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Animal Rights

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Woman Tries to Save Injured Bobcat, Ignores Authorities, Gets It Euthanized

    A Hillsborough County woman called authorities yesterday when she found an injured bobcat on Route 301 in Riverview, outside of Tampa. It was hit by a car but wasn't seriously injured, according to WTSP.One thing led to another, and now it's going to die.

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Joy Cooper Confronts Audience at Hallandale Beach Puppy Store Hearing (VIDEO)

    So, the Hallandale Beach City Commission passed on first reading an ordinance to severely restrict the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores by requiring a "certificate of source" for each animal sold.The final vote is on April 18.Now, to what you really want to know: how Mayor Joy Cooper handle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Animal-Rights Activists and Elephants Score a Victory With Margate Commission

    naturescornermagazine.comThe Margate Commission has joined in on elephant love.​The Cole Brothers Circus will still be rolling through Margate this year, but the scores of residents and animal-rights activists that showed up to last night's City Commission meeting may have prevented it from happen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Mark Your Calendar for New Times Beerfest on November 12

    facebook/mikelewis​Beer lovers, rejoice. The 14th annual New Times Beerfest is a couple weeks away on November 12, from 7 to 11 p.m. in Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The event will benefit the Humane Society of Broward County. (Check out the ridiculously cute dogs and puppi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Closes Her Ohio Restaurant, Citing Bad Economy

    ​Chrissie Hynde closed her vegan restaurant on Sunday, citing a bad economy.  The Akron, Ohio, restaurant was open four years and was voted one of the top five vegan restaurants in America by Business Week.The Vegiterranean served vegan dishes with an Italian-Mediterranean flair. On the resta ... 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 30, 2011

    Miss Florida USA 86's Animal Fur From Pageant

    bittenandbound.comLissette Garcia, Miss Florida 2011, looks much better without one of those cumbersome fur coats​The winner of Miss Florida USA will no longer don a chic animal-carcass coat, according to a local animal-rights group.Don Anthony of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida tells New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Animal Rights Activists Frighten Airline Into Monkey Ban

    African Greens.​Respect and gratitude to the monkey lovers at the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) for ensuring that humanity will enjoy the company of AIDS, blindness, and hepatitis a little while longer.These are just three of the maladies under investigation by scientists who use nonh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    St. PAW-tty's Day Bash to Benefit Tri-County Humane Society at O'Brian's

    Lick me; I'm Irish!​Many St. Patty's Day celebrations end up with people acting like animals, but this is one celebration where the party animals actually have tails!   This Thursday, dress your furry friend in his best green sweater and bring him along to celebrate St. PAW-t ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Amerijet Won't Stop Shipping Research Monkeys

    ​Last month we told you about a letter from local animal rights activists to Amerijet, the Fort Lauderdale-based cargo airline, asking the company to shop shipping primates used for research -- specifically the ones used for controversial vivisection experiments. Several South Florida groups, incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Q & A with John Lenhard, Chef at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale

    Photo by Michele Sandberg​When one of my chefs tells me about a place I just "have to try", I go running. I couldn't wait to speak with John Lenhard, Culinary Team Leader at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale, because my fascination with the vegan lifestyle. I am awed by the ski ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Animal Rights Activists Ask Amerijet to Stop Shipping Monkeys

    One of several injured monkeys photographed at a local research facility earlier this year.​Amerijet, the international cargo shipping corporation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, is one of the few airlines that still transports research primates, specifically the ones used for controversial vivi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Animal-Rights Activist Says Elderly Circus Employees Assaulted Him During Protest (Video)

    Tara Nieuwesteeg​Last week, we told you about the animal-rights activists protesting the Cole Bros. Circus. They've followed the circus around South Florida, explaining with signs and megaphones that circus employees and patrons alike "support animal cruelty."Last weekend, though, the protest in M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Black Cats = Black Sheep at Local Animal Shelters, Especially Around Halloween

    via icanhascheezburger.com​With Halloween fast approaching, the plight of black cats is pretty grim. Several Palm Beach shelters are putting the temporary kibosh on black-cat adoptions out of fear that the animals will be ritualistically tortured or used at a party like a rented monkey. New Times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Two Florida Farmers Opt Out of Animal Rights Battles

    Matt Thomas' little pigs range freely.​This week's feature story details the escalating battle between Big Agriculture and the Humane Society, the organization behind a nationwide campaign to legislate the safety and comfort of farm animals. The Humane Society helped push through Florida's "pregna ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    ’Tis the Fest Season

    Matt Thomas' little pigs range freely.​This week's feature story details the escalating battle between Big Agriculture and the Humane Society, the organization behind a nationwide campaign to legislate the safety and comfort of farm animals. The Humane Society helped push through Florida's "pregna ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    Everything Old is New Again

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    Ultimutt Love

    ​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

    October 22, 2009

    Are Animal Rights Activists -- and Local Multimillionaire -- Behind the McDonald's-Causes-Cancer lawsuit?

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Cat Power

    flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Massive Shark Caught Near Lauderdale Coast

    Thanks Rob. But for the animal protection activists, I rather doubt that hearing about the shark meat being split among 20 friends is going to be any comfort.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Animal Cruelty Activists Will Picket Pageant

    Flickr: missteenusa2009Kayla Christina Collier, on the right, is the reigning Miss Florida Teen, and she'll give away her crown Sunday in Davie.​The finals of the Miss Florida Teen USA pageant happens Sunday at Bailey Hall at the Broward College campus in Davie. But the "Miss Cruel Teen USA" event ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Animal Rights Foundation Asks Broward Schools to Stop Supporting Circuses

    ​I can admit it: I really don't know that much about training circus elephants. And I dare say most Juice readers don't either. But there is still something unsettling about seeing videos in which these magnificent beasts are slapped with sticks, shocked with prods, and left with de ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

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

    ​I can admit it: I really don't know that much about training circus elephants. And I dare say most Juice readers don't either. But there is still something unsettling about seeing videos in which these magnificent beasts are slapped with sticks, shocked with prods, and left with de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Sublime Slide Show: A Behind-the-Scenes Glimpse at Lauderdale's Vegan Mecca

    There's not another restaurant that works like Sublime. It's not just the vegan menu, but owner Nanci Alexander donates proceeds from the place to the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida. So we sent freelance photographer Michele Sandberg in to get a look at just how this place runs. Click here for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    PETA PR Strategy: Rinse, Repeat

    The political point was a bit convoluted, as we discussed yesterday, but this afternoon PETA hotties made good on their promise to take a shower on West Clematis. The animal rights group has used this stunt in a whole bunch of cities as a way to call attention...Oh, hell with it. The guys have click ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Lobster Cruelty? Activists and Ale House Square Off in the "Lobster Zone"

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/You know those coin-operated claw games, where a bunch of stuffed animals are piled up behind a glass window and you try to fish one out with the mechanical claw that you operate with a joystick? Imagine that, except behind the glass window is a fish tank full ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    Comedy, Unleashed

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/You know those coin-operated claw games, where a bunch of stuffed animals are piled up behind a glass window and you try to fish one out with the mechanical claw that you operate with a joystick? Imagine that, except behind the glass window is a fish tank full ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    P.Diddy’s Got Nothin’ on Pet Set

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/You know those coin-operated claw games, where a bunch of stuffed animals are piled up behind a glass window and you try to fish one out with the mechanical claw that you operate with a joystick? Imagine that, except behind the glass window is a fish tank full ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Doggone

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/You know those coin-operated claw games, where a bunch of stuffed animals are piled up behind a glass window and you try to fish one out with the mechanical claw that you operate with a joystick? Imagine that, except behind the glass window is a fish tank full ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2007

    Puppy Love

    Take two, they’re huge.

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Crush Me, Kill Me

    To understand Florida's most bizarre unsolved murder, it helps to wear stiletto heels.

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Puppy Love?

    Only the dogs are blameless in Broward's strange war over Wizard of Claws

  • Dining

    September 22, 2005

    Peas Porridge Haute

    You won't miss the meat at Sublime's chef demos

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Moby

    Hotel (V2)

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    A Taste of the Rockies

    Mountain men face the Fish

  • Subtropical Life

    May 13, 2004

    Best Place to Meet Members of the Opposite Sex

    PetSet

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2003

    Culture of the Carib

    Everything you could ask for out of the Caribbean, and then some

  • Dining

    July 10, 2003

    Meet the Meatless

    A vegan visitation comes complete with vino

  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003

    Best Epicure

    Steve Abrams´ kid

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    The Show Must Go On

    Animal-rights protests and changing audience tastes beg the question: Will this generation of the Hanneford circus dynasty be the last?

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Reminder that South Florida Is Still the South

    The Rundown

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Rabbit Run

    In western Palm Beach County, the sugar harvest also brings a bumper crop of bunnies

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Fly Free

    The Sunshine State's busiest animal hospital aims to spread its wings

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 11, 2000

    Best Free Thrill

    Locations along Perimeter Road

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    October 15, 1998

    Letters

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    December 4, 1997

    Undercurrents

    Locations along Perimeter Road

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