Animal Cruelty

Have You Seen PETA's Newest Animal Sex Ad to Recruit Vegans? (NSFW)

This isn't the first time PETA has gotten sexy to try to persuade people to give up meat or fur or whatever else they want to deprive people of. But its newest ad, created for a PETA Europe campaign, isn't even trying to be subtle with its graphic imagery of animals, ahem, getting it on. See also: ... More >>

PETA to Arizona's Alien-Believing Crowd: Animal Testing Is Practically Anal Probing

PETA, an organization that seems to have a never-ending supply of publicity stunts, has a new one for us -- its appeal to people in Arizona who believe in aliens.See also:-UFO Convention Brings Skeptics, Scientists (and a Few Loonies) to Arizona

Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal Off the Hook for Reality-Show Raid Lawsuit Brought by Man With Allegedly Dead Puppy

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and posse member/action-movie actor Steven Seagal are off the hook in a lawsuit that claimed the Sheriff's Office had raided his house just for getting publicity for Seagal's reality show.According to federal court paperwork, a judge dismissed the lawsuit after plaintiff Jesus Llo ... More >>

James Naylor Lands on Probation for Trying to Meet Up With "Hung K9" From Craigslist

James Naylor -- one of the men busted in recent months in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Craigslist bestiality stings -- was sentenced this morning to 18 months on probation.An MCSO detective found a post from Naylor on the website seeking some "hung tops," which also noted he was "willing to try [a] hung K9" ... More >>

PETA Sues California Restaurant For Violating Foie Gras Ban

PETA has announced plans to sue Hot's Kitchen for violating California's recently imposed ban on the production and sale of foie gras. The ban on foie gras has proven difficult to enforce as the wording has been called vague and local law enforcement seem reluctant to dive into duck liver policing. ... More >>

James Naylor Was Willing to Try a "Hung K9"; Of Course, Joe Arpaio's on the Case

See also: Two Men (One of Whom is a Teacher) Arrested Trying to Have Sex with Dogs See also: Craigslist Used To Find A Dog To "Fornicate" With WomanYet again, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says detectives found someone on Craigslist ready and willing to have sex with a dog.This time, it's 47- ... More >>

Couple Busted Trying to Find a Dog on Craigslist to "Fornicate" With Sentenced to Probation

See also: Joe Arpaio's Craigslist Bestiality Case Nets Three Guilty Pleas See also: Craigslist Used To Find A Dog To "Fornicate" With See also: Sarah Walker Claims to Be Victim of Sexual-Assault Suspect Lee Lubonne The married couple who pleaded guilty in June to perusing Craigslist to find a dog ... More >>

PETA Plans to Forward Tips in the Cat-in-Concrete Case to Marshal's Office (Which Is Accused of Slaughtering Every Dog in Town)

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentSee also: Someone Buried a Cat Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member's PropertyPETA's kind of in an awkward spot right now ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Craigslist Bestiality Case Nets Three Guilty Pleas

All three people accused of using Craigslist to find a dog to "fornicate" with have pleaded guilty.The charges stem from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest Craigslist bestiality case, in which a detective responded to a post on the website looking for a dog for sexual purposes, and the thre ... More >>

Pigeon Racing Apparently Is Happening in Arizona; Of Course, PETA's Pissed

People apparently are gambling on pigeon races in Arizona, and there's actually a group that cares about it. Of course, that group's called PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).PETA says it's just completed a "15-month undercover investigation" over five states, including Arizona, into ... More >>

Steven Seagal Somehow Helped Joe Arpaio's Boys Find a Bunch of Weed

​Actor Steven Seagal added another cameo to his list of appearances with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office last night, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio says Seagal somehow helped real deputies find a bunch of weed.Seagal's starring role in MCSO raids seems to be going down the toilet, as he's gone from r ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Says He Shouldn't Be the "Poster Boy" of Immigration Protests, Notes MCSO Just Picked Up 54 Suspected Illegal Immigrants

​For once, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he shouldn't be the center of attention.Six young people -- the oldest 23 years old -- were arrested by Phoenix police Tuesday during a protest at Trevor Browne High School, rallying against Arpaio's methods of immigration enforcement.To those six ... More >>

Pedro Reyes-Lopez, Cockfighting/Murder Suspect, Was Also an Elementary School Crossing Guard

​Pedro Reyes-Lopez, who was arrested by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office over the weekend for allegedly hosting a cockfighting party -- then rearrested on a first-degree murder charge Tuesday by Phoenix police -- may have also been known as your child's crossing guard.ABC15 got the scoop, but ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Most Recent Cockfighting Raid Complicates a Phoenix Murder Investigation

​On Saturday night, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office raided a Phoenix cockfight, arresting 40 people -- 17 of them alleged to be illegal immigrants.One of those alleged illegal immigrants, 43-year-old Pedro Reyes-Lopez, was identified as the owner of the house, which earned him a big mugshot i ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Cockfighting Raid Went a Little Better This Time: 40 Arrested, No Steven Seagal

​Two days after the news broke that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, actor Steven Seagal, and others were named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect, the sheriff's office tried that one again. ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal Sued Over Cockfighting Raid/Reality Show Fodder

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, action-movie star Steven Seagal, and others have been named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect.Attorney Robert Campos -- who filed the ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 "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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Cur Couture

Doggie dress-up artist makes a rare public appearance

Stinging Lessons

UK electro-house duo hits the Rogue

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 >>

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 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 Uses Story of Boy Who Killed Dad to Condemn Hunting

Suck It Up

Ingrid Newkirk

Nag, Nag, Nag

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

Ewe Rocked Me All Night Long

Uh, make that "brew"

BEST VEGGIE BURGER

Pita Jungle

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

Animal Fights

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

Frank Discussion

Second Helpings

Poison Penance

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