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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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Infected rats, for example, no longer shun cat urine but find it an aphrodiasic. Marra and Santella are very much anti-TNR, a view that is shared by others, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), not to mention Birdchick. It’s also their role as “vectors of disease,” especially toxoplasma gondii.

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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. It will be PETA's first Olympics! Let's see how far they take it.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals?

Animal Ethics

See here for one example. As many of you know, I despise PETA. It does a great deal of harm to animals. With friends like PETA, animals don't need enemies.

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Plant Rights

Animal Ethics

For example, Charles Patterson wrote in Eternal Treblinka —a book specifically endorsed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals—that "the road to Auschwitz begins at the slaughterhouse." Some ideologues even compare the Nazi death camps to normal practices of animal husbandry.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

A classic example of what an invasive species is capable of resides on the island of Guam…when one species of snake made its way onto to the island via airplane, practically all of the island’s birds went extinct in a matter of a few decades. For example, when the U.S.

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US Retailers Concerned Over Australia's Delay in Ending Mulesing

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I think it's just another example of short-term vs. long-term thinking, to which all humans are victim. Mulesing, in which woolgrowers surgically remove parts of merino lambs' rears to prevent potentially fatal flystrike, has sparked demonstrations and litigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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