http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/animalwhackos/ en-us Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:20:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097983/posts There are a lot of things about vegans that grate on my nerves, but the thing that bothers me the most is their zealotry. Like most left-leaning kooks, vegans follow an "ends justify the means" philosophy, and have no compunction about using hyperbole, overstatement, and, more often than not, out-and-out lies and deceit to hammer home their message. * * * * * I just found out about a new TV commercial that's being run by an organization called The Cancer Project. The worst part about it is ... The Douglass Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097983/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097486/posts In these times of trouble and turmoil, financial crisis and contentious presidential campaigns, it’s nice to know we can always find some humor among the news stories. In this case, we turn once again to PETA, which provides us with some unintended comic relief. PETA's bold suggestion leaves them once again looking like boobs.... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097486/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:57:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088797/posts WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. "PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. PETA officials say a move to... WPTZ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088797/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085678/posts We all know that Sarah Palin has been subjected to many unfair, untrue, and downright vicious attacks recently. Immediately after her selection by McCain, my wife began receiving dozens of emails from various groups claiming thet Palin was for aerial wolf hunting. The claims range from Palin offering $15 for the left front paw of each wolf killed, setting up high dollar hunts for "rich backers", to her pushing through the wolf hunts after the Alaskan people voted overwhelmingly against it. This is not a big issue for most of us, but the wife and MANY others, mostly women, participate... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085678/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081046/posts Fun and games from the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, casting our heroine in the role of a cartoon sadist. Consider it a complement to WaPo hyperventilation last week about why she increased spending for teen moms by “only” $3.9 million instead of $5 million: An expansion in funding doesn’t fit the stereotype of Republican heartlessness, so they distorted the facts to make it sound like she cut funding by $3.9 million. The same Snidely Whiplash effect is on display here but this time it’s a sin of omission rather than commission, leaving the 99 percent of viewers who’ve never... hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081046/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068712/posts Switzerland is well on its way to becoming the most dignified country in the world, after its federal parliament decreed that goldfish must be protected against physical and psychological abuse. From September 1, Swiss aquariums must have an opaque side to allow the fish live in a natural cycle of day and night. The new law sets rigorous standards for the treatment of all "social animals". It will be an offence, for instance, to keep only one guinea pig or budgerigar. Or one rhinoceros, apparently, because the law also covers pet rhinoceroses. The Swiss are amongst the best educated people... MercatorNet - New Media Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068712/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:33:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2064954/posts Gwyneth Paltrow has angered PETA, by wearing fur in a new advertising campaign for luxury Italian fashion label Tod’s. The campaign, which was shot in Capri by Mario Testino, features the 35-year-old actress in fox fur and wearing fur-lined boots. The Fashion Time Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2064954/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063222/posts Pope Benedict's fondness for fur trim on his hats and capes has come under fire from an Italian animal rights group, which has launched an online petition to persuade the pontiff to switch to synthetics. Benedict has taken a traditional approach to papal formal wear to match his conservative views on liturgy and theology, reviving the camauro, an ermine-trimmed red velvet hat favoured by 17th-century popes and last worn by Pope John XXIII in the 1960s, as well as donning a cape trimmed with ermine, which is the white winter coat of the stoat. But his use of ermine, long... Guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063222/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057981/posts PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — An animal rights group has tried – and failed – to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading of a passenger on a Greyhound bus last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said on its website it would run the ad in the Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic. However, city editor Tara Seel said the newspaper had no intention of running the ad, which uses imagery of “an innocent victim's throat” being cut, in reference to the slaughter of cows, chickens and... globeandmail.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057981/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056138/posts SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA: The FBI is investigating two bombings that targeted university scientists, the latest in a rash of attacks against biomedical researchers who experiment on animals, authorities say. Both scientists work at the University of California, Santa Cruz. One of them and his family were forced to escape from a second-story window early on Saturday when a firebomb was lit on the home's porch, Santa Cruz police said. An adult was treated at a hospital and released. Police Capt. Steve Clark called the bombing "an attempted homicide." Also that morning, a firebomb destroyed a car belonging to another researcher.... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056138/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055745/posts SANTA CRUZ — Firebombs were intentionally set on a porch and in a car belonging to two UC Santa Cruz researchers in separate incidents early Saturday in what police have classified as acts of domestic terrorism. Police are calling one of the bombings an attempted homicide. In one incident, a faculty member's home on Village Circle off High Street was intentionally firebombed about 5:43 a.m., according to police. The residence belonged to UCSC researcher David Feldheim, a neuroscientist who works with mice. He was one of 13 researchers listed in threatening animal rights pamphlets found Tuesday in a downtown coffee... MediaNews via CoCoTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055745/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 15:18:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049342/posts ROME (AFP) — One of Italy's leading animal rights groups said Monday it was launching an Internet petition to demand Pope Benedict XVI stop wearing fur during religious ceremonies at the Vatican.Lorenzo Croce, chairman of the Italian Association for the Defence of Animals and the Environment (AIDAA), denied being provocative or wanting to make an anti-religious statement."We just want to ask him in a message of love and peace to give a strong signal towards the protection of animals and the environment through a small but very significant personal sacrifice," Croce told the Italian news agency ANSA.Since his election Pope... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049342/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:52:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036472/posts MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Parliament's environmental committee approved resolutions urging Spain to comply with the Great Apes Project, devised by scientists and philosophers who say our closest genetic relatives deserve rights hitherto limited to humans. "This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defense of our evolutionary comrades, which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity," said Pedro Pozas,... reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036472/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:24:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029508/posts Self righteousness can be a disease afflicting the true believers in any cause. But the animal rights movement seems to be home to more than its share of people who believe their cause is so right that they are excused from normal human constraints. They have no more consideration of others than the beasts they whose interests they place above humanity's. More than two decades ago, a childhood friend who grew up to become a world-renowned medical researcher, whose work has improved the lives of countless people suffering a horrible affliction (and who has had the extraordinary honor among medical... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029508/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:45:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026087/posts Remember the campaign against smokers? It started quietly and grew to hysteria. From bans to added taxes, smokers were left to wonder what hit them. Tobacco was (and continues to be) a legal substance. Now, following the same pattern, a push has started against red meat. Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026087/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:25:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025288/posts SKOWHEGAN, Maine - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has sent a proposal to the Somerset County commissioners to lease their jail for the world’s first Lobster Empathy Center. The central Maine county is constructing a new jail and has put the century-old jail in downtown Skowhegan up for sale. The Realtor handling the sale called the offer "likely a publicity stunt." "A prison is the perfect setting to demonstrate how lobsters suffer when they are caught in traps or confined to cramped, filthy supermarket tanks," PETA wrote in a June 2 letter to the commissioners. "The center will... Bangor Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025288/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023392/posts Gotta love PETA. Just gotta love ‘em. Well, not really. One of the animal rights group’s more obscure pressure campaigns involves trying to convince the Queen of England to give up the natural black-bear fur hats that Buckingham Palace guards have worn for 200 years. Because — y’know — British monarchs have always responded so well to public pressure from nitwits. Are black bears endangered? Nope. The species covers most of North America. And black bear populations are growing in Canada, where Her Majesty’s funny hats come from. So what’s the big deal? PETA hates people who wear fur. And... Deceiver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023392/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 05:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021386/posts MADISON, Wis. - While the organizers of Madison's Brat Fest try to set a weekend record for brats consumed, another brat group has more modest expectations. The Alliance for Animals has teamed up with Whole Foods to offer tofurkey beer brats at the Veggie Brat Fest across town. Organizers say veggie brats are a healthier and more humane way to enjoy bratwurst, but they acknowledge it'll be hard for the trend to catch on in Wisconsin. Organizers handed out more than 600 veggie brats Saturday. That's less than one percent of the estimated 96,000 brats consumed by Saturday at the... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021386/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 12:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020978/posts Canandaigua, N.Y. - After heavy lobbying from animals-rights groups including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Canandaigua Academy Principal Lynne Erdle has terminated the so-called “chicken project” which has a class of students each year raising chickens and killing them. Lindsay Rajt, manager of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Friday that Erdle sent an e-mail to the organization saying that school officials “recognize the concern” and had discontinued the project, which had been part of a high school ecology class for the past three years. “In no way were we trying to create a controversy,” wrote... Daily Messenger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020978/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 10:48:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020790/posts VIENNA, Austria — Austrian authorities say they are questioning 10 animal rights activists suspected of arson, sabotage and other crimes. Investigators say six of the suspects have been placed in pretrial detention for their alleged involvement in militant animal rights groups. Officials allege that the suspects are behind numerous arson fires and vandalism targeting food, clothing, pharmaceutical and agricultural companies. Prosecutors say the 10 were arrested earlier this week after a monthslong investigation into radical animal rights groups. Austrian media reported today that one of the suspects has begun a hunger strike while in custody. Investigators say the suspects used... Canadian Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020790/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 19:06:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013506/posts Editor’s Note: Today’s story comes to us from the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association. Catch and Release fishing will be banned in Switzerland from next year, it was revealed this week. And anglers in the country will have to demonstrate their expertise by taking a course on humane methods of catching fish, under new legislation outlined by the Bundesrat - the Swiss Federal Parliament. The new legislation states that fish caught should be killed immediately following their capture, with a sharp blow to the head from a blunt instrument. Under the new regulations, the use of livebait and barbed hooks... Chattanoogan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013506/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 11:20:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978278/posts BERKELEY -- Berkeley police detectives investigating a two-month string of animal rights-related vandalism targeting the homes of UC Berkeley scientists will begin probing possible connections to a spate of similar crimes in Santa Cruz, including last weekend's attempted home invasion of a local biomedical researcher. Sgt. Mary C. Kusmiss, a Berkeley Police Department spokeswoman, said detectives have not identified suspects in the rash of sidewalk chalking, brazen daylight trespassing and bullhorn-powered yelling incidents that have unfolded every Sunday afternoon since New Year's Day outside the homes of at least six Berkeley researchers who use cats, mice, rats and other animals... MediaNews via CoCoTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978278/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978004/posts Santa Cruz, Calif. (AP) -- The FBI is investigating possible links between animal-rights activists in Southern California and a weekend attack on the home of a University of California, Santa Cruz researcher. Patti Hanson, an FBI spokeswoman, said the bureau was looking into possible connections to "domestic terrorism." A demonstration by six masked protesters in front of the UCSC scientist's Westside home Sunday afternoon turned violent when the group pounded on the door and were confronted by the researcher's husband, police reported. The incident invited comparison to recent attacks on UCLA researchers that were linked to animal-rights groups. No one... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978004/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976835/posts Animal rights group asks Sri Lankan rebels to leave animals out of conflict after zoo attack COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An international animal rights group called on Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tigers to "leave animals out" of the armed conflict, two weeks after a grenade attack blamed on rebels at the island's main zoo. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said in a letter dated Feb. 15 to Velupillai Prabhakaran, the reclusive rebel leader, that "the explosive device that was set off near the zoo's bird enclosures terrified many animals at the zoo." PETA president Ingrid... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976835/posts#comment Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1968950/posts FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Animals rights advocates are squawking at a measure that would make fried chicken Kentucky's official picnic food. State Rep. Charles Siler is sponsoring legislation to assign the designation to KFC's "finger lickin' good" chicken, first served by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1940. The late colonel's fried chicken deserves the title because of the worldwide attention and economic benefit it has brought to the state, Siler said. KFC, a subsidiary of Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc. (YUM), has 11,000 restaurants in more than 80 countries. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals bristles at the idea. The animal... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1968950/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:25:53 GMT