Animal Cruelty

Killing Bandit: The dumb Dog Days of AZ Summer, and the even dumber Sheriff Joe, aka, Sand Land's Deputy Dawg.

Sheriff Joe Still Paints Himself As an Animal Rights Hero, While Ignoring Allegations of Animal Abuse Against the MCSO

Poison Penance

Man whose tainted hot dogs sickened cat loses bid to be tried by jury for "moral turpitude"

Second Helpings

Man whose tainted hot dogs sickened cat loses bid to be tried by jury for "moral turpitude"

Frank Discussion

Man whose tainted hot dogs sickened cat loses bid to be tried by jury for "moral turpitude"

Out, Out, Damn Sport!

Voters seem certain to do what the Arizona Legislature has repeatedly refused to do--ban cockfighting, and hasten the death of a way of life

Animal Fights

'They're fighting for their careers, for their reputations, for their money.'

Letters

From the week of January 18, 2001

Letters

Letters from the week of August 12, 2004

BEST VEGGIE BURGER

Pita Jungle

PETA Uses Story of Boy Who Killed Dad to Condemn Hunting

Pita Jungle

Rapper DMX Caught in Florida; Lawyer Says Sheriff Arpaio Pushed to Involve FBI

Accused animal abuser Earl Simmons, a.k.a. rapper DMX, was arrested in Florida today following yesterday's news that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was offering  $5,000 for information on his whereabouts. The rapper, who was arrested at his Cave Creek home in ... More >>

PETA to Put on Sexy "Human Barbeque" at Phoenix Convention Center

A female PETA volunteer will strip to almost nothing but body paint and lie on a pretend barbecue grill on Thursday for a protest at the cattle industry's Phoenix convention. PETA seems to enjoy using human flesh to make their point -- the group just received a bunch of publicity ove ... More >>

PETA "Barbecues" Woman to Promote Veganism. Tasty Drumsticks!

Jonathan McNamara Covered in black and red paint, this "barbecued" woman was meant to remind meat-eaters that "all animals have the same parts." Right... The faux Q was PETA's protest of the Cattle Industry's Phoenix convention. Paul Layland's sold hot dogs on the streets of downtown Phoeni ... More >>

Suck It Up

Jonathan McNamara Covered in black and red paint, this "barbecued" woman was meant to remind meat-eaters that "all animals have the same parts." Right... The faux Q was PETA's protest of the Cattle Industry's Phoenix convention. Paul Layland's sold hot dogs on the streets of downtown Phoeni ... More >>

Ingrid Newkirk

Jonathan McNamara Covered in black and red paint, this "barbecued" woman was meant to remind meat-eaters that "all animals have the same parts." Right... The faux Q was PETA's protest of the Cattle Industry's Phoenix convention. Paul Layland's sold hot dogs on the streets of downtown Phoeni ... More >>

Nag, Nag, Nag

Jonathan McNamara Covered in black and red paint, this "barbecued" woman was meant to remind meat-eaters that "all animals have the same parts." Right... The faux Q was PETA's protest of the Cattle Industry's Phoenix convention. Paul Layland's sold hot dogs on the streets of downtown Phoeni ... More >>

Footballs to the Wall

Don't go breaking our hearts -- again

Gag Reflex

Fast-paced improv troupe channels . . . Neil Simon?

Ewe Rocked Me All Night Long

Uh, make that "brew"

Monkey Love

The blarney-lovin' buzzard's craw is full o' scuttlebutt from Covance's monkeyshines, trigger-happy Tasers, and Jello Biafra's Stinkweeds wig-out

Ted Alert

Fur the bears

Covance: Beagle March Organizer is Known Liar

Camilla Strongin, spokeswoman for Covance, took issue with our Tuesday post about a planned march of beagles this Sunday in protest of the medical testing company in Chandler: Maybe you should do a little research on Jan McClellan before providing her cause such ligitamcy. I have included a stor ... More >>

For Beta or Worse

Kids picket for the rights of fish-but not the ones on the menu

Naked Jungle

PETA's a no-show for a much-hyped cage match with Barnum & Bailey

Fifty-Five Dogs in Navajo County "Euthanized by Gunshot;" Official Says Incident "Horrible" but Humane

Euthanizing 55 dogs with guns on a rural Arizona property was the right decision for the circumstances, says the director of public health services for Navajo County. Dr. Wade Kartchner tells New Times this morning that the dogs, which were living in filth with their human masters on a rural proper ... More >>

PETA Offers Governor Brewer a Financial Solution; It Wants to Make the Capitol Building Look Like a Beautiful Salad

www.greendaily.com PETA Wants to turn the Arizona State Capitol into a billboard featuring its famous "Lettuce Ladies"​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent Arizona Governor Jan Brewer a letter today, offering to rent space on the outside walls of the state capitol building ... More >>

ASU Students Join PETA's Fight to End Classroom Experiments on Animals

www.demotivateus.com​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has a new ally in its fight to end certain types of experiments performed on animals in classes at Arizona State University: the students themselves.Well, not all the students, just the ones with the same general furcoat-h ... More >>

PETA Vilifies Ronald McDonald for Halloween

PETA's "Evil Ronald" mask is probably the easiest way to get your kids to never want McDonald's food ever again.​Anyone looking for a last-minute Halloween costume? Well, if you don't mind dressing as a rabid-looking, sadistic clown from hell, the folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of ... More >>

Stinging Lessons

UK electro-house duo hits the Rogue

Cur Couture

Doggie dress-up artist makes a rare public appearance

Hundreds of Lobsters "Murdered" at Tucson Event After PETA-Endorsed "Humane" Killing Method Falls Through

www.motivatedphotos.com​A new device developed by a British inventor that is supposedly kills lobsters "humanely" before they're cooked.But when PETA attempted to bring the device to Arizona last weekend for a lobster bake fundraiser for the Child and Family Resource Center in Tucson, things didn' ... More >>

Chester Bennington Strips for PETA

www.peta.org​We're used to screaming and hard rock from Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise singer Chester Bennington, but the tough, tatted guy shows off a softer side by advocating for animals in a new PETA campaign...and he's shirtless! The Phoenix native displays his massive collecti ... More >>

PETA Pleading With Arizona Authorities to Confiscate Two Giraffes That Used to Belong to Michael Jackson

www.theonion.com​Officials at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are pleading with authorities in Arizona to confiscate two giraffes that used belong to Michael Jackson but are now held at a wildlife preserve near Page. Lisa Wathne, the organization's "captive exotic-animal ... More >>

PETA Ad Featuring Porn Princess Sasha Grey Offends Majority of Viewers, Poll Claims

Hot or offensive, you be the judge​Our (ahem) good friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have a new ad campaign, and it's actually kinda funny: They are using a porn star to promote having pets spayed and neutered. It's a nice change of pace after listening to crusty ... More >>

Mike Tyson at Odds With PETA Over Pigeon-Racing Reality Show

www.upnextinsports.com Iron Mike​ Following the cues of countless other former celebs, boxer and Scottsdale resident Mike Tyson will be featured in his own reality show on Animal Planet, where he will participate in one of the most classic hood-rat games in existence: Pigeon racing. Since t ... More >>

PETA Public-Service Announcements to Run in Valley Movie Theatres -- Thanks, Dan Harkins

www.fugly.com​Thanks to an "unfortunate incident" involving Harkins Theatres owner Dan Harkins, his dog, his car, and this typical white-hot Valley summer, moviegoers at certain Harkins theaters must now sit through simplistic PETA public-service announcements b ... More >>

PETA Says "No One Should Need Papers." They're Talking About Dogs

​Leave it to PETA to turn a debate over the lives of millions of HUMAN BEINGS into a ploy to save a few dogs.PETA is running a billboard in Arizona -- playing off the state's controversial, new immigration law -- urging people to adopt "undocumented" dogs.The group contends that "dogs who are bred ... More >>

Jon Kyl Leading the Charge on Banning Animal "Crush" Videos

www.denbeath.com​If you've never heard of animal "crush" videos you're lucky. They're sick, cruel, and depraved. Yet people watch them -- legally."Crush" films are videos of people stepping on animals -- usually larger and arguably more pain-susceptible animals -- until they crush them to death.Ag ... More >>

Pet Offensive

Kitties and doggies are saved by the stage

Arizona State University Refuses to Allow PETA-Backed Student Group to Run Grotesque Video in Student Union -- and We Can't Really Blame 'Em

​The folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are in a huff because officials at Arizona State University refused to allow a student organization associated with the group to run a grotesque 20-second ad on televisions in the school's Memorial Union -- where many students eat.We can't ... More >>

Steven Seagal Resigned Rather Than Face IA Investigation, According to Sheriff Newell Normand

Samantha MurphySeagal avoided an IA investigation, according to JPSOAccording to beefy action film star Steven Seagal's former "boss," Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, Seagal is not "on loan" from Jefferson Parish, as Seagal asserted recently after a massive MCSO raid on a home in Laveen, wh ... More >>

PETA "Awards" Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons "Scummiest CEO of the Year" Honors Over Elephant "Snuff Film." Parsons Lashes Back

​Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons' elephant "snuff film" has earned him the first-ever "Scummiest CEO of the Year Award" from the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- an honor with which he's obviously not thrilled.PETA sent Parsons a letter in response to a video he made ... More >>

PETA Compares James Ray's Sweat Lodge Victims to Dogs Left in Hot Cars

PETA​As Oprah-approved "self-help" guru James Arthur Ray prepares for sentencing after getting convicted of negligent homicide for the deaths of three people at a sweat lodge ceremony, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are trying to capitalize on the publicity his case received -- by com ... More >>

PETA Not Pleased With State Capitol's Response to Rat Invasion

www.wildcarebayarea.com This is what's going on at the State Capitol -- and PETA's pissed. ​The Arizona Legislature's not in session, but the State Capitol is still swarming with rats. Not the usual elected rats, but actual rodents that are apparently "invading" the building.According to th ... More >>

PETA Bails on Ad Campaign Comparing James Ray Sweat Lodge Victims to Dogs in Hot Cars

Turns out, comparing people tragically killed by a "self-help" guru to dogs left in hot cars is a bad idea.​Turns out, comparing the victims of snake oil salesman James Ray's deadly sweat lodge to dogs left in hot cars has ruffled a few feathers.Imagine that.People for the Ethical Treatment of Ani ... More >>

Patrick Trejo, Music Teacher Who Used Craigslist to Solicit Sex With Dog, Sentenced to Probation

A case of puppy love has landed Patrick Trejo on probation. ​Patrick Trejo, 25, was a music teacher at Raul H. Castro Middle School in Phoenix. He also used Craigslist to try to solicit sex with a dog, which -- shocking as it may (not) seem -- is a crime.Trejo learned his fate in Maricopa Co ... More >>

By the Horns

A case of puppy love has landed Patrick Trejo on probation. ​Patrick Trejo, 25, was a music teacher at Raul H. Castro Middle School in Phoenix. He also used Craigslist to try to solicit sex with a dog, which -- shocking as it may (not) seem -- is a crime.Trejo learned his fate in Maricopa Co ... More >>

PETA'S Cutest Vegetarian Kids Contest Less Judgmental Than Its "Your Mommy Kills Animals" Comic Book (Not Really.)

​Hey kids! PETA, the radical animal rights organization responsible for the comic book targeted at young people entitled, "Your Mommy Kills Animals," is currently heading up its 2011 Cutest Vegetarian Kid Contest -- 'cause meat-eating kids are as hideous as their parents!!! PETA's contest hop ... More >>

State Representative Steve Farley Wants to Treat Animal Abusers Like Sex Offenders

​If state Representative Steve Farley has his way, people who abuse animals in Arizona would be treated like sex offenders.Farley recently introduced House Bill 2310, which would force anyone convicted of abusing an animal to register with the state and have their name put on a list similar to a s ... More >>