Recently, Time magazine columnist Joel Stein wrote that he has decided he won't allow comments on his articles, as the comments invariably descend into crazy vitriol; and, writing a few days ago about the false tweet reporting explosions at the White House, Mark Mardell wrote for...

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Back in January, PETA sent out a news release about the number of sick, injured, elderly, and otherwise unadoptable animals we had to euthanize during the previous year. PETA openly publishes these figures every single year and simultaneously calls on the...

It may seem benign, but don't believe it. Pigeon racing is a deadly 'sporting' hobby in Britain, a way to have a flutter or win a modest purse, while in many other countries it is an industry. PETA affiliates recently released the findings of undercover investigations in both...

ESPN doesn't cover it, thank God, so you may not even know it exists here, but pigeon racing is a deadly "sporting" pastime. PETA recently released the findings of our undercover investigations in both the U.S. and the U.K., where our investigators documented massive mortality rates for...

Last week, I sat at a table on a sidewalk outside Fortnum & Mason, one of London's well-known retailers, and allowed a man to shove a tube attached to a funnel full of grain into my mouth. Admittedly, it wasn't one of my most dignified moments -- nor was...

Looking at online menus for a restaurant to take a visiting friend, I read "humane meat" and had to do a double-take. This bizarre concept, already seen on labels in upscale grocery stores, is invading eateries so that anyone who wishes to order the chicken can feel sort of...

Proving that they have cash registers where their hearts should be, the American Kennel Club (AKC^®) has announced its annual list of the 10 most popular dog breeds, hoping to drum up business in the run-up to the Westminster dog show.

As with so many slick marketing...

In a recent appeal to hunters to support gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, NPR sports commentator Frank DeFord called hunting "a perfectly reasonable sports hobby." But not one of those placating words describes hunting accurately. A "perfectly reasonable sports hobby" is flag football...

When I'm asked what I think about "free-range" eggs and "humanely raised" meat, I sometimes feel as if I'm in one of those old Saturday Night Live sketches starring the Coneheads. The Coneheads' neighbors would come over for dinner and sit there, smiling awkwardly when the food was dished...

Never doubt that one person can make a difference. One person did by alerting PETA to disturbing video footage online of animals being tortured and killed for sexual gratification. This week, Houston, Tex., residents Brent Justice and Ashley Nicole Richards were

Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. As Mark Twain once said, "It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions."

But, in the just-released Cambridge Declaration...

There's always more to chew on in the amazing world of cheap meat.

It happens that the smell of seared pork and cooked chicken doesn't always come from a barbecue grill or oven. Sometimes it's straight out of the barn. That's because every year, hundreds of thousands of chickens,...

June is Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month, and I implore anyone who has the time, resources, energy, and love to devote to a cat to consider opening your heart and home to a feline (or two!) in need. Shelters are overflowing with cats of every stripe, from frisky kittens to loyal "lap cats."...

With George Zimmerman's upcoming trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the role that racism may have played in this incident will continue to be a heated topic of debate. And while these discussions may be uncomfortable, they should be welcomed since only by bringing prejudices to light do...

Cows are gentle, interesting animals. They don't advertise anything unless someone spraypaints a slogan on their sides. The California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) has done almost everything short of that in its increasingly bullish efforts to push consumers in the direction of the dairy case. For the last few years,...

Donald Trump's sons are no chip off the old block, as The Donald, who helped get the diving horse off the Atlantic City pier, is against hunting on ethical grounds. But Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are the targets of more media scrutiny than Barack Obama's birth...

After Susan G. Komen for the Cure came under a firestorm of criticism for cutting off hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to Planned Parenthood for administering breast exams to low-income women, Komen announced that it is reversing its position and will reinstate the existing...

The annual bloodbath that comprises the largest kill off of marine mammals in the world, the Newfoundland seal "hunt" (a misnomer if ever there was one), is scheduled to start within weeks.

For years, world leaders including Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, scores of international stars (going back to that...

The young royals are a delight to behold - such good ambassadors for the United Kingdom with their gleaming white smiles, perfect posture and impeccably tailored clothes. But, like a horror film in which the beguiling love interest strips off his mask to reveal an alien monster's face beneath, the...

Years ago, during World War I, British and German soldiers did something that horrified their superiors: they called an unauthorized truce on Christmas Day in 1914, climbing out of their trenches and sharing cigarettes, rations, family photographs, jokes and songs with their mortal enemies, the men they would later attempt...