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Animal Cruelty

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    Lions and Tigers and Clowns, Oh My

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    PETA Backtracks on Neutering Tiger; Juice Has List of Alternates

    ​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has scrapped plans for a billboard featuring Tiger Woods ("Too Much Sex Can Be a Bad Thing"), meant to encourage the spaying and neutering of pet kitties. They'd planned to debut the billboard in Tiger's hometown of  Windemere, Florida. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Clowns Protesting Elephant in the Room

    courtesy of PETA and ARFF​Outside American Airlines Arena in Miami this Friday will be a pack of angry clowns. No, it's not a Nickelback concert; it's the circus. And the clowns outside won't be working for Ringling Bros. They're animals rights activists protesting Ringling's treatment of elephant ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Skinny Puppy

    courtesy of PETA and ARFF​Outside American Airlines Arena in Miami this Friday will be a pack of angry clowns. No, it's not a Nickelback concert; it's the circus. And the clowns outside won't be working for Ringling Bros. They're animals rights activists protesting Ringling's treatment of elephant ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    Everything Old is New Again

    courtesy of PETA and ARFF​Outside American Airlines Arena in Miami this Friday will be a pack of angry clowns. No, it's not a Nickelback concert; it's the circus. And the clowns outside won't be working for Ringling Bros. They're animals rights activists protesting Ringling's treatment of elephant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

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

    ​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 >>

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Letters From the Issue of June 18, 2009

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    When Animal Activists Attack

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

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    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.

  • News

    March 27, 2008

    Save the Fishies

    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.

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    PETA Likes Dolphin Stadium

    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.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2007

    Black And White: The Michael Vick Story

    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.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2006

    The Nyquil Made Him Do It

    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.

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Letters for May 11-17, 2006

    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.

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    Trust Hardcore

    Most Precious Blood

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Cattle Decapitation

    Most Precious Blood

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Letters for January 16, 2003

    Rick Is a Wreck

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Reminder that South Florida Is Still the South

    The Rundown

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    A Fine Mess

    A troubled wild kingdom looks to set up a SoFla outpost

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