PETA WATCH

FLAMBOYANT American figure skater Johnny Weir, now best friends with Aussie media personality Eddy McGuire, says he has been unfairly targeted by militant pressure group PETA for wearing a pelt of white fox fur on his shoulder and leather skates.

But in defiance to the lobby Weir claims he won't be caving in to PETA's perpetual pontificating.

'I like fur and I like things that come from dead animals,' he said.

Weir believes he has been unfairly targeted by the lobby at the Vancouver Olympics because nearly all skaters are wearing leather skates.

In other FUR news, the Independent reports that the forthcoming New York Fashion Week will be awash with fur. Designers had better be on the watch for the inevitable red paint...

VULGAR vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has labeled Australia's peak wool growing body Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) a 'maggot in the sheep farmers' backside' in a full page advertisement in Fairfax media's Farm Weekly newspaper.

In a move that seems to be an attempt to drive a wedge between Aussie wool growers and AWI, the ad which is titled The Future of Australian Wool Is in Your Hands makes the claim that 'AWI has wasted farmers' time and money by clinging to crude and inhumane mutilations. It has become a maggot in the sheep farmers' backside.'

'It is up to Australian sheep farmers to save their arses and the sheep's by taking the initiative to end cruel mulesing mutilations themselves.'

But Australian Wool Growers Association chair Martin Oppenheimer said he was surprised at PETA's latest attack against AWI and believes it will fail. He said the industry was working more closely with most animal welfare groups than in the past and was taking the issue seriously.

Hollywood beauties Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kate Hudson must be reaching for the prozac after being labelled 'worst dressed celebrities' in PETA's latest publicity-seeking stunt.

Zeta-Jones and Hudson unashamedly wear fur, with Zeta-Jones being singled out by the lobby for her 'fetish for wearing anything that once moved'.

That reminds us of PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk's prior confession that in her twenties "...I was eating my way through the animal kingdom, and what I didn't eat I wore."

Well if it was once good for the goose...

(via Lucy)

* PETA has paid yet another porn identity to feature in one of its tiresome campaigns. Sasha Gray joins other illustrious sex identities such as Heidi Fleiss and Jenna Jameson who have been paid by the 'charity' to front its campaigns. This one continues the group's efforts to lecture pet-owners to de-sex their pets.

* A pig race being conducted for the Australian Liver Foundation in a Brisbane, Australia pub has come under fire from PETA who has predictably branded it 'barbaric'. The event is being overseen however by the responsible animal welfare group RSPCA and the pub spokesperson Damian McGuire has assured the pigs will be more than well looked after.

* Another organization has caved to PETA pressure because of a mistaken belief that the radical group really cares about animals. The Neumann University Alumni Association says it will stop distributing discounted tickets to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in response to PETA’s latest protest. The alumni association was offering discounted admission to the February 27 show in Philadelphia.

* Your team at PETA WATCH is lazing around in burger-friendly San Diego. This town ain't vegan friendly folks.

Extremist vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has claimed it is opening an office in Australia this year despite saying exactly the same thing last year.

Its current "office" runs from a suburban Adelaide home. It has other staff based in Manila.

The ABC network in Australia quotes PETA mouthpiece Jason Baker as saying the lobby will set up an office in Australia this year, but no details of its location and address have been supplied.

Baker says the lobby will 'pressure Australian industry and companies, but doesn't rule out targeting individual farmers'.

'When we write to a company, they know if they don't listen to PETA they're probably in for bigger troubles,' he claimed.

'That's why most companies do sit down with us and do talk to us.'

This site will keep you up to date on all PETA's tactics and tricks in Australia- if indeed the claim turns out to be true.

It seems the city of San Francisco isn't a huge fan of the violent vegan lobby People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

The team at PETA WATCH has spied some crabtastic seafood at the Fishermans Wharf precinct and despite the Californian recession hordes are tucking in to huge bowls of clam chowder and local fresh crabs with gusto.

The precinct also hosts an artisan baker who is famous for shaping its delicious sourdough into breads that look like crabs.

But when we got talking to the locals about PETA and its campaign to change the name "fish" to "sea kittens" the locals were broadly unimpressed.

"That won't catch on around here, no way", said a pragmatic fellow working at a store.

"What do I think of the idea? Its stupid. Who wouldn't think it was stupid? Fish are fish and crabs are crabs and that's that as far as I'm concerned."


"I love these crabs and I'm gonna be eating em' for as long as they're here", remarked a lady with her husband.

"PETA are nuts", said another worker through a laugh that suggested both disbelief and belief at the idea at the same time.

Looks like the locals will be enjoying their tasty bay-side offerings without guilt for a long time time yet!

And PETA Donors who payed for its campaign can see how effective it has actually been.