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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page 1 of 21 9/21/2009 MO. HOSPITAL ABANDONS USE OF CATS AFTER PROTEST ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - A northwest Missouri hospital is switching to high-tech mannequins for medical training classes after an animal rights group protested its use of live cats.>more Associated Press 8/17/2009 SHOP CRUELTY-FREE WITH THE BE KIND TO BUNNIES APP! Imagine this: You're at the drugstore, trying to pick out a new shampoo. You think you've found the perfect one, but you want to know if buying this product supports a company that tests on animals? All you have to do is grab your iPhone or iPod Touch and look for the answer on the Be Kind to Bunnies app created by PETA! The app is constantly updated, to give you the latest and most current info. This smart buy goes even further, because 15% of every $1.99 download of Be Kind to Bunnies goes to support PETA's campaign against cruelty towards animals. Download it here to show some love for your furry friend by shopping cruelty-free!>more Seventeen 8/13/2009 BE NICE TO BUNNIES Attention iPhone users, animal lovers, and home shoppers: PETA has created a digital version of its Cruelty-Free Shopping Guide for the iPhone and iPod touch. With the “Be Nice to Bunnies” application, you can find out which brands and manufacturers perform product testing on animals and which ones do no, so you can make informed, cruelty-free shopping decisions on the go. For only $1.99, you can search an up-to-date database of everything from building materials to household cleaners to cosmetics. Pretty cool, right? Plus, 15 percent of your purchase goes to further PETA’s work on protecting animals.>more Better Homes and Gardens blog 8/12/2009 PETA TAKES TO THE STREETS People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) took to downtown streets today to distribute "cruelty-free shopping guides." The pocket-sized pamphlets list more than 950 companies that have completed a statement of assurance saying they don't do product testing on animals.>more City Beat 8/12/2009 ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PLAN PENDLETON PROTEST OVER LIVE PIGS Animal-rights activists plan to protest today against Camp Pendleton's use of live pigs in medical training for troops that they argue is antiquated and cruel but officials call life-saving.>more The Orange County Register 8/12/2009 PROTESTERS AT CAMP PENDLETON DECRY USE OF PIGS IN TRAUMA TRAINING Two dozen animal rights activists -- accompanied by four dogs -- demonstrated outside Camp Pendleton today to protest the use of pigs in "live tissue" training for Marines and sailors learning how to treat battlefield casualties. Organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the protesters called on the Marine Corps to use dummies, computerized simulations and other training methods rather than the pigs. >more Los Angeles Times 8/3/2009 FHM FAVORITE LAYLA KAYLEIGH FEATURED IN SEXY PETA ADVERT Layla Kayleigh, sexy cohost of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, has stripped bare to promote PETA's call for an end to scientific testing on animals. Which is, in our opinion, a noble cause (unlike this one). In an exclusive PETA interview (exclusive, we assume, since the advert is for the same company!), Kayleigh says, ''I just feel like with animal testing, it's such an unnecessary thing.'' And there's no doubt you'll catch the activist buzz when you see what Kayleigh's done with only some skimpy lingerie, bunny ears and a tail.>more FHM 7/14/2009 HARRELSON CRITICIZES USE OF CATS BY TECH CENTER Actor and animal rights activist Woody Harrelson is criticizing use of cats for medical training at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Harrelson, who's a native of Midland, wrote that cats have been purchased from an animal shelter for what he calls "cruel medical training exercises.">more Associated Press 6/22/2009 SHOULD SCHOOLS CUT ANIMAL DISSECTIONS? The sight of a dissected frog is a familiar one to generations of high-schoolers who donned gloves and grimaced their way through biology class by scrutinizing the inner workings of an amphibian. But for many of today's classroom scientists, it goes beyond slicing open frogs and insects. Some classrooms are carving up dead fetal pigs, sharks, rats and cats. >more The Miami Herald 6/17/2009 JUDGE SAYS ACCUSED MIAMI-DADE CAT KILLER CAN BE RELEASED A Miami-Dade circuit judge ruled today that a teenager accused of killing of more than a dozen cats does not pose a danger to himself or the community and can be released from jail on bond.>more Sun Sentinel  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next