Archive for the ‘animal rights’ category

Mobile Dog Fighting…

September 26, 2009

dog fighting– -This picture is a mild example of dog fighting; most are bloody and sickening.–How are dog fighters adapting to increasing law enforcement against their despicable activities?–By going mobile, in a practice called “trunking”…

in “trunking,” large cars with spacious trunks are used to stage dog fights while loud music is played to muffle the sounds of the brutality.  The vehicle may actually be kept moving while the fighting transpires, then stop.  Whichever dog is still alive at that point is the winner, with the dead loser simply tossed to the side of the road.   As the entire operation is mobile, it’s difficult for law enforcement to target it and close in.

Animal control officers in Paterson, New Jersey are stepping up enforcement and warning the public about the practice, with arrests having occurred in other states.  The Humane Society is offering a $5,000 reward for information on anyone participating in trunking…

The Chicken Empathy Museum!

September 15, 2009

chicken– –PETA was talking about taking over a former prison in Virginia and turning it into a Chicken Empathy Museum. – – I swear that I am not making this up!  Visitors to the museum would be served faux chicken drumsticks and other vegetarian items, and among other things, could wear weighted backpacks to simulate how chickens feel when their upper body growth is unnaturally stimulated.

Presumably, Colonel Sanders and the Burger King would not be welcome at the Chicken Empathy Museum unless featured in a rogue’s gallery…Foghorn Leghorn’s day may have come!- –Be-bawk!

Pop Tarts…

September 13, 2009

Pam Anderson— Pamela Anderson has made a series of anti-fur, anti-leather spots for PETA. Only trouble is, they are a bit too…err, hot to be posted in New York City airports, or for that matter, aired on television.  In some, she is wearing less than in the posted image (not that there’s anything wrong with leafy vegetables)!

The rejection of these images comes as a bit of a surprise to Ms. Anderson, who as you can see, has little to hide.  True to her campaign, Ms. Anderson isn’t wearing any fur, either…nope, definitely no fur being worn here, furolks…our staff has gone over these pictures carefully, ahem!

…I just love tributes to vegetarianism, don’t you?–Well, Pam’s heart is in the right place…and so, I might add, is everything else…

Hide Your Dogs!

August 15, 2009

dog fighting– So reads the headline of a Philadelphia newspaper following news of the hiring of convicted dogfighter Michael Vick by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Most humane societies and animal rights organizations were not pleased that Vick had been hired by the Eagles, feeling that the crime was horrendous and that professional athletes should be positive role models.  Other individuals felt that Vick had paid his debt to society, and deserved to be given another chance.  A local television station in my area of Pennsylvania took a poll, finding that 51% of respondents felt that Vick should have been banned from playing by the NFL, with around 30% feeling that Vick had paid for his crime and should be given another chance.  The remainder of  the respondents didn’t care one way or another…

I have re-created the poll here to see how our readers might respond!


Bob Barker, Superstar!

August 2, 2009

Bob Barker– – You’re probably well aware that Bob Barker hosted The Price is Right game show for many years, and is a long time animal rights activist as well, having ended his shows with an admonition to “get your pets spayed or neutered.” The Robot Chicken show on Adult Swim did a cute bit with Barker going about following his retirement, and personally carrying out this mission, even using hedge clippers!  <shudders>

But did you know that Barker was part Native American, and grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota?  Well, Barker recently made a personal appeal to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to stop exhibiting bears in pit-like enclosures at three local zoos.  Barker called the bears’ conditions inhumane and asked that they be turned over to a sanctuary in California…