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PETA Germany's position is that he should be castrated so he doesn't mate with his cousin Giovanna. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. He was raised by a trainer. Check out a couple of the pictures in this story.
Obama swats a fly, and the next thing you know, we hear of PETA is accused of "condemning" Obama. It's the media who are making a big deal about the fly swat—not PETA. There is even a chapter in PETA President Ingrid E. Tags: PETA. From what I understand, the media contacted them (how often does that happen?).
PETA has decided to replace the billboard in Florida that compares overweight women to whales. Tags: PETA. They said they never meant to offend anyone.
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She's living with her brother now and falling into debt, but she is dedicated to working with PETA and other organizations to try to ban primates in experiments. Tags: animal experimentation animal research primates PETA NASA.
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This one involves PETA and Saginaw Valley State University. Tags: PETA Saginaw Valley State University. It's a flurry of activity out there in the animal research fight!
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And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time. Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. But it's worth noting that someone out there took some action on this gruesome story. They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention.
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PETA knows how to get attention. Tags: vegan PETA vegetarian. Their Super Bowl ad was rejected by NBC, but now everyone's talking about it. Even "The View.".
NBC rejected PETA's Super Bowl ad because it was too sexual. Tags: vegan PETA vegetarian. You have just got to see it and judge for yourself. It's quite memorable.
The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Tags: university research animal research undercover investigation PETA. I say "good for her!"
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An undercover PETA investigator shot hours of footage of alleged mistreatment of animals. Tags: universities animal research utah undercover investigation PETA. A University representative denied any mistreatment: "None of the things she alleges are substantive," said Tom Parks, the U.'s s vice president for research.
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