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Sanjay Sanghoee: Why Ted Nugent Should Migrate to Mexico Illegally

2013-05-17T10:37:38Z

By migrating illegally, Ted Nugent is sticking it to Mexico by giving them a taste of their own medicine. Let's see how the Mexicans like it when Ted Nugent tunnels in under the border!

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Model And Firefighter Crowned Sexiest Vegans

2013-05-13T13:29:06Z

The results are in. A model and firefighter have been crowned the 2013 winners of PETA's "Sexiest Vegan Next Door" contest.

Winner John Halloran, ...

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Bill Frezza: Move Over, Polar Bears: Palm Oil Orangutans Want Their $5 of Fame

2013-05-13T08:21:38Z

What do polar bears, orangutans, the Walt Disney Company, Cheetos, recycled fundraising schemes and corporate shakedowns have in common? It's just another day on the social activism front.

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WATCH: Emily Deschanel Wants You To Go Vegan For Mother's Day

2013-05-12T08:26:53Z

'Bones' star Emily Deschanel has joined with PETA to highlight controversial practices within the U.S. dairy industry.

The ad was released in advan...

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Howard Bragman: WATCH: Howard Bragman's 'Gwissues' Goes One-On-One With Dan Mathews

2013-05-08T12:02:42Z

On this week's episode of Gwissues, I spend time with gay animal rights activist Dan Mathews, Senior Vice President of PETA. Mathews chit-chats with me about PETA regularly remaining ahead of the curve with its creative campaigns.

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Chris Christie 'Saves' Kids From Spider

2013-05-06T08:05:22Z

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of...

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WATCH: PETA Asks You To Go Vegan ... With NSFW Animal Sex

2013-05-03T17:40:04Z

PETA is known for its eyebrow-raising advertising campaigns, some of which have featured celebrities in the buff. A new ad from PETA Europe also uses ...

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PHOTO: PETA Visits Kentucky Derby -- Not For Mint Juleps

2013-05-03T12:39:28Z

One of the few sure things at the Kentucky Derby? PETA won't be cheering.

The animal-rights group drove a billboard protesting horse abuse in front...

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PETA Latino Vs. Chorizo: Who Will Win?

2013-04-26T16:27:15Z

PETA is going after Latinos.

The animal rights group officially launched PETA Latino on Thursday, a bilingual campaign to raise awareness among Hi...

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PETA's Unusual Move

2013-04-23T16:00:09Z

ORLANDO, Fla. -- PETA has purchased newly issued shares of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., the theme park company often targeted for protests by the anim...

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Maggie Sergio: The Failure to Protect Federally Protected Birds

2013-04-16T08:40:08Z

Cliff swallows are remarkable birds that migrate thousands of miles every year from South America to California to breed and raise their young at sites they have used for decades.

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Douglas Anthony Cooper: Boycott Celebs Who Strip for PETA's Death Machine

2013-04-09T09:27:11Z

If PETA is going to kill pets, then it is the duty of every animal lover to ensure that this organization is properly and humanely euthanized.

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Ingrid Newkirk: Euthanasia: We Won't Run From What Needs to Be Done!

2013-04-08T08:13:10Z

PETA's statistics are also often used, as they are being used now, in a truly perverted way by some "no-kill" evangelists to try to turn people away from the "evil" of what is actually a dignified, merciful release from suffering.

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Nathan J. Winograd: Shocking Photos: PETA's Secret Slaughter of Kittens, Puppies

2013-04-02T15:51:33Z

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an organization that publicly claims to represent the best interest of animals. Yet approximately 2,000 animals pass through PETA's front door every year and very few make it out alive.

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Ingrid Newkirk: Pigeon Racing: Finishing Dead Last in the Bronx and Beyond

2013-04-02T08:42:21Z

Hundreds of thousands of pigeons are tossed into the air even when storms are predicted along their flight paths and racers know full well that they are sending lots of them to their deaths.

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Anjali Sareen: How The Law Is Failing Our Animals

2013-03-28T10:20:42Z

We must ask ourselves why we make arbitrary distinctions between the animals that allow some to end up in our homes and others to end up on our plates. If you wouldn't accept this treatment for an animal in front of you, why accept it for an animal behind closed doors?

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Ingrid Newkirk: Why I Had a Tube Shoved Down My Throat on Piccadilly Circus

2013-03-27T17:03:38Z

Why did we set up a tableau that nearly caused London's taxi drivers to crash into each other on one of the city's busiest streets? Because Fortnum & Mason still has the indecency to sell foie gras, a "fancy foodstuff" that causes so much suffering that it is illegal to produce it in the U.K.

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Pope Francis' Simple Tastes Extend To The Menu

2013-03-22T15:07:12Z

By Eric J. Lyman
USA Today

ROME (RNS) Baked skinless chicken, salad, fruit and a glass of simple wine hardly seems like food fit for a king. But i...

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PETA Outraged After Iditarod Death

2013-03-20T14:33:30Z

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The asphyxiation death of a dog removed from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has outraged animal rights activists who have ...

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When Did PETA Become The Foie Gras Police?

2013-03-11T13:22:49Z

Nearly nine months after the state of California set into law a controversial ban on foie gras, lawsuits abound on both sides of the debate. But only ...

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PETA: Kim 'Is Not A Good Example To A Child Or Anyone Else'

2013-03-05T08:30:27Z

PETA is at it again, this time with more harsh words for Kim Kardashian.

The reality star and mom-to-be was spotted decked out in a fur stole in Pa...

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Ingrid Newkirk: Let's Face It: There Is No Such Thing as Humane Meat

2013-02-26T11:54:47Z

All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?

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All Vegetarian Concert Makes History

2013-02-18T23:29:43Z

Morrissey, former frontman for rock band The Smiths, is making history at the Staples Center in Los Angeles by holding the first ever all vegetarian c...

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Maggie Q Talks 'Nikita' And Her Work With PETA

2013-02-08T20:10:32Z

When she's not saving the country as a kick-ass spy on The CW's "Nikita" (Fridays at 8 p.m. EST) Maggie Q supporting many charities that promote cons...

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Jason Stanford: Conservatives Aren't Ready for Beyonce's Jelly

2013-02-08T17:36:24Z

Most of the criticism was entirely predictable. Rush Limbaugh had warmed up the conservative choir before the Super Bowl.

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