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  • Tigers Get A Stimulus Plan
    By ScienceDaily: Cat News on February 28th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    A new effort for tiger conservation across its range has been started. There are no exact numbers for wild tiger populations, both historical and current. But two hundred years ago the total number of wild tigers was likely to have been between 100,000 to 500,000 compared to today’s total of around about 5,000 tigers, including 2,300 breeding adults. Tigers are listed by IUCN as endangered.

  • Critically Endangered Cheetahs In Algeria Snapped With Camera Trap
    By ScienceDaily: Cat News on February 28th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    A survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. Overall, the survey identified four different Saharan cheetahs — a subspecies of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) — using spot patterns unique to each individual.

  • Vet-Stem is all set to conduct human clinical trials
    By Amitava Acharyya on February 26th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    Presently Vet-Stem, California is famous for providing regenerative solutions in the field of veterinary science.

    If your pet is seriously injured or suffering from arthritis, joint pains etc., then
    your one and only destination for a successful recovery of your pet is Vet-Stem. An increasing number of pet dogs, cats and horses are been cured by the [...]

  • Stem cell therapy is a blessing for arthritic pets: vets anticipate
    By Amitava Acharyya on February 26th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    The  applications of stem cell technology promises miraculous treatment procedures in the future world. If any part of your body gets diseased or lost by accident it can be subsequently replaced by fresh and healthy ones with this technology. An extensive number of life-threatening diseases can also be cured.
    The interesting part of the development is [...]

  • Specific Protein Is Crucial To Reproduction Of Parasites Involved In Toxoplasmosis Disease
    By ScienceDaily: Cat News on February 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    Scientists have discovered a protein in T. gondii that is essential for the parasite’s growth. The group’s work points the way toward a new model system that can be used in studying other parasitic diseases and could one day lead to an effective target for drug intervention.

  • Former White House cat, Socks, put to sleep
    By DPA on February 21st, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    WASHINGTON – Socks, the famous first pet of the Clinton White House, has been put to sleep after several months of cancer treatment.

    Socks entered the home of then Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, rescued by his daughter Chelsea. The cat later moved into the White House with president Clinton, his wife Hillary and Chelsea.
    ‘Socks brought much [...]

  • Top 14 reasons why Pet Dental Care is a serious matter
    By Amitava Acharyya on February 18th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    pet dental health awareness is a serious matter. But unfortunately most of the pet owners are very much reluctant about the subject. There are several pet owners who never ever thought about brushing their dog or cats teeth.

    Why pet needs dental care too ?
    Expert says, there are enough proves that oral health status can  profoundly [...]

  • Jaguar Spotted In Central Mexico For First Time In 100 Years
    By ScienceDaily: Cat News on February 12th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    The jaguar (Panthera onca) has become an animal in danger of extinction over recent decades, due to the fragmentation and deterioration of its habitat, as well as hunting and illegal animal smuggling. As a result of this vulnerability, no individuals have been seen in the centre of Mexico since the start of the 20th Century. However, Mexican and Spanish scientists have now managed to photograph a male jaguar in this region.

  • Cruelty to animal a falony in Arkansas: bill signed into law
    By Amitava Acharyya on February 10th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    Enough for the old hunting heritage, now it is well known that hunting animals is a sublime cruelty, which they does not deserve at all. It’s like killing for the sake of mere enjoyment, killing innocent unguarded living things for enjoyment is somewhat mental not healthy thinking, if it  is a healthy thinking then why [...]

  • Peanut Butter Precaution
    By Marin Taylor, community blogger on February 4th, 2009 | Comments Off Comments

    Peanut Butter: the culpritPeanut butter pandemonium has swept the nation as an outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Typhimurium have been linked to contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its processing…

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Even seal slaughterers seemed to be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/15/nl-seal-quota-315.html>calling her bluff</a>, as they wondered who, if anyone, would be buying the pelts. And today, in a maneuver that reminds me of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.joecphotography.com/images/Streetweb/str_18.jpg>hustlers</a> I've seen working "<a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick>confidence tricks</a>" on New York City street corners, Shea announced that the upcoming hunt may be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/03/18/pei-seal-hunt-shea-584.html>scaled back</a>, citing "poor ice conditions."</p> <p>It seems to me that Shea and her <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727259--parliamentary-restaurant-to-serve-seal-meat>seal-eating cohorts</a> are trying to work a con of their own and trick the public into believing that their struggling slaughter is somehow thriving. Please <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Stop.aspx>take action</a> to help seals—and to let Canadian politicians know that you're not falling for it. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_seal_slaughter.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_seal_slaughter.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(14) "seal slaughter" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:32:00 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2489) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/2358201565"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/</a><br/><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="seal" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2358201565_059b104dd6.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>It seems that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/gail_shea_pied.php>Gail Shea</a> (the same <s>fool</s> member of parliament who tried pulling <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/olympic_seal_sk.php>this number</a>) has hatched another ploy to try to make the waning interest in the Canadian seal slaughter look stronger than it is.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Shea announced that the number of helpless victims who will be bashed, smashed, and shot during the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Default.aspx>seal slaughter</a> will <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php>increase</a> by 50,000 this year. Even seal slaughterers seemed to be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/15/nl-seal-quota-315.html>calling her bluff</a>, as they wondered who, if anyone, would be buying the pelts. And today, in a maneuver that reminds me of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.joecphotography.com/images/Streetweb/str_18.jpg>hustlers</a> I've seen working "<a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick>confidence tricks</a>" on New York City street corners, Shea announced that the upcoming hunt may be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/03/18/pei-seal-hunt-shea-584.html>scaled back</a>, citing "poor ice conditions."</p> <p>It seems to me that Shea and her <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727259--parliamentary-restaurant-to-serve-seal-meat>seal-eating cohorts</a> are trying to work a con of their own and trick the public into believing that their struggling slaughter is somehow thriving. Please <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Stop.aspx>take action</a> to help seals—and to let Canadian politicians know that you're not falling for it. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(14) "seal slaughter" } ["category@term"]=> string(14) "seal slaughter" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268951520) } [1]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(67) "Cruel Experiment on Sheep Violates Law, PETA Petitions to Prosecute" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(3221) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/3120926517/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/</a><br/> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="sheep" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3120926517_5929ec9efb.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>PETA always tries to explain to people that what is done to animals inside laboratories would be illegal if it happened anywhere else. Burning, shocking, or poisoning a dog would typically land someone in jail. But paradoxically, as long as the abuse happens in a laboratory and is called "science," the people responsible for it are exempt from prosecution under cruelty laws in almost every state. Fortunately, there are some instances in which animal experimenters can be held legally accountable for tormenting animals, but we're learning that even in those cases, experimenters seem to be above the law. As you probably could've guessed, we're fighting to make sure that justice for animals is served!</p> <p>Last year, Madison, Wisconsin's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.allanimals.org/sheep.html>Alliance for Animals</a> filed a complaint with the district attorney of Dane County alleging that experimenters at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/university_of_wisconsin.php>remember them?</a>) had violated the state's Crimes Against Animals statute by killing sheep in U.S. Navy–funded decompression experiments (killing animals by decompression is specifically prohibited by Wisconsin law). The animals were placed in high-pressure hyperbaric chambers, and some died from the excruciating pain of <a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness>decompression sickness</a> ("the bends"), which occurs when bubbles of nitrogen gas form in the blood, muscles, and organs, including the brain. Did we mention that the French Navy and the U.K. Ministry of Defence no longer conduct decompression experiments on animals?</p> <p>Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard investigated and concluded that UW-Madison did in fact violate state law by killing sheep by decompression. Incredibly, he decided that it wasn't worth his time and effort to pursue charges.</p> <p>Fortunately, there is a Wisconsin law that allows private parties to request that a circuit judge order the filing of a criminal complaint in cases in which a crime has been committed and the D.A. refuses to take action. So PETA and Alliance for Animals have stepped in to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28494&sid=5fbadd0aa0aec0a8c4ea602b7a1cf472>petition for prosecution</a>.</p> <p>We'll keep you up to date on this case as it unfolds. In the meantime, please help us <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com/college.asp>put an end to laboratory atrocities</a> that are still taking place in campuses across the U.S.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(52) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/uw-madison.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(52) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/uw-madison.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(33) "University of Wisconsin–Madison" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:58:08 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(3221) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/3120926517/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/</a><br/> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="sheep" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3120926517_5929ec9efb.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>PETA always tries to explain to people that what is done to animals inside laboratories would be illegal if it happened anywhere else. Burning, shocking, or poisoning a dog would typically land someone in jail. But paradoxically, as long as the abuse happens in a laboratory and is called "science," the people responsible for it are exempt from prosecution under cruelty laws in almost every state. Fortunately, there are some instances in which animal experimenters can be held legally accountable for tormenting animals, but we're learning that even in those cases, experimenters seem to be above the law. As you probably could've guessed, we're fighting to make sure that justice for animals is served!</p> <p>Last year, Madison, Wisconsin's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.allanimals.org/sheep.html>Alliance for Animals</a> filed a complaint with the district attorney of Dane County alleging that experimenters at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/university_of_wisconsin.php>remember them?</a>) had violated the state's Crimes Against Animals statute by killing sheep in U.S. Navy–funded decompression experiments (killing animals by decompression is specifically prohibited by Wisconsin law). The animals were placed in high-pressure hyperbaric chambers, and some died from the excruciating pain of <a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness>decompression sickness</a> ("the bends"), which occurs when bubbles of nitrogen gas form in the blood, muscles, and organs, including the brain. Did we mention that the French Navy and the U.K. Ministry of Defence no longer conduct decompression experiments on animals?</p> <p>Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard investigated and concluded that UW-Madison did in fact violate state law by killing sheep by decompression. Incredibly, he decided that it wasn't worth his time and effort to pursue charges.</p> <p>Fortunately, there is a Wisconsin law that allows private parties to request that a circuit judge order the filing of a criminal complaint in cases in which a crime has been committed and the D.A. refuses to take action. So PETA and Alliance for Animals have stepped in to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28494&sid=5fbadd0aa0aec0a8c4ea602b7a1cf472>petition for prosecution</a>.</p> <p>We'll keep you up to date on this case as it unfolds. In the meantime, please help us <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com/college.asp>put an end to laboratory atrocities</a> that are still taking place in campuses across the U.S.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(33) "University of Wisconsin–Madison" } ["category@term"]=> string(33) "University of Wisconsin–Madison" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268927888) } [2]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(51) "10% Wool, by Jeff Corriveau: Tag and Release Winner" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(773) "<p>Thanks for all your wonderful comments on 10% Wool's very first "Tag and Release" comic! The winning caption was written by Misty. Congratulations!</p> <p>Don't forget to keep an eye out for future "Tag and Release" comics and more chances to win. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <b> "I think Fluffy misunderstood when we said we were switching her to a more 'humane' diet."</b></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72.gif><img alt="10% Wool" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72_sm.gif" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>To check out the archives of past strips, click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.savethesheep.com/deflocked.asp">here</a>. </p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/tag_and_release_winner.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/tag_and_release_winner.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "10% wool" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:23 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(773) "<p>Thanks for all your wonderful comments on 10% Wool's very first "Tag and Release" comic! The winning caption was written by Misty. Congratulations!</p> <p>Don't forget to keep an eye out for future "Tag and Release" comics and more chances to win. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <b> "I think Fluffy misunderstood when we said we were switching her to a more 'humane' diet."</b></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72.gif><img alt="10% Wool" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72_sm.gif" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>To check out the archives of past strips, click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.savethesheep.com/deflocked.asp">here</a>. </p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "10% wool" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "10% wool" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268925503) } [3]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(36) "Victory! Green Tea Goes Cruelty-Free" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2957) "<p>Pop quiz: For the creation and testing of which of the following types of consumer products do some companies still force animals to suffer in invasive and deadly laboratory experiments?</p> <ol type="A"> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.covancecruelty.com/feat-tobacco.asp>Cigarettes</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.iamscruelty.com>Dog food</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>Tea and other beverages</a></li> <li>All of the above</li> <li>None of the above</li> </ol> <p>If you answered "D," you're correct! But here's an important update: After more than two years of behind-the-scenes discussions with PETA, Japan's ITO EN, Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of green tea—with more than $3 billion in annual sales and ranked by Deloitte among the top 250 global consumer-product companies—has recently gotten out of the animal-testing business. Writing to us, the company said, "[W]e have decided to stop animal tests on our beverages and foods, considering recent movement and circumstances in other countries on this subject."</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/3289088597/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="rat" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3289088597_d772ec1c75.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>We're happy to report that the new policy prohibits all <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com>animal testing</a> and makes ITO EN the first major Japanese company that we know of to do so, proving that no animal must be killed in order to make safe and healthy food products.</p> <p>ITO EN joins other progressive companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Ocean Spray, Welch's, POM Wonderful, and others who have <a target="_blank" href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/business/31testing.html?_r=2>recently ended animal testing</a> after discussions with PETA. </p> <p>Please <a target="_blank" href=mailto:comments@itoen.com>thank ITO EN</a> for its responsible and compassionate decision to ban animal tests, and then learn how you can become a more <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/index.asp>caring consumer</a>. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> <p>P.S. Always remember that for every product you can imagine—including <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_foodguide.asp>dog food</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smokinganimals.com/aspirit.html>cigarettes</a>, and, yes, even <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>drinks</a>—there are versions that aren't tested on animals. </p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(59) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/victory_green_tea.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(59) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/victory_green_tea.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(3) "tea" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:08:17 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2957) "<p>Pop quiz: For the creation and testing of which of the following types of consumer products do some companies still force animals to suffer in invasive and deadly laboratory experiments?</p> <ol type="A"> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.covancecruelty.com/feat-tobacco.asp>Cigarettes</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.iamscruelty.com>Dog food</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>Tea and other beverages</a></li> <li>All of the above</li> <li>None of the above</li> </ol> <p>If you answered "D," you're correct! But here's an important update: After more than two years of behind-the-scenes discussions with PETA, Japan's ITO EN, Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of green tea—with more than $3 billion in annual sales and ranked by Deloitte among the top 250 global consumer-product companies—has recently gotten out of the animal-testing business. Writing to us, the company said, "[W]e have decided to stop animal tests on our beverages and foods, considering recent movement and circumstances in other countries on this subject."</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/3289088597/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="rat" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3289088597_d772ec1c75.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>We're happy to report that the new policy prohibits all <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com>animal testing</a> and makes ITO EN the first major Japanese company that we know of to do so, proving that no animal must be killed in order to make safe and healthy food products.</p> <p>ITO EN joins other progressive companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Ocean Spray, Welch's, POM Wonderful, and others who have <a target="_blank" href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/business/31testing.html?_r=2>recently ended animal testing</a> after discussions with PETA. </p> <p>Please <a target="_blank" href=mailto:comments@itoen.com>thank ITO EN</a> for its responsible and compassionate decision to ban animal tests, and then learn how you can become a more <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/index.asp>caring consumer</a>. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> <p>P.S. Always remember that for every product you can imagine—including <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_foodguide.asp>dog food</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smokinganimals.com/aspirit.html>cigarettes</a>, and, yes, even <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>drinks</a>—there are versions that aren't tested on animals. </p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(3) "tea" } ["category@term"]=> string(3) "tea" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268924897) } [4]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(45) "Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With Vegan Beer! " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1863) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/2678359760"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Clover" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2678359760_3c1db63d1a.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>I've already taken it upon myself to make St. Patrick's Day into St. Patrick's <em>Week</em>. I've been gorging on <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1341>"steak" and stout pie</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1344>Irish whiskey cake</a> for days now—all washed down with some delicious vegan beer. </p> <p>"Vegan beer?" you might ask. While hops and oats seem vegan-friendly enough, gelatin, casein, and honey are among the many <a target="_blank" href=http://prime.peta.org/2010/03/cheers-for-vegan-beer>animal-derived ingredients</a> that may be found in nonvegan beers. But not to fear! From Corona to Miller and from Pabst to Yuengling, tons of widely available beers are cruelty-free, which makes it so easy to make your St. Patty's Day a compassionate one. Here's a list of some of my personal St. Patty's Day favorites:</p> <ul> <li>Killian's Irish Red</li> <li>Heineken</li> <li>Magners Irish Pear Cider</li> <li>Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout</li> </ul> <p>Today—and every time you drink—make sure that your beverage of choice is cruelty-free by checking out this <a target="_blank" href=http://www.barnivore.com/beer>comprehensive list</a> of vegan beers. What's your favorite humane beer?</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/celebrate_st_pattys.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/celebrate_st_pattys.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(17) "st. patrick's day" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:56:36 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1863) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/2678359760"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Clover" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2678359760_3c1db63d1a.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>I've already taken it upon myself to make St. Patrick's Day into St. Patrick's <em>Week</em>. I've been gorging on <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1341>"steak" and stout pie</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1344>Irish whiskey cake</a> for days now—all washed down with some delicious vegan beer. </p> <p>"Vegan beer?" you might ask. While hops and oats seem vegan-friendly enough, gelatin, casein, and honey are among the many <a target="_blank" href=http://prime.peta.org/2010/03/cheers-for-vegan-beer>animal-derived ingredients</a> that may be found in nonvegan beers. But not to fear! From Corona to Miller and from Pabst to Yuengling, tons of widely available beers are cruelty-free, which makes it so easy to make your St. Patty's Day a compassionate one. Here's a list of some of my personal St. Patty's Day favorites:</p> <ul> <li>Killian's Irish Red</li> <li>Heineken</li> <li>Magners Irish Pear Cider</li> <li>Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout</li> </ul> <p>Today—and every time you drink—make sure that your beverage of choice is cruelty-free by checking out this <a target="_blank" href=http://www.barnivore.com/beer>comprehensive list</a> of vegan beers. What's your favorite humane beer?</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(17) "st. patrick's day" } ["category@term"]=> string(17) "st. patrick's day" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268852196) } [5]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(26) "PETA Solicits for Sex.com " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2441) "<p>Tantalizing, scintillating, provocative—visitors to sex.com are certainly searching for something to fit that description. And if PETA gets its way, we'll be the ones to satisfy their desires. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067.JPG><img alt="Jayde Nicole" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067sm.JPG" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/09/technology/sex.com_auction/>DOM Partners</a> is hoping to take home a hefty sum by auctioning off the domain name "sex.com" on Thursday, but instead of selling the domain to the highest bidder, we're <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/LetterSexcom_Final.pdf>asking the company</a> to charitably donate the domain to PETA.</p> <p>PETA is all about using sex to promote compassion toward furry, finned, and feathered individuals. Countless sexy supporters have bared it all for animals—by <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/hotties_make_out.php>slipping between the sheets</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/12/ravishing_reptiles.php>shedding their skivvies</a>, and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/07/activists_strip.php>stripping in the streets</a>. If the company accepts our proposition, everybody will win: DOM Partners will get a huge tax write-off and PETA would load the site with pages of scintillating and lifesaving information. </p> <p>Visitors to sex.com would be exposed to PETA's saucy campaigns, which point out, for example, the following:</p> <ul> <li>Meat-loving men tend to <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/peta_enters_con.php>limp</a> through their later years thanks to their <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php>artery-clogging diets</a>.</li> <li>Nobody likes an <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bucktherodeo.com/bonnie.html>eight-second ride</a>.</li> <li>Many <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/valentines_day.php>Hollywood hardbodies</a> are hardnosed about not exploiting animals for their flesh and fur.</li> </ul> <p>Millions of people already visit PETA.org every month—just imagine how many more people would see our hot and humane messages for animals if PETA owned sex.com.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(55) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/peta_solicits.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(55) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/peta_solicits.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(7) "sex.com" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:55:03 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2441) "<p>Tantalizing, scintillating, provocative—visitors to sex.com are certainly searching for something to fit that description. And if PETA gets its way, we'll be the ones to satisfy their desires. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067.JPG><img alt="Jayde Nicole" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067sm.JPG" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/09/technology/sex.com_auction/>DOM Partners</a> is hoping to take home a hefty sum by auctioning off the domain name "sex.com" on Thursday, but instead of selling the domain to the highest bidder, we're <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/LetterSexcom_Final.pdf>asking the company</a> to charitably donate the domain to PETA.</p> <p>PETA is all about using sex to promote compassion toward furry, finned, and feathered individuals. Countless sexy supporters have bared it all for animals—by <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/hotties_make_out.php>slipping between the sheets</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/12/ravishing_reptiles.php>shedding their skivvies</a>, and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/07/activists_strip.php>stripping in the streets</a>. If the company accepts our proposition, everybody will win: DOM Partners will get a huge tax write-off and PETA would load the site with pages of scintillating and lifesaving information. </p> <p>Visitors to sex.com would be exposed to PETA's saucy campaigns, which point out, for example, the following:</p> <ul> <li>Meat-loving men tend to <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/peta_enters_con.php>limp</a> through their later years thanks to their <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php>artery-clogging diets</a>.</li> <li>Nobody likes an <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bucktherodeo.com/bonnie.html>eight-second ride</a>.</li> <li>Many <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/valentines_day.php>Hollywood hardbodies</a> are hardnosed about not exploiting animals for their flesh and fur.</li> </ul> <p>Millions of people already visit PETA.org every month—just imagine how many more people would see our hot and humane messages for animals if PETA owned sex.com.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(7) "sex.com" } ["category@term"]=> string(7) "sex.com" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268837703) } [6]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(45) "'Win It' Wednesday: Vegan Marshmallow Peepers" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1218) "<p>Vegan marshmallow peepers! That's right, the sugary (but pig skin–laden) treats have taken the vegan leap thanks to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sweetandsara.com/products.php>Sweet and Sara's Easter Chick & Bunny</a>. They are the cruelty-free, must-have edible couple of the season:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="marshmallows" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/peeps.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Want to call these confectionary cuties yours? Just tell us what excites you most about the upcoming arrival of spring—from extra-long walks with your animal companions to Easter-inspired month-long candy binges. We're giving a bag of these peepers to the reader with the vision that most makes us crave March's out-like-a-lamb end.</p> <p>Enter by sharing your springtime hopes in the comments section. The contest ends on March 24, 2010, and we'll pick the winner on March 26, 2010. Be sure to read our <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/priv.asp>privacy policy</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/terms_conditions.asp>terms and conditions</a>, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. Good luck!</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/win_vegan_marshmallows.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/win_vegan_marshmallows.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(16) "win it wednesday" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:50:28 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1218) "<p>Vegan marshmallow peepers! That's right, the sugary (but pig skin–laden) treats have taken the vegan leap thanks to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sweetandsara.com/products.php>Sweet and Sara's Easter Chick & Bunny</a>. They are the cruelty-free, must-have edible couple of the season:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="marshmallows" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/peeps.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Want to call these confectionary cuties yours? Just tell us what excites you most about the upcoming arrival of spring—from extra-long walks with your animal companions to Easter-inspired month-long candy binges. We're giving a bag of these peepers to the reader with the vision that most makes us crave March's out-like-a-lamb end.</p> <p>Enter by sharing your springtime hopes in the comments section. The contest ends on March 24, 2010, and we'll pick the winner on March 26, 2010. Be sure to read our <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/priv.asp>privacy policy</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/terms_conditions.asp>terms and conditions</a>, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. Good luck!</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(16) "win it wednesday" } ["category@term"]=> string(16) "win it wednesday" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268833828) } [7]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(26) "Mike Tyson, Race Yourself!" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2736) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Star Max Inc</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Mike Tyson" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/M_Tyson_2121408G.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>In an effort to rebuild his image, Mike Tyson has a new Animal Planet series in the works, tentatively titled <a target="_blank" href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503359.html?hpid=news-col-blog><em>Taking on Tyson </em></a>and slated to premiere in 2011. The former heavyweight fighter will use the program to showcase his passion for pigeons via his exploits in the pigeon-racing industry. </p> <p>While we would never knock someone's love for these <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/pigeon_iqs_soar.php>intelligent birds</a>, Tyson's claim to care about <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/pigeons/>pigeons</a> is rather incredulous given that he chooses to tout using them in a "sport" that—like <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/05/kentucky_derby.php>horseracing</a>—exposes them to danger and death. In a typical race, the birds are taken great distances—sometimes as many as 500 miles—away from their homes and then released to see if they can find their way back. It can only be a traumatic experience, as evidenced by the fallen pigeons who succumb to storms, shotgun pellets, and collisions with high-tension wires and who are often found starving, exhausted, and a long way from home. Pigeons mate for life, and the likelihood that both partners will find each other again or that the bird who is released will be reunited with the one left in the coop is a crapshoot. For those banded birds who are found by concerned citizens or turned in to humane societies and have their bands traced, the voice on the other end of the phone is likely to say what we have been told directly, i.e., "Wring their necks, that's what we do with losers." </p> <p>Mike Tyson likes to tell the story of the first time that he beat someone up, saying it was over someone wanting to hurt one of "his" pigeons. Well, in pigeon racing, he'll meet a lot of people he can beat up if that's the criteria, but if he really wants to rehabilitate his image, then the seedy underbelly of the pigeon-racing world isn't the ideal stage for him. If you'd like to contact Animal Planet to state your opinion on whether this show should air or if the network should stick to <em>Whale Wars </em>and <em>Animal Cops</em>, please send a polite message to <a target="_blank" href=http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations>Discovery Communications' viewer relations department</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/mike_tyson_race.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/mike_tyson_race.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(10) "Mike Tyson" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:20:16 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2736) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Star Max Inc</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Mike Tyson" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/M_Tyson_2121408G.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>In an effort to rebuild his image, Mike Tyson has a new Animal Planet series in the works, tentatively titled <a target="_blank" href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503359.html?hpid=news-col-blog><em>Taking on Tyson </em></a>and slated to premiere in 2011. The former heavyweight fighter will use the program to showcase his passion for pigeons via his exploits in the pigeon-racing industry. </p> <p>While we would never knock someone's love for these <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/pigeon_iqs_soar.php>intelligent birds</a>, Tyson's claim to care about <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/pigeons/>pigeons</a> is rather incredulous given that he chooses to tout using them in a "sport" that—like <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/05/kentucky_derby.php>horseracing</a>—exposes them to danger and death. In a typical race, the birds are taken great distances—sometimes as many as 500 miles—away from their homes and then released to see if they can find their way back. It can only be a traumatic experience, as evidenced by the fallen pigeons who succumb to storms, shotgun pellets, and collisions with high-tension wires and who are often found starving, exhausted, and a long way from home. Pigeons mate for life, and the likelihood that both partners will find each other again or that the bird who is released will be reunited with the one left in the coop is a crapshoot. For those banded birds who are found by concerned citizens or turned in to humane societies and have their bands traced, the voice on the other end of the phone is likely to say what we have been told directly, i.e., "Wring their necks, that's what we do with losers." </p> <p>Mike Tyson likes to tell the story of the first time that he beat someone up, saying it was over someone wanting to hurt one of "his" pigeons. Well, in pigeon racing, he'll meet a lot of people he can beat up if that's the criteria, but if he really wants to rehabilitate his image, then the seedy underbelly of the pigeon-racing world isn't the ideal stage for him. If you'd like to contact Animal Planet to state your opinion on whether this show should air or if the network should stick to <em>Whale Wars </em>and <em>Animal Cops</em>, please send a polite message to <a target="_blank" href=http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations>Discovery Communications' viewer relations department</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(10) "Mike Tyson" } ["category@term"]=> string(10) "Mike Tyson" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268781616) } [8]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(41) "Meat: Where Impotence Meets Heart Disease" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1643) "<p>Men who can't get it up down there, beware: A <a target="_blank" href=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-ed-heart16-2010mar16,0,320804.story>new study</a> suggests that those who suffer from erectile dysfunction "are twice as likely to succumb to cardiovascular disease or heart attacks as those who do not have the problem." German researchers say that since penile blood vessels are smaller than those in the heart, atherosclerosis appears in the penis a few years before it reaches your ticker. </p> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/hey_chief_fans_1.php>Finally</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/veggie_viagra_p_1.php>someone's</a> <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/the_cure_for_ma.php>listening</a>. Guys, we've told you that the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat, dairy products, and eggs clogs your arteries and slows the blood flow to <em>all </em>your organs, making you a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/impotence.asp>Sally in the sack</a> and increasing your risk of dying young from a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease.asp>heart attack</a>. Not only does going <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>vegan</a> save the lives of more than <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp>100 animals a year</a>, it also gets your blood flowing and your love life going. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="Impotence Ad" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/impotence3465.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(9) "impotence" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:24:54 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1643) "<p>Men who can't get it up down there, beware: A <a target="_blank" href=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-ed-heart16-2010mar16,0,320804.story>new study</a> suggests that those who suffer from erectile dysfunction "are twice as likely to succumb to cardiovascular disease or heart attacks as those who do not have the problem." German researchers say that since penile blood vessels are smaller than those in the heart, atherosclerosis appears in the penis a few years before it reaches your ticker. </p> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/hey_chief_fans_1.php>Finally</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/veggie_viagra_p_1.php>someone's</a> <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/the_cure_for_ma.php>listening</a>. Guys, we've told you that the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat, dairy products, and eggs clogs your arteries and slows the blood flow to <em>all </em>your organs, making you a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/impotence.asp>Sally in the sack</a> and increasing your risk of dying young from a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease.asp>heart attack</a>. Not only does going <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>vegan</a> save the lives of more than <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp>100 animals a year</a>, it also gets your blood flowing and your love life going. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="Impotence Ad" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/impotence3465.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(9) "impotence" } ["category@term"]=> string(9) "impotence" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268767494) } [9]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(20) "Where's PETA's Seal?" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1533) "<p>Watch out, Waldo—you've got some cute and cuddly competition when it comes to getting lost in a crowd. My new favorite game: Where's PETA's seal?</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Bob Timmons/ <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bobtimmons.org>www.bobtimmons.org</a></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153332&id=48646314351><img alt="Protest for Seals" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/montreal-demo.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it is <a target="_blank" href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hiM7RkPRP-Gcr-3n6Rqd5HOOHadw>increasing the quota</a> for this year's <a target="_blank" href=http://canadasshame.com/>seal slaughter</a> and projecting a death toll of 388,200 (that's 50,000 more shattered seal skulls than last year). At almost the exact same time, this throng of PETA supporters and friends to seals gathered in Montréal for the International Day of Action for Seals. Bullhorns in hand, they made sure that the Canadian government heard their demand: The massacre of baby seals must end! </p> <p>Add this compassionate crowd to the more than half a million people who have signed our <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>save-the-seals petition</a> and the result is clear: As long as blood is spilled on the ice floes, the protests will grow.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "montreal" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:30:32 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1533) "<p>Watch out, Waldo—you've got some cute and cuddly competition when it comes to getting lost in a crowd. My new favorite game: Where's PETA's seal?</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Bob Timmons/ <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bobtimmons.org>www.bobtimmons.org</a></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153332&id=48646314351><img alt="Protest for Seals" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/montreal-demo.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it is <a target="_blank" href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hiM7RkPRP-Gcr-3n6Rqd5HOOHadw>increasing the quota</a> for this year's <a target="_blank" href=http://canadasshame.com/>seal slaughter</a> and projecting a death toll of 388,200 (that's 50,000 more shattered seal skulls than last year). At almost the exact same time, this throng of PETA supporters and friends to seals gathered in Montréal for the International Day of Action for Seals. Bullhorns in hand, they made sure that the Canadian government heard their demand: The massacre of baby seals must end! </p> <p>Add this compassionate crowd to the more than half a million people who have signed our <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>save-the-seals petition</a> and the result is clear: As long as blood is spilled on the ice floes, the protests will grow.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "montreal" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "montreal" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268764232) } [10]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(45) "The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2202) "<p>Yesterday, Nanci Alexander—one of our most generous and tireless friends to animals—joined a myriad of PETA supporters in D.C. to cut the ribbon and officially open the doors to PETA's Washington home, The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights: </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Leigh Vogel</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Nanci Alexander" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/mail.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Nanci, whom <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ingridnewkirk.com>Ingrid E. Newkirk</a> describes as "an animal rights activist's activist," is the woman to whom Newkirk dedicated her book <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com//products/One_Can_Make_a_Difference_Book-248-18.html><em>One Can Make a Difference</em></a>. She is also the founder of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.animalrightsflorida.org/>Animal Rights Foundation of Florida</a> and the creator of Fort Lauderdale's fabulous all-vegan world cuisine restaurant <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sublimerestaurant.com/home.html>Sublime</a>, where <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/tags/sir_paul_mccartney/>Sir Paul McCartney</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/09/steveo_vegan.php>Steve-O</a> have enjoyed meals, and as Ingrid says, if George Bernard Shaw and the Buddha were alive, you'd find them eating there too. She was among the first to spark debate over <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/seaworld/>SeaWorld's</a> horrible confinement of killer whales and dolphins and was also behind Florida's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/photos_pig01.asp>pig gestation-crate</a> ban. </p> <p>Finding herself seated next to President Bush the elder one day, Nanci asked him to do one thing: think about the suffering of the animals he shoots. If everyone spoke up that way, the world would be a far kinder place. Nanci has devoted her life to waking people up to cruelty to animals and changing everything from what they think to what they eat. PETA plans to do great things from the building now named after her. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_nanci_alexander.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_nanci_alexander.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(15) "Nanci Alexander" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:39:22 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2202) "<p>Yesterday, Nanci Alexander—one of our most generous and tireless friends to animals—joined a myriad of PETA supporters in D.C. to cut the ribbon and officially open the doors to PETA's Washington home, The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights: </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Leigh Vogel</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Nanci Alexander" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/mail.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Nanci, whom <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ingridnewkirk.com>Ingrid E. Newkirk</a> describes as "an animal rights activist's activist," is the woman to whom Newkirk dedicated her book <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com//products/One_Can_Make_a_Difference_Book-248-18.html><em>One Can Make a Difference</em></a>. She is also the founder of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.animalrightsflorida.org/>Animal Rights Foundation of Florida</a> and the creator of Fort Lauderdale's fabulous all-vegan world cuisine restaurant <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sublimerestaurant.com/home.html>Sublime</a>, where <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/tags/sir_paul_mccartney/>Sir Paul McCartney</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/09/steveo_vegan.php>Steve-O</a> have enjoyed meals, and as Ingrid says, if George Bernard Shaw and the Buddha were alive, you'd find them eating there too. She was among the first to spark debate over <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/seaworld/>SeaWorld's</a> horrible confinement of killer whales and dolphins and was also behind Florida's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/photos_pig01.asp>pig gestation-crate</a> ban. </p> <p>Finding herself seated next to President Bush the elder one day, Nanci asked him to do one thing: think about the suffering of the animals he shoots. If everyone spoke up that way, the world would be a far kinder place. Nanci has devoted her life to waking people up to cruelty to animals and changing everything from what they think to what they eat. PETA plans to do great things from the building now named after her. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(15) "Nanci Alexander" } ["category@term"]=> string(15) "Nanci Alexander" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268699962) } [11]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(54) "Polar Bear Payback: Slaughtering the Seal Slaughterers" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1716) "<p>Revenge for seals is just a click away. In Adult Swim's addictive new game, <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, you control a bloodthirsty polar bear as he battles through hordes of seal slaughterers (level 1 of the game) and whalers (level 2), all while saving animals <em>and </em>the environment.</p> <p>And bloodthirsty is right. To keep your health meter high, you must bite the heads off the animal abusers and suck the blood from their skulls. After you spit out the skull, one of your baby-seal companions will use his head to toss it like a rubber ball. No, this game is not for the faint of heart.</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html><img alt="Polar Bear Payback" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/PolarBearPayback.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>The release of <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, created by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smashingideas.com/>Smashing Ideas</a>, couldn't have come at a better time for taking action to save <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>Canada's seals</a>. Today is the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=352732870618&index=1>International Day of Action for Seals</a>, so one of the <em>many </em>things you can do for seals today is to <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>kill a bunch of (virtual) sealers</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Joel Bartlett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/polar_bear_payback.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/polar_bear_payback.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(10) "Adult Swim" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:45:47 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1716) "<p>Revenge for seals is just a click away. In Adult Swim's addictive new game, <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, you control a bloodthirsty polar bear as he battles through hordes of seal slaughterers (level 1 of the game) and whalers (level 2), all while saving animals <em>and </em>the environment.</p> <p>And bloodthirsty is right. To keep your health meter high, you must bite the heads off the animal abusers and suck the blood from their skulls. After you spit out the skull, one of your baby-seal companions will use his head to toss it like a rubber ball. No, this game is not for the faint of heart.</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html><img alt="Polar Bear Payback" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/PolarBearPayback.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>The release of <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, created by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smashingideas.com/>Smashing Ideas</a>, couldn't have come at a better time for taking action to save <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>Canada's seals</a>. Today is the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=352732870618&index=1>International Day of Action for Seals</a>, so one of the <em>many </em>things you can do for seals today is to <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>kill a bunch of (virtual) sealers</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Joel Bartlett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(10) "Adult Swim" } ["category@term"]=> string(10) "Adult Swim" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268671547) } [12]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(40) "History 101: Vegetarians Win Every Time " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1249) "<p>Long before <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/michael_phelps/>Michael Phelps</a> swam his way into our cultural consciousness—104 years before, to be exact—vegetarian swimmers were already wowing people with their superhuman stamina. Check out this 1904 headline from Montréal's <a target="_blank" href=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=un4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2213,4448478&dq=vegetarian+meat&hl=en><em>The Gazette</em></a>:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="headline" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/1904headline.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Vegetarians aren't weighed down by all that <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease_cholather.asp>cholesterol-laden</a> animal fat or their own <a target="_blank" href=http://www.meat.org>guilty conscience</a>. The advantages are clear: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>Vegetarians</a> make <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com/products/Vegans_Make_Great_Lovers_Fitted_T_Shirt-306-26.html>better lovers</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/01/ultimate_fighti.php>better fighters</a>, <em>and </em>better swimmers! </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/vegetarian_swimmers.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/vegetarian_swimmers.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "swimming" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:33:16 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1249) "<p>Long before <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/michael_phelps/>Michael Phelps</a> swam his way into our cultural consciousness—104 years before, to be exact—vegetarian swimmers were already wowing people with their superhuman stamina. Check out this 1904 headline from Montréal's <a target="_blank" href=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=un4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2213,4448478&dq=vegetarian+meat&hl=en><em>The Gazette</em></a>:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="headline" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/1904headline.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Vegetarians aren't weighed down by all that <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease_cholather.asp>cholesterol-laden</a> animal fat or their own <a target="_blank" href=http://www.meat.org>guilty conscience</a>. The advantages are clear: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>Vegetarians</a> make <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com/products/Vegans_Make_Great_Lovers_Fitted_T_Shirt-306-26.html>better lovers</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/01/ultimate_fighti.php>better fighters</a>, <em>and </em>better swimmers! </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "swimming" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "swimming" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268667196) } [13]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(35) "Iditarod Musher Reports Missing Dog" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2235) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/3185281871/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="dog" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3185281871_1abf2baf82.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Sometimes it breaks our hearts to say, "<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_start.php>We told you so</a>." It's less than a week into the 1,150-mile-long doggie death march known as the Iditarod, and <s>abuser</s> musher Justin Savidis has already reported one of his dogs, <a target="_blank" href=http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2010/03/11/three-year-old-%E2%80%9Cwhitey%E2%80%9D-missing/>3-year-old Whitey</a>, missing. </p> <p>Whitey has been loose since Wednesday, and although he's been spotted on a number of occasions, temperatures along the Iditarod course remain <a target="_blank" href=http://www.weather.com/weather/today/McGrath+AK+USAK0149?lswe=McGrath,%20ak&from=searchbox_localwx>below zero</a>, and there is no guarantee that Whitey will find shelter or food. </p> <p>Even if Whitey survives his escape, when you consider the dark history of the bloody race, his future still looks pretty grim. On average, dogs in the Iditarod run at least 100 miles each day with very brief rests, and only half the dogs who begin the race ever make it to the finish line. Many are injured or killed as a result of the physical torment of the Iditarod—some of them fall through the ice or suffer from bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and viruses, while others are strangled by tow lines, trampled by moose, or hit by snowmobiles and sleds. Whitey's disappearance marks the beginning of this year's sub-zero suffering, but it's not too late to end it: <a target="_blank" href=https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1894>Urge</a> the Iditarod's sponsors to back out of the barbaric competition immediately.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_musher.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_musher.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "Iditarod" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:20 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2235) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/3185281871/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="dog" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3185281871_1abf2baf82.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Sometimes it breaks our hearts to say, "<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_start.php>We told you so</a>." It's less than a week into the 1,150-mile-long doggie death march known as the Iditarod, and <s>abuser</s> musher Justin Savidis has already reported one of his dogs, <a target="_blank" href=http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2010/03/11/three-year-old-%E2%80%9Cwhitey%E2%80%9D-missing/>3-year-old Whitey</a>, missing. </p> <p>Whitey has been loose since Wednesday, and although he's been spotted on a number of occasions, temperatures along the Iditarod course remain <a target="_blank" href=http://www.weather.com/weather/today/McGrath+AK+USAK0149?lswe=McGrath,%20ak&from=searchbox_localwx>below zero</a>, and there is no guarantee that Whitey will find shelter or food. </p> <p>Even if Whitey survives his escape, when you consider the dark history of the bloody race, his future still looks pretty grim. On average, dogs in the Iditarod run at least 100 miles each day with very brief rests, and only half the dogs who begin the race ever make it to the finish line. Many are injured or killed as a result of the physical torment of the Iditarod—some of them fall through the ice or suffer from bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and viruses, while others are strangled by tow lines, trampled by moose, or hit by snowmobiles and sleds. Whitey's disappearance marks the beginning of this year's sub-zero suffering, but it's not too late to end it: <a target="_blank" href=https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1894>Urge</a> the Iditarod's sponsors to back out of the barbaric competition immediately.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "Iditarod" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "Iditarod" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268432240) } [14]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(28) "Ringling Kills Runaway Zebra" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2467) "<p>Yesterday, Ringling <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22812116/detail.html>announced</a> that it had euthanized Lima, the 12-year-old zebra who ran amok for 40 minutes in Atlanta after he <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/terrified_zebra.php>escaped</a> from the circus last month. According to a statement released by the circus, numerous medical treatments failed to repair the damage to the zebra's hooves. </p> <br/> <center><object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site=" ></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site="> </embed> </object></center> <br/> <p>Shortly after Lima escaped, PETA called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that Lima be provided adequate veterinary care for his injuries and to remove all zebras from <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/>Ringling's</a> traveling shows. Now we're hoping that the tragedy of Lima's death moves officials to end the exploitation of all zebras in circuses. </p> <p>It shouldn't come as a surprise that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/ringling_elephant_runs.php>time</a> after <a target="_blank" href=http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/75782/circus_tiger_escapes_causes_scare_in_nyc/index.html>time</a> animals in circuses try to make a break for freedom. While we mourn Lima's traumatic and painful ordeal, we are thankful that he will no longer be forced to endure a life of constant confinement, in fear of being beaten to perform unnatural tricks. Help stop the suffering of animals abused by Ringling by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/share.asp>urging</a> everyone you know to forgo circuses that use animals. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(67) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/ringling_zebra_euthanized.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(67) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/ringling_zebra_euthanized.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "Ringling" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:39:49 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2467) "<p>Yesterday, Ringling <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22812116/detail.html>announced</a> that it had euthanized Lima, the 12-year-old zebra who ran amok for 40 minutes in Atlanta after he <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/terrified_zebra.php>escaped</a> from the circus last month. According to a statement released by the circus, numerous medical treatments failed to repair the damage to the zebra's hooves. </p> <br/> <center><object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site=" ></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site="> </embed> </object></center> <br/> <p>Shortly after Lima escaped, PETA called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that Lima be provided adequate veterinary care for his injuries and to remove all zebras from <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/>Ringling's</a> traveling shows. Now we're hoping that the tragedy of Lima's death moves officials to end the exploitation of all zebras in circuses. </p> <p>It shouldn't come as a surprise that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/ringling_elephant_runs.php>time</a> after <a target="_blank" href=http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/75782/circus_tiger_escapes_causes_scare_in_nyc/index.html>time</a> animals in circuses try to make a break for freedom. While we mourn Lima's traumatic and painful ordeal, we are thankful that he will no longer be forced to endure a life of constant confinement, in fear of being beaten to perform unnatural tricks. Help stop the suffering of animals abused by Ringling by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/share.asp>urging</a> everyone you know to forgo circuses that use animals. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "Ringling" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "Ringling" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268429989) } } ["channel"]=> array(19) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(14) "The PETA Files" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(21) "http://blog.peta.org/" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["language#"]=> int(1) ["language"]=> string(2) "en" ["copyright#"]=> int(1) ["copyright"]=> string(14) "Copyright 2010" ["lastbuilddate#"]=> int(1) ["lastbuilddate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:32:00 -0500" ["generator#"]=> int(1) ["generator"]=> string(42) "http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2" ["docs#"]=> int(1) ["docs"]=> string(37) "http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss" ["tagline#"]=> int(1) ["tagline"]=> NULL 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["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2489) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/2358201565"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/</a><br/><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="seal" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2358201565_059b104dd6.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>It seems that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/gail_shea_pied.php>Gail Shea</a> (the same <s>fool</s> member of parliament who tried pulling <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/olympic_seal_sk.php>this number</a>) has hatched another ploy to try to make the waning interest in the Canadian seal slaughter look stronger than it is.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Shea announced that the number of helpless victims who will be bashed, smashed, and shot during the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Default.aspx>seal slaughter</a> will <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php>increase</a> by 50,000 this year. Even seal slaughterers seemed to be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/15/nl-seal-quota-315.html>calling her bluff</a>, as they wondered who, if anyone, would be buying the pelts. And today, in a maneuver that reminds me of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.joecphotography.com/images/Streetweb/str_18.jpg>hustlers</a> I've seen working "<a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick>confidence tricks</a>" on New York City street corners, Shea announced that the upcoming hunt may be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/03/18/pei-seal-hunt-shea-584.html>scaled back</a>, citing "poor ice conditions."</p> <p>It seems to me that Shea and her <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727259--parliamentary-restaurant-to-serve-seal-meat>seal-eating cohorts</a> are trying to work a con of their own and trick the public into believing that their struggling slaughter is somehow thriving. Please <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Stop.aspx>take action</a> to help seals—and to let Canadian politicians know that you're not falling for it. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_seal_slaughter.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_seal_slaughter.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(14) "seal slaughter" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:32:00 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2489) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/2358201565"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/</a><br/><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="seal" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2358201565_059b104dd6.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>It seems that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/gail_shea_pied.php>Gail Shea</a> (the same <s>fool</s> member of parliament who tried pulling <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/olympic_seal_sk.php>this number</a>) has hatched another ploy to try to make the waning interest in the Canadian seal slaughter look stronger than it is.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Shea announced that the number of helpless victims who will be bashed, smashed, and shot during the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Default.aspx>seal slaughter</a> will <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php>increase</a> by 50,000 this year. Even seal slaughterers seemed to be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/15/nl-seal-quota-315.html>calling her bluff</a>, as they wondered who, if anyone, would be buying the pelts. And today, in a maneuver that reminds me of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.joecphotography.com/images/Streetweb/str_18.jpg>hustlers</a> I've seen working "<a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick>confidence tricks</a>" on New York City street corners, Shea announced that the upcoming hunt may be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/03/18/pei-seal-hunt-shea-584.html>scaled back</a>, citing "poor ice conditions."</p> <p>It seems to me that Shea and her <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727259--parliamentary-restaurant-to-serve-seal-meat>seal-eating cohorts</a> are trying to work a con of their own and trick the public into believing that their struggling slaughter is somehow thriving. Please <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Stop.aspx>take action</a> to help seals—and to let Canadian politicians know that you're not falling for it. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(14) "seal slaughter" } ["category@term"]=> string(14) "seal slaughter" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268951520) } [1]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(67) "Cruel Experiment on Sheep Violates Law, PETA Petitions to Prosecute" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(3221) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/3120926517/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/</a><br/> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="sheep" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3120926517_5929ec9efb.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>PETA always tries to explain to people that what is done to animals inside laboratories would be illegal if it happened anywhere else. Burning, shocking, or poisoning a dog would typically land someone in jail. But paradoxically, as long as the abuse happens in a laboratory and is called "science," the people responsible for it are exempt from prosecution under cruelty laws in almost every state. Fortunately, there are some instances in which animal experimenters can be held legally accountable for tormenting animals, but we're learning that even in those cases, experimenters seem to be above the law. As you probably could've guessed, we're fighting to make sure that justice for animals is served!</p> <p>Last year, Madison, Wisconsin's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.allanimals.org/sheep.html>Alliance for Animals</a> filed a complaint with the district attorney of Dane County alleging that experimenters at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/university_of_wisconsin.php>remember them?</a>) had violated the state's Crimes Against Animals statute by killing sheep in U.S. Navy–funded decompression experiments (killing animals by decompression is specifically prohibited by Wisconsin law). The animals were placed in high-pressure hyperbaric chambers, and some died from the excruciating pain of <a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness>decompression sickness</a> ("the bends"), which occurs when bubbles of nitrogen gas form in the blood, muscles, and organs, including the brain. Did we mention that the French Navy and the U.K. Ministry of Defence no longer conduct decompression experiments on animals?</p> <p>Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard investigated and concluded that UW-Madison did in fact violate state law by killing sheep by decompression. Incredibly, he decided that it wasn't worth his time and effort to pursue charges.</p> <p>Fortunately, there is a Wisconsin law that allows private parties to request that a circuit judge order the filing of a criminal complaint in cases in which a crime has been committed and the D.A. refuses to take action. So PETA and Alliance for Animals have stepped in to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28494&sid=5fbadd0aa0aec0a8c4ea602b7a1cf472>petition for prosecution</a>.</p> <p>We'll keep you up to date on this case as it unfolds. In the meantime, please help us <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com/college.asp>put an end to laboratory atrocities</a> that are still taking place in campuses across the U.S.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(52) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/uw-madison.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(52) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/uw-madison.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(33) "University of Wisconsin–Madison" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:58:08 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(3221) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/3120926517/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/</a><br/> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="sheep" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3120926517_5929ec9efb.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>PETA always tries to explain to people that what is done to animals inside laboratories would be illegal if it happened anywhere else. Burning, shocking, or poisoning a dog would typically land someone in jail. But paradoxically, as long as the abuse happens in a laboratory and is called "science," the people responsible for it are exempt from prosecution under cruelty laws in almost every state. Fortunately, there are some instances in which animal experimenters can be held legally accountable for tormenting animals, but we're learning that even in those cases, experimenters seem to be above the law. As you probably could've guessed, we're fighting to make sure that justice for animals is served!</p> <p>Last year, Madison, Wisconsin's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.allanimals.org/sheep.html>Alliance for Animals</a> filed a complaint with the district attorney of Dane County alleging that experimenters at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/university_of_wisconsin.php>remember them?</a>) had violated the state's Crimes Against Animals statute by killing sheep in U.S. Navy–funded decompression experiments (killing animals by decompression is specifically prohibited by Wisconsin law). The animals were placed in high-pressure hyperbaric chambers, and some died from the excruciating pain of <a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness>decompression sickness</a> ("the bends"), which occurs when bubbles of nitrogen gas form in the blood, muscles, and organs, including the brain. Did we mention that the French Navy and the U.K. Ministry of Defence no longer conduct decompression experiments on animals?</p> <p>Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard investigated and concluded that UW-Madison did in fact violate state law by killing sheep by decompression. Incredibly, he decided that it wasn't worth his time and effort to pursue charges.</p> <p>Fortunately, there is a Wisconsin law that allows private parties to request that a circuit judge order the filing of a criminal complaint in cases in which a crime has been committed and the D.A. refuses to take action. So PETA and Alliance for Animals have stepped in to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28494&sid=5fbadd0aa0aec0a8c4ea602b7a1cf472>petition for prosecution</a>.</p> <p>We'll keep you up to date on this case as it unfolds. In the meantime, please help us <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com/college.asp>put an end to laboratory atrocities</a> that are still taking place in campuses across the U.S.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(33) "University of Wisconsin–Madison" } ["category@term"]=> string(33) "University of Wisconsin–Madison" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268927888) } [2]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(51) "10% Wool, by Jeff Corriveau: Tag and Release Winner" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(773) "<p>Thanks for all your wonderful comments on 10% Wool's very first "Tag and Release" comic! The winning caption was written by Misty. Congratulations!</p> <p>Don't forget to keep an eye out for future "Tag and Release" comics and more chances to win. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <b> "I think Fluffy misunderstood when we said we were switching her to a more 'humane' diet."</b></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72.gif><img alt="10% Wool" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72_sm.gif" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>To check out the archives of past strips, click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.savethesheep.com/deflocked.asp">here</a>. </p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/tag_and_release_winner.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/tag_and_release_winner.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "10% wool" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:23 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(773) "<p>Thanks for all your wonderful comments on 10% Wool's very first "Tag and Release" comic! The winning caption was written by Misty. Congratulations!</p> <p>Don't forget to keep an eye out for future "Tag and Release" comics and more chances to win. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <b> "I think Fluffy misunderstood when we said we were switching her to a more 'humane' diet."</b></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72.gif><img alt="10% Wool" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DFPETA72_sm.gif" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>To check out the archives of past strips, click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.savethesheep.com/deflocked.asp">here</a>. </p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "10% wool" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "10% wool" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268925503) } [3]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(36) "Victory! Green Tea Goes Cruelty-Free" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2957) "<p>Pop quiz: For the creation and testing of which of the following types of consumer products do some companies still force animals to suffer in invasive and deadly laboratory experiments?</p> <ol type="A"> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.covancecruelty.com/feat-tobacco.asp>Cigarettes</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.iamscruelty.com>Dog food</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>Tea and other beverages</a></li> <li>All of the above</li> <li>None of the above</li> </ol> <p>If you answered "D," you're correct! But here's an important update: After more than two years of behind-the-scenes discussions with PETA, Japan's ITO EN, Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of green tea—with more than $3 billion in annual sales and ranked by Deloitte among the top 250 global consumer-product companies—has recently gotten out of the animal-testing business. Writing to us, the company said, "[W]e have decided to stop animal tests on our beverages and foods, considering recent movement and circumstances in other countries on this subject."</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/3289088597/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="rat" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3289088597_d772ec1c75.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>We're happy to report that the new policy prohibits all <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com>animal testing</a> and makes ITO EN the first major Japanese company that we know of to do so, proving that no animal must be killed in order to make safe and healthy food products.</p> <p>ITO EN joins other progressive companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Ocean Spray, Welch's, POM Wonderful, and others who have <a target="_blank" href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/business/31testing.html?_r=2>recently ended animal testing</a> after discussions with PETA. </p> <p>Please <a target="_blank" href=mailto:comments@itoen.com>thank ITO EN</a> for its responsible and compassionate decision to ban animal tests, and then learn how you can become a more <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/index.asp>caring consumer</a>. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> <p>P.S. Always remember that for every product you can imagine—including <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_foodguide.asp>dog food</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smokinganimals.com/aspirit.html>cigarettes</a>, and, yes, even <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>drinks</a>—there are versions that aren't tested on animals. </p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(59) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/victory_green_tea.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(59) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/victory_green_tea.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(3) "tea" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:08:17 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2957) "<p>Pop quiz: For the creation and testing of which of the following types of consumer products do some companies still force animals to suffer in invasive and deadly laboratory experiments?</p> <ol type="A"> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.covancecruelty.com/feat-tobacco.asp>Cigarettes</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.iamscruelty.com>Dog food</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>Tea and other beverages</a></li> <li>All of the above</li> <li>None of the above</li> </ol> <p>If you answered "D," you're correct! But here's an important update: After more than two years of behind-the-scenes discussions with PETA, Japan's ITO EN, Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of green tea—with more than $3 billion in annual sales and ranked by Deloitte among the top 250 global consumer-product companies—has recently gotten out of the animal-testing business. Writing to us, the company said, "[W]e have decided to stop animal tests on our beverages and foods, considering recent movement and circumstances in other countries on this subject."</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/3289088597/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-sarah/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="rat" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3289088597_d772ec1c75.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>We're happy to report that the new policy prohibits all <a target="_blank" href=http://www.stopanimaltests.com>animal testing</a> and makes ITO EN the first major Japanese company that we know of to do so, proving that no animal must be killed in order to make safe and healthy food products.</p> <p>ITO EN joins other progressive companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Ocean Spray, Welch's, POM Wonderful, and others who have <a target="_blank" href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/business/31testing.html?_r=2>recently ended animal testing</a> after discussions with PETA. </p> <p>Please <a target="_blank" href=mailto:comments@itoen.com>thank ITO EN</a> for its responsible and compassionate decision to ban animal tests, and then learn how you can become a more <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/index.asp>caring consumer</a>. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> <p>P.S. Always remember that for every product you can imagine—including <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_foodguide.asp>dog food</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smokinganimals.com/aspirit.html>cigarettes</a>, and, yes, even <a target="_blank" href=http://www.caringconsumer.com/products_juice.asp>drinks</a>—there are versions that aren't tested on animals. </p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(3) "tea" } ["category@term"]=> string(3) "tea" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268924897) } [4]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(45) "Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With Vegan Beer! " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1863) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/2678359760"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Clover" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2678359760_3c1db63d1a.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>I've already taken it upon myself to make St. Patrick's Day into St. Patrick's <em>Week</em>. I've been gorging on <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1341>"steak" and stout pie</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1344>Irish whiskey cake</a> for days now—all washed down with some delicious vegan beer. </p> <p>"Vegan beer?" you might ask. While hops and oats seem vegan-friendly enough, gelatin, casein, and honey are among the many <a target="_blank" href=http://prime.peta.org/2010/03/cheers-for-vegan-beer>animal-derived ingredients</a> that may be found in nonvegan beers. But not to fear! From Corona to Miller and from Pabst to Yuengling, tons of widely available beers are cruelty-free, which makes it so easy to make your St. Patty's Day a compassionate one. Here's a list of some of my personal St. Patty's Day favorites:</p> <ul> <li>Killian's Irish Red</li> <li>Heineken</li> <li>Magners Irish Pear Cider</li> <li>Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout</li> </ul> <p>Today—and every time you drink—make sure that your beverage of choice is cruelty-free by checking out this <a target="_blank" href=http://www.barnivore.com/beer>comprehensive list</a> of vegan beers. What's your favorite humane beer?</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/celebrate_st_pattys.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/celebrate_st_pattys.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(17) "st. patrick's day" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:56:36 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1863) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/2678359760"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div> </font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Clover" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2678359760_3c1db63d1a.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>I've already taken it upon myself to make St. Patrick's Day into St. Patrick's <em>Week</em>. I've been gorging on <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1341>"steak" and stout pie</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.vegcooking.com/recipeshow.asp?RequestID=1344>Irish whiskey cake</a> for days now—all washed down with some delicious vegan beer. </p> <p>"Vegan beer?" you might ask. While hops and oats seem vegan-friendly enough, gelatin, casein, and honey are among the many <a target="_blank" href=http://prime.peta.org/2010/03/cheers-for-vegan-beer>animal-derived ingredients</a> that may be found in nonvegan beers. But not to fear! From Corona to Miller and from Pabst to Yuengling, tons of widely available beers are cruelty-free, which makes it so easy to make your St. Patty's Day a compassionate one. Here's a list of some of my personal St. Patty's Day favorites:</p> <ul> <li>Killian's Irish Red</li> <li>Heineken</li> <li>Magners Irish Pear Cider</li> <li>Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout</li> </ul> <p>Today—and every time you drink—make sure that your beverage of choice is cruelty-free by checking out this <a target="_blank" href=http://www.barnivore.com/beer>comprehensive list</a> of vegan beers. What's your favorite humane beer?</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(17) "st. patrick's day" } ["category@term"]=> string(17) "st. patrick's day" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268852196) } [5]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(26) "PETA Solicits for Sex.com " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2441) "<p>Tantalizing, scintillating, provocative—visitors to sex.com are certainly searching for something to fit that description. And if PETA gets its way, we'll be the ones to satisfy their desires. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067.JPG><img alt="Jayde Nicole" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067sm.JPG" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/09/technology/sex.com_auction/>DOM Partners</a> is hoping to take home a hefty sum by auctioning off the domain name "sex.com" on Thursday, but instead of selling the domain to the highest bidder, we're <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/LetterSexcom_Final.pdf>asking the company</a> to charitably donate the domain to PETA.</p> <p>PETA is all about using sex to promote compassion toward furry, finned, and feathered individuals. Countless sexy supporters have bared it all for animals—by <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/hotties_make_out.php>slipping between the sheets</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/12/ravishing_reptiles.php>shedding their skivvies</a>, and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/07/activists_strip.php>stripping in the streets</a>. If the company accepts our proposition, everybody will win: DOM Partners will get a huge tax write-off and PETA would load the site with pages of scintillating and lifesaving information. </p> <p>Visitors to sex.com would be exposed to PETA's saucy campaigns, which point out, for example, the following:</p> <ul> <li>Meat-loving men tend to <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/peta_enters_con.php>limp</a> through their later years thanks to their <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php>artery-clogging diets</a>.</li> <li>Nobody likes an <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bucktherodeo.com/bonnie.html>eight-second ride</a>.</li> <li>Many <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/valentines_day.php>Hollywood hardbodies</a> are hardnosed about not exploiting animals for their flesh and fur.</li> </ul> <p>Millions of people already visit PETA.org every month—just imagine how many more people would see our hot and humane messages for animals if PETA owned sex.com.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(55) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/peta_solicits.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(55) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/peta_solicits.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(7) "sex.com" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:55:03 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2441) "<p>Tantalizing, scintillating, provocative—visitors to sex.com are certainly searching for something to fit that description. And if PETA gets its way, we'll be the ones to satisfy their desires. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067.JPG><img alt="Jayde Nicole" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/DC067sm.JPG" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/09/technology/sex.com_auction/>DOM Partners</a> is hoping to take home a hefty sum by auctioning off the domain name "sex.com" on Thursday, but instead of selling the domain to the highest bidder, we're <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/LetterSexcom_Final.pdf>asking the company</a> to charitably donate the domain to PETA.</p> <p>PETA is all about using sex to promote compassion toward furry, finned, and feathered individuals. Countless sexy supporters have bared it all for animals—by <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/hotties_make_out.php>slipping between the sheets</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/12/ravishing_reptiles.php>shedding their skivvies</a>, and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/07/activists_strip.php>stripping in the streets</a>. If the company accepts our proposition, everybody will win: DOM Partners will get a huge tax write-off and PETA would load the site with pages of scintillating and lifesaving information. </p> <p>Visitors to sex.com would be exposed to PETA's saucy campaigns, which point out, for example, the following:</p> <ul> <li>Meat-loving men tend to <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/peta_enters_con.php>limp</a> through their later years thanks to their <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php>artery-clogging diets</a>.</li> <li>Nobody likes an <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bucktherodeo.com/bonnie.html>eight-second ride</a>.</li> <li>Many <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/valentines_day.php>Hollywood hardbodies</a> are hardnosed about not exploiting animals for their flesh and fur.</li> </ul> <p>Millions of people already visit PETA.org every month—just imagine how many more people would see our hot and humane messages for animals if PETA owned sex.com.</p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(7) "sex.com" } ["category@term"]=> string(7) "sex.com" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268837703) } [6]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(45) "'Win It' Wednesday: Vegan Marshmallow Peepers" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1218) "<p>Vegan marshmallow peepers! That's right, the sugary (but pig skin–laden) treats have taken the vegan leap thanks to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sweetandsara.com/products.php>Sweet and Sara's Easter Chick & Bunny</a>. They are the cruelty-free, must-have edible couple of the season:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="marshmallows" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/peeps.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Want to call these confectionary cuties yours? Just tell us what excites you most about the upcoming arrival of spring—from extra-long walks with your animal companions to Easter-inspired month-long candy binges. We're giving a bag of these peepers to the reader with the vision that most makes us crave March's out-like-a-lamb end.</p> <p>Enter by sharing your springtime hopes in the comments section. The contest ends on March 24, 2010, and we'll pick the winner on March 26, 2010. Be sure to read our <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/priv.asp>privacy policy</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/terms_conditions.asp>terms and conditions</a>, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. Good luck!</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/win_vegan_marshmallows.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(64) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/win_vegan_marshmallows.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(16) "win it wednesday" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:50:28 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1218) "<p>Vegan marshmallow peepers! That's right, the sugary (but pig skin–laden) treats have taken the vegan leap thanks to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sweetandsara.com/products.php>Sweet and Sara's Easter Chick & Bunny</a>. They are the cruelty-free, must-have edible couple of the season:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="marshmallows" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/peeps.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Want to call these confectionary cuties yours? Just tell us what excites you most about the upcoming arrival of spring—from extra-long walks with your animal companions to Easter-inspired month-long candy binges. We're giving a bag of these peepers to the reader with the vision that most makes us crave March's out-like-a-lamb end.</p> <p>Enter by sharing your springtime hopes in the comments section. The contest ends on March 24, 2010, and we'll pick the winner on March 26, 2010. Be sure to read our <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/priv.asp>privacy policy</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://www.peta.org/terms_conditions.asp>terms and conditions</a>, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. Good luck!</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(16) "win it wednesday" } ["category@term"]=> string(16) "win it wednesday" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268833828) } [7]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(26) "Mike Tyson, Race Yourself!" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2736) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Star Max Inc</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Mike Tyson" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/M_Tyson_2121408G.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>In an effort to rebuild his image, Mike Tyson has a new Animal Planet series in the works, tentatively titled <a target="_blank" href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503359.html?hpid=news-col-blog><em>Taking on Tyson </em></a>and slated to premiere in 2011. The former heavyweight fighter will use the program to showcase his passion for pigeons via his exploits in the pigeon-racing industry. </p> <p>While we would never knock someone's love for these <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/pigeon_iqs_soar.php>intelligent birds</a>, Tyson's claim to care about <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/pigeons/>pigeons</a> is rather incredulous given that he chooses to tout using them in a "sport" that—like <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/05/kentucky_derby.php>horseracing</a>—exposes them to danger and death. In a typical race, the birds are taken great distances—sometimes as many as 500 miles—away from their homes and then released to see if they can find their way back. It can only be a traumatic experience, as evidenced by the fallen pigeons who succumb to storms, shotgun pellets, and collisions with high-tension wires and who are often found starving, exhausted, and a long way from home. Pigeons mate for life, and the likelihood that both partners will find each other again or that the bird who is released will be reunited with the one left in the coop is a crapshoot. For those banded birds who are found by concerned citizens or turned in to humane societies and have their bands traced, the voice on the other end of the phone is likely to say what we have been told directly, i.e., "Wring their necks, that's what we do with losers." </p> <p>Mike Tyson likes to tell the story of the first time that he beat someone up, saying it was over someone wanting to hurt one of "his" pigeons. Well, in pigeon racing, he'll meet a lot of people he can beat up if that's the criteria, but if he really wants to rehabilitate his image, then the seedy underbelly of the pigeon-racing world isn't the ideal stage for him. If you'd like to contact Animal Planet to state your opinion on whether this show should air or if the network should stick to <em>Whale Wars </em>and <em>Animal Cops</em>, please send a polite message to <a target="_blank" href=http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations>Discovery Communications' viewer relations department</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/mike_tyson_race.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/mike_tyson_race.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(10) "Mike Tyson" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:20:16 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2736) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Star Max Inc</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Mike Tyson" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/M_Tyson_2121408G.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>In an effort to rebuild his image, Mike Tyson has a new Animal Planet series in the works, tentatively titled <a target="_blank" href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503359.html?hpid=news-col-blog><em>Taking on Tyson </em></a>and slated to premiere in 2011. The former heavyweight fighter will use the program to showcase his passion for pigeons via his exploits in the pigeon-racing industry. </p> <p>While we would never knock someone's love for these <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/pigeon_iqs_soar.php>intelligent birds</a>, Tyson's claim to care about <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/pigeons/>pigeons</a> is rather incredulous given that he chooses to tout using them in a "sport" that—like <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/05/kentucky_derby.php>horseracing</a>—exposes them to danger and death. In a typical race, the birds are taken great distances—sometimes as many as 500 miles—away from their homes and then released to see if they can find their way back. It can only be a traumatic experience, as evidenced by the fallen pigeons who succumb to storms, shotgun pellets, and collisions with high-tension wires and who are often found starving, exhausted, and a long way from home. Pigeons mate for life, and the likelihood that both partners will find each other again or that the bird who is released will be reunited with the one left in the coop is a crapshoot. For those banded birds who are found by concerned citizens or turned in to humane societies and have their bands traced, the voice on the other end of the phone is likely to say what we have been told directly, i.e., "Wring their necks, that's what we do with losers." </p> <p>Mike Tyson likes to tell the story of the first time that he beat someone up, saying it was over someone wanting to hurt one of "his" pigeons. Well, in pigeon racing, he'll meet a lot of people he can beat up if that's the criteria, but if he really wants to rehabilitate his image, then the seedy underbelly of the pigeon-racing world isn't the ideal stage for him. If you'd like to contact Animal Planet to state your opinion on whether this show should air or if the network should stick to <em>Whale Wars </em>and <em>Animal Cops</em>, please send a polite message to <a target="_blank" href=http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations>Discovery Communications' viewer relations department</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(10) "Mike Tyson" } ["category@term"]=> string(10) "Mike Tyson" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268781616) } [8]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(41) "Meat: Where Impotence Meets Heart Disease" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1643) "<p>Men who can't get it up down there, beware: A <a target="_blank" href=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-ed-heart16-2010mar16,0,320804.story>new study</a> suggests that those who suffer from erectile dysfunction "are twice as likely to succumb to cardiovascular disease or heart attacks as those who do not have the problem." German researchers say that since penile blood vessels are smaller than those in the heart, atherosclerosis appears in the penis a few years before it reaches your ticker. </p> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/hey_chief_fans_1.php>Finally</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/veggie_viagra_p_1.php>someone's</a> <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/the_cure_for_ma.php>listening</a>. Guys, we've told you that the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat, dairy products, and eggs clogs your arteries and slows the blood flow to <em>all </em>your organs, making you a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/impotence.asp>Sally in the sack</a> and increasing your risk of dying young from a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease.asp>heart attack</a>. Not only does going <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>vegan</a> save the lives of more than <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp>100 animals a year</a>, it also gets your blood flowing and your love life going. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="Impotence Ad" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/impotence3465.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/meat_impotence.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(9) "impotence" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:24:54 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1643) "<p>Men who can't get it up down there, beware: A <a target="_blank" href=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-ed-heart16-2010mar16,0,320804.story>new study</a> suggests that those who suffer from erectile dysfunction "are twice as likely to succumb to cardiovascular disease or heart attacks as those who do not have the problem." German researchers say that since penile blood vessels are smaller than those in the heart, atherosclerosis appears in the penis a few years before it reaches your ticker. </p> <p><a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/hey_chief_fans_1.php>Finally</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/11/veggie_viagra_p_1.php>someone's</a> <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/the_cure_for_ma.php>listening</a>. Guys, we've told you that the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat, dairy products, and eggs clogs your arteries and slows the blood flow to <em>all </em>your organs, making you a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/impotence.asp>Sally in the sack</a> and increasing your risk of dying young from a <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease.asp>heart attack</a>. Not only does going <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>vegan</a> save the lives of more than <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp>100 animals a year</a>, it also gets your blood flowing and your love life going. </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="Impotence Ad" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/impotence3465.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(9) "impotence" } ["category@term"]=> string(9) "impotence" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268767494) } [9]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(20) "Where's PETA's Seal?" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1533) "<p>Watch out, Waldo—you've got some cute and cuddly competition when it comes to getting lost in a crowd. My new favorite game: Where's PETA's seal?</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Bob Timmons/ <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bobtimmons.org>www.bobtimmons.org</a></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153332&id=48646314351><img alt="Protest for Seals" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/montreal-demo.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it is <a target="_blank" href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hiM7RkPRP-Gcr-3n6Rqd5HOOHadw>increasing the quota</a> for this year's <a target="_blank" href=http://canadasshame.com/>seal slaughter</a> and projecting a death toll of 388,200 (that's 50,000 more shattered seal skulls than last year). At almost the exact same time, this throng of PETA supporters and friends to seals gathered in Montréal for the International Day of Action for Seals. Bullhorns in hand, they made sure that the Canadian government heard their demand: The massacre of baby seals must end! </p> <p>Add this compassionate crowd to the more than half a million people who have signed our <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>save-the-seals petition</a> and the result is clear: As long as blood is spilled on the ice floes, the protests will grow.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(56) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "montreal" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:30:32 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1533) "<p>Watch out, Waldo—you've got some cute and cuddly competition when it comes to getting lost in a crowd. My new favorite game: Where's PETA's seal?</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Bob Timmons/ <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bobtimmons.org>www.bobtimmons.org</a></font></caption><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153332&id=48646314351><img alt="Protest for Seals" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/montreal-demo.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it is <a target="_blank" href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hiM7RkPRP-Gcr-3n6Rqd5HOOHadw>increasing the quota</a> for this year's <a target="_blank" href=http://canadasshame.com/>seal slaughter</a> and projecting a death toll of 388,200 (that's 50,000 more shattered seal skulls than last year). At almost the exact same time, this throng of PETA supporters and friends to seals gathered in Montréal for the International Day of Action for Seals. Bullhorns in hand, they made sure that the Canadian government heard their demand: The massacre of baby seals must end! </p> <p>Add this compassionate crowd to the more than half a million people who have signed our <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>save-the-seals petition</a> and the result is clear: As long as blood is spilled on the ice floes, the protests will grow.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "montreal" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "montreal" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268764232) } [10]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(45) "The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2202) "<p>Yesterday, Nanci Alexander—one of our most generous and tireless friends to animals—joined a myriad of PETA supporters in D.C. to cut the ribbon and officially open the doors to PETA's Washington home, The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights: </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Leigh Vogel</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Nanci Alexander" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/mail.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Nanci, whom <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ingridnewkirk.com>Ingrid E. Newkirk</a> describes as "an animal rights activist's activist," is the woman to whom Newkirk dedicated her book <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com//products/One_Can_Make_a_Difference_Book-248-18.html><em>One Can Make a Difference</em></a>. She is also the founder of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.animalrightsflorida.org/>Animal Rights Foundation of Florida</a> and the creator of Fort Lauderdale's fabulous all-vegan world cuisine restaurant <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sublimerestaurant.com/home.html>Sublime</a>, where <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/tags/sir_paul_mccartney/>Sir Paul McCartney</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/09/steveo_vegan.php>Steve-O</a> have enjoyed meals, and as Ingrid says, if George Bernard Shaw and the Buddha were alive, you'd find them eating there too. She was among the first to spark debate over <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/seaworld/>SeaWorld's</a> horrible confinement of killer whales and dolphins and was also behind Florida's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/photos_pig01.asp>pig gestation-crate</a> ban. </p> <p>Finding herself seated next to President Bush the elder one day, Nanci asked him to do one thing: think about the suffering of the animals he shoots. If everyone spoke up that way, the world would be a far kinder place. Nanci has devoted her life to waking people up to cruelty to animals and changing everything from what they think to what they eat. PETA plans to do great things from the building now named after her. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_nanci_alexander.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/the_nanci_alexander.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(15) "Nanci Alexander" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:39:22 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2202) "<p>Yesterday, Nanci Alexander—one of our most generous and tireless friends to animals—joined a myriad of PETA supporters in D.C. to cut the ribbon and officially open the doors to PETA's Washington home, The Nanci Alexander Center for Animal Rights: </p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1">© Leigh Vogel</font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="Nanci Alexander" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/mail.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Nanci, whom <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ingridnewkirk.com>Ingrid E. Newkirk</a> describes as "an animal rights activist's activist," is the woman to whom Newkirk dedicated her book <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com//products/One_Can_Make_a_Difference_Book-248-18.html><em>One Can Make a Difference</em></a>. She is also the founder of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.animalrightsflorida.org/>Animal Rights Foundation of Florida</a> and the creator of Fort Lauderdale's fabulous all-vegan world cuisine restaurant <a target="_blank" href=http://www.sublimerestaurant.com/home.html>Sublime</a>, where <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/tags/sir_paul_mccartney/>Sir Paul McCartney</a> and <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/09/steveo_vegan.php>Steve-O</a> have enjoyed meals, and as Ingrid says, if George Bernard Shaw and the Buddha were alive, you'd find them eating there too. She was among the first to spark debate over <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/seaworld/>SeaWorld's</a> horrible confinement of killer whales and dolphins and was also behind Florida's <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/photos_pig01.asp>pig gestation-crate</a> ban. </p> <p>Finding herself seated next to President Bush the elder one day, Nanci asked him to do one thing: think about the suffering of the animals he shoots. If everyone spoke up that way, the world would be a far kinder place. Nanci has devoted her life to waking people up to cruelty to animals and changing everything from what they think to what they eat. PETA plans to do great things from the building now named after her. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(15) "Nanci Alexander" } ["category@term"]=> string(15) "Nanci Alexander" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268699962) } [11]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(54) "Polar Bear Payback: Slaughtering the Seal Slaughterers" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1716) "<p>Revenge for seals is just a click away. In Adult Swim's addictive new game, <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, you control a bloodthirsty polar bear as he battles through hordes of seal slaughterers (level 1 of the game) and whalers (level 2), all while saving animals <em>and </em>the environment.</p> <p>And bloodthirsty is right. To keep your health meter high, you must bite the heads off the animal abusers and suck the blood from their skulls. After you spit out the skull, one of your baby-seal companions will use his head to toss it like a rubber ball. No, this game is not for the faint of heart.</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html><img alt="Polar Bear Payback" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/PolarBearPayback.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>The release of <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, created by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smashingideas.com/>Smashing Ideas</a>, couldn't have come at a better time for taking action to save <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>Canada's seals</a>. Today is the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=352732870618&index=1>International Day of Action for Seals</a>, so one of the <em>many </em>things you can do for seals today is to <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>kill a bunch of (virtual) sealers</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Joel Bartlett</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/polar_bear_payback.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(60) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/polar_bear_payback.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(10) "Adult Swim" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:45:47 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1716) "<p>Revenge for seals is just a click away. In Adult Swim's addictive new game, <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, you control a bloodthirsty polar bear as he battles through hordes of seal slaughterers (level 1 of the game) and whalers (level 2), all while saving animals <em>and </em>the environment.</p> <p>And bloodthirsty is right. To keep your health meter high, you must bite the heads off the animal abusers and suck the blood from their skulls. After you spit out the skull, one of your baby-seal companions will use his head to toss it like a rubber ball. No, this game is not for the faint of heart.</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td><a target=”_blank” href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html><img alt="Polar Bear Payback" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/PolarBearPayback.jpg" /></td></tr></table></a></center> <br/> <p>The release of <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>Polar Bear Payback</a>, created by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.smashingideas.com/>Smashing Ideas</a>, couldn't have come at a better time for taking action to save <a target="_blank" href=http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/84>Canada's seals</a>. Today is the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=352732870618&index=1>International Day of Action for Seals</a>, so one of the <em>many </em>things you can do for seals today is to <a target="_blank" href=http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html>kill a bunch of (virtual) sealers</a>.</p> <p>Posted by Joel Bartlett</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(10) "Adult Swim" } ["category@term"]=> string(10) "Adult Swim" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268671547) } [12]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(40) "History 101: Vegetarians Win Every Time " ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(1249) "<p>Long before <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/michael_phelps/>Michael Phelps</a> swam his way into our cultural consciousness—104 years before, to be exact—vegetarian swimmers were already wowing people with their superhuman stamina. Check out this 1904 headline from Montréal's <a target="_blank" href=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=un4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2213,4448478&dq=vegetarian+meat&hl=en><em>The Gazette</em></a>:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="headline" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/1904headline.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Vegetarians aren't weighed down by all that <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease_cholather.asp>cholesterol-laden</a> animal fat or their own <a target="_blank" href=http://www.meat.org>guilty conscience</a>. The advantages are clear: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>Vegetarians</a> make <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com/products/Vegans_Make_Great_Lovers_Fitted_T_Shirt-306-26.html>better lovers</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/01/ultimate_fighti.php>better fighters</a>, <em>and </em>better swimmers! </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/vegetarian_swimmers.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(61) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/vegetarian_swimmers.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "swimming" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:33:16 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(1249) "<p>Long before <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/michael_phelps/>Michael Phelps</a> swam his way into our cultural consciousness—104 years before, to be exact—vegetarian swimmers were already wowing people with their superhuman stamina. Check out this 1904 headline from Montréal's <a target="_blank" href=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=un4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2213,4448478&dq=vegetarian+meat&hl=en><em>The Gazette</em></a>:</p> <br/> <center><table cellpadding="5"><tr><td> <img alt="headline" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/1904headline.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Vegetarians aren't weighed down by all that <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com/heartdisease_cholather.asp>cholesterol-laden</a> animal fat or their own <a target="_blank" href=http://www.meat.org>guilty conscience</a>. The advantages are clear: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.goveg.com>Vegetarians</a> make <a target="_blank" href=http://www.petacatalog.com/products/Vegans_Make_Great_Lovers_Fitted_T_Shirt-306-26.html>better lovers</a>, <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/01/ultimate_fighti.php>better fighters</a>, <em>and </em>better swimmers! </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p>" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "swimming" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "swimming" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268667196) } [13]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(35) "Iditarod Musher Reports Missing Dog" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2235) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/3185281871/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="dog" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3185281871_1abf2baf82.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Sometimes it breaks our hearts to say, "<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_start.php>We told you so</a>." It's less than a week into the 1,150-mile-long doggie death march known as the Iditarod, and <s>abuser</s> musher Justin Savidis has already reported one of his dogs, <a target="_blank" href=http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2010/03/11/three-year-old-%E2%80%9Cwhitey%E2%80%9D-missing/>3-year-old Whitey</a>, missing. </p> <p>Whitey has been loose since Wednesday, and although he's been spotted on a number of occasions, temperatures along the Iditarod course remain <a target="_blank" href=http://www.weather.com/weather/today/McGrath+AK+USAK0149?lswe=McGrath,%20ak&from=searchbox_localwx>below zero</a>, and there is no guarantee that Whitey will find shelter or food. </p> <p>Even if Whitey survives his escape, when you consider the dark history of the bloody race, his future still looks pretty grim. On average, dogs in the Iditarod run at least 100 miles each day with very brief rests, and only half the dogs who begin the race ever make it to the finish line. Many are injured or killed as a result of the physical torment of the Iditarod—some of them fall through the ice or suffer from bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and viruses, while others are strangled by tow lines, trampled by moose, or hit by snowmobiles and sleds. Whitey's disappearance marks the beginning of this year's sub-zero suffering, but it's not too late to end it: <a target="_blank" href=https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1894>Urge</a> the Iditarod's sponsors to back out of the barbaric competition immediately.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_musher.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(57) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_musher.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "Iditarod" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:20 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2235) "<center><table cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/3185281871/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo_w2s/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="dog" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/3185281871_1abf2baf82.jpg" /></td></tr></table></center> <br/> <p>Sometimes it breaks our hearts to say, "<a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/iditarod_start.php>We told you so</a>." It's less than a week into the 1,150-mile-long doggie death march known as the Iditarod, and <s>abuser</s> musher Justin Savidis has already reported one of his dogs, <a target="_blank" href=http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2010/03/11/three-year-old-%E2%80%9Cwhitey%E2%80%9D-missing/>3-year-old Whitey</a>, missing. </p> <p>Whitey has been loose since Wednesday, and although he's been spotted on a number of occasions, temperatures along the Iditarod course remain <a target="_blank" href=http://www.weather.com/weather/today/McGrath+AK+USAK0149?lswe=McGrath,%20ak&from=searchbox_localwx>below zero</a>, and there is no guarantee that Whitey will find shelter or food. </p> <p>Even if Whitey survives his escape, when you consider the dark history of the bloody race, his future still looks pretty grim. On average, dogs in the Iditarod run at least 100 miles each day with very brief rests, and only half the dogs who begin the race ever make it to the finish line. Many are injured or killed as a result of the physical torment of the Iditarod—some of them fall through the ice or suffer from bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and viruses, while others are strangled by tow lines, trampled by moose, or hit by snowmobiles and sleds. Whitey's disappearance marks the beginning of this year's sub-zero suffering, but it's not too late to end it: <a target="_blank" href=https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1894>Urge</a> the Iditarod's sponsors to back out of the barbaric competition immediately.</p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer</p> " ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["subject#"]=> int(1) ["subject"]=> string(8) "Iditarod" } ["category@term"]=> string(8) "Iditarod" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1268432240) } [14]=> array(17) { ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title"]=> string(28) "Ringling Kills Runaway Zebra" ["description#"]=> int(1) ["description"]=> string(2467) "<p>Yesterday, Ringling <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22812116/detail.html>announced</a> that it had euthanized Lima, the 12-year-old zebra who ran amok for 40 minutes in Atlanta after he <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/terrified_zebra.php>escaped</a> from the circus last month. According to a statement released by the circus, numerous medical treatments failed to repair the damage to the zebra's hooves. </p> <br/> <center><object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site=" ></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site="> </embed> </object></center> <br/> <p>Shortly after Lima escaped, PETA called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that Lima be provided adequate veterinary care for his injuries and to remove all zebras from <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/>Ringling's</a> traveling shows. Now we're hoping that the tragedy of Lima's death moves officials to end the exploitation of all zebras in circuses. </p> <p>It shouldn't come as a surprise that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/ringling_elephant_runs.php>time</a> after <a target="_blank" href=http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/75782/circus_tiger_escapes_causes_scare_in_nyc/index.html>time</a> animals in circuses try to make a break for freedom. While we mourn Lima's traumatic and painful ordeal, we are thankful that he will no longer be forced to endure a life of constant confinement, in fear of being beaten to perform unnatural tricks. Help stop the suffering of animals abused by Ringling by <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/share.asp>urging</a> everyone you know to forgo circuses that use animals. </p> <p>Posted by Logan Scherer </p>" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(67) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/ringling_zebra_euthanized.php" ["guid#"]=> int(1) ["guid"]=> string(67) "http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/ringling_zebra_euthanized.php" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category"]=> string(8) "Ringling" ["pubdate#"]=> int(1) ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:39:49 -0500" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary"]=> string(2467) "<p>Yesterday, Ringling <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22812116/detail.html>announced</a> that it had euthanized Lima, the 12-year-old zebra who ran amok for 40 minutes in Atlanta after he <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/02/terrified_zebra.php>escaped</a> from the circus last month. According to a statement released by the circus, numerous medical treatments failed to repair the damage to the zebra's hooves. </p> <br/> <center><object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site=" ></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wtvd&section=&mediaId=7286740&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site="> </embed> </object></center> <br/> <p>Shortly after Lima escaped, PETA called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that Lima be provided adequate veterinary care for his injuries and to remove all zebras from <a target="_blank" href=http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/>Ringling's</a> traveling shows. 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["post_content"]=> string(2339) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/2358201565"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/</a><br/><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="seal" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2358201565_059b104dd6.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>It seems that <a href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/gail_shea_pied.php>Gail Shea</a> (the same <s>fool</s> member of parliament who tried pulling <a href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/olympic_seal_sk.php>this number</a>) has hatched another ploy to try to make the waning interest in the Canadian seal slaughter look stronger than it is.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Shea announced that the number of helpless victims who will be bashed, smashed, and shot during the <a href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Default.aspx>seal slaughter</a> will <a href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php>increase</a> by 50,000 this year. Even seal slaughterers seemed to be <a href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/15/nl-seal-quota-315.html>calling her bluff</a>, as they wondered who, if anyone, would be buying the pelts. And today, in a maneuver that reminds me of the <a href=http://www.joecphotography.com/images/Streetweb/str_18.jpg>hustlers</a> I've seen working "<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick>confidence tricks</a>" on New York City street corners, Shea announced that the upcoming hunt may be <a href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/03/18/pei-seal-hunt-shea-584.html>scaled back</a>, citing "poor ice conditions."</p> <p>It seems to me that Shea and her <a href=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727259--parliamentary-restaurant-to-serve-seal-meat>seal-eating cohorts</a> are trying to work a con of their own and trick the public into believing that their struggling slaughter is somehow thriving. Please <a href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Stop.aspx>take action</a> to help seals—and to let Canadian politicians know that you're not falling for it. </p> <p>Posted by Karin Bennett</p> " ["post_excerpt"]=> string(2489) "<table align="right" cellpadding="5"><caption align="bottom"><font size="1"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/2358201565"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardchild/</a><br/><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div></font></caption><tr><td> <img alt="seal" src="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2358201565_059b104dd6.jpg" /></td></tr></table><p>It seems that <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/01/gail_shea_pied.php>Gail Shea</a> (the same <s>fool</s> member of parliament who tried pulling <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/05/olympic_seal_sk.php>this number</a>) has hatched another ploy to try to make the waning interest in the Canadian seal slaughter look stronger than it is.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Shea announced that the number of helpless victims who will be bashed, smashed, and shot during the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.canadasshame.com/Default.aspx>seal slaughter</a> will <a target="_blank" href=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/03/montreal_seals.php>increase</a> by 50,000 this year. Even seal slaughterers seemed to be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/15/nl-seal-quota-315.html>calling her bluff</a>, as they wondered who, if anyone, would be buying the pelts. And today, in a maneuver that reminds me of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.joecphotography.com/images/Streetweb/str_18.jpg>hustlers</a> I've seen working "<a target="_blank" href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick>confidence tricks</a>" on New York City street corners, Shea announced that the upcoming hunt may be <a target="_blank" href=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/03/18/pei-seal-hunt-shea-584.html>scaled back</a>, citing "poor ice conditions."</p> <p>It seems to me that Shea and her <a target="_blank" href=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/727259--parliamentary-restaurant-to-serve-seal-meat>seal-eating cohorts</a> are trying to work a con of their own and trick the public into believing that their struggling slaughter is somehow thriving. 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