Animal Rights

It is a fantasy game in which futuristic armies bring bloody destruction to each other to seize control of their world – but PETA has lashed out at Warhammer 40,000 because its figurines appear to be wearing fur.  As well as possessing guns, swords and axes, the tiny models also come equipped with painted-on ‘fur’ pelts that the animal rights ...

Hundreds of animal rights activists covered themselves in fake blood and took over a public square in Paris to protest against “animal suffering and meat consumption”.  [1] Dubbed an “open air slaughterhouse”, those involved covered themselves in fake blood.  The animal rights activists action is part of the 269 Life campaign group’s events for the World Day for the Abolition ...

After a truck killed more than a hundred sheep, an organization of animal rights activists is asking for a roadside memorial in honor of the animals that terribly died. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the animal rights group, will fund the memorial for the dead sheep.  According to the article of The Telegraph, a truck, which carried 390 ...

PETA’s strip naked lunacy hit the news once again.  Joanna Krupa, 36, continued her quest for fair treatment of animals as she threw off her clothes and added some strategically applied body paint for yet another stupid animal rights campaign. The 36-year-old former Real Housewives Of Miami star is seen covered only in black and white body-paint to mimic the appearance of a ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, no stranger to attention-grabbing campaigns featuring nude women, plans to launch a pornography website in the name of animal rights. The nonprofit organization, whose controversial campaigns draw criticism from women’s rights groups, said it hopes to raise awareness of veganism through a mix of pornography and graphic footage of animal suffering.  “We’re hoping ...

Since it was founded in the eighth century, Britain’s oldest pub has had many names – but since 1872, the St Albans establishment has been known as Ye Olde Fighting Cocks because of its history of cockfighting, a blood sport that has been illegal in the UK since the 1800s. Founded in the 700’s, The Guinness Book of World Records ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has announced that it will stop using elephants in its shows by 2018, but that’s not enough for PETA — they now want a Dumbo remake that will free the film’s fictional elephants, too. After Disney revealed plans to have Tim Burton remake the classic movie, PETA’s senior president wrote an open letter ...

Jamie Oliver Killed more Animals than McDonald Morrissey wants Jamie Oliver dead and the unlikely Princess Anne to do the honours.  The reason for his extreme hatred? Because the chef sometimes cooks meat, obviously.  “It would be a great help if Princess Anne gassed Jamie Oliver,” he told Irish magazine Hot Press. “He’s killed more animals than McDonald’s.”  The singer previously ...

A national animal rights group has offered Hamburg, New York officials $15,000 to change the town’s name to Veggieburg.  “The town’s name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows,” said Joe Haptas, spokesman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in a letter faxed Monday to Hamburg Supervisor Patrick Hoak.  PETA offered to supply area ...

Fishkill Upstate New York Welcome to the small, upstate New York town of Fishkill, or should it be called Fishsave? All was quiet in Fishkill until an animal rights group, PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, took issue with the town’s centuries-old name.  PETA wants the town to change its name, claiming it suggests cruelty to, well, fish.  ...

Morrissey caused huge offence today when it was reported in The Mirror (via Metro) that he said the massacre in Norway, in which a right-wing extremist launched a bomb attack in Oslo and shot dozens of innocent teenagers, paled in comparison to the the actions of fast food chains. “We all live in a murderous world, as the events in Norway ...

An outgrowth of Britain’s anti-war movement, RESPECT — The Unity Coalition is a joint venture between the Socialist Workers Party and the Muslim Association of Britain. Founded in 2004, this London-based organization goes by the acronym RESPECT, which stands for its ideals of Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environment, Community, and Trade Unionism. The group’s aim is “to build a broad-based and inclusive alternative ...