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PETA Expands Ad Campaign That Uses Teen Pregnancy to Push Pet Message Friday, July 18, 2008 By Catherine Donaldson-Evans Fox News Animal rights group PETA is rolling out its controversial "Sex Talk" ad — in which two parents urge their daughter to have a lot of sex and "pop out all the kids you want" — in the top 10 teen pregnancy states to promote spaying and neutering of pets. The 30-second commercial was launched in January in Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears' hometown of Kentwood, La., after news emerged of then 16-year-old Jamie Lynn's pregnancy. The "Zoey 101" star,...

This month, a jury may decide if the 54-year-old founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society was acting within his rights when he impeded the progress of a bird-stalking predator by means of a bullet. Mr. Stevenson is due to stand trial for felony cat murder. "There are people with the wrong perception of this," he said in his Chevy compact on a stormy morning, driving along a wide beach at Galveston Island's western tip, where curlews, egrets, stilts and herons strut in the tide pools. He stopped at the pilings beneath the San Luis Pass bridge: the scene of the...

By Joan (Wastlhuber) Miller & Karen Johnson We are concerned about the pressure for coercive legislation as a means to solve the problem of pet overpopulation throughout the country. Euthanasia of healthy adoptable animals is tragic and the numbers appear to be excessive. The reasons for this are multifarious, therefore solutions are complex and will differ in each community & state. We would like to pass on some thoughts which may be helpful in your area. Awareness and involvement in this issue will help you determine if the proposed ordinance is the best alternative for your community. First ask questions:...

Legislation to require statewide spaying or neutering of dogs and cats was shelved Wednesday after receiving a chilly reception by a Senate committee. Assemblyman Lloyd Levine opted not to pursue a vote after it became clear that the Senate Local Government Committee would not accept a last-ditch amendment to narrow the scope of his bill. Levine vowed to revive Assembly Bill 1634 next year. "I think we can get to a solution," Levine said. "But the first thing opponents must do is to acknowledge that there's a problem and work with me to solve it." AB 1634 was a legislative...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- California may become the only U.S. state to require the sterilization of pets under a bill passed by the state Assembly, pitting dog and cat lovers against animal rights activists. "It's a horrific bill," said Maureen Hill-Hauch, executive director of Castleton, New York-based American Dog Owners Association, adding that enforcement of the bill in theory could wipe out California's dog population. The bill would require pet owners to spay and neuter their dogs and cats, or face a $500 fine for each animal.

"In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up." --Pastor Martin Niemoller. How very often do we see use of this famous statement from the beginning...

By Stephen Hunt The Salt Lake Tribune Janet Lane - who on Monday got in trouble with a 3rd District Court judge for having too many dogs - was rearrested Tuesday because of yet another pet-related crime. Two years ago, Lane allegedly "dog-napped" a neighbor's registered golden Labrador retriever and paid a veterinarian to neuter it. Lane then dropped the Lab off in the night at a county animal shelter. Lane, 45, was charged with criminal mischief, a class A misdemeanor, in June 2004, but had never appeared in court. She was arrested Tuesday on the outstanding warrant and spent...

Dr. Filth, he keeps his world Inside of a leather cup But all his sexless patients They're trying to blow it up -- Bob Dylan: Desolation Row LIKE SOME HAGGARD CRACK WHORE banging on the door of a dealer's den willing to do anything , the hapless Joel ( "I despise our troops." ) Stein has been passed randomly about the blogsphere in the last couple of days. Once a blogpile of such mountainous proportions starts, there's little left to comment on in terms of the content of Stein's small dry excretion after the first five hours. By that time...

A whole new kind of test! Entertaining yet revealing, the Just-For-Fun Tests give you a quick glimpse into your psyche, sense of right and wrong, and personal quirks. We dare you to tell the truth! You have just settled in for the night when you hear a woman screaming from the apartment next door. It sounds like there is a fight in progress. Do you go next door to make sure everything is ok? o yes o no