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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page 1 of 10 11/2/2009 DOLLAR GENERAL AGREES TO STOP SELLING STICK GLUE TRAPS Dollar General stores will stop stocking sticky glue traps in the coming months. A news release from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the group urged the Goodlettsville-based discount retailer to stop selling the traps, which it considers to be cruel.>more Associated Press 10/23/2009 PETA CHIMES IN ON JUNIOR'S MOUSECAKE Following the Junior's mousecake incident, PETA has sent an urgent open letter to owner Alan Rosen, asking that he only use humane, non-lethal rodent control.>more Gothamist 9/17/2009 A SKYSCRAPER FOR THE BIRDS: AQUA GETS AN AWARD FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is giving Jeanne Gang and her firm, Studio Gang Architects, an award for the bird-friendly design of Aqua. The group says that birds are less likely to kill themselves flying into Aqua's windows because of the skyscraper undulating curves and because its exterior glass is etched with marks that birds will be able to see.>more Chicago Tribune, "Cityscapes" 9/17/2009 PETA PROTEST IN TOPEKA - ALTERNATIVES TO GLUE TRAPS! PETA is on the corner of Lowe's and 17th St. right now protesting the use of glue traps for mice, which are sold by Lowes. A PETA worker in a cute mouse costume, a bikini girl on a large replica of a glue trap - ala glue, and a dedicated PETA spokesperson are handing out leaflets to raise awareness of why we should consider using humane alternatives to glue traps for mice.>more Topeka Capital-Journal 9/10/2009 PETA URGES HALT TO PLAN TO KILL DEER People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter Friday urging a Leesburg community to stop plans to bowhunt deer as a way to control the animals' growing population.>more Washington Post 9/2/2009 WCHL-AM The Governors Club’s Property Owners Association is under fire with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA for short.>more PETA PUTS GOVERNORS CLUB IN DOGHOUSE 8/25/2009 PETA: SAVE TINY FROGS FROM HORRORS OF GIFT-SHOP PETA is on the warpath again, targeting Brookstone for selling $40 “Frog-o-Spheres” containing tiny African frogs “like cheap toys” without a pet shop license or regard for the animals’ welfare or public health.>more The Trentonian 8/4/2009 MODEST MOUSE RELEASES 'KING RAT' VIDEO, DIRECTED BY HEATH LEDGER PETA posthumously awarded Ledger the Compassionate Artist Award for his video. "Heath's moving video will open many eyes to whaling's bloody reality," said Lisa Lange, PETA vice president, in a release. "His work will surely live on as a reminder of the suffering that people inflict on so many whales and other sea animals.">more Seattle Times 7/30/2009 KILL PYTHONS HUMANELY, HUNTERS URGED Bludgeoning isn't enough. Neither is beheading. Pythons deserve both, insists People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.>more Miami Herald 5/29/2009 PETA ACTS OUT CONCERNS OVER GLUE TRAPS Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demonstrated against a pest control device in Ballantyne on Friday.>more News 14 Carolina  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next