia laboratory of animal cruelty -- including charges of punching and choking lab monkeys -- and has produced a videotape to prove it.

CNNMoney: PETA courts shareholdersupdated: Wed Mar 23 2005 08:03:00

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), citing recent Securities and Exchange Commission rulings, said Wednesday that the boards of General Electric and two other companies must allow shareholders to vote on resolutions seeking to replace "painful and deadly" animal testing with more humane alternatives.

CNNMoney: McDonald's eyes PETA-friendly optionupdated: Tue Dec 28 2004 15:56:00

McDonald's, the world's number one fast-food restaurant and second-largest buyer of chicken, is studying whether to switch its chicken suppliers over to the least-cruel slaughter method, the animal rights group PETA said Tuesday.

CNNMoney: Animal cruelty taped at KFC supplierupdated: Tue Jul 20 2004 15:15:00

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.

Mass seal hunt sparks outrageupdated: Mon Apr 12 2004 07:47:00

Canada is once again at the center of an environmental row as it begins the largest seal hunt in more than half a century.

CNNMoney: PETA's impotence ad a no-no with CBSupdated: Thu Jan 15 2004 14:13:00

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.

Money Magazine: PETA PEEVE updated: Fri Dec 01 1989 00:01:00

Your October selection of Gillette Co. as the Stock of the Month failed to mention that a boycott of all Gillette products has been announced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) a...

Fortune: The outlook for veal parmigiana, the honesty industry, double taxation at 3 A.M., and other matters. THE NEXT BIG CAUSEupdated: Mon Mar 27 1989 00:01:00

''Hotel Drops Veal from Restaurant Menus'' was the headline atop a UPI dispatch the other day. The story went on to recount that the Clarion Hotel in Cincinnati had taken a principled stand against...

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