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German Court Bans PETA "Holocaust" Campaign

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PETA wants to run a campaign that compares factory farming to the Holocaust. The German constitutional court has ruled that animal rights organisation PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) must end its campaign in which it draws a comparison between the Holocaust and industrial farming.

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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

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"This elephant's shocking death is another tragic example of how elephants suffer in inadequate and artificial zoo exhibits," said Catherine Doyle, elephant campaign director for the group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also criticized the zoo in the wake of the death.

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PETA to Target Vancouver Olympics Over Seal Hunts

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

28, 2007 The writer, on the staff of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, writes for its Animals in Entertainment Campaign. How many people and animals must pay with their lives before we acknowledge that big cats don’t belong in captivity? Jennifer O’Connor Norfolk, Va.,