PETA WATCH

As Australia's outback continues to be ravaged by an explosion in the feral camel population, animal rights lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has weighed into the control debate claiming the looming necessary cull is 'inexcusable'.

Camels were introduced into Australia in the 1840's and there are now over a million feral camels at large.

The animals kill native flora and fauna and in their quest for water damage remote community supplies and underground sewers.

The small town of Docker River, which will be carrying out a cull to stop the damage shortly, has seen camels butting water tanks, approaching houses and knocking down fences at the local airport runway. Carcasses of camels killed in stampedes at water holes have contaminated the town's water supply.

'This is a very critical situation...it's very unusual and it needs urgent action," said chief executive of Macdonnell Shire council, Graham Taylor.

But the move has drawn bizarre criticism from the militant pressure group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

A spokeswoman for the group told the Guardian newspaper that the 'trigger-happy response from Australian authorities [was] inexcusable", and stressed alternative measures were available.

"There are humane solutions to every problem, and authorities just need to be compassionate enough to employ them," she claimed.

"There's no question that shooting thousands of wild animals is going to lead to terror and massive suffering. It's human action which has led to this problem because people introduced camels to this environment – it's not the camels' fault and they shouldn't pay a fatal price for human failures."

This site waits with great anticipation for PETA to announce the alleged 'humane alternatives' to the problem alongside seeing a portion of its US$30 million annual budget to assist in implementing them.

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Pictured here is PETA member Dani Lugosi successfully converting Sydney construction blokes to veganism.

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A member of radical animals rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wandered virtually nude down Sydney's Pitt Street Mall yesterday promoting tattooing as an alternative to fur.

PETA member Dani Lugosi hovered in Pitt Street Mall clad in nothing but 'skin-coloured undies, two bits of tape, a bunch of tattoos and a sign declaring, "Ink not mink".

The vegan was subjected to overcast and drizzly Sydney weather.

Her audience included smirking cops, construction workers, suits and shoppers.

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Premier US television network NBC has rejected a PETA commercial which seeks to guilt-trip families for eating the delicious thanksgiving staple of roast turkey.

The ad depicts a family sitting down during thanksgiving with a young girl praying before the meal thanking the turkey farms inter alia for 'burning their feathers off while they are still alive and for when turkeys get kicked around like a football'.

The commercial was banned from the network after a NBC representative declared that the commercial does not meet NBC Universal standards.

NBC is just another in a long list of businesses who refuse to accept cash from the militant and porn-promoting pressure group.

(Via AB)

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Animal rights outfit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has announced to the world: 'We saved two animals'.

In the latest newsletter to its worldwide membership of 'more than two million members' the lobby has gloated it saved two animals: Magpie the Dog and Sherlock the pig.

Let's just not mention the fate of some 20,000 other animals previously in PETA's 'care' who weren't quite so lucky.

(Via Sarah)

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Hysterical vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has hit out at the producers of iconic kids show Sesame Street for agreeing to a sponsorship deal with the American Egg Board.

Believing eggs to be harmful, the animal rights group has sent 'extensive evidence' to the programs producers claiming the humble household staple damages health.

'Sesame Street is misleading children and parents into believing that eggs are a wholesome food, when the truth is that eggs are linked to multiple serious health problems and that the egg industry horribly abuses animals,' states information at PETA's website.

The Egg board counters that high-protein foods like eggs are a good source of energy and nutrition, and points to the benefits of breakfast for memory, improved grades and test scores.

Sesame vice president of corporate communications Ellen Lewis has declined to act on PETA's latest outburst.

'For over 40 years, Sesame Workshop has always put the health and educational needs of children and their families first,' she said.

(Via AB)

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Animals rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) intends to sue the California Milk Advisory Board over its award winning 'Happy Cows' dairy campaign.

The campaign has been successfully running for two years as a series of commercials that feature animated cows discussing the pleasures of life in the pastures of California.

The ad slogan is: 'Great cheese comes from happy cows. Happy cows come from California.'

The state is the second largest cheese producer in the US.

PETA's suit is expected to claim that California dairy cows live on muddy, feces- and urine-soaked lots devoid of any vegetation, not on grassy hillsides as depicted in the ads.

The suit doesn't seek a ruling on whether California cows are truly happy, but rather whether the depiction of the dairy cows' living conditions is unlawfully deceptive.

University of California Professor Jim Reynolds concedes the ads do portray an idealized view of the life of a dairy cow, but consumers know the difference between reality and fantasy.

'I know when I buy a beer in a bar, I don't get two women in bikinis standing next to me,' Reynolds said.

PETA has filed a similar frivolous complaint with the Federal Trade Commission in the past but it was found to 'lack merit'.

New Zealand connection

In related news the CMAB says the latest round of commercials will be shot in New Zealand rather than California to keep production costs down.

The board says however that all the cows that are identified as Californian in the ads will be actual Californian cows. Post production work which accounts for around 80% of the job will remain in California.

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Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has taken aim at vegans in her soon-to-be-released memoir by stating she wouldn't be swayed into adopting their finicky lifestyle.

'If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come he made them out of meat?,' she has written.

'I love meat. I eat pork chops, thick bacon burgers, and the seared fatty edges of a medium-well-done steak. But I especially love moose and caribou.

I always remind people from outside our state that there's plenty of room for all Alaska's animals -- right next to the mashed potatoes.'

No response yet from the raucous vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

UPDATE: PETA responds! (Thanks to Devon in comments)

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Cute kitty.

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US actress and PETA celebrity spokeswoman Dominique Swain was spotted dumping a box of eight-week-old, half cocker spaniel puppies at a Malibu animal shelter over the weekend.

“She was really strung out and just wanted to dump the puppies there, they had never even been to a vet,” an eyewitness told Fox news. “She was told that it was crucial that they had their shots at four and eight weeks, and they had to be kept away from the other shelter dogs.”

According to the witness, the shelter volunteers asked if Swain could make a donation so the required vaccinations could be performed, otherwise the volunteers at the non profit shelter would have to pay for them.

“She said she had no money, despite [driving in] in her BMW,” the eyewitness said. “She was really rude. Eventually she said she would make a small donation, but just left the pups there and drove off.”

Swain had previously promoted the hypocritical animal rights group and its 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur campaign'.

"Cruelty to animals is wrong," Swain had said at the time. "If all I have to do is stand in front of a blackboard naked to make people think about the cruelty that animals go through to make a fur coat, I'm perfectly willing. I'm baring my skin to save animals' skins!”

PETA was quick to disown the actress but appeared reluctant to talk about its habitual use of celebrities whose philosophies aren't entirely in-line with its own.

"We’ve not worked with Dominique in years," said a PETA spokesperson.

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Tacky vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is attempting to forge a connection with the coastal NSW town of Byron Bay by urging its Mayor to introduce a 'vegetarian day' once per week.

The group wrote a letter last week to Byron Mayor Jan Barham urging her to proclaim one day a week as a vegetarian day to 'help fight climate change by changing people's diets.'

'Byron Bay has a golden opportunity to lead the charge for a greener Australia', claimed a PETA employee.

'The best thing that any of us can do to protect our health, animals and the Earth is to go vegetarian.'

Byron Bay is a popular surfing haven that lies near Australia's most easterly point. It is renowned for its beauty and cosmopolitanism.

Comment is being sought from the Major.

UPDATE: Ms. Barnham has told this site local government has no power to institute PETA's proposal.

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After much debate by our small (but fiesty and not entirely argument-adverse) team, the winning entry of our 'Name the E' competition is:

Entoprocta - by Devon Mcdonald

word definition: A group of bryozoans, sometimes considered to be a subphylum, having a pseudocoelomate visceral cavity and the anus opening inside the circlet of tentacles.


Runners up

Ebola - by Brian
Emeo - by Captain Cook
Ewwww - by Anonymous
E Coli - Shannon

Thanks folks for all the funny entries!

In keeping with the shroud of mystery that appears to cloak the true word, this site will be awarding a very cool (but secret) electronic gadget to the winner Devon. So Devon, contact us via email with your details and we will post out your prize.

Runners-up please contact us also: you will receive some PETA WATCH merchandise!

administration@petawatch.com

Thanks for participating in our first PETA Watch competition! More to come in future.

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Fat-shaming vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of animals (PETA) wants to erect another trashy billboard in Hagerstown, Maryland that ridicules overweight and unattractive men.

The move follows an infantile survey conducted by website totalbeauty.com that claims that the men of Hagerstown, Maryland are the second ugliest in the US.

PETA's proposed billboard depicts an 'unattractive, overweight man' with the vulgar strap line:

'The 400 pound virgin: Lose weight, look great, get laid, go vegan'.

'The billboard aims to let Hagerstown males know that the best thing they can do for their appearance and their sex life--not to mention for animals--is to avoid meat,' the lobby says.

We've heard it all before.

The lobby's co-founder Ingrid Newkirk was forced to apologize earlier this year after erecting an array of billboards that compared women to whales and fat-shamed men.

The apology was disingenuous and the same tactics continue unabated.

Read more about PETA's fat-shaming techniques here and here.

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Virginian resident Lydia Netzer has told the Washington Post she has killed her cat after fearing the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) would take him instead.

Lydia Netzer, who unfortunately lives next door to PETA's Norfolk head office office, says she put 'Hoity' the cat down, after months of lectures from her neighbors about letting him outside.

In the end she feared PETA would take him.

“Every time a new intern moved in, they would come over and say they needed to talk to me about the dangers of cats living outside," said Ms Netzer.

"I would have this parade of pierced, tattooed vegans at my door.”

However Netzer says that her cat would go insane when she tried to keep him indoors but the lobby wouldn't listen.

Better she did it we suppose than PETA.

UPDATE: Competition winner will be announced on Monday November 9!

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US Basketball star Manu Ginobili swatted a hovering bat on court in San Antonio last week prompting violent vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) into an hysterical rage.

The incident occoured in a game against Sacramento with the bat delaying the game once in the first quarter.

When it swooped again later in the match Ginobili batted the bat from its flight pattern with his left hand and then picked up the animal and handed it to an arena worker.

He said afterward the bat was still moving when he scooped it up. “I just stunned him,” Ginobili said.

Despite not being present at the match and reports from players to the contrary the lobby has hysterically claimed that the bat was killed:

'To bludgeon a 4-ounce animal to death, it takes either a small man or a totally unthinking one—with no respect or consideration for lives humbler than his own. This is a time when athletes in particular need to be on their best behavior around any animal and show that they have brains and a heart, not just reactionary brawn.'

But NBA website Hoops World believes it is PETA who needs to show it has brains:

'PETA is the worst. They are worse than the radical right and left combined. We may go out and buy a really nice and expensive fur coat tonight just to spite them. Even if we can’t afford it.'

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News that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are recruiting for a new Aussie 'Celebrity marketing and media coordinator' has unearthed a curious question in the job application form that asks if the potential candidate agrees with the lobby's killing policy.

See the application form here.

The question reads:

8. Please review the argument regarding euthanasia and explain whether you agree or disagree with it. Please include the reasons why you agree or disagree.

The 'argument' presented is a lengthy essay on why PETA deems itself entitled to kill any animal it takes in, while ignoring the arguments for why it shouldn't or the hypocrisy inherent in lecturing others not to slaughter while it itself does.

Working at the organisation in 1991 former PETA intern Dave Shishkoff said:

"The vast majority of the animals Peta kills are far from terminal or suffering from incurable conditions. Peta claims to have a $30 million annual budget, yet cannot find home for about 2,000 cats and dogs each year. Not with $30 million dollars, or millions of members and huge lists of email addresses. Literally an armful of cats and dogs somehow survive Peta's 'rescues' each year."

Think you would get the job if you disagreed with PETA's position?

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A new mcjob has become available for the Australian limb of radical vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the form of a 'Celebrity Marketing and Media Coordinator'.

The job will be based in either the lobby's spacious Sydney office or attractive Manila.

Crucial animal-welfare responsibilities include:

- Staying informed about celebrity and internet celebrity news and gossip

- Approaching celebrities and/or their management to garner support for PETA Australia's campaigns

- Coordinating marketing efforts at the launch of each celebrity campaign

- Develop and make recommendations for new pitch ideas and ways to increase media coverage of PETA Australia's campaigns, using independent judgment and discretion

So watch out Aussie C-list celebs. Your 'services' will be required soon, sans wardrobe, to help kill off Australian industries and subvert the Aussie lifestyle.

As for the successful applicant, we hope you enjoy your new fun role:

Sue Perna of Chesapeake went to work for PETA as a receptionist soon after the organization moved to Norfolk from suburban Washington in 1996. She says she found a high level of turnover and job anxiety. ``The tension was so thick you could feel it,'' Perna says. ``Everyone was so scared for their jobs at one point, we began to call the office telephone list Schindler's List.''

Firings came frequently and without warning, she says. ``It was done so capriciously and with such seeming zeal by Ingrid,'' she says. ``She seems to take joy in extinguishing people's careers.'' It's ironic, Perna says: A woman who has dedicated her life to fighting animal abuse is herself ``an abuser of the human animal.''

Read more about working for PETA here.

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