Animal Rights

How Undercover Animal-Rights Activists Are Winning the "Ag Gag" War

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

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 >>

Peoria Woman Facing Animal Cruelty Charge for Allowing Her Dog to Hobble on Bloody Stump for a Year

​Peoria police are filing animal cruelty charges against a Peoria woman who allowed her pit bull to walk around on a bloody stump for about a year without treating its injuries. Cops contacted Michelle Busse, 22, on January 7, after someone complained that she had not gotten medical treatment for ... More >>

Andre Update: New Reward Offered For Info On Puppy Torturer

Andre​If you have any information about who's responsible for gouging out the eyes of a miniature pinscher and using him for BB-gun target practice a few weeks ago, call the cops -- in addition to helping to get a puppy torturer/potential future serial killer off the streets, the reward for inform ... More >>

Andre Update: Phoenix P.D. Investigating Dog Who Had His Eyes Gouged

Dr. Deborah WilsonAndre​Yesterday, we told you about Andre, a miniature pinscher who had his eyes gouged out, likely by the same savage who used him as BB-gun target practice.In reporting the story, we were stunned to learn that no law enforcement agency was investigating Andre's abuse. That, howe ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Animal Cops Rescue 171 Animals Living With Family of Four in Feces-Covered Trailer

"Save me!"​Animal Care and Control officials in Pinal County removed 152 cats and 19 dogs from a trailer in Southern Arizona. The animal rescuers reported that the trailer in Hidden Valley, a community south of Maricopa, had no litter boxes, no running water, and layers of feces covering the ... More >>

Dog Beat Dog: To Pull Off the Biggest Pit Bull Fighting Bust in U.S. History, Investigators and Their Dogs Went Undercover

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 >>

The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights

The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights

This week's feature story, "Down on the Farm," chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over "factory-farmed" food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the mi ... 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 >>

Maricopa County's Chihuahua Infestation Has Been Contained; Shelters Out of Adoptable Chihuahuas

​The infestation of chihuahuas at animal shelters across Maricopa County has been contained.Shelter officials say that because of an "overwhelming response and generosity of the community" all of the adoptable chihuahuas have been scooped up -- and just in time for the holidays.

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 >>

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 >>

Farm Aid

Activist preaches compassion at Green, Changing Hands

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 >>

PETA Uses Story of Boy Who Killed Dad to Condemn Hunting

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

Ingrid Newkirk

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

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 25, 2006

The Veal Deal

Farm animal activist Kari Nienstedt just says no to beating up barnyard pals

Ruffing It

Barktoberfest benefit celebrates four-legged friends

The Big Stink

Fur is flying over whether one of the most popular animal charities in town has gone to the dogs

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

License to Quill

Tinkerbell's death prompts a federal inquiry at the Phoenix Zoo

Letters

From the week of December 6–12, 2001

Hamburger Helper

Rescuers battle 'killer buyers' to save unwanted horses

Pet Peeves

Public pressure gives the campaign for no-kill animal shelters a new lease on life

Letters

From the week of January 18, 2001

Animal Fights

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

Screwing the Pooch

Dr. Michael Berens has been vilified by animal rights activists for drilling holes in beagle puppies. Is he on the path to curing brain cancer?

Animal House

County officials dog Arizona Humane Society

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

Frank Discussion

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

Dog Dead Afternoon

SPCA official has retriever put to death before owner knows what's pup

Who Pooped on the Scoop?

A debate rages over a new corporate-sponsored animal-adoption program. As usual, the Arizona Republic prefers to be muzzled.

A Pack of Trouble

With the Humane Society refusing to accept healthy stray dogs, the county pound is expected to overflow