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Oprah: 'That Better Be Faux!'
Offbeat  (tags: oprah, fur cruelty, faux, oprah shows )

Simone
- 3 days ago - blog.peta.org
Here's one more reason why I heart Oprah. Yesterday, during her fall fashion style makeover show, a stylist mentioned that a furry vest worn in one woman's "after" look was faux. Oprah replied, "I was a PETA Woman of the Year so I hope that's faux!"
Sadie's Choices
Offbeat  (tags: cows, dairy cow, welfare, sanctuary, home, animals, farm animals, kindness, compassion )

Simone
- 3 days ago - all-creatures.org
Life for Sadie now is one of choices. Like where to graze or nap. Or what to do with herself at ten in the morning. Or whether she wants to hang out with the other cattle or lie in the compost pile on her own. When we take in male calves from the dairy
Lowe's Can No Longer Claim Traps Are Humane
Offbeat  (tags: animals, traps, Lowes, suffering, death, animal welfare )

Cher
- 20 days ago - blog.peta.org
Last year, PETA filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Motomco, the glue trap manufacturer that supplies Lowe's with its sticky death traps. Our complaint stated that Motomco was selling misleadingly labeled glue traps designed
Cosmetics Company Lush Is Attacked By Vandals After Launching Anti-Fox Hunting Campaign
Offbeat  (tags: lush, anti fox hunting, attacked, fox hunting supporters, stores wrecked )

Simone
- 20 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Their high-street shops have raised tens of thousands of pounds for activists intent on stamping out fox-hunting through 'direct action'. Now fox hunting supporters have retaliated against the Lush chain of soap stores with a wave of violence - by
PETA's New "Save The Whales" Billboard Takes Aim At Fat Women (NOT Satire)
Offbeat  (tags: PETA, whales, Vegetarians, blubber, obese, women, health, billboard, ad, campaign, lose, weight, diet, food, odd, unusual, off-beat )

Tom
- 83 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
PETA's new billboard campaign in Florida is raising eyebrows and ire among women and health groups. A drawing on billboards in Jacksonville depicts an obese woman with the phrase, "Save The Whales, Lose The Blubber: Go Vegetarian."
'Mutant' Crab Saved From the Pot
Offbeat  (tags: freddie, crab, rescued, saved, lobster, mutant, unusual, two right claws )

Simone
- 87 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A mutant crab, caught off the Dorset coast, has been saved from the cooking pot because it has two right claws. Freddie, thought to be 10 years old, was caught in a lobster pot off Durlston Head. But because of its distinctive features it was
Nora the Piano-Playing Cat Is Still Attracting Attention
Offbeat  (tags: nora, piano playing cat, awesome, interesting, performance )

Simone
- 87 days ago - examiner.com
A few days ago, I wrote about an Entertainment Weekly article on Nora, the piano-playing cat. The YouTube video has attracted over 20 million views since 2007. So I guess it's no surprise that USA Today writer Janice Lloyd presents her take on the
The Cat Who Helped Solve A Northland Murder
Offbeat  (tags: murder solved, dna, cat fur, found on victim, conviction, crime )

Simone
- 87 days ago - blogs.kansascity.com
Yesterday, a Clay County jury convicted Henry Lee Polk of killing a former employer, Stephen M. Nolte, who was trying to get a house ready for sale. One of the key pieces of evidence? Cat hair that was found on Nolte's person was tracked back to Polk's
Celebrity Chihuahua Heart-Kun Gets a Younger Brother Who Shares His Heart-Shaped Marking
Offbeat  (tags: chihuahuas, unusual markings, hearts, heart shaped, same markings, brothers, births )

Simone
- 88 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A few years back, a long-haired Chihuahua puppy became an international phenomenon due to a heart-shaped marking on his side. His owner and breeder, Emiko Sakurada of Odate in the Japanese prefecture of Akita, aptly named him Heart-kun, and his image
 
 
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