Animal Rights

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Bringing up Baby

The most famous three-legged, barkless dog in the world
Few things in life are certain, but this is: a gentle, white miniature poodle named Baby is the most famous three-legged, barkless dog in the world.
By JIM SULLIVAN | October 01, 2008

For the dogs

Greyhounds to have their day
In June, seven greyhounds suffered broken legs within a six-day period at Massachusetts’s two racetracks.
By MEGAN V. BELL | July 31, 2008

Here comes trouble

Street art pisses off neighbors, meat pisses off PETA
There’s nothing like a brouhaha to make art feel relevant. And the Boston art scene has just been blessed by two.
By GREG COOK | July 18, 2008

PETA’s Dan Mathews says all animals are equal

Activism
With its boldest gambit yet — offering $1 million to the person who can create “commercially viable” fake meat — PETA continues to push boundaries in its fight for animal rights.
By KATE MAYHEW | April 23, 2008

Were they just bluffing?

Online-poker players ante up, then fold
The world is full of aggrieved groups: the Kurds, PETA, Boston firefighters. But you probably wouldn’t think to put poker players on the list.
By ADAM REILLY | March 20, 2008

Cruella de Vil shows her softer, dog-loving side

Venue watch
It may come as a surprise that Glenn Close is a dog lover, given her history of playing characters who wouldn’t win any awards from PETA.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 14, 2007

Man bites dog

Politics and other mistakes
I like dogs better than bureaucrats.
By AL DIAMON | June 20, 2007

The taste of sanctimony

Animal-rights activists flavor their philosophy with purity in Year of the Dog and a vegetarian food fest
Both the Maine Animal Coalition’s recent Vegetarian Food Festival and Mike White’s new film Year of the Dog explore the idea that the confinement and killing of animals is the great moral shame of our time.
By BRIAN DUFF | May 09, 2007

Fresh meat

Letters to the Boston editor
Thanks for the interesting article, but I disagree with your stance on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) contest.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | May 02, 2007

Taking their lumps

Red-king-crabbing, pitbull smacking, and more bull riding
Across the underwater plains of Alaska’s Bering Sea go movable cities of red king crab, silently marching sideways.
By JAMES PARKER | May 01, 2007

Cattle call

Love humans, don’t eat them
Does anyone else find it ironic that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is treating human beings like pieces of meat?
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 11, 2007

Selling support

Charity work
It’s not eBay, but it might be better for the Earth.
By JEFF INGLIS | December 27, 2006

Activism

Broken messages?
In an effort to prove that KFC is mercilessly torturing their chickens, PETA representative Pulin Modi organized a rally against the multi-million dollar corporation last week.
By JOSH SCHLESINGER | June 28, 2006

The Shaggy Dog

Tim Allen marks his cinematic territory
Dave Douglas (Tim Allen, who as the Santa Clause series attests is adept at these family shape-shifting comedies) is an LA deputy DA prosecuting an animal-rights activist for setting fire to a biotech company’s lab.
By TOM MEEK | March 08, 2006

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