http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/peta/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:51:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418472/posts There are only two things certain in life, as the saying goes, and a byproduct of one of them requires nonprofit organizations to file paperwork with the IRS. So now that the deceptively named “Humane Society” of the United States (HSUS) has submitted its "Form 990" for 2008, we thought it was time to take a close look. The tax filing itself is a bit more detailed than ones in the past, thanks to some new IRS rules. And more detail equals a clearer picture of exactly what HSUS is doing -- and what it's not doing -- with... Consumer Freedom.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418472/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418112/posts WASHINGTON -- A federal judge Wednesday ruled in favor of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in a case brought by animal rights activists who accused the circus of abusing elephants. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418112/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:11:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413902/posts Green Bay's junior hockey team, which had a home game interrupted by a flying bat that met its demise after it was swarmed by former Edina star Anders Lee and other stick-swinging players, is seizing on the incident to raise money for a wildlife sanctuary. In response to criticism of the bat's public and immediate death last week, a "Bat Trick" promotion will be staged starting with the team's game Dec. 31. Resch Center fans will be able to buy a toy bat in the team store for $2. All of the proceeds will go to the Bay Beach Wildlife... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413902/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406882/posts Some sea kittens tend well-kept gardens. They encourage the growth of tasty algae and weed out the types that they don't like. It is particularly tragic when people eat these sea kittens, as their precious little gardens become wild and overgrown in their absence. (Sea Kittens = fish LOL) PETA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406882/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:15:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403180/posts Petunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest. Indeed, carnivorous behavior may be far more widespread in plants than commonly thought - if we take a closer look, botanists said. At least six different kinds of killer plants have been recognized since the time of Darwin, such as Venus flytraps, which snares insects between its jaw-like leaves, and pitcher plants, which capture victims in slippery pits. These plants apparently target animals to supplement their growth in harsh, nutrient-poor habitats. Many other plants, some quite common, have also been suggested as potential carnivores over the years that have... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403180/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:55:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402960/posts PETA is not the most popular kid on the block. Between antagonizing meat-eaters and radicalizing the use of naked ad campaigns, the animal rights group has made more than a couple enemies. This is the first time, however, that the lawful, nonviolent organization has been officially classified as a “terrorist threat.” In a new security form circulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the federal department asks animal experimentation facilities whether they’ve been confronted by a handful of “terrorist” groups, including the Earth Liberation Front, known for their use of arson and explosives; the Animal Liberation Front, which popularized property... Metro http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402960/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402055/posts The following recipe was originally used when I was lucky enough to harvest a moose. It obviously will work for any big-game animal you might have harvested. I call this tasty meal Stuffed Moose Burgers. Stuffed Moose Burgers 2 pounds moose burger, or 1 pound hamburger and 1 pound moose burger (holds together better with both ground meats when sealing in the cheese) Missoulian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402055/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2400462/posts Joanna Krupa, the Polish model on the cover of this month's Playboy magazine has released a statement countering critics of her recent advertisement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in which she professes herself to be a practicing Catholic who is “working to stop senseless suffering of animals, the most defenseless of God's creation.” Krupa's comments came in response to statements made by Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, in reaction to Krupa's most recent ad campaign with PETA: “Be an angel for animals. Always Adopt. Never Buy.” One of the ads features Krupa wearing angel... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2400462/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:37:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401188/posts Joanna Krupa came under fire this week after unveiling a provocative new PETA ad — in which she wears only a cross — deemed "totally inappropriate" and exploitative by the Catholic League. The outrage is exactly what the Dancing with the Stars alum expected and wanted, she tells TVGuide.com, because controversy is "the only way" to alert others to a cause. "Sometimes I am ashamed of being a human being because of what we created and how we hurt the defenseless and less fortunate," Krupa says. "That is shocking and despicable to me. All I've done is to raise awareness... Seattle Post Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401188/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400361/posts Joanna Krupa was in Los Angeles December 1st for a PETA protest outside Barkworks, a Southern California pet store with seven (7) locations, expressing her disapproval for pet breeders and the Government which allows them to prosper. The Dancing With The Stars alum had this to say in an exclusive PETA interview: "You know, we're trying to spread the word that breeding isn't the way to go. Somebody needs to put their foot down and stop this breeding and these puppy mills. … [T]hey're in these little tiny cages, and all they're doing is breeding their whole life. It makes... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400361/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:30:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399795/posts PETA's new "Be an Angel for Animals" campaign is off to a controversial start with The Catholic League clearly upset that Joanna Krupa appears semi-nude while holding a rosary in one advertisement, and completely nude with a strategically placed cross in another. Adorned with feathery angel wings and a glowing halo in both photos, she floats above a sea of happy dogs within a church cathedral for the "cross" photo, and holds her canine companion Rugby in the "rosary" shoot . In a December 1st news release, The Catholic League called PETA "animal killers" and "a fraud" that "exploits Christian... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399795/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:38:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398294/posts What's wrong with this picture?Lots, according to the Catholic League, which has voiced its opposition to PETA's latest shock-'em-into-action ad campaign, which features a naked Joanna Krupa sporting nothing but angel wings and holding a strategically placed crucifix, while exhorting us to "be an angel for animals" by adopting, rather than buying, new pets.Plus, there's another ad in which a topless Krupa holds her dog, Rugby, in her arms, a rosary dangling from her right hand. More improper usage of a sacred Christian symbol, claims the league, which most recently took issue with an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, in which Larry's urinary... E! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398294/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397958/posts A new PETA advertisement featuring model Joanna Krupa wearing nothing but a crucifix and a seductive smile is "totally inappropriate" and exploitative of Christian symbols, critics say. Krupa, a Playboy cover girl and a "Dancing With the Stars" regular, is seen topless and bottomless in the latest spot by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which urges people to adopt pets from rescue shelters instead of buying them from puppy mills. The Polish-born beauty appears in the ad with angel wings behind her and a digital halo over her head. Her private parts are covered -- barely --... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397958/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397498/posts Scientists in the Netherlands have created pig in a test tube. Debate has already started on whether it will save the world, or just throw vegetarians into a quandary. In the meantime, the researchers may be in line for a celebratory feast: They could be the new front-runners for a million-dollar prize offered by a major animal rights group. The research team, funded by a major sausage maker and the Dutch government, used cells from a live pig to grow pork muscle tissue in a Petri dish. After extracting cells called myoblasts from the muscle of a live pig, the... Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397498/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396069/posts The sudden death of beloved Georgia mascot Uga VII to an apparent heart attack last week opened the floodgates to an outpouring of goodwill for one of the shorter-lived (and least successful, frankly, in terms of the team's on-field performance) reigns in Uga history, including a private memorial service and burial in Sanford Stadium before last Saturday's sobering loss to Kentucky. It also opened up a window for the capable opportunists at PETA, who suggested the Bulldogs forego the eighth in a line of mascots from a family of English bulldogs and turn instead to our old friend, technology, in... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396069/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:06:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390583/posts A company in the United Kingdom is about to lift the lid on a device that zaps lobster with electricity to kill them, and the inventor said Wednesday his humane alternative to boiling is about to give the entire industry a jolt. British entrepreneur Simon Buckhaven said the CrustaStun system, developed over the past decade by his company Studham Technologies Limited, near London, kills the lobster with an electric charge, so the crustacean feels no "pain or distress." "I am entirely aware this product will be greeted at first with some skepticism among people in the lobster industry in Eastern... TheChronicalHerald.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390583/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393565/posts Exclusive: PETA’s Pet Killing Program Set a New Record in 2008Public Records: PETA Found Adoptive Homes for Less than 1 out of 300 Animals Animal lovers worldwide now have access to more than a decade’s worth of proof that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) kills thousands of defenseless pets at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. Since 1998, PETA has opted to “put down” 21,339 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of finding homes for them. PETA’s “Animal Record” report for 2008, filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shows that the animal rights group... PETA kills animals http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393565/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:26:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393352/posts UP to a million Hindu devotees have gathered in a village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism. Worshippers travelled long distances, many coming from India, to attend the two-day Gadhimai festival, which honours the Hindu goddess of power and takes place once every five years in southern Nepal. A huge cry of "Long Live Gadhimai!" went up after the village temple's head priest launched the event with the ritual sacrifice of two wild rats, two pigeons, a rooster, a lamb and a pig. The crowd... news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393352/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389989/posts Winston Churchill once predicted that it would be possible to grow chicken breasts and wings more efficiently without having to keep an actual chicken. And in fact scientists have since figured out how to grow tiny nuggets of lab meat and say it will one day be possible to produce steaks in vats, sans any livestock. Pork chops or burgers cultivated in labs could eliminate contamination problems that regularly generate headlines these days, as well as address environmental concerns that come with industrial livestock farms. However, such research opens up strange and perhaps even disturbing possibilities once considered only the... LiveScience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389989/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389053/posts Animal rights campaigners have criticised the Chinese over their extreme eating habits after a video of diners eating a live fish became a hit on the internet. The film, in which a part-fried fish is shown breathing and wriggling on a plate as it is being slowly eaten alive in a restaurant, has been posted on the video-sharing website YouTube. In order to keep the carp alive chefs cook its body but wrap its head in a wet cloth to keep it breathing, before covering it in sauce and serving in on a plate. The YouTube video shows diners, who... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389053/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:14:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386921/posts OK. You've heard all the talk about this crucial conference in Copenhagen and you've decided to clean up your carbon footprint. First a few pet related facts: * Dogs occupy 6 million UK households * Cats are close behind - 5.2 million What I am talking about is our pets' environmental "paw print". A big dog consumes around 1,000 calories a day - half that of an adult woman. The issue of carbon paw prints has been in the news recently thanks to a book: Time to Eat the Dog. The authors claim that keeping a dog has the same... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386921/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386891/posts Besides addressing her views on the McCain campaign and the media, Palin, a passionate Alaskan hunter, takes aim at vegetarians. Palin states, “If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?” examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386891/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383834/posts Hollywood actress and PETA spokeswoman Dominique Swain has reportedly been caught dumping unvaccinated puppies at an animal shelter. Swain, 29, arrived at a Malibu refuge with her father and a box of eight-week-old cocker spaniel cross dogs over the weekend, reports claim. The Lolita and Face/Off starlet, who posed naked in front of a school blackboard in a PETA animal rights advertisement, then reportedly told the shelter workers she couldn't pay for the puppies' vaccinations. "She said she had no money, despite [arriving] in her BMW," Fox News reported a witness as saying. 9News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383834/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:09:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379250/posts U.S. Capitol Police have rejected PETA’s plan to bring live pigs to the Capitol because of swine flu fears. In an Oct. 23 letter to the animal-rights group obtained by The Hill, Capitol Police cited a recommendation from the D.C. Health Department and said it was rejecting PETA’s request “due to significant health concerns about the possible spread of the H1N1 virus.” The letter also cited “nuisance concerns” with the plan by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to bring a group of pigs and gallons of swine urine and tons of manure to Capitol Hill. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379250/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:15:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377775/posts Last night in Los Angeles, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) president Wayne Pacelle showed why he’s been able to turn a group that sounds as if it’s all about protecting puppies and kittens into an animal-rights lobbying force with talons. He’s looking to sink those talons into people who have the audacity to eat or sell meat, wear leather, go to circuses, or enjoy hunting and fishing – in other words, 99 percent of America.In front of a hand-picked crowd of HSUS supporters who attended last night’s “town hall meeting” at the Ebell of Los Angeles, Pacelle rallied... ConsumerFreedom.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377775/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:07:57 GMT