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Headline News 2005

Latest pet craze - lovable puggles: If there was a bundle of puppy love under the tree this Christmas, there’s a good chance it had floppy ears, a hyperkinetic, curly tail, and a catchy name: puggle. The designer dogs, offspring of a female beagle and male pug, have surged in popularity in 2005, breeders and other experts say. The hybrids have settled into the homes of celebrity owners as well, including actors Jake Gyllenhaal and James Gandolfini. ( The Pueblo Chieftain, Colorado, December 30, 2005)

US Animal rights fanatic in Britain vows to break law: Animal rights extremists gathered secretly in a Kent field yesterday to hear an American activist declare: "We will break the law and destroy property until we win." (July 17, 2005)

Necropsy shows that dog found in dumpster was healthy: Necropsy shows that dog found in dumpster was healthy. Two PETA  employees were arrested for dumping dead dogs in a dumpster. The necropsy on one of these dogs showed a heralthy 6-8 month old puppy who had fleas but no other problems. (July 8, 2005)

North Carolina officials look at possible new charges against  PETA employee, assistant:  Two PETA employees accused of killing animals and dumping them in dumpsters in NC may be in more hot water. If Hinkle euthanized the animals, there could be another charge since only veterinarians can euthanize in the state. (July 7, 2005)

February date is fixed for retrial of animal activists: A federal judge in Trenton yesterday rescheduled the conspiracy trial of six animal rights activists for February. (June 30, 2005)

Tre huggers await judge's word: Vancouver - Fleece-wrapped backpackers practised yoga relaxation exercises Wednesday while lawyers made complex arguments at the extradition hearing of accused eco-terrorist Tre Arrow. Arrow is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list. (June 29, 2005)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Humane Society of the US praise Pennsylvania Senator, Rick Santorum: Animal rights group vows to campaign for conservative Santorum following introduction of controversial PAWS bill. "We support elected officials who have a proven record of leadership on animal welfare issues and Rick Santorum fits that characteristic precisely," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society and a Humane USA board member. (June 28, 2005)

He was not a scientist and did not harm animals. But they blew his car up anyway: The latest attack shows that animal rights extremists are now targeting people with little connection to testing labs. The black Hyundai car was parked in the garage of Michael Kendall's home when it burst into flames on the night of 26 May. (June 26, 2005)

Face to Face With the Foie Gras Problem: Michael Ginor, an owner of Hudson Valley Foie Gras, says he feels an anti-foie-gras mood building and is willing to be put out of business in New York if he can land on his feet somewhere else. (Jun 26, 2005)

Battleground between research, animal rights activists Staff, wire services: A shaky, amateurish video shows everything in graphic detail: Four masked people break into darkened university labs, pour toxic chemicals onto computers and stacks of files, and release hundreds of research rats and mice. They spray-paint walls with slogans such as "Science not Sadism" and "Free the Animals." (Jun 26, 2005)

Attacks on animal research labs bring economic and human costs: When animal rights activists broke into a University of Iowa research lab last fall, overturning equipment, pouring acid on reams of data and releasing more than 300 mice and rats, the damage transcended dollars and cents. Such attacks on campuses and at private research labs and drug companies nationwide have permanently damaged important research and, some say, helped persuade the next generation of scientists to seek safer careers. (June 25, 2005)

Saratoga NY:  Rabies found at county animal shelter: (June 25, 2005)

The PETA Principle: Will the group's efforts to curb animal testing run afoul of Bay Area sensibilities? (Jun 22, 2005)

NJ: Proponents of bear hunt hit first mark at hearing: Few animal rights activists attend Trenton discussion. (Jun 22, 2005)

Biotech fights back on animal rights: The biotech and pharmaceutical industries are striking back against animal-rights extremists through the courts, legislatures, and public relations campaigns. (Jun 21, 2005)

Illness forces a mistrial in animal case: A judge declared a mistrial in the conspiracy case against six animal rights activists yesterday because one of the defense attorneys is ill, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said. (Jun 21, 2005)

Investigators Examine if Charged PETA Employees Had Proper Certification: Norfolk Animal Management is investigating PETA after learning some employees of the group may not be certified to put animals to sleep. (Jun 20, 2005)

CA: At-home animal breeding ordinance nixed by council: Contrary to expectations, the Simi Valley City Council recently refused to pass a proposed ordinance that would have allowed residents to operate dog and cat breeding businesses. (Jun 10, 2005)

ME: Chief Pet Officer: As an animal control officer, Doug Villone, 55, could easily flip open his thick legal pad and issue a summons on his first contact with someone who fails to comply with Maine's domesticated animal laws. (Mar 26, 2005)

CO: Woman Says Her Rare Show Dogs Were Poisoned: An Eagle County woman is wondering who would've killed two of her rare show dogs worth thousands of dollars. (Mar 25, 2005)

SEC rules against GE on animal testing: General Electric Co., the industrial, financial and media company, should allow shareholders to vote on a proposal by an animal rights group to stop animal testing, the Securities and Exchange Commission said. (Mar 25, 2005)

CA: Just in time for Easter, open season on bunny rabbits: The hunt is on, and it's not for eggs. (Mar 25, 2005)

NJ: Humane education bill eyed: Assemblyman Douglas H. Fisher says he will introduce a bill requiring schools to include humane education as part of their core curriculum. (Mar 22, 2005)

Shoplifting suspect is fugitive animal rights activist: Peter Daniel Young, an animal rights activist who has been a fugitive since 1997 for alleged crimes committed in Wisconsin, was arrested in San Jose while allegedly shoplifting Monday night. (Mar 24, 2005)

NJ: Bear Lobby Mauls First Amendment: One of the arguments in favor of public broadcasting was that public TV would be independent and willing to take risks. But New Jersey public television has yanked a documentary because it upset the animal rights movement. (Mar 22, 2005)

UK: Police out in force as protest hits lab: Protesters were almost outnumbered by police on Saturday at a demonstration against the expansion of a laboratory which uses animals in experiments to test medicines for human use. (Mar 21, 2005)

WA: Bill would outlaw insurers' bans on certain dog breeds: The only problem Dee Robison has with her favorite Doberman pinscher, Darby, is that the 90-pound pooch gets a little jealous when she turns her attention toward the television. (Mar 21, 2005)

Related story – CT: Bill Challenges Dog `Blacklists' (Mar 23, 2005)

Op Ed: Campaign of hate hits fight against cancer: Imagine, for a moment, that you are a cancer charity. (Mar 21, 2005)

MA: Pet profiling: Law under attack. (Mar 20, 2005)

Judge may order dog owner to jail again: Once Ramapo Town Justice Arnold Etelson signs a criminal complaint against a Montebello woman for failing to comply with his court ord

NJ: Pony killed by bear at farm in Sussex: Strength and speed stun victim's owner. (Mar 18, 2005)

Has science progressed beyond the need for animal testing?: Critics say so, but researchers say not so fast. (Mar 16, 2005)

VA: Localities handcuffed on dog-breed rules: Many cities and counties have breed-specific regulations in place, but that's outlawed in Virginia. (Mar 16, 2005)

First, kill the cats: Wisconsin is considering allowing the hunting of cats. (Mar 16, 2005)

CA: Dog cropping bill causes uproar: Animal lovers split over plan to ban the surgical procedure. (Mar 15, 2005)

S. Africa: 'Chickens are friends, not food': Children outside the Golden Grove Primary School in Cape Town were approached on Tuesday by animal activists who are trying to persuade young people to stop eating chicken. (Mar 15, 2005)

NJ: Audubon Society labels deer a threat and pushes for hunt: For the first time in its 108-year history, the New Jersey Audubon Society is taking a stand on hunting and will ask the state to reduce the population of white-tailed deer. (Mar 14, 2005)

CA: Environmental terrorists a growing movement in West: Most San Francisco Bay-area residents know Auburn, Calif. - a quaint Gold Rush town in the Sierra foothills - as a pit stop on the way to Lake Tahoe. But in the past three months, Auburn has become known for something else: "eco-terrorism." (Mar 14, 2005)

UK: Vegan bodybuilder funds animal extremists: A millionaire former property developer has emerged as a key figure in the animal rights movement with close connections to its extremist wing. (Mar 13, 2005)

Tails of custody wars: Divorce has gone to the dogs. (Mar 13, 2005)

Australia: Wool campaign 'urban terrorism': The campaign by an American animal rights group against the Australian wool industry has been described as "urban terrorism" in the Federal Court. (Mar 11, 2005)

Can Autism Help Explain Animal Behavior?: A Scientist's Personal Insight on How the Four Legged See the World. (Mar 10, 2005)

UK: Kennel Club fears dog breeds could be lost to Britain: Poor Megan, the Welsh terrier, has to cope with the fact she's one of a declining breed. (Mar 9, 2005)

UK: Animal Rights Man Banned from Keeping Animals: An animal rights campaigner was banned for life today from keeping animals after causing "unnecessary suffering" to his pet pigs. (Mar 9, 2005)

Star of Stargate, MacGyver, lends support to boycott of Canadian seafood: Richard Dean Anderson is the latest Hollywood celebrity to become an outspoken advocate for the seal pups that are harvested every spring in Eastern Canada. (Mar 8, 2005)

Speaking for Animals With One Voice: For years, Rich McLellan has been pushing a futuristic solution to the number of stray animals in California. (Mar 8, 2005)

Dog's family demands $740,000: Picks a sum equal to NStar chief's salary. (Mar 8, 2005)

CA: Fur Flies Over City's Animal Declawing Ban: CVMA: Council Overstepping Bounds.

Tigers shouldn't be house pets, says group: Rescues on the rise: An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are privately owned in U.S. (Mar 7, 2005)

UK: Animal rights group target Heathrow: Heathrow Airport is being targeted by protesters over claims live animals are being imported for laboratory research. (Mar 3, 2005)

Australia: PETA may sue over Truss' terror comments: A powerful American animal rights group may consider legal action over a federal minister's comments linking the organisation with terrorist-related activities. (Mar 3, 2005)

Local advocates join legal movement to help animals: Standing behind a lectern in a first-floor classroom at Hauser Hall in the somber center of Harvard Law School Saturday afternoon, Robin Bernstein ducked and parried as three black-robed judges fired question after question at her about the definition of the word cruelty. (Mar 3, 2005)

NJ: Bear-hunt plan may be moot: The proposed 2005 Fish and Game Code not only includes another season of black bear hunting, it also attempts to manage the species by creating bear hunting zones similar to those long associated with deer. (Mar 1, 2005)

Soldiers' little secret? Just call it puppy love: Troops in Iraq risk military's wrath to befriend animals on battlefield. (Feb 28, 2005)

Activists say tape proves cruelty at Ohio egg farm: Group targets 'animal care' label. (Feb 27, 2005)

CA: Animal-rights activists doggedly oppose hunting as cruel: The videos they show at the training camp for animal activists aren't for the squeamish. Students grimace and cringe - some start to sob - as images of trapped and wounded animals flash on the screen. (Feb 26, 2005)

UK: Criminal Damage Plot Animal Rights Activist Jailed: A woman described by police as a “leading animal rights activist” was tonight beginning a six-year prison sentence after admitting conspiracy to cause criminal damage to cars belonging to people with links to a controversial pharmaceutical testing firm. (Feb 25, 2005)

PETA Brings Animal Rights Message to Area Middle School: For most kids getting to class is pretty routine. But, something strange at school is slowing some of their strides. (Feb 23, 2005)

UK: Animal protests cost £10m over five years: Companies besieged by animal rights extremists could be forced to contribute towards the policing of protests that have cost more than £10 million in the past five years. (Feb 28, 2005)

NJ: Animal rights activists sticking up for abused candy animals: State animal rights activists are sick to their stomachs over a new candy shaped like critters run over by cars, complete with tire treads. (Feb 24, 2005)

Former Greenpeace founder slams green extremists: After 15 years as a founder and full-time environmental activist, Moore broke ranks with the group on issues of policy after Greenpeace made a sharp turn to the political left and began adopting extreme agendas that abandoned science and logic. (Feb 23, 2005)

IL: Legislator wants to ban attack dogs: Two years ago, the state forbade most localities from banning or regulating any particular breed. But one lawmaker wants to strike that rule, which would likely trigger renewed efforts in some places to outlaw pit bulls and other dogs. (Feb 22, 2005)

Canine Concierge: Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel learns a new trick with its latest pet project. (Feb, 2005)

MA: Taking Balto over Pluto: It was a little over a year ago, during one of young Rachael Baker's routine visits to her cystic fibrosis clinic, when she was told by her longtime nurse that she could make a wish for anything she wanted and that there was an organization that would try to make it happen. (Feb 22, 2005)

UK: Sod Off, Swampy!: Last Wednesday the Kyoto Protocol kicked in and Greenpeace decided to mark the event in Britain by storming London's International Petroleum Exchange, the world's second-largest energy market, with the modest ambition of closing down trading for the day. (Feb 21, 2005)

UK: 270 hunts, 91 dead foxes, no arrests: The day the ban was put to the test. (Feb 20, 2005)

Op Ed: Desk-jockey critics bark only malarkey about Iditarod: Almost a year has passed without so much as a peep from U.S. Today canine authority Jon Saraceno. (Feb 20, 2005)
AK: Hook, line and stinker: An animal rights advocacy group is asking Gov. Frank Murkowski to make it illegal to catch and eat king salmon, Alaska's state fish. (Feb 19, 2005)

CA: Gorilla Foundation rocked by breast display lawsuit: Former employees say they were told to expose chests. (Feb 18, 2005)

MA: Rabid coyote attacks Cape Cod woman: A Cape Cod woman who was bitten on her left hand is believed to be the first person ever attacked by a rabid coyote in Massachusetts, according to state wildlife officials. (Feb 18, 2005)

Op Ed: Burning down the house: The buzzwords "war on terrorism" have invaded our TVs, newspapers, blogs and radios. But many people may not be familiar with a relatively obscure form of terrorism, one that is not propagated by Al-Qaeda or Hamas, but by loosely-organized domestic groups. (Feb 17, 2005)

Practicing ethics or polemics?: Ten years ago, I had my one and only run-in with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, known as PETA. (Feb 17, 2005)

UK: Tally ho for last hunt: The hounds barked, the bugle-horns sounded as with a clatter of hooves and shouts of "tally ho," red-coated riders, many with tears in their eyes, rode off on the last hunts today. (Feb 17, 2005)

Parent upset with PETA promotion: The father of a Redding Middle School student is upset that his daughter received a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals booklet from a Child Development class at Redding middle school. (Feb 16, 2005)

Op-Ed: Endangered Species Act Finally Meets the Fifth Amendment: Last December, the Bush administration quietly settled a landmark lawsuit involving a federal trial court judgment that the government’s enforcement of the Endangered Species Act had violated the constitutionally-protected property rights of farmers in California’s Central Valley. (Feb 16, 2005)

A dog's breed is as bad as a bite for some insurers: Homeowner policies increasingly are denied or not renewed based on the type of dog a family has. (Feb 15, 2005)

RI: Woman asks high court to return seized dogs: Dianne Izzo, whose three dogs were seized by the state Department of Environmental Management in December, is taking her battle to get them back to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. (Feb 11, 2005)

IA: UI target of animal rights group: Members say research done to win grants. (Feb 11, 2005)

California opinion nixes declaw ban: The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) deemed West Hollywood's declaw ban unconstitutional. (Feb 1, 2005)

NV: Horse owners question inspections: A routine brand inspection turned into a crisis when a brand inspector stopped Todd and Jacque Werner off Highway 395 north of Minden. (Feb 11, 2005)

Forbidden Science: Controversy and Commercialism Halt Research: Some scientists are thinking twice about doing or reporting certain research, reacting to political and social controversy in addition to legal restrictions. (Feb 10, 2005)

NJ: How NJN stepped into a journalistic bear trap: NJN last week removed the documentary "Bears: Too Close for Comfort" from its February broadcast schedule after protests from animal lovers. (Feb 10, 2005)

Mercedes sets no-leather option: Move comes at urging of animal rights group. (Feb 10, 2005)

NY: $15.5M grant to aid animals: Thousands of unwanted dogs and cats will get another chance at life thanks to a $15.5 million grant awarded to the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals. (Feb 10, 2005)

California Considers Ban on Pet Cloning: A California lawmaker said on Wednesday he would introduce a bill this week to ban sales of cloned pets, a move that could end a California company's plans to replicate beloved domestic animals. (Feb 9, 2005)

The case for Judeo-Christian values: Part IV: Would you first save the dog you love or a stranger if both were drowning? (Feb 8, 2005)

CA: Vandals strike a Torrance McDonald's: Police responding to a burglar alarm found the words "McMurder Killers" and "ALF" painted onto a window. (Feb 7, 2005)

Killer disease returns to stalk dogs: History's biggest killer of dogs, canine distemper, appears to be breaking out again, alarming experts who thought vaccinations had vanquished it in the United States. (Feb 6, 2005)

MD: Prosecutors Halt Complaint, Dismiss Perdue Animal Cruelty Charge: Worcester County prosecutors halted an animal cruelty complaint against Perdue Farms Inc. this week, in a move that animal advocates say clipped the judicial process short and kept the poultry giant from having to face charges in court. (Feb 3, 2005)

The green 'state of fear': He [Michael Crichton] minces no words. What passes for science by so-called experts in the debate over "global warming," he says, influences policy that is based on faulty data and ideological considerations. This does considerably more damage than good. (Feb 3, 2005)

Sharpton Joins With an Animal Rights Group in Calling for a Boycott of KFC: The Rev. Al Sharpton will not eat at KFC and he doesn't think you should either. (Feb 2, 2005)

Animal rights activist sells her skin for charity: The British founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's biggest animal rights group, is auctioning off a lizard tattoo on her right arm -- with proceeds going to the charity. (Jan 30, 2005) Update:

Auction site vetoes sale of 'human remains' (Feb 2, 2005)

WI: Animal linguistics: In Racine, pets are still 'owned': A city committee on animals belongs in the dog house today, for refusing to support new Fido-friendly language in city ordinances. (Feb 1, 2005)

KY: Humane Society closes B.G. regional office: As Great Lakes regional director for the Humane Society of the United States, Ms. Rowland worked with shelters, animal-rights groups, and other agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and West Virginia. (Feb 1, 2005)

Op Ed: This animal rights version of the Taliban must be stopped: Britain is now described as the Afghanistan of global animal rights extremism; home to the largest, strongest and most influential grouping of its kind in the world. (Feb 1, 2005)

Whole Foods Market and Animal Rights Groups Team Up: On Jan. 25, Whole Foods collected 5 percent of its global sales revenue to establish the Animal Compassion Foundation. (Jan 31, 2005)

Calif. firebombs probed as ecoterrorism: Extremist groups seen growing more dangerous. (Jan 31, 2005)

Canada: Dogfight raging over Liberals' ban on pit bulls: When Attorney-General Michael Bryant mused last summer about banning pit bulls — in the wake of an attack on a Toronto man — the immediate public reaction was positive. (Jan 29, 2005)

OWAA Loyalty to Sierra Club Forces NRA to Withdraw Support: NRA will join large numbers of former OWAA members leaving to support stronger pro-hunting groups. (Jan 27, 2005)

OH: No leash on love: Pet limits aren't popular with some area residents. (Jan 17, 2005)

Animal Rights Group Aims at Enemy's Allies: Harassment Campaign Targets Suppliers, Customers of Product Testing Company. (Jan 31, 2005)

Dumbo must go, PETA says to A&M: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have written to Texas A&M President Robert Gates warning him about the possibility of an elephant rampage during the Elephant Walk. (Jan 30, 2005)

Jumping mouse loses federal protection: The Preble's meadow jumping mouse, once seen as a costly impediment to development, is now viewed by the government as a critter that never really existed — and is no longer in need of federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. (Jan 29, 2005)

Turning The Tables On PETA: Cable news watchers saw a real "man-bites-dog" story last night, as Fox News Channel correspondent Douglas Kennedy reported on the Center for Consumer Freedom's effort to turn the tables on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). (Jan 28, 2005)

Wild, Wild World of Animal Rights: Twelve years ago, the Liberal British MP Lord Alton quit the House of Commons largely because his party supported abortion on demand, but opposed the use of goldfish as fairground prizes. (Jan 25, 2005)

Op Ed: Animal Liberation Front supporters deserve no further attention: Last week, Steven Best, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas-El Paso, gave a speech at the IMU that drew comparisons between the Animal Liberation Front - the terrorist organization responsible for last November's barbaric attack on Seashore Hall and Spence Laboratories - and abolitionists. (Jan 25, 2005)

Ireland: Activists threaten to firebomb hare coursing events: Members of a militant animal rights organisation are reported to be planning a series of firebomb attacks on hare coursing events and those who support the sport here. (Jan 24, 2005)

NJ: Outdoor group wants decisions based on science: The goals and agendas of people who love the outdoors don't always mesh. (Jan 23, 2005)

UK: New law against animal activists: The government is to rush through a measure to protect British companies from vociferous animal rights extremists, a new criminal offence relating to "economic sabotage". (Jan 21, 2005)

UK: Animal protests scare drug firm suppliers: Increasing numbers of suppliers to drug companies are being scared away by extremist animal rights protesters, threatening the future of research in Britain, industry leaders say. (Jan 19, 2005)

AZ: Rancher wins $600K in suit against enviros: Tucson's Center for Biological Diversity must pay rancher and banker Jim Chilton $600,000 because the environmental group defamed him with a press release and photos posted on its Web site, a jury decided Friday. (Jan 22, 2005)

UK: Why animal activists forced widow, 67, to give up her fight: A high court judge will rule next week over intimidation against anyone linked to Staffordshire guinea pig farm. (Jan 22, 2005)

PETA President to Get a Taste of Her Own Medicine: Dressed as eco-terrorists, carrying a comically large gasoline can and matches, and holding a banner depicting an arson fire under the words "PETA's Kind Choice," representatives from the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) will gather to protest the Washington book- signing appearance of Ingrid Newkirk. (Jan 22, 2005)

Commentary: Why the Environmental Protection Agency must be abolished: The Environmental Protection Agency must be abolished because it is destroying the rights of Americans, it's another monumental waste of money and America doesn't need it. (Jan 21, 2005)

Animal rights group admits freeing fenced deer: More than 30 deer were allowed to escape from a venison farm in southern Monterey County early Tuesday and an animal rights group is claiming responsibility, Monterey County sheriff's Cmdr. Tracy Brown said. (Jan 21, 2005)

Animal-rights speaker provokes disbelief: A Texas philosopher who compared the Animal Liberation Front to abolitionists triggered a fervent debate over the November 2004 attack on Spence Labs on Thursday, his remarks so inflaming that they left his audience gasping and whispering. (Jan 21, 2005)

Australia: Woolgrowers join action against animal rights group: Queensland woolgrowers have joined a class action against the animal rights group PETA. (Jan 21, 2005)

UK: Animal rights campaigner will fight on despite ASBO: Leading animal rights activist Heather Nicholson has vowed not to give up her fight, despite being banned from going near research centres in Cambridgeshire. (Jan 20, 2005)

UK: Government could save animal facility: An influential backbench MP has suggested the government could step in to save the controversial construction of the animal housing facility under construction on South Parks Road. Research by The Oxford Student suggests the University may have difficulty finding a private insurer to underwrite the project. (Jan 20, 2005)

UK: Animal Rights Activists Scare Away Suppliers, Group Says: The number of companies that have stopped supplying services to U.K. organizations involved in animal research because of intimidation by animal rights activists is rising, a drug industry group said. (Jan 19, 2005)

Adopters vs. buyers: patterns of pet ownership: More people obtain pets from friends and relatives than any other avenue. (Jan 10, 2005)

Dairy farms can keep milking their 'Happy Cows' campaign: An animal-rights group's suit against a state milk board for its "Happy Cows'' advertising campaign was put out to pasture Tuesday by a state appeals court, which said state agencies can't be sued for false advertising. (Jan 12, 2005)

Forestry for Dummies: Recently, managers of the nation’s 155 national forests were granted more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without the lengthy environmental reviews previously required by the 1976 National Forest Management Act. (Jan 12, 2005)

NY: Feathers fly at pheasant debate: Hundreds of hunters and animal rights activists jammed into the chambers of the Ulster County Legislature last night, arguing over the use of public money to fund a pheasant-hunting program. (Jan 11, 2005)

Iraqi Dogs Have Plenty Of Food After Response To Soldier's Plea: Any Further Donations Must Be Returned. (Jan 10, 2005)

Animal rights law program may expand: After giving away prize money for years on “The Price is Right,” Bob Barker — the show’s famous host — is giving away money of his own for a cause that is dear to him — animal rights law. (Jan 10, 2005)

Nunavut hunters can kill more polar bears this year: Hunters in Nunavut are celebrating an increase in the polar bear quota for 2005, prompted by reports that the animals are prowling the streets of some Arctic communities. (Jan 10, 2005)

Animal rights group opposes mute swan killings: Lawyers for an animal rights group have written to federal authorities opposing a revised law that could allow Maryland to resume killing the elegant yet destructive mute swans this spring. (Jan 10, 2005)

Do Animals have rights?: Not in the Bible nor in Judaism, they don't! (Jan 9, 2005)

AVMA tackles animal welfare legislation: In the next year, the AVMA will spend a substantial amount of time lobbying for animal welfare issues. (Jan 15, 2005)

S.F. planning to unleash dog-care rules: Ordinance would define adequate pooch amenities. (Jan 6, 2005)

Iowa community rallies around kosher slaughterhouse: When a family of Lubavitch Jews, an ultra-Orthodox sect, bought the local slaughterhouse in 1987 and converted it to a kosher plant, Postville became an experiment in cultural diversity as immigrants from up to 30 nations flocked to the town for jobs. (Jan 6, 2005)

Eco-terrorists' elusiveness frustrate law enforcement in Pa.: "Unless somebody squeals or somebody got a license place (sic) number, they're probably not going to get caught," said Gary Perlstein, an eco-terrorism expert and professor emeritus at Portland State University. (Jan 5, 2005)

Canada: Jogger fights off timber wolf attack: A man's evening jog became a struggle for his life in northern Saskatchewan when a timber wolf lunged at his head and sank its teeth into his leg. (Jan 5, 2005)

Original foodie: He raises an issue that he believes is just gaining prominence - "we're seeing the rise of armed vegetarianism" - and cites animal rights activists picketing scientists and meat processors in England. (Jan 5, 2005)

When visions collide: The Rainforest Action Network's real target is the Third World's poor. (Jan 4, 2005)

The Case for Judeo-Christian Values, Part I: The majority of American students I have asked since 1970 whether they would save their dog or a stranger have voted against the stranger. (Jan 4, 2005)

CA: Judge rejects bid for new trial by convicted arsonist: A federal judge turned away a request Monday for a new trial for a graduate student convicted last year of firebombing scores of sport utility vehicles in a vandalism rampage that caused more than $2 million in damage. (Jan 3, 2005)

Thailand: Elephants join Thai cleanup effort: A year ago, they were filming battle scenes for the movie ''Alexander.'' Now six elephants are pitching in to help with the massive cleanup from the tsunami that devastated many of Thailand's prime tourist destinations. (Jan 3, 2005)

Yankee Doodle rides to hounds: Under pressure from the British Labor Party majority and, increasingly, animal rights activists, the institution of fox-hunting appears to be living on borrowed time in the Sceptered Isle. (Jan 3, 2005)

Anti-Hunters Will Maintain Attacks: The coming year will be no different from past years as both hunters and anglers will face an onslaught by animal rights groups who will have even deeper pockets to try to put an end to hunting and fishing. (Jan 2, 2005)`

No Pet' Rules are Hard to Enforce: Park owners are justifiably cautious about aggressively enforcing a "no-pet" restriction. They have learned that there are few things that agitate home owners more than eliminating or restricting pets. (Jan 1, 2005)

Fewer Dogs and Cats Are Astray, and Fewer Are Killed in Shelters: Amid the flurry of year-end statistics, consider this one: New York City put fewer dogs and cats to death this year than in any year on record since the 1890's. (Jan 1, 2005)

Headline News 2004

UK: Animal rights protesters target Oxford donors: Animal rights protesters are targeting Oxford University donors in the latest move in a campaign to stop the building of a £18m neuroscience facility. (Dec 30, 2004)

MA: Beaver foes seek to soften law's bite: Population, anger over trap rules grow. (Dec 29, 2004)

ASPCA A LO$T CAUSE: Eighteen New York State charities — including the city-based American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — actually lost money trying to raise money last year, a new report revealed. (Dec 27, 2004)

Animal activists in uproar over deaths: ASAP members push for additional adoption options to spare more cats and dogs. (Dec 27, 2004)

CA: City Worker Target of Animal Rights Group: Slogans spray-painted on an employee's home may signal an escalation of threats, police say. (Dec 26, 2004)

France: The tide is turning in the war on foie gras: It is holiday time in France, and in supermarkets across the country the hottest selling item is a smooth slab of pale-brown marbled material that comes in fancy wrapping, costs an arm and a leg and spreads well on toast. (Dec 26, 2004)

PETA Ups Boycott Pressure on Clothing Retailers Over Australian Wool: Animal "rights" group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has ratcheted up its campaign against Australian sheep farming practices, with graphic billboards and threats of secondary boycotts against clothing retailers that resist its demands to stop using Australian wool. (Dec 23, 2004)

Moralizing Environmentalist Dogma Is Immoral: Deadly Consequences of Green Policies Often Ignored. (Dec 17, 2004)

Martha Stewart kin aids animal group: Her daughter tapes message, offers recipes on PETA's hot line. (Dec 24, 2004)

Cloned to order, for fee of $50,000: Pet's reproduction fuels ethical debate. (Dec 23, 2004)

TX: Sterilizing most pets is urged: Group could get the issue put on a future ballot. (Dec 22, 2004)

CO: Safe passage for gray wolves: Colorado's roads are dangerous places for wildlife: From 1993 to 2002, 24,678 animal-vehicle collisions were reported on our state's roads, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. (Dec 19, 2004)

Proposed ordinance has Pekin residents barking: Pet owners show displeasure with animal control regulation. (Dec 19, 2004)

WA: Activist for animal rights is fined and put on: Watson refused to answer grand jury questions. (Dec 17, 2004)

NC: New animal laws could shut down shelters: Licensed animal shelters around the state are bracing for changes in the new year. (Dec 17, 2004)

Meet The (Terrorist) Press: When militant animal-rights icons Jerry Vlasak and Steven Best opened a new "Animal Liberation Press Office" (ALPO) to pass on "anonymous" claims of terrorism, they weren't exactly innovating. (Dec 16, 2004)

MA: As suburbs expand, residents get unwanted taste of hunting: On Nov. 29, the first day of shotgun deer-hunting season this year, police fielded a flurry of calls from residents alarmed by the appearance of shotgun-toting men walking the town's streets just after sunrise. (Dec 16, 2004)

Green bigots international: First they destroyed the gasoline station, so that you have to drive miles out of your way to get gas. (Dec 16, 2004)

CA: Guerneville vintage shop defies fur protesters: Convictions about fur have brought two Guerneville women to an impasse. (Dec 16, 2004)

Kangaroo Courts?: Litigation and Animal Rights. (Dec 15, 2004)

CA: Stanislaus puts bite in its pet law: After weeks of negotiations with pet owners, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved an amended ordinance to require breeding licenses and steep fee increases to own unaltered dogs and cats. (Dec 15, 2004)

Getting Burned: The weirdest job in PR: reflections on life as a 'terrorist' spokesman. (Dec 15, 2004)

UK: Shock at protest for animal rights: Animal rights protesters have been blasted as "insensitive and tasteless" for holding a candlelit vigil for mice and rats which have suffered and died during cancer research. (Dec 14, 2004)

Eco-terrorism's futile rabidity: Unfortunately, the overwhelming attention paid to foreign terrorist threats has tended to make people complacent about homegrown, domestic terrorism. (Dec 13, 2004)

UK: Foxhounds master cleared in first test of new hunting law: The first huntsman charged under Scotland’s controversial fox hunting laws was yesterday found not guilty, in a ruling which could have far-reaching effects for the sport. (Dec 11, 2004)

Woof, Woof, Your Honor: It's no joke. Animal lawsuits are gaining respect as pet owners seek justice for the ones they love. (Dec 13, 2004)

Center Announces 14th Annual "Most Dubious News Stories of the Year": “Various groups and individuals claiming to be protecting humans, animals or the entire Earth managed to make complete fools of themselves in 2004,” said Alan Caruba, founder of The National Anxiety Center, a clearinghouse for information on scare campaigns. (Dec 11, 2004)

Bambi Buys the Farm: A market-based--and tasty!--solution to roadkill. (Dec 10, 2004)

Rodeo wary of wrongs in name of animal rights: PRCA on guard for activists trying to disrupt National Finals. (Dec 9, 2004)

No consistency in the animal rights movement: Did you know that every time you brush your teeth in the name of hygiene you systematically kill thousands of microorganisms? (Dec 8, 2004)

MD: FBI Considers Ecoterrorism A Growing National Threat: Ecoterrorism, suspected in the torching of a tony housing development near a sensitive wetland this week, is a growing national threat, the FBI says. (Dec 7, 2004)

Op Ed: Changes proposed for county livestock ordinances: Many new people are entering our county and will continue to do so. Unfortunately, many bring a suburban mindset that does not appreciate what "rural-agricultural" means. (Dec 7, 2004)

CA: Not a meow from feline owners on license plan: Cat owners say law would be impossible to enforce. (Dec 5, 2004)

OR: Cougars and bears are no longer hunted using hounds in Oregon, thanks to 1994’s Measure 18, but the sides disagree on the law’s success: "I don’t take glee in this, but somebody has to say it," Fahy says. "In my opinion, (HSUS) is a Wal-Mart type of animal-welfare organization coming in and making everything worse. (Dec 5, 2004)

UK: Crucial Animal Rights Showdown Impacts Industry Worldwide: Using the Internet, intimidation and guerrilla-like protests and attacks, SHAC targets not just a company, but also its investors, clients and suppliers -- the pillars of support every business needs to function. (Dec 2, 2004)

Anti-Defamation League Report Defines Ecoterrorism Threat in U.S.: Terrorism in the name of animal and environmental protection is a growing concern for U.S. law enforcement. (Dec 1, 2004)

Good Dogs, Bad People, and Cats: Do animals have moral values? (Nov 30, 2004)

Protestors raid pig farm again: Animal rights activists have broken into a West Australian piggery for the second time in five weeks to protest against alleged cruelty to animals. (Nov 30, 2004)

Op Ed: Pet overpopulation plan likely to become a peeve: Cats would have to be licensed, fees for unaltered animals would skyrocket and pet breeding would be limited under a proposal to be considered Tuesday by Stanislaus County supervisors. (Nov 29, 2004)

New Orleans Vandalism Cases Wind Up On Animal Rights Web Site: Federal investigators are joining an investigation into vandalism at the hands of apparent animal rights activists. (Nov 29, 2004)

UK: Cancer sufferer's plea to animal rights protesters: A cancer sufferer today pleaded with animal rights activists to leave him and his wife alone after they mistakenly targeted their home. (Nov 29, 2004)

Weaving uses voice to put animal rights centre stage: The movie Hugo Weaving is shooting with Cate Blanchett at Fox Studios is called Little Fish - an appropriate project for an actor who has recently spent a lot of time dwelling on man's inhumanity to animals. (Nov 29, 2004)

Animal rights and wrongs: The battle over a testing company in New Jersey and England marks a turning point in a global movement Sunday. (Nov 28, 2004)

Fur march targets Neiman's: Holiday shopping season opens amid protest. (Nov 27, 2004)

Perennial Foes Meet Again in a Battle of the Snack Bar: Last week, there was a short news item on these pages about the annual "healthy food'' ratings of airports, as determined by a group called the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. (Nov 23, 2004)

Findings may sink Brit aquariums: Thousands of fish and animals in Britain's aquariums are suffering sickness, distress and physical abuse, a damning report by animal rights campaigners has revealed. (Nov 28, 2004)

Maine’s bear referendum: Outdoorsmen, lawmakers are honest and concerned. (Nov 28, 2004)

Proposal aims to curb pet numbers: Microchips, breeding permits in Stanislaus County's plans. (Nov 28, 2004)

Report looks at 'factory farming': Study calls practices cruel, industry says it's just 'propaganda'. (Nov 27, 2004)

Enlisting Law Schools in Campaign for Animals: Now Mr. (Bob) Barker has a new mission, which he is bankrolling with his own fortune. (Nov 27, 2004)

Australia: A taste of their own strategy: Australian Wool Innovation chairman Ian McLachlan has launched legal action against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. (Nov 23, 2004)

UK: Blunkett to crack down on animal activists: The home secretary David Blunkett will this week propose to tighten the law to stop extremists targeting people who conduct vital research using animals. (Nov 21, 2004)

Blue-state philosopher: Same-sex marriage? Euthanasia? Child's play issues in the avant-garde philosophy of Peter Singer, the "most influential" philosopher alive. (Nov 20, 2004)

Canada: Dog owners speak out against ban: Proposed legislation would ban dangerous dogs, including Rottweilers. (Nov 17, 2004)

IA: University president angry over animal rights group claim: "We take this very seriously, but we will not be bullied," President David Skorton said Thursday. (Nov 19, 2004)

Animal rights group claims victory in Louisiana's Senate race: For those who lie awake worrying about chickens' rights, Louisiana's U.S. Senate race was the most important election of the year. (Nov 19, 2004)

Jersey could forfeit wildlife aid: Department of Environmental Commissioner Bradley Campbell's attempt to "take control" of wildlife management in the state could cost New Jersey millions in federal aid. (Nov 19, 2004)

Student convicted of torching SUVs in Calif eco-vandalism spree: A graduate student was convicted Friday of setting fire to dozens of sport utility vehicles and causing more than $2 million in damage, but was cleared of the most serious charge against him. (Nov 19, 2004)

How animal rights took on the world: The tactics of a small hardcore of animal rights activists have brought them in confrontation with major corporations, scientific establishments and the government. (Nov 18, 2004)

PETA Campaign Pitches Fish As Smart: Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish - contrary to stereotype - are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat. (Nov 16, 2004)

Huntsmen, foxes and police are all heading for a fall: 'The Queen is our last chance," said the Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik. (Nov 16, 2004) Also see: Queen Approves Hunting Ban from February after Parliament Act Invoked (Nov 18, 2004)

UK: Fears as animal rights funds leap: ANIMAL RIGHTS activists are collecting more than £500,000 a year in public donations to street stalls, writes Nick Fielding. (Nov 14, 2004)

NJ: Animal farm? Orwell had no idea: It is a mere 20 years after 1984, yet the people of New Jersey have already proven themselves capable of exceeding in reality what George Orwell proposed merely as fiction. (Nov 13, 2004)

Fur flies as animal-rights group gives used coats to Detroit homeless: Tempers flared when dozens of homeless people expecting to receive a free fur coat descended on a downtown shelter, only to learn that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had just 25 to give away. (Nov 9, 2004)

Wool industry counters welfare scare: Australian sheep and wool industry leaders have responded to animal welfare group concerns by promising to phase out the practice of mulesing by 2010. (Nov 8, 2004)

CA: Cottrell goes on trial this week: According to the government's trial memo, the case against Caltech grad student Billy Cottrell scheduled to begin Tuesday is fairly straightforward. (Nov 7, 2004)

UK: £1m spent on firms' new security: Firms afraid of attacks from animal rights activists, computer hackers or terrorists have spent £1m on extra security this year, says a new survey. (Nov 7, 2004)

NY: Dogs' deaths stun owners: Rat infestations, rains linked to increase in little-known disease. (Nov 7, 2004)

UK: Hunters vow to defy ban and risk arrest: HUNT supporters in Cambridgeshire have vowed they will not stop the sport they love if the ban goes ahead. (Nov 6, 2004)

Invasion Of The (Animal Rights) Body Snatchers: No one who follows today's animal-rights movement can deny that its violent tactics are escalating. (Nov 5, 2004)

Election produced some losers, some winners: THE LOSERS: Animal rights activists. During the primaries, Humane USA, the political arm of several key animal-rights groups, endorsed John Kerry after his staff filled out a questionnaire pledging support for their issues. THE WINNERS: National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Biotech companies. (Nov 7, 2004)

Ontario: Pit bull ban 'barking up wrong tree': York North MPP Julia Munro, a professional dog breeder, said the McGuinty government "is barking up the wrong tree" with its proposed pit bull ban. (Nov 4, 2004)

CA: Come on down!: Television personality Bob Barker donated $1 million to the UCLA School of Law to create the Bob Barker Endowment Fund for the Study of Animal Rights Law.The UCLA endowment fund will support teaching, research, seminars and lectures at the law school in the emerging field of animal rights law. (Nov 4, 2004)

ME: Activist: Hunting abuses exposed: The leader of a group that led an unsuccessful referendum to restrict bear hunting in Maine had a message for the day after the election: The group is not folding up and moving on. (Nov 4, 2004)

Commentary: Animal Lovers and Others: People say that all the really bad liberal ideas start in California and then ooze out from the left coast to cover the rest of the nation. Not so. Until November 15, we still have a disgraced Governor, James E. McGreevey, who will leave in his wake a State whose bonds are approaching "junk" status and his very own Animal Welfare Task Force. (Nov 3, 2004)

UK: Oxford forces shutdown of animal rights website: An animal rights website listing the home addresses and phone numbers of Oxford University staff and government ministers has been removed from the internet after protests by the university. (Nov 3, 2004)

Perks of a vegan boss are many, but not meaty: Virginia CEO offers workers free meals in firm's 'Vegeteria'. (Nov 1, 2004)

The Despicable Jerry Vlasak: Earlier this year, Jerry Vlasak was denied entry to Great Britain where he planned to attend an animal rights convention. The UK was concerned that Vlasak might incite violence based on his history of advocating the murder of medical researchers. (Oct 30, 2004)

FBI raids Philadelphia home of animal-rights activist: The raid's focus appeared to be Nick Cooney, who has protested against a Princeton animal-testing firm. (Oct 29, 2004)

Meet the new kid: the flexitarian: Vegetarians are adding fish and chicken to their shopping carts and others are eating more vegetables. (Oct 27, 2004)

Canada: A pit bull is a pit bull, Ontario says: Breeders of pure bred dogs will not be exempted from Ontario's province-wide ban on pit bulls, Attorney-General Michael Bryant announced Wednesday. (Oct 27, 2004)

NJ: Her cagey protest brings only a fine: Bear activist chained self in trap. (Oct 27, 2004)

Australia: Animal rights activists threaten farming: Federal Minister for Agriculture Warren Truss says one of the next big challenges for the next term of government is the growing threat of animal rights activists to farmers. (Oct 26, 2004)

Norway: Outrage at Seal Hunt Tourism Is Nonsense: Foreign outrage at a Norwegian plan to let tourists go on seal-shooting trips is mostly "emotional nonsense," a senior official said on Monday. (Oct 25, 2004)

Big money, strong emotions overhang Maine's bear vote: Moose and lobster may be the signature symbols of Maine, but the black bear has lumbered to the fore as the centerpiece of a referendum campaign that is attracting big money and stirring strong emotions. (Oct 24, 2004)

Activists' hands tied for 7 years: The agreement is believed to be the first of its kind involving a US company and a protest group (Greenpeace). (Oct 24, 2004)

NJ: Testing-lab protest obeys court order: Instead of a raucous demonstration by animal-rights activists, yesterday's protest at the Huntingdon Life Sciences laboratory was calm and carefully controlled. (Oct 24, 2004)

UK: We'll Dig Up Second Grave: Animal rights fanatics have threatened to dig up the remains of a second person connected to a guinea pig farm near Burton. (Oct 18, 2004)

UK: The pharmaceutical industry is under siege from animal activists: British drug companies are warning they may stop research in the UK unless the government cracks down on animal extremists. (Oct 14, 2004)

Activists, Not Global Warming, a Third-World Threat: A coalition of environmental activists called this week for rich countries to do more to control global warming and to help poor nations cope with the alleged effects of climate change. (Oct 22, 2004)

Animal-rights advocates plan to protest near Franklin lab: "We are opposed to the use of animals in research in any manner, shape or form," said Janine Motta, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance. (Oct 22, 2004)

NJ: Animal Rights dominated task force comes up with unrealistic proposal: Some officials fault proposals as too sweeping and too unrealistic. (Oct 21, 2004)

Fur - real and faux - enjoys status as a fashion trend: Fur no longer is a status symbol that only the rich and famous can afford, and faux fur no longer is an ugly alternative worn only by social protesters. (Oct 21, 2004)

Note to PETA: Kerry's Gone a-Hunting: Forget the right to self-defense: Sen. John Kerry apparently thinks the Second Amendment is all about killing birds. (Oct 21, 2004) Also see: Commentary - John Kerry Wasn't Hunting - He Was Killing (Oct 22, 2004)

Conference at Law School will launch discussion of animal treatment, welfare: A daylong conference will kick off the Chicago Project on Animal Treatment Principles and bring together scholars, animal welfare advocates and industry experts who are involved in the emerging areas of animal rights business and law. (Oct 21, 2004)

Wool industry combats animal rights activists: The wool industry's promotional body says information is being sent directly to retailers in Europe and the US, about mulesing and animal husbandry. (Oct 21, 2004)

UK: Animal test firm 'wants my home': Ms Sawyer's house is used as the official address of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, the main protest group against HLS. (Oct 21, 2004)

Court Says Whales, Dolphins Cannot Sue Bush: A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, widely considered one of the most liberal and activist in the country, said it saw no reason why animals should not be allowed to sue but said they had not yet been granted that right. (Oct 20, 2004) Also see: Dodging a Legal Bullet? No, it's still flying! (Oct 22, 2004)

Bear biologist takes the bait: Randy Cross, a bear biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, thinks current bear-hunting practices are justified. (Oct 18, 2004)

Ban on 'cruel' Australian wool: A leading American fashion retailer has banned the use of Australian merino wool in its products after pressure from the world's largest animal rights group. (Oct 15, 2004)

The animal-right extremists: Animal-right fanatics have gained infamy by firebombing university laboratories, sending envelopes rigged with razorblades to researchers, and dousing fur coats with lighter fluid and igniting them-while still on the backs of their owners. Now the animal rights movement has a new target: children. (Oct 14, 2004)

FL: Chicken Tells Students Meat Leads To Food Poisoning, Obesity: Activists Target Orlando School. (Oct 13, 2004)

NJ: Highland Lakes bear trap flap goes to court: On one side sat the animal rights activist accused of criminal mischief and trespassing for chaining herself to a bear trap. On the other side was the homeowner accused of assaulting the activist. (Oct 13, 2004)

PA: Eco-terrorism Scare: The FBI is trying to determine if a radical environmental activist group is responsible for a massive disruption on the Schuylkill Expressway. (Oct 12, 2004)

Judge refuses to delay SUV vandalism trial: Prosecutors sought 3 months to evaluate Cottrell. (Oct 12, 2004)

Maryland Group Accuses Hunters of Substance Abuse, Mental Instability: A group trying to stop a bear hunt in Maryland sent 600 postcards to landowners in Garrett County claiming that 40 percent of the sportsmen with permits to take part in the hunt are alcoholics, drug addicts or mentally unstable. (Oct 11, 2004)

NZ: Dehorner sticks neck out over anaesthetics: For the past 10 years, Wayne Glidden has spent every spring dehorning thousands of calves on farms around Te Awamutu, but future legislation may make him one of a dying breed. (Oct 11, 2004)

Man's Best Medicine: Dogs That Comfort Patients Are Featured in Fundraising Calendar. (Oct 10, 2004)

Prairie Dog Pops Up In S.D. Senate Race: Daschle, Foe Spar Over Rodent's Future. (Oct 10, 2004)

TX: Pet Owners Cry Foul Over Humane Society Program: Some pet owners are howling about a few local Humane Society shelters they said are taking advantage of a free program. (Oct 8, 2004)

NJ: Politics puts deeper bite on victim of dog attack: One week after Gov. Christie Whitman took office, she signed an executive order on a matter of grave import. She pardoned a dog on death row. (Oct 8, 2004)

UK: Animal Rights Gang Blamed for Destroying Woman's Grave: Animal rights activists were tonight being widely blamed for digging up the grave of an 82-year-old woman whose family breeds guinea pigs for medical research. (Oct 8, 2004)

Iams Division to Change Testing Practices: The Procter & Gamble Co.'s Iams pet-food division said Thursday it is phasing out its animal-testing contracts with outside laboratories and universities, while more than doubling the capacity of its in-house testing facilities - a move expected to give the company more control over the way animals are treated. (Oct 7, 2004)

Animal-Rights Doctor Will Work For (Vegetarian) Food: Word reached the Center for Consumer Freedom yesterday that Dr. John Pippin, long affiliated with the grossly misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), has been separated from his job as director of cardiovascular medicine at the world-renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas. (Oct 7, 2004)

Foie-gras ban isn't all bad, supplier says: If you were thinking Guillermo Gonzalez would be upset with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing legislation to prohibit Californians from force-feeding birds, you'd be mistaken. (Oct 6, 2004)

Anatomy of an animal rights protest: "We never give in and we always win!" The rallying cry on the website of animal rights protest group SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) brims with confidence. (Oct 5, 2004)

UK: Port facing animal rights blockade: Animal rights campaigners have pledged to bring widespread disruption to Ipswich and its port if a company refuses to stop live animal exports. (Oct 4, 2004)

Texas Court Gives Cave Bugs More Rights than Humans: In 1988 and 1993, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared six invertebrate species that live in the caves "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). (Oct 1, 2004)

Food animals to get prayers along with animals that are hunted, used in research and for entertainment: RSPCA launches new church service for animals. (Oct. 1, 2004)

UT: Two admit to arson in plea deals: Threatening to file more serious charges that could have added an additional three decades to their time in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office persuaded two men to plead guilty to arson on Friday. (Oct 2, 2004)

UK: Vets are warned of two-pronged attack on the profession: Leaders of the veterinary profession were in sombre mood at the start of the British Veterinary Association’s annual congress in London yesterday. (Oct 2, 2004)

CO: The circus is back and the heat's still on: Animal advocates poised to protest. (Oct 1, 2004)

The Fund, HSUS, and merging packs: Rumors that the Fund for Animals and the Humane Society of the U.S. are holding merger talks reached ANIMAL PEOPLE on July 26. Confirmation came a few days later. (Sep, 2004)

Animal rights activist shocks with pictures, message: Lecturing to a mostly sympathetic audience, Paul Shapiro delivered a controversial and heated message yesterday: conscious consumers should reject meat and egg products, which are created in an atmosphere of suffering and economic waste. (Sep 30, 2004)

Schwarzenegger Signs 'Foie Gras' Bill: California will end the force feeding of ducks, geese and other birds to produce the gourmet liver product foie gras by 2012 under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger. (Sep 30, 2004)

Vegan speakers' message a sour one: This past week I began to think that my entire life was rotissarating around what I did or did not have in my stomach. (Sep 29, 2004)

Fox Sports Net in Pittsburgh rejects racy PETA ad: Fox Sports Net in Pittsburgh won't be running a racy ad produced by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, which argues that eating meat clogs arteries leading to the heart - as well as other organs. (Sep 29, 2004)

PA: Law would bite dog owners who fail to spay and neuter their pets: City dog owners who have not spayed or neutered their pets may be required to sterilize Fido if City Council has their way. (Sep 24, 2004)

IA: Dangerous dog debate continues: As currently written, Fairfield's proposed ordinance would define the following types of dog as dangerous: Doberman Pinschers, various types of pit bull terrier, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Belgian Malinois, Siberian Huskies, Malamutes, and “Large dogs including Great Danes, wolfhounds, deerhounds, mastiffs, boerbels and other dogs weighing more than 100 pounds.” (Sep 22, 2004)

Research shows that dogs can sniff out cancer: Study in British Medical Journal presents first scientific evidence that dogs can alert owners to tumors. (Sep 24, 2004)

UK pet store fire looks like arson: Store had been regular target of animal rights activists in the past. (Sep 23, 2004)

MT: Suit filed over hunter's death: The widow of a Great Falls man killed by a grizzly bear three years ago is suing state and federal agencies, claiming their negligent management practices led to the death of Timothy Hilston. (Sep 22, 2004)

In Maryland, Two Sides Take Aim Before Bear Hunt Begins: "We've had people comment that they hope that we die, instead of killing the bears," said Harry Spiker, the state's chief bear biologist. (Sep 20, 2004)

NY: VEGAN: I'M IN HELL: The infamous vegan mom convicted of nearly starving her baby girl to death whines that other inmates beat up on her behind bars - while guards force her to eat fish and dairy. (Sep 20, 2004)

Uncertain fate for South Africa's giants: Culling of elephants proposed to manage herd growth. (Sep 20, 2004)

Alabama vulnerable to ecoterrorism: Indeed, since the Sept. 11 attacks, federal authorities have been struck by the increasingly violent and anti-American rhetoric espoused by many animal and Earth liberationist groups, many of which openly embrace ecoterrorism - acts of violence in protest of harm to animals or to the environment. (Sep 19, 2004)

UK: Of Mice and Men: Paranoia about animal testing has frightened off investors, left researchers terrified to reveal their job and is damaging the multi-billion pound UK pharmaceutical industry. (Sep 19, 2004)

McGreevey's Hunting Policy Un-Bear-Able: New Jersey's Gov. McGreevey and his DEP commissioner Bradley Campbell are trying to give the animal-rights people everything they want before the governor leaves office in November. (Sep 19, 2004)

Actor Arrested Near Cincinnati For Lobster Caper: Furlong Drunk When He Tried To Free Lobsters At Meijer Store. (Sep 19, 2004)

WA: Animal rights activist released: Lynn jailed for refusing to testify in firebombing, vandalism case. (Sep 18, 2004)

Animal activist stays free on bail despite accusations of violence: U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper said there was no proof that Kevin Kjonaas was directly responsible for the demonstration. (Sep 16, 2004)

UK: Oxford seeks animal rights ban: The university said it had been forced to act after protesters stopped work on its new £18 million biomedical research laboratory, where experiments on a range of animals, including primates, are due to be conducted once it is complete. (Sep 15, 2004)

NJ: Animal activists win round: A Superior Court judge on Tuesday refused to restrain animal rights activists from their alleged "harassing" protests against a Florham Park company that financially backs a Somerset County-based biomedical testing laboratory. (Sep 15, 2004)

Pet insurance can be benefit, but not for all: When Alyson Dutch's yellow Labrador encountered not one but two rattlesnakes this spring, she was glad she had pet insurance. (Sep 15, 2004)

John Kerry aims all over the map on guns: Kerry has hesitated little in claiming to be everyone's friend. Addressing the Humane Society, he bragged that "I've had my name on every piece of animal-rights legislation ever passed by Congress!" (Sep 14, 2004)

Teen Admits He Set Utah Animal-Rights Fire: A teenager on Tuesday admitted setting fire to a farm building at Brigham Young University and said he acted in support of a radical animal-rights group. (Sep 14, 2004)

The Great Obesity Scam: Is the day far off when the federal government will decide what you eat and how much? (Sep 13, 2004)

Some animal rights groups go too far in their fight: PETA and others have every right to protest circus animal acts. But when their tactics include "Holocaust on Your Plate" or stunts like the mink release, they're not the ones to be teaching kids or anybody else right from wrong. (Sep 12, 2004)

A biting dog smells of human agency: As a dog lover, it has annoyed me to read the daily debate over whether to institute a ban on pit bulls, or other allegedly vicious dogs. (Sep 12, 2004)

UK: POISON pen letters falsely naming neighbours as paedophiles are doing the rounds in Runcorn: Police believe an extremist animal rights group is behind the slanderous campaign, hoping to stir up community hatred against targeted individuals. (Sep 9, 2004)

Mourning dove likely to become fair game: But as Michigan steps forward to possibly become the 41st state to allow dove hunting, the issue has been sensitive, causing an uproar amongst animal rights activists. (Sep 9, 2004)

UK: Animal rights 'activists'? No, terrorists: Over the weekend an obliging animal rights enthusiast appeared before the cameras with "terrorist" written across her forehead. (Sep 9, 2004)

Canada: Windsor ban on circuses declared illegal: Justice Gates rejected as "misleading and inflammatory" information
provided to Council by animal rights activist organizations such as ZooCheck. (Sep 8, 2004)

Vegan dad says he'll kill son if cops come: Takes tot into the woods. (Sep 7, 2004)

Feds want animal rights activist in jail: Ex-Jersey man's lawyer denies he incited violence against home of biotech executive. (Sep 7, 2004)

DNA sequence in hand, dog geneticists aim to build a better pooch: The ancient relationship between people and dogs can be characterized as one long genetic experiment, one that began as soon as humans started breeding dogs for their ability to herd, hunt, or protect. (Sep 7, 2004)

UK: Animal rights activists hit training camp to sharpen up battle plans: Speakers at secret location outline ways to take direct action against research labs. (Sep 6, 2004)

Liberationists want Liberal; Animal Rights groups endorse Kerry: HUMANE-USA, the PAC formed by leaders of the major animal rights organizations announce their support for Senator John Kerry.

Farm Bureau urges state's TV stations to reject PETA ads: Nebraska Farm Bureau is urging the state's television broadcasters to continue to reject anti-agriculture advertising offered to them by the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. (Sept 1, 2004)

Incidents with bears take climb in August: An increase in reports of aggressive bears over the past month has wildlife authorities throughout northwestern New Jersey setting traps in an effort to catch the brazen bruins. (Sept 1, 2004)

Acres opened for hunting, fishing: The Bush administration said yesterday that it will give people who hunt and fish new access to hundreds of thousands of acres of land and streams within 17 national wildlife refuges and wetlands, including areas in such battleground election states as South Dakota, Illinois, and Louisiana. (Aug 31, 2004)

PA: Lawmaker pushes to ease Sunday hunting restrictions: A lawmaker wants to give Pennsylvanians the ability to legally hunt deer and other popular game on Sundays. (Aug 30, 2004)

Pet adoption policy comes under fire: At issue is the policy that all current and recent past pets in a household be up-to-date on vaccinations, even if they are house-bound cats, and all pets be spayed or neutered. (Aug 30, 2004)

Humane Society's CEO Has Local Roots: When Wayne Pacelle was growing up in Connecticut, he shooed flies out of the house instead of going after them with a swatter. (Aug 30, 2004)

OK: Animal Rights Group Seeks To Stop McAlester Prison Rodeo: A national animal rights group has asked Pittsburg County to cancel the annual Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo. (Aug 29, 2004)

Animal rights activists get teeth into zoo: Animal rights activists protesting against animals being kept in captivity were set to campaign today at Edinburgh Zoo. (Aug 28, 2004)

What IS The Humane Society of the United States?: Before about two weeks ago, I myself was rather ignorant as to the real goals of HSUS, and where their, (actually your) money goes. (Aug 27, 2004)

Airline blasted over leather: No-frills airline Ryanair has been condemned by animal activists over plans to install leather seats in its fleet of aircraft.. (June 18, 2004)

MT: Dogs move to Stanford; breeders deny abuse: Scores of dogs seized in a raid of an alleged puppy mill were trucked Thursday to a hastily built animal shelter here. (June 18, 2004)

UT: Environmentalists admit to setting fire: A radical environmental group claimed responsibility Thursday for a suburban lumberyard fire that caused $1.5 million in damage. (June 17, 2004)

Breed-Specific Bans Spark Constitutional Dogfight: Imagine being told you have ten days to get rid of your dog. (June 17, 2004)

Hatch denounces apparent Eco-terror attack in Utah: Calls on ATF and FBI to commit necessary resources to bring perpetrators to justice. (June 16, 2004)

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: In 2001, PCRM president Neal Barnard co-signed a series of over 40 letters (on PCRM letterhead) with Kevin Jonas, a former "spokesperson" for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the current U.S. director of the violent animal rights group SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty).

A millionaire rancher goes undercover: When Trent asked me to go incognito to a recent Farm Sanctuary Forum in Chicago, I jumped at the chance. (June 16, 2004)

The Other Terrorists: The Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front in 2003 claimed responsibility for 75 actions, striking against fur farms, logging operations, Forest Service facilities, slaughterhouses, and other targets throughout northwestern states. (June 14, 2004)

Imaginary mouse that roared set Wyoming back $100M: Amy and Steve LeSatz want to be able to teach their clients the finer points of riding and roping without having to trailer their animals 25 miles to the nearest public indoor arena whenever the weather turns miserable. (June 12, 2004)

Animal rights activists practicing domestic terrorism: A federal grand jury in Newark, N.J., recently indicted seven animal rights activists on charges of "animal enterprise terrorism." (June 11, 2004)

Run over by a loco motive: Well, the Highlands Act is set to sail through the Legislature today. So let me issue the following warning to the approximately 700,000 New Jersey residents unfortunate enough to live in the area targeted by the law: Hide those concrete elves. (June 8, 2004)

Scholar Calls Enviro-Radicals' Antibiotic Warnings "Junk Science" -- Claims Anti-Meat Groups' Beef Up Scare Tactics to Make Consumers Chicken: A major campaign is underway to get schools to stop buying meat from suppliers who use antibiotics on their livestock. (June 8, 2004)

A second look at the biology lab: A single whiff of formaldehyde transports many adults back to biology class and dissection. It's hard to forget the odor that arose from trays of rubbery, preserved frogs or fetal pigs. (June 8, 2004)

PETA Activist Runs For President On Reality TV Show: At People for the Ethical of Treatment of Animals, Bruce Friedrich directs campaigns in the name of animal rights. Now he's going to be at the center of his own campaign - for president. (June 8, 2004)

Animal research is not just for humans: I'm not sure what I expected to talk about, over lunch, with America's most-honored, nearly 96-year-old physician, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey. (June 7, 2004)

A nation of bystanders: By most measures, Americans are participating less and less in civic life. (June 5, 2004)

Animal rights terrorism: Between the close of school on Friday April 9 and the following day, an animal rights group entered the premises, removed some of the stock and left the following message spray painted on the wall, "EXPERIMENT ON YOURSELVES... WE'RE FREE - THE ANIMALS." (June 2, 2004)

MS: PETA launches kids campaign: Animal rights group makes stop in state to attract children to vegetarianism (June 2, 2004)

John Kerry, Lifelong Hunter - AND Animal Rightist??: "I do a better job of fighting for the rights of sportsmen than George Bush does." That's John Kerry boasting to outdoor writers while visiting New Orleans recently. "I've had my name on every piece of animal rights legislation ever passed by Congress!" Kerry boasted - not in rural Iowa - but to the Humane Society a bit later. (June 2, 2004)

Door-to-door rabies survey set: Animal control officers will begin going door to door in the next two weeks to check that pet owners have had their dogs, cats or ferrets vaccinated against rabies, said Lorenzo Hinojos, manager of the El Paso City-County Animal Control Program. (June 2, 2004)

Judge warns defiant animal activists: A federal judge on Friday warned three animal rights activists charged with stalking to refrain from advocating violence or publicizing personal information about executives who run companies that have been targets of bombings and other violent protests. (June 1, 2004)

Target of the week: ANIMAL-RIGHTS activists went to the home of a Chiron Corp. employee one night last year to send a message. (May 30, 2004)

Animal 'Rights' Group Announces Lawsuit Against Atkins Diet: A Florida millionaire is suing Atkins Nutritionals, the company behind the Atkins diet, with support from animal "rights" activists who advocate a vegan diet. (May 27, 2004)

FBI targets 'terrorism' by animal, eco-activists: The federal indictment unveiled yesterday against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty is only part of a larger assault federal authorities have launched against alleged animal rights extremists and others behind what the FBI dubbed "special interest terrorism." (May 27, 2004)

John Kerry, Hunter?: Although Kerry's hunting exploits may have impressed the group of big city reporters, who don't know a 12 gauge from a 20 gauge, it's going to take more than a couple of pheasants to convince real hunters that Kerry is really one of them. (May 24, 2004)

One Man's Cuddly Critter Is Another Man's Varmint: O you love the idea of wild wolves howling in the woods? (May 23, 2004)

Sen. Inhofe: Taxpayer Funded Radicals Unethical: Rabidly anti-Bush Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has received at least $3.5 million in taxpayer money in recent years, according to information from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW). (May 21, 2004)

Who Owns You? : You Can't Do That! (Without a License): The land of the free and the home of the brave, eh? (May 18, 2004)

Arkansas: Council bans Pit Bull Terriers, Rottweilers and Doberman Pinschers: Ordinance 2004-03 bans certain dogs from being kept in the City of Caraway (May 21, 2004)

Genes say some dogs have a lot in common with wolves: That wiggly puppy pestering its owner for a chew toy may not look much like its wolf ancestors, but a Seattle genetic research project on our canine companions shows many have more in common with White Fang than some people might think. (May 20, 2004)

U.S. Senate To Violent Activists: 'Enough!': Chilling words from John E. Lewis, the FBI's Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism: "The Animal Liberation Front ... is our highest domestic terrorism investigative priority." (May 18, 2004)

PETA Restrained in Louisville: It's a small victory, but it's something. (May 17, 2004)

A roar from animal activists in China: Public outcry halts bullfighting plans. (May 16, 2004)

The ANIMAL RIGHTS struggle: Animal Agriculture Alliance addresses animal rights movement - So, what does the future hold? (May 15, 2004)

Legislation presses limits of animal status in New York: Harmed pets would be entitled to compensation. (May 14, 2004)

The Endangered Species Act: Bad for People, Bad for Wildlife: In the 30 years since its enactment, the Endangered Species Act has emerged as one of the most powerful, and ineffective, environmental statutes on the books. (May 14, 2004)

Pet 'guardian' law a first in NJ: Replacing the word pet "owner" with pet "guardian" will lead people to consider an animal a part of their family, rather than a possession that can be abused and discarded, say animal advocates. (May 13, 2004)

Animal Liberation Conference in Syracuse, NY: Since it announced itself in the United States in 1979, the Animal Liberation Front has sparked as much public praise as pillory in its agenda to save animals from cruelty. (May 11, 2004)

OpEd: What is the Deal with the Illogical Left?: I find it disturbing and yet amazing that some (most?) on the left side of the political spectrum are either unwilling or incapable of applying logical reasoning to solving the problems of our day. (May 10, 2004)

Giant "Chicken" Leads Worldwide Campaign Against Farming and Slaughter Abuses: Holding signs that read, "The Colonel's Secret Recipe: Live Scalding, Painful Debeaking, Crippled Chickens," attendees of "Helping Animals 101," a two-day conference aimed at spreading awareness of animal rights issues, will protest KFC's abusive treatment of chickens at a local KFC. (May 10, 2004)

TX: The first El Paso test of a new, tougher state law on animal cruelty is set for this summer: Two years ago, Fabens resident Pablo Camarillo shot and killed his neighbor's dog, which he suspected was killing his livestock. (May 10, 2004)

MA: Why so many abandoned and injured dogs plucked from the streets of Puerto Rico are finding homes in Boston: It's a long way from her early life when, as an abandoned mother of eight puppies, she searched for food on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and struggled to walk with a badly healed broken femur. (May 9, 2004)

PA: Protesters target foie gras menu item: A fowl flap is simmering at an Oakland restaurant that has been skewered by animal rights protesters for serving an expensive appetizer made from fattened duck and goose livers. (May 8, 2004)

Florida Bill Hands Taxpayer Dollars to Anti-Hunters: The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, the nation's leading sportsmen advocacy organization, is calling Florida sportsmen to action to stop legislation that would provide funding to the nation's largest anti-hunting group, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). (May 5, 2004)

The Greens' Favorite Terrorist: In a world of ever-increasing ideological disharmony, a new, equally violent terrorist has emerged - the eco-terrorist. (May 4, 2004)

Environmental activist ends hunger strike: Held in Canada, Tre Arrow is wanted in Oregon for destroying logging trucks. (May 4, 2004)

Greenpeace ordered to pay loggers for lost work: Greenpeace and two of its protesters must compensate loggers who couldn't work during an anti-logging protest, the B.C. Appeal Court has ruled. (May 4, 2004)

Naturalists track and search vernal pools for eggs and a defense against developers: Amateur naturalist Carl Bernzweig was knee-deep in a murky, forested puddle when he plunged his hand into the tea-colored water and announced a special find. (May 4, 2004)

Geneva: Animal-To-Human Disease Transfer Discussed: Medical and veterinary experts gathered here Monday to discuss how to identify and prevent the spread of diseases like SARS, bird flu and mad cow disease from animals to humans. (May 3, 2004)

Voracious Fish Found in Maryland Lake: Authorities plan to drain a Maryland lake after an angler caught a Northern snakehead, the same voracious nonnative fish that infested a pond only miles away in 2002. (April 29, 2004)

MI: Convicted terrorist warns 'U' could still be a target 12 years after attack rocked campus: Notorious eco-warrior Rodney Coronado is warning animal researchers at MSU and elsewhere that they are being watched and targeted by the radical environmental movement. (April 27, 2004)

Ban on foie gras clears state Senate panel: A Senate panel approved a bill yesterday that would ban the production and sale of foie gras, a delicacy derived from the livers of force-fed geese and ducks ­ a practice that animal rights groups decried as inhumane. (April 27, 2004)

Pretrial Date Set in PETA Case: The pretrial date for the case against Dan Mathews, vice president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), was set for May 27 in a Middlesex County Court yesterday. (April 27, 2004)

Earth to us: Try not to blow the place up: Earth Day, 2004
To: People on the Earth
From: The Earth (April 24, 2004)

WA: Auburn tables big-dog law: After dozens of dog owners cried foul, the Auburn City Council on Monday night tabled an ordinance that would have labeled all dogs weighing more than 30 pounds as potentially dangerous. (April 20, 2004)

Pennsylvania: Circus opens with protest by animal rights activists: Red-lettered signs around the perimeter of the armory warned that only circus patrons could enter the property. (April 13, 2004)

Germany: Animal rights activist settles case over attack on KFC's chief executive: Charges against a German animal rights activist have been dropped after the man agreed to pay $895 as a settlement for orchestrating an attack with fake blood and chicken feathers on the chief executive of KFC's parent company, a court official said Tuesday. (April 13, 2004)

Virginia: Extreme environmentalists target vehicles, buildings: On the night of Sept. 21, 2002, two high school students crept onto the site where Short Pump Town Center Mall was being built in suburban Henrico County. (April 11, 2004)

UK: Sex and violence allegations split animal rights campaign: Jamie Doward reports on a vicious internal war in the animal rights movement, amid fury over the luxury lifestyle of a leading activist. (April 11, 2004)

Australia: Animal rights group targets R and B diva Beyonce over furs: Rhythm and blues diva and Destiny's Child frontwoman Beyonce Knowles's fashion sense drawn heat from a US animals rights group after she was spotted wearing furs. (April 10, 2004)

Hard Cell - SUV suspect talks to reporter: To some it was the hate crime of the century, a heinous blow struck, on August 22, 2003, against the foundations of civilization. (April 2, 2004)

How much is that doggie in the window?: In short, libertarian animal rightists are up to their brain stems in self-contradiction. While doing what only man can do - debate and declaim - they simultaneously deny and diminish the privileged position that derives from this uniquely human ability. (April 2, 2004)

Straight Edgers characterized as terrorist threat: Police began to consider the gang a domestic terrorist group after a series of violent attacks in the mid-to-late 1990s when Straight Edgers firebombed a McDonald's and a leather store, blew up a mink farm and murdered a teenager for smoking in downtown Salt Lake City. (April 2, 2004)

UK: Animal welfare takes on religion: The government has rejected a call to ban the method used to kill animals for halal and kosher meat that is required by Muslims and Jews. (April 1, 2004)

California reconsiders nation's only bio-pet ban: California regulators voted Thursday to reconsider the nation's only ban on biotech household pets after one commissioner said he was intensively lobbied by his wife, a household aquarium owner who wants to buy the outlawed fluorescent fish. (April 1, 2004)

UK: Firm Stops Deliveries to Animal Lab Site: One of Britain's largest suppliers of building materials has halted deliveries to the site of a controversial new laboratory after pressure from animal rights activists. (April 1, 2004)

NAIA Conference in the News - Antidotes for antis: Being a victim of 'animal rightists' is no fun; but to win the battle for hunting, get the law on your side, be creative and have some fun. (April 1, 2004)

FL: Groups say they'll fight to protect citizen initiatives: Groups wanting to change the state constitution by petition drive currently must limit the scope of their proposal to a single subject, clearly explain it in a ballot title and summary, and collect about 500,000 validated signatures. (March 31, 2004)

The dangers of genetic engineering: Are humans to be bred as dogs? (March 31, 2004)

MI: Hunting vote could fly either way today: The effort to legalize dove hunting is headed for a showdown in the Senate today, but unless lawmakers put the question on a ballot, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she'll veto it. (March 31, 2004)

MO: House OKs higher hurdle for limits on hunting, fishing: The measure is prompted by ballot proposals brought by animal rights activists in other states that sought to encroach on hunting and fishing rights. (March 31, 2004)

Legislature looking out for troubled animals: Arizona lawmakers are trying to ensure that animals do not have to pay repeatedly for misuse by their owners. Without dissent, the Senate Government Committee approved legislation Tuesday that would let a justice of the peace or city magistrate decide if an animal has been mistreated. Such a finding would cut the owner's rights to the animal and allow it to be adopted or, if necessary, destroyed. And all that could be done separate from -- and long before -- the owner actually went on trial for his or her criminal charges. (March 31, 2004)

Interview with UK ALF activist John Curtin (March 31, 2004)

'Animal rights' is a hokey idea: Ever wonder how a rational person can advocate funding of animal shelters while humans live without heat or food, insist that the "rights" of mice and fruit flies supersede the cure for cancer, or whine that the blind "exploit" their guide dogs? It's all summed up in an asinine concept called "animal rights." (March 30, 2004)

Activist Group Has A Beef With Chuck-Wagon Dinners: An animal "rights" group says the American Cancer Society should stop its "beef-themed" Cattle Barons' Ball fundraisers. (March 30, 2004)

AK: Tourism Boycott Update: The struggle over wolf control and animal rights continues to cast a shadow of doubt over Alaska's upcoming tourist season. (March 30, 2004)

Romania Is Dog Hell: Fund raising in US for stray dogs in Romania. (March 29, 2004)

UK: A £10m 'bounty' for animal rights protesters: They look like any other residents of a quiet suburban street. The two women and a man share a £500,000 19th century house in Surrey's stockbroker belt, where they fit in easily among their affluent neighbours. (March 29, 2004)

NJ: Improving animal welfare: A draft proposal to overhaul New Jersey's archaic animal welfare laws would replace SPCA "cops" with the real thing - county sheriff's officers and state and local police. It would be a major power shift requiring proper funding and organization, but the result could be much better protection for abused and endangered animals. (March 27, 2004)

CA: County accused of untimely killing of dogs and cats: The Sacramento County Animal Shelter is illegally killing dogs and cats before they can be adopted or recovered by their owners and has not kept records on thousands of others sold for medical research, animal welfare groups assert in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Sacramento. (March 25, 2004)

OR: Kucinich hits state to alter, not win, race: The presidential candidate with a small but dedicated following calls Oregon's primary a chance to influence the Democratic focus. Perched on a folding chair in Dennis Kucinich's cramped campaign office just off Portland's Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, Louise Patten emotionally describes why she's working so hard for his presidential candidacy. (March 25, 2004)

Pious PETA Says 'For Christ's Sake - Go Veggie!': A controversial animal rights group recently staged a demonstration featuring a 10-foot-tall "Jesus" model in London at the opening of "The Passion of the Christ" movie, asking film maker and actor Mel Gibson to show "compassion" to animals. (March 25, 2004)

The problem with PETA: PETA is easy to pick on. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals did, after all, advise college students that beer was a healthier beverage choice than milk. (March 23, 2004)

The New Green Science: In recent years, there has been a disturbing tendency for advocacy groups to cross the line from using legislation merely to frame science policy to attempting to use legislation and administrative decree to define what constitutes the body of scientific knowledge itself. (March 22, 2004)

Immigration Issue Sparks Battle at Sierra Club: Groups Vie to Reshape Nonprofit's Board: The Southern Poverty Law Center is known for fighting hate groups but is not usually a player in environmental politics. Neither is the neo-Nazi group White Politics Inc. (March 22, 2004)

Australia: UK boycott called over 1080 anger: A HUGE global animal rights group will call for a boycott of Tasmania over clearfelling and 1080 poisoning. Britons will be urged not to travel to Tasmania or buy its products. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has 800,000 members and stars such as Sir Paul McCartney and Pamela Anderson have promoted its causes. (March 22, 2004)

AARF educates students about animal cruelty: They're here, they're animal lovers and they want you to become a vegetarian. One of the main purposes of the Alabama Animal Rights Fellowship, formerly called Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is to urge students to adopt a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle and to inspire students to become more involved in the animal rights movement. (March 22, 2004)

Fur trade starts to heat up: MARTHA STEWART may be a felon, but in what's left of this city's long-suffering Fur District, she was a hero. By early last week, furrier Larry Cowit had heard from not one but two customers who "had to have" that luxe scarf Stewart was wearing after she got the bad news. (March 22, 2004)

Hollywood To Immortalize Extremist: Paul Watson, Sierra Club board member and "captain" of the violent Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), recently sat down with The Oregonian and waxed philosophical on everything from his explosively controversial plans for the Sierra Club to an upcoming movie documenting his ship-sinking exploits. (March 22, 2004)

Deer, humans battling for space in the suburbs: David Zavodny, sitting in his pickup truck at a traffic light near the Mustard Seed grocery store in Solon, watched in amazement as a herd of whitetail deer galloped through the intersection. (March 21, 2004)

Activist's single-minded conservationism elicits dual images of hero, foe: Paul Watson leans back into a fluffy couch surrounded by swords and confides that his reputation as a crazed, eco-terrorist pirate actually helps him perform his mission. (March 21, 2004)

German Jewish Group Prevents PETA Holocaust Campaign: The Central Council of Jews receives court order to stop animal rights group's 'Holocaust on Your Plate' exhibit. (March 19, 2004)

CA: Suspected SUV bomber held without bail: A California student linked to a radical environmentalist group is being held without bail as he faces charges for allegedly firebombing 125 sport utility vehicles last August. "Human life is risked by the nature of these offences," U.S. Magistrate Carolyn Turchin said during a hearing Wednesday as she decided not to release Billy Cottrell, 23. (March 18, 2004)

Tibor Machan Commentary: Why animal rights don't exist: Since 1991 I have argued about animal rights and liberation. It came about because I wrote a paper, "Do Animals Have Rights?" after learning that a colleague, Tom Regan, had a book prominently published by University of California Press, "The Case for Animals Rights." I had been writing on natural rights theory since my doctoral dissertation on the topic, and so I thought I needed to get straight about this animal rights issue. (March 17, 2004)

Chef fires culinary salvo in foie gras fight: Chef Jon Sears of The Dining Room in San Mateo not only has a wicked sense of humor but a bone to pick with State Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, who recently introduced a bill that would ban foie gras production in California. (March 17, 2004)

Aussies Eating More Meat, Mate!: Australian consumer expenditure on red meat has grown for the fifth year in a row, growing by $420 million in 2003 to reach a total value of over $7.7 billion, according to Meat and Livestock Australia. (March 17, 2004)

Bitter Division for Sierra Club on Immigration - AR's want take over of $95 million treasury: The leadership of the Sierra Club, the landmark environmental organization, is enmeshed in a bitter struggle over whether to advocate tough immigration restrictions as a way to control environmental damage that has been associated with rapid population growth. (March 16, 2004)

PeTA - The Angler Angle: Whalers, game hunters, laboratory scientists and even their bankers, have all felt the brunt of animal rights campaigns; but recently the target was anglers. Driving around Britain a few years ago I saw posters of a dog with a hook through its lip adorning billboards. The caption read: "If you wouldn't do this to a dog, why do it to a fish?" These posters were part of a $45 million campaign of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), to outlaw fishing in Britain. (March 15, 2004)

Alaska wolf-control measures bags 114: Aerial predator control programs this winter have killed up to 114 wolves and attracted more than 50,000 protest messages from the Lower 48, state officials said. (March 15, 2004)

'Most wanted' eco-terror arrest: FBI says Michael Scarpitti has ties to ELF group. (March 15, 2004)

New Jersey court order has California activists crying foul: Chiron Corp. on Friday backed off on its attempt to restrict the activities of Bay Area animal-rights activists, citing a ruling by a New Jersey judge that imposes many of the same restrictions the Emeryville, Calif., biotech company had sought in Alameda County Superior Court. (March 14, 2004)

Pig Caught in a Battle Between Future Farmers and PETA: High school can be tough enough -- what with all those raging hormones, goofy hallway stunts and nasty little cliques. But imagine being a teenager and having to deal with being called a "pig killer," not to mention incurring the wrath of a national organization with a penchant for publicity. (March 14, 2004)

AK: Fur Flies in Girl Scout Trap Flap: Troop is shunned for skinning beavers. (March 13, 2004)

PETA antics wearing thin: It's always something, isn't it? If People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals isn't throwing blood on fur coats, it's likening the conditions of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany to the anxiety of livestock before slaughter. Puh-lease. (March 11, 2004)

CA: What's In A Name? - Sorry Fido, but your fight for species-equality here in Santa Monica is a lost cause: In a narrow decision that is sure to raise the dander of certain animal activists, while appeasing those grown weary of the City's need to champion every social cause, the City Council voted Tuesday night not to change the Municipal Code by substituting the word "guardian" for pet "owner." (March 11, 2004)

MN: Animal Owners Support Exotic Animal Bill: "This is definitely a win-win situation. HF1593 will protect the personal freedom to have an animal business or an exotic pet and insure that all owners meet care guidelines", says Culver. (March 11, 2004)

In Defense of Animals slams zoo: If the animal-rights group In Defense of Animals truly cared about animals, it wouldn't be going after people who provide extraordinary care for wildlife. But that's what happened this month after the San Francisco Zoo announced that the staff was planning to euthanize Calle, a 38-year-old Asian elephant, if her health worsened. (March 11, 2004)

FL: Senate panel approves limits on citizen initiatives: (The Pregnant Pig Amendment) People who want to change the state constitution by petition drive would have to get their signatures sooner to make the ballot and attract more Election Day support to win passage under changes a Senate panel approved Thursday. (March 11, 2004)

Cards for children to disparage chicken consumption; PETA activists target city school: Animal-rights activists will bring a large chicken and cards depicting children getting sick from eating chicken to Lincoln Elementary School today. (March 11, 2004)

NC: Lawmakers will confront 'huge' problem: Mandatory pet neutering, spaying on table: "The problem is huge," said Hunt, who is director of the Pet Adoption and Welfare Society in Alamance County. Hunt serves on the N.C. House Interim Committee on the Prevention and Disposition of Unwanted and Abandoned Companion Animals. The committee has been meeting in Raleigh and is in the midst of preparing recommendations for lawmakers to consider when they return to town in May. (March 10, 2004)

Scriptures used as marketing tool for PETA: A new billboard created by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals uses LDS scripture to encourage people to practice vegetarianism. (March 10, 2004)

CA: Charges In Torching Of 125 SUVs: A California Institute of Technology graduate student has been arrested in connection with an August arson and vandalism spree targeting 125 sports utility vehicles at four car dealerships, the FBI said. (March 10, 2004)

CA: Judge guts suit over pet death: A judge's ruling Friday stripped the arguments out of a dead cat lawsuit against a Petco store in Vallejo. (March 10, 2004)

CA: Don't Let 'Big Food' off the Hook, Activist Group Says: A group that advocates animal "rights" and vegetarian diets wants lawmakers to kill a bill protecting the food industry from obesity lawsuits. (March 9, 2004)

Rodney Coronado: Writes of ELF as religion: "In The Altar Of Our Warrior Ancestors" (March 9, 2004)

UK: Judge Continues Animal Rights Protest Injunction: A High Court judge today continued an injunction granted to UK employees of a global pharmaceutical company to protect them from harassment by animal rights protesters. (March 9, 2004)

Guarding the Guard Dogs? Are you a dog "owner"-or a dog "guardian"?: Last month, In Defense of Animals, a California-based animal rights organization, sent me some materials about its "Guardian Campaign." (March 9, 2004)

NY: PETA Files Suit Against CU Experiments on Baboons: First Formal Suit Against Research University in 20 Years Targets Animal Cruelty in Experiments on Treatment for Strokes (March 8, 2004)

IN: Vandals damage SUVs: Police suspect Environmental Liberation Front doused cars with acidic powder. (March 5, 2004)

RI: AR's pushing for tax checkoff box to control "overpopulation": Animal-rights advocates are teaming up with city officials to push for a statewide fund to spay and neuter stray dogs and cats, to reduce the burden on municipal animal shelters. (March 3, 2004)

WI: Assembly OKs livestock expansion bill: Wisconsin would have statewide standards for setting up and expanding livestock operations under legislation the state Assembly passed Tuesday. (March 3, 2004)

Judge sees no imminent danger, denies restraining order against animal rights extremist group: Chiron and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) an animal rights group that pays late night visits to animal researchers to intimidate and harass them in their homes, will return to court March 16 to consider merits of case. (February 28, 2004)

India: Poultry campaign gets ugly when PeTA bullies butt in: Poultry rally crashed by radical animal rights group angers producers still suffering from price drop over avian flu concerns. (February 26, 2004)

Maine shelters import dogs to make up for local shortage: The message of responsible dog ownership, including neutering pets, has caught on, causing shortages in some parts of the country. (February 23, 2004) For background see: Humane or insane (June 2002)

California commission favors birds over security: Homeland Security Department wants to fortify defense facilities along 14-mile stretch of border between California and Mexico, but California Coastal Commission concludes, that the last phase of the project "does not properly balance border patrol and resource-protection needs." (February 20, 2004)

FBI watching ELF, ALF and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: American agriculture warned of international and domestic terrorist threats. (January 23, 2004)

Owner finds dog but shelter has promised it to someone else: Family hires lawyer to get dog back (January 21, 2004)

IRS auditing Nature Conservancy: Nation's largest environmental group faces major IRS audit. (January 16, 2004)

Animal rights activist, Allison Lance Watson, Paul Watson's wife, arrested: If convicted of lying to a Seattle federal grand jury, Watson could face maximum sentence of five years and $250,000. (January 15, 2004)

Adopted dog kills new owner, but NJ shelter won't be charged: Previous owner paid Newark shelter to destroy dog due to bite history, but shelter director may have altered records to cover up request. (January 13, 2004)

California mountain lion attacks cyclists, kills one, critically injures another: Mountain lion attacks increasing in Southern California. Author links human encroachment to increase and mentions hunting ban. (January 12, 2004, with updates)

Chicken zone proposed for Key West, Florida: Feral chickens contribute to Key West's charm, but there's just too darn many of 'em. A plan to thin the flock met with the usual opposition - one person wanted a special zone established for the birds, a zone that she claimed could double as an amusement park.
(January 8, 2004)

Activist may pay for pig meat in sheep feed: An Australian activist is on trial for putting pig meat in sheep feed in a move intended to stop a shipment of sheep to the Middle East. The ploy failed, but it cost more than $1.4 million in economic damages. Meanwhile, the activist has started a political party to ban the export of live animals. (January 8, 2004)

Donors get warm fuzzies while ultimate recipients die painful, preventable deaths: Paul Driessen describes the relationship between environmental fundraising groups and eco-imperialism in the developing world, and supports the assertion of Patrick Moore (Greenpeace co-founder) that, "The environmental movement has lost its objectivity, morality and humanity." (January 7, 2004)

Courts treating animals more like children: An increasing number of animal custody cases has created a cottage industry in legal arena. (January 7, 2004)

Animal rights spies foiled in California: The California State Legislature responded to pleas from farmers, ranchers, and rural law enforcement officials to pass a tough law against trespassers who harass those who raise livestock. (January 2, 2004)

Activists' plan for Connecticut: No rodeos, no animals in circuses, no 24-hour kenneling of dogs, and more: A coalition of animal rights groups will launch its political plan for co-opting animal interests in the Constitution State with an all-day session on January 17 presented by the National Institute for Animal Advocacy. Topics include lobbying strategies and establishing voting blocs. ( January, 2004)

When is piracy an expression of free speech? When Greenpeace needs a defense: In April 2002, Greenpeace illegally boarded a ship on suspicion that its cargo included rare Brazilian mahogany. They were wrong, and they now claim that their action was an expression of their First Amendment right to freedom of speech. James Taylor of the Heartland Institute lays out the case. (January, 2004)

This is one big baby!: Weighing in at 232 pounds, Riccardo is the first second-generation Asian elephant at the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida. (January, 2004)

Headline News 2003

Don't have a cow, man: Bathing poses greater risk to human health than eating beef. (December 29, 2003)

Pseudo-medical group rates airport food: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an animal rights group censured by the American Medical Association for its unethical tactics and manipulation of public opinion, rated food offerings at 15 US airports. To no one's surprise, this long time PeTA partner gave its highest ratings to the airports with - guess what - the most vegetarian meals. (December 26, 2003)

Pig farmers get on the soapbox: Pork Magazine tells farmers to speak out against anti-agriculture activists in this December feature. (December 4, 2003)

The best of the archives

Michael Crichton - Remarks to the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, September 15, 2003: Speech focuses on the religion of environmentalism, which Crichton asserts is the most powerful religion in the Western World. Author challenges public to distinguish reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda in the disinformation age.

Ground breaking 5-part series exposé on the environmental movement by Sacramento Bee staff writer, Tom Knudson: One of the best collections of articles ever written about the modern environmental movement.(April 21, 2001)