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30 Nov 2011, 3:30 am
Pinker, just as a matter of respect for a movement that is on all fours (so to speak) with global progress toward non-violence, would examine animal rights and veganism with  precision and openness rather than assuming that the publicity stunts of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) represent what animal rights has to offer. [read post]
4 Sep 2010, 9:03 pm by Gary L. Francione
“Absolute purists should be living in a cave,” says Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). [read post]
23 May 2022, 4:00 am by Sherry F. Colb
But just as Black men are not here on this Earth to provide for medical edification, women (and trans men and nonbinary people) are not baby making machines, to be used at will by those who like to pretend that a fertilized egg has anything in common with an actual baby.We continue to perform cruel and pointless experiments on our nonhuman animal cousins, as Aysha Akhtar persuasively explains. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 7:34 am
After all, if People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gives an award to Whole Foods as Best Animal-Friendly Retailer, claiming that “Whole Foods has consistently done more for animal welfare than any retailer in the industry, requiring that its producers adhere to strict standards,” it sends a very clear message that eating the corpses and other animal products sold by Whole Foods is a morally acceptable, even if… [read post]
7 Aug 2017, 3:15 pm
It also refused ads from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) urging people not to eat meat and another one from Carafem, a non-profit that provides abortion care and family planning services. [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 3:47 am by Ben
In a slightly more surreal intervention, the Chepstow based photographer now says that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - the animal rights organisation) is representing the wrong monkey in court with Slater saying “They definitely have the wrong monkey, and I can guarantee that. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
*HFAC is, according to its website, a "national non-profit 501(c)3 organization created to improve the lives of farm animals by setting rigorous standards, conducting annual inspections, and certifying their humane treatment. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 4:20 am by Gary L. Francione
In fact, I have explicitly asked People for the Ethical Treatment a dozen times on Twitter whether PETA considers Animal Compassionate products to be “humanely” produced and PETA has refused to answer. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Four years ago when the organization long equated with the vegan lifestyle said it would give $1 million to any scientist who could make chicken in a laboratory, there were some willing to bet no one would meet the group's challenge.Now with that deadline fast approaching, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) may indeed have to pay the reward. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 7:12 am by Steve Bainbridge
And the radical animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals buys stock at many firms for the sole purpose of introducing shareholder resolutions to stop animal research. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 9:04 am by David
  PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) seems to think so also. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 9:18 am
 Merpel, who has no intention of being eaten, notes the dnagers of backronyms, citing the US litigation over the parodic transposition of the acronym PETA from "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" to "People Eating Tasty Animals", here. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 3:35 am
Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has taken legal action in the United States on the monkey’s behalf (apparently named Naruto), claiming that the animal owns the copyright in the successful photographs and should therefore reap the benefits financially. [read post]
16 Jun 2023, 6:52 am by Minsoo Kwon
By Minsoo Kwon The legalization of cannabis has raised ethical, regulatory, and scientific questions. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 10:00 pm
Though the human society of Androids has ostensibly embraced an ethic of ahimsa – or nonviolence – toward animals, it continues to practice pet ownership. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 7:00 am
I worry that consumers who care about the treatment of the hens who lay their eggs, but who lead busy lives and don't have the time to become fully informed, will now conclude that the hens are well-treated, and so people who otherwise would have reduced their consumption of eggs and other animal products, will not do so now. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 10:19 am by michelleland
The film, not surprisingly, got a seal of approval from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which also gave an award to the director, Rupert Wyatt, for insisting that no real apes be used during filming (something possible thanks to the geniuses assembled by Peter Jackson in New Zealand. [read post]