Animal Cruelty

Nanci Alexander of Sublime Would Vote Foie Gras Off the Island

Quick! Name all the restaurants you can that donate all their profits to non-profit organizations? Sublime does just that. Sublime's owner, Nanci Alexander, is number five on our Tastemaker countdown. She founded the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF). The creation of Sublime is an ext ... More >>

PETA Wants You To Have Hot Vegan Sex (Like Animals Do)

Ahh...PETA. No matter what you think of them, they always find a way to drive their point home -- whether it's to not wear fur, stop factory farming, spay your pet, or go vegan. This time, PETA's enlisted the help of British ad agency, Fallon U.K. to show us that "vegans have a bigger sexual appeti ... More >>

Roy L. Boston: Dead and Abused Puppies in Belle Glade; Repeat Animal Abuser Charged

If the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has it right, Roy L. Boston is no friend to animals. Not only was the 44-year-old Belle Glades man rung up last year on animal cruelty charges but he's been at it again. Last week, law enforcement hit Boston with another round of violations. Unfortunately, t ... More >>

PETA's Sexiest Vegan Next Door: Meatless Hotties Wanted

We consistently have to give PETA credit for its brilliant marketing strategies. To make their point, they'll use any trick in the advertising playbook -- including sex, sex, and more sex.Take, for example, their Sexiest Vegan Next Door contest, which seeks out the hottest vegan with the best bod. A ... More >>

PETA Demands that Great Burmese Python Challenge Not Allow the Decapitating of Snakes

More than 400 people have decided to step up and take on Florida's 2013 Python Challenge, where they'll be competing for $1,000 to snuff out evasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades this weekend. No hunting license, or snake-killing experience is required. Only your dedication to hitting the swamp ... More >>

Feds Cite Planck Institute Over Animal Welfare. Activists Demand CEO's Head

The Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience, in Northern Palm Beach, has hundreds of animals in its care, though "care" may not be quite the word. In the last fiscal year, according to USDA documents, 280 of those animals had their nervous systems experimented on. The animals did not choose to be ther ... More >>

PETA Wants the Feds to Investigate SeaWorld Dolphin Bite Incident

It was only a matter of time before PETA got involved with SeaWorld Dolphin Bites Little Girl Gate. Eight-year-old Jillian Thomas was bitten in the hand by a dolphin she was feeding at the theme park over the weekend. The attack left several dime-shaped punctures in her hand. See also: - Dolphin ... More >>

PETA Ad That Compares Animal Slaughter to the Holocaust Is Banned in Germany

It is no secret. We have major issues with our food system: pesticides we eat, pollution from fertilizers, genetically-modified food, trans-fats, you name it. One such issue, animal cruelty, is often taken up by animal rights groups through ad campaigns -- many of them shocking and grotesque. A seri ... More >>

Joan Jett Unveils New Peta Ad Campaign at Sublime (Photos)

We all know that Joan Jett loves rock n' roll. But she also loves animals and the environment. Jett, a vegetarian for about 20 years, unveiled her new PETA add Sunday afternoon as part of a campaign to spread awareness of vegetarianism. The unveiling took place at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale and ... More >>

Bettencourt Dairies: Burger King Supplier Exposed Abusing Cows (Grueling Video)

Over the past few years, consumers have become increasingly aware of the abuse that takes place in the industrial food system. Public outrage has reached a fever-pitch. Due to consumer demand, many corporations and state governments (including Florida) have even begun banning gestation crates--those ... More >>

Confessions of a Meat-Eating Vegetarian

I recently accepted an offer to judge a burger competition, as I do from time to time.  Recently, our food critic Melissa McCart asked me a question about the deep, dark secret I usually keep from Clean Plate Charlie readers, "you're a vegetarian. How are you going to judge burgers?"Allow me to ... More >>

Model/Real Housewife of Miami Joanna Krupa Unveils PETA Campaign at Sublime

Joanna Krupa -- Playboy model, Dancing With the Stars alum, and the newest cast addition to the hit Bravo reality series Real Housewives of Miami -- was at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale recently to celebrate the unveiling of her new PETA ad, which reminds us to adopt our furry companions.Krupa, who was ... More >>

PETA Coffee: A Cruelty-Free Wake-Up Call

​People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is now in the coffee trade, selling organic coffee from Central America that's pesticide and beast of burden free.  The animal rights organization has even set up its own website for the politically-correct java. PetaCoffee.com sells three differen ... More >>

PETA Sends "Compassionate Legislator Awards" to Margate Commissioners

​Now there's something for Margate commissioners to hang on the fridge -- an award from PETA.For the commission's unanimous vote to ban bull hooks, electric prods, and other devices that can be used to harm animals, PETA announced today that it's sending the commissioners "Compassionate Legislator ... More >>

Danny Pham Allegedly Got a Cock in the Mail, Which the Cops Say Is a Probation Violation

​Danny Pham's probation terms forbid him from possessing animals. That's the short explanation of how to get arrested for picking up a rooster from the post office.According to an arrest report from the Boynton Beach Police Department, an animal-control officer got word that Pham, 36, was at the p ... More >>

Tomas Bautista Gets a Year in Jail for Fingering a Chihuahua

Broward Sheriff's OfficeTomas Bautista will spend a few more days in jail for fingering a dog.​Even though Florida's bestiality ban didn't go into effect for another nine months, Tomas Bautista still received a jail sentence for his chihuahua-fingering episode back in February.Whereas the new ... More >>

Florida: Today Is the Last Day to Legally Have Sex With Animals

​Attention, Florida: Today is the last day to legally buck a bronco, hump a horse, grope a goat, or perform any other activities related to barnyard bangin'.Senate Bill 344, which bans "sexual contact" and "sexual conduct" with animals, goes into effect on Saturday.Unfortunately for animal sexers, ... More >>

Activists Target Florida College Students Who Experiment on Animals

Negotiation is OverWatch out, pre-med students.​Beware, collegiate science nerds: Just when you thought it was safe to spend the summer watching "Project Runway" and exploring the effects of medical marijuana, a new threat has emerged. Activists with the radical animal rights group Negotiation is ... More >>

Atlantis Dog-Throat-Slitter Shows Up to Court, Gets Shipped Off to Prison

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeKenneth Russell Hall​Kenneth Hall -- the Atlantis man who slit his dog's throat and skipped out on his court date yesterday -- showed up to the courtroom this morning to enter a plea agreement and be hauled off to prison.Last year, one of Hall's friends told t ... More >>

PETA Names Sublime's Apple Crumb Pie The Best Vegan Pie in America

PETA Sublime's apple pie - delicious and cruelty free.​People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals just named Sublime's Apple Crumb Pie ala Mode the best vegan pie in America. The pie, made with an oatmeal streusel, Granny Smith apples and currants, is totally vegan, as is the ice "cream" ... More >>

Oakland Park Chihuahua Is Not the Only Victim of Bestiality in South Florida

Flickr.com​An Oakland park man took the phrase "doggie style" a little too seriously after being arrested late last week for sexually assaulting his roommate's dog. Police took Tomas Bautista into custody Thursday on third-degree felony charges of animal cruelty, the Sun-Sentinel reported. A ... More >>

Mendelsohn Talking To State; Klenet And Ritter Remain Under Criminal Investigation

When convicted political operative Alan Mendelsohn was recently debriefed regarding his knowledge of corruption in Florida, it wasn't just federal officials at the table, according to multiple sources. Still on the hot seat​State prosecutors working under Michael S ... More >>

Lions and Tigers and Clowns, Oh My

Sen. Nan Rich: Seriously, Florida, It's Time to Stop Humping Animals

Flickr​With the state finances in disarray, 2009 was not the year for Florida legislators to spend their valuable time passing a law that would make it illegal to have sex with animals. But this year, with the state finances again in disarray, maybe Weston-based Sen. Nan Rich will finally get her ... More >>

Another Round of Puppy Protests Scheduled for This Weekend

Tara Nieuwesteeg​A few weeks ago, Puppy Palace in Hollywood was the site of a large animal rights demonstration and a simultaneous counterprotest. One side decried puppy mills and held signs that attempted to explain how many dogs go unadopted and die when people purchase expensive, commercially b ... More >>

Hollywood Animal Rights Protesters Get Protested

Tara Nieuwesteeg​ Many people were very confused as they drove down Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday. There was a full-on protest on both sides of the street, replete with colorful signs, matching T-shirts, chanting, music, and adults wearing large, heavy dog costumes. Some drivers thought it was a ... More >>

PETA Fretting Over Humane Deaths for Giant Snakes

PETA says: Stun and decapitate​Florida Fish and Wildlife has yet to respond to a July 30th letter from Lori Kettler, senior counsel for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), concerning humane death for Florida's thousands of Burmese pythons. Tori Perry, senior cruelty caseworker at P ... More >>

Why PETA's Dan Mathews Oughta Be Committed

Mathews: Make em laugh​"We'd love it if the world turned vegan tomorrow," Dan Mathews says breathlessly. Mathews is senior vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the controversial animal rights group founded by Ingrid Newkirk in 1980. When I spoke to Mathews by phone ... More >>

Gregg Easterbrook on Michael Vick and Animal Cruelty

​Two weeks ago, former Atlanta Falcon's superstar Michael Vick appeared on 60 Minutes to give his first interview after his release from jail. For those of you living under rocks and sustaining yourselves on grubs and nightcrawlers, Vick was charged in December 2007 with running an illegal dogfigh ... More >>

Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement

Letters From the Issue of June 18, 2009

Forecast for West Palm: Expect a Shower

photo courtesy PETATomorrow on Clematis, a spectacle like the one aboveHot chicks. Nude. Showering. In public. The prospect is so dazzling...well... it's damned hard to focus on the political point. But if you can pry yourself away from that photo, we'll give it a try.Before we get to that, it behoo ... More >>

Bestiality Legal in Florida, But Punishment May Be Swine Flu or Other "Zoonosis"

Flickr User: tooterclaxtonPigs have creative ways of discouraging bestiality.Legislation by Sunrise Sen. Nan Rich to make bestiality illegal in Florida passed the Senate this week only to stall in the House amid the chaos of trying to pass a budget in a year of financial turmoil.But you can bet Rich ... More >>

Interview With a "Zoo" -- Part 1

There is no organized opposition to the legislation being brought by Florida Sen. Nan Rich, or Sunrise, that would make it a third-degree felony to have "sexual contact" with an animal. As Rich put it a few weeks ago, "Who thinks it's OK to have sex with animals?"Perhaps no group that would go publ ... More >>

Interview With a "Zoo" -- Part 2

flickr user: DeDanielWith a local legislator, Sen. Nan Rich, touting a bill that would make it a felony to have sex with an animal, I've recently interviewed a self-described "zoo" from the upper Midwest, "James." Part one of that interview is here. I asked James whether zoophilia was the product of ... More >>

Sen. Nan Rich Defends Bestiality Bill

Of all the thorny, polarizing, and controversial subjects that a state legislator must handle, Sen. Nan Rich probably didn't think she'd have to explain the logic behind a bill that makes bestiality illegal. And to be fair, she doesn't have to explain it to anyone -- everybody else, it seems, gets i ... More >>

Researcher: Nan Rich Wrong About Bestiality

flsenate.govSen. Nan RichState Senator Nan Rich has made waves with her crusade to make it illegal in Florida to have sex with animals. Not just around her Sunrise district, either. The controversy has earned Rich a future berth on Comedy Central's Daily Show.Anxious, perhaps, about being accused of ... More >>

When Animal Activists Attack

Bitten on the set of a Rick Ross video, Mark McCarthy now squares off against animal activists.

PETA's Super Bowl Advert is Banned, Legions of Sports Fans Indifferent

Just how irrelevant has PETA become? The one-time-animal-rights-organization-turned-ludicrous-marketing-machine long ago gave up trying to reach people with reasoned arguments about the sanctity of all life or the wastefulness of our meat-happy culture. Instead they've adopted a fairly standard mark ... More >>

Weakened at Bernie's: PETA Gets the Ponzi Treatment, Too

She will not be streaking at the inauguration.You probably thought today's inauguration ceremonies would provide a day's relief from the death march of victims of area reprobate Bernard Madoff. Well, sorry. Turns out the Palm Beach financial wizard made special-access inauguration tickets disappear ... More >>

Cowed by Bernie Madoff, PETA Shenanigans Are Uninspired

Like we told you earlier, PETA's inauguration day high jinks were hampered by Bernard Madoff, and judging by the photos Deirdra's sending from D.C., the animal rights group had to resort to this old gag.More photos from our correspondent's day in D.C., after the jump.

Save the Fishies

PETA Likes Dolphin Stadium

Black And White: The Michael Vick Story

The Nyquil Made Him Do It

Letters for May 11-17, 2006

Trust Hardcore

Most Precious Blood

Letters for January 16, 2003

Rick Is a Wreck

Best Reminder that South Florida Is Still the South

The Rundown

A Fine Mess

A troubled wild kingdom looks to set up a SoFla outpost