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PETA Criticizes Michael Jackson

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The disfigured pop star Michael Jackson has been criticized by PETA for his use of exotic animals. Animal rights group PETA have condemned Michael Jackson's apparent plans to ride an elephant on stage at his forthcoming London residency. Tags: exotic pets freaks.

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Is PETA Its Own Greatest Enemy?

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I recently became a member of PETA because I admire their investigative arm and their ability to get media attention. And I think that, yes, there is a place for shock value in the animal rights movement. in order to always push the boundaries of debate for other groups to then follow.

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PETA Latches On To Tiller Murder For Publicity

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From the article: A national animal rights group plans to erect billboards in Wichita urging people on both sides of the abortion debate to go vegetarian. Stay classy there PETA. Tags: PETA. One version of the billboard says, "Pro-Life? Go Vegetarian." The other says, "Pro-Choice? Choose Vegetarian."

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Book Chronicles History of Animal Rights

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The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA by Norm Phelps came out in 2007. Tags: animal rights. Worth a look.

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On "Animal Activism"

Animal Person

I notice that if I use "animal rights activist" or anything with the word "rights" in it, because it's loaded and misunderstood, my listener often has an immediate bias of some kind. People have a relationship, whether or not they are aware, to the term "animal rights." But I don't want to talk about PeTA.

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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SHAC7 Trailer

Animal Person

I credit Will Potter as the catalyst for shifting my focus away from critiques of other activists and activist groups (particularly his post, " While the Government Continues Attacks on Activists, Animal Rights Groups Protest Each Other " back in 2008). Tags: Activism Film Gray Matters. But that's me.