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April 20, 2012
Starbucks Wins Praise for Dumping Dye Made From Bugs
Starbucks' bid to make itself the moral leader of the business universe yesterday got a boost from PETA, which dubbed the coffee empire a "corporation with a conscience." Nope, the accolade wasn't referring to any of CEO Howard Schultz' grand pronouncements on corrupt politics or corporate responsib ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Muffed Pun: Lingerie Football League Teams Up With PETA to 'Tackle Cruelty: Bench Fur'
Every day we receive dozens of press releases here at Seattle Weekly. Most are boring and promptly deleted, but occasionally one PR blast sets itself apart from the others by being so hilariously tone deaf that we have no choice but write about it. Today, that press release comes courtesy of the lin ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
PETA Files Complaint on Monkey Experiments at Everett Testing Lab (Whistleblower Video)
PETAAided by a whistleblower at the Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories USA offices in Everett, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging the lab violated the federal Animal Welfare Act. The complaint is support ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
PETA Attacks Nintendo for Mario's Wearing of 'Fur' Tanooki Suit
Since apparently it's too cold to send out any naked women painted in scales, PETA is instead focusing on matters of the home. The group's latest target, the fictitious garb of a fictitious animal being worn by a fictitious video-game character.
Blogs
October 26, 2011
PETA Sues SeaWorld for 'Enslaving' Whales, Citing 13th Amendment That Ended Black Slavery
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." So says the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. And according to PETA, that ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
PETA-Endorsed 'ILVTOFU' Plates Not Welcome in Washington State
A minor controversy is brewing in the great state of Tennessee. It seems a tofu-loving individual by the name of Whitney Calk tried get a customized license plate with an ode to her favorite meat-replicating gelatinous substance and was denied because "ILVTOFU" sort of looks like she loves so ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Top 5 Summer Wedding Dishes
Memorial Day Weekend marks the unofficial start of wedding season and chances are, you are going to attend a ceremony before the end of summer. And sure, it's great to witness two people in love officially tie the knot, but arguably, the biggest perk for guests is the reception when the food ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
Goldfish Races Condemned by PETA Are Back by Popular Demand at Harmon Tap Room
Last week, when The Harmon Taproom owner Pat Nagle decided to cancel his Tacoma bar's Tuesday-night "goldfish races," it was because PETA activists had gotten wind of the event, decided it was cruel to the fish, and besieged Nagle's business with threatening calls and e-mails. Well, Nagle m ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Harmon Tap Room Halts Goldfish Races After Threats from PETA--Woodsky's in Fremont Refuses to Back Down
FacebookGoldfish race at Harmon Tap Room.Goldfish racing is one of those bar games that might sound cruel if it wasn't so fun and you weren't so drunk. The game entails goldfish being put into a long canal of water and then people using either squirt guns or straws that they blow through to g ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2011
And Now, Some REAL Food Porn (NSFW): Because Sex With Vegetables Is Awesome
Photo courtesy peta.orgLucky pumpkin . . .I have some very strong opinions about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and have never been shy about voicing them whenever appropriate. I disagree with virtually everything the organization has ever done or said, think that they have rais ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
It's Okay to Eat Animals Because They're Total Losers
The Great Tit: not actually part of a woman's body.Many people think it's immoral for people to eat animals. PETA once went so far as to compare the slaughter of chickens to the Holocaust. This outrageous simile is incredibly disrespectful to the victims of that evil tragedy. If anything i ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
15 Reasons Why Lady Gaga's Meat Dress Was Awesome
Complete with meat boots! As virtually all of you are no doubt already aware, fashion icon, songstress, lover of bubbles and certified meat lover Lady Gaga went to the Video Music Awards on Sunday wearing a dress made out of meat. Unsurprisingly, this provoked all sorts of debate among peopl ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Dodge Takes Monkey Out of Ad After Local Primate Group Sends Friendly E-Mail
You don't often see the words "reasonable animal rights activist" in the same sentence. Most people love animals. And most people don't want to see them exploited. But those same people are often turned off by tactics of more extreme groups like PETA. So it's nice to report on a reasonable an ... More >>
News
April 14, 2010
Down on the Farm
The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.
Blogs
March 1, 2010
Tiger Woods and PETA: The Big Breakup
Tiger and his alleged mistresses. I'm already humming the Brady Bunch theme in my headI have got a lot of problems with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Aside from the fact that I simply disagree with them on almost every key issue in their agenda, I think they are a bunch of ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2009
PETA to Veterinarians: Don't Throw Fish!
Comes now PETA, asking that the American Veterinary Medical Association not hold a Pike Place Market-style fish toss at its annual convention, to be held in Seattle the week of July 10th. (Tagline: "You 'otter' be there!" LOLZ!) If the AVMA insists on having a fish toss, PETA says, it should use rub ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2009
A Plea to PETA: Please Join the Spokane Squirrel Fight
Yesterday, the Spokane Humane Society voiced its disapproval of the Caddyshack-inspired squirrel policy of the Spokane Parks Department. (To review: They're going to blow 'em up using the Rodenator Pro.) But so far, PETA has not weighed in. We tried to get a position from them today, but got bounc ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2009
JP Morgan Chase Makes Wamu More Mouse-Friendly
In a move sure to please animal rights-activists, people raised on Ratatouille, Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH, and the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, mice, PETA announced today that JP Morgan Chase will no longer be using "glue traps" for rodents in any of its branches--including the Wam ... More >>
Film
September 17, 2008
PICK Ten Nights of Dreams: Japanese Anthology Film Is Enthrallingly Weird
In a move sure to please animal rights-activists, people raised on Ratatouille, Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH, and the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, mice, PETA announced today that JP Morgan Chase will no longer be using "glue traps" for rodents in any of its branches--including the Wam ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2008
PETA Loves It Some Seattle
In a move sure to please animal rights-activists, people raised on Ratatouille, Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH, and the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, mice, PETA announced today that JP Morgan Chase will no longer be using "glue traps" for rodents in any of its branches--including the Wam ... More >>
Calendar
June 11, 2008
“Captive Creatures”
In a move sure to please animal rights-activists, people raised on Ratatouille, Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH, and the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, mice, PETA announced today that JP Morgan Chase will no longer be using "glue traps" for rodents in any of its branches--including the Wam ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2008
Moonshine, Urban Farming, and Other Food News
In a move sure to please animal rights-activists, people raised on Ratatouille, Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH, and the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, mice, PETA announced today that JP Morgan Chase will no longer be using "glue traps" for rodents in any of its branches--including the Wam ... More >>
Film
April 23, 2008
The First Saturday in May: Big Deal, a Horse Race
In a move sure to please animal rights-activists, people raised on Ratatouille, Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH, and the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, mice, PETA announced today that JP Morgan Chase will no longer be using "glue traps" for rodents in any of its branches--including the Wam ... More >>
Calendar
March 19, 2008
Kernel of Truth
The sordid tale of your favorite vegetable
Diversions
April 25, 2007
Imagine the Clarity With Which You See Bush Extended to Everything
The sordid tale of your favorite vegetable
Blogs
April 2, 2007
Hot News: Hot Seattleite Makes Hot Veg Hot 20
The sordid tale of your favorite vegetable
Food
November 8, 2006
Food News
November 8 - 15, 2006 (expanded from print version).
Blogs
July 24, 2006
Humane Society Sues Amazon
November 8 - 15, 2006 (expanded from print version).
Music
May 17, 2006
Contrasting Noises
November 8 - 15, 2006 (expanded from print version).
Food
March 29, 2006
Food News for March 29-April 5
Seattle awarded second place on PETA's "Most Vegetarian-friendly City" list.
Diversions
February 8, 2006
Cupid's Twisted Arrow
True tales of bizarre hookups prove that love is everywhere.
Food
April 6, 2005
Eat Early, Ogle Later
Apartment shifts gears as the evening goes on.
Food
February 2, 2005
Pressure Cooker
Apartment shifts gears as the evening goes on.
Food
March 3, 2004
Hot Dish
Apartment shifts gears as the evening goes on.
News
February 25, 2004
Two Sides of Beef
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
Food
December 3, 2003
Food & Beverage News
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
Food
September 10, 2003
Seattle and the Bulge
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
Food
August 6, 2003
Food & Beverage News
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
Food
May 21, 2003
Veggies, Wine, and Copper River Salmon
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
Food
April 16, 2003
Pinot With Your Parsnips
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
Food
December 4, 2002
Not Thai, But Close
A new Laotian place on Broadway dishes up a different Southeast Asian cuisine.
News
November 27, 2002
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
August 28, 2002
Let Her Eat Dirt
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
July 31, 2002
Rogue Who?
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
July 10, 2002
Sandlot Showdown
Another elephant-beating scandal, this time over Baby Hansa.
News
April 11, 2001
News Clips— Hot sauce savior
Another elephant-beating scandal, this time over Baby Hansa.
News
February 21, 2001
News Clips— Needle Exchange
Maggots on the runway!
News
December 6, 2000
Ready and Sable
If it feels this good, it's gotta be bad
News
November 17, 1999
A clean white space
Can't stand those lift lines? There's an alternative.
News
October 20, 1999
". . . it challenges our perception and may lead to entirely new ways of perceiving human psychology, biology, andthe nature of reality."
Can't stand those lift lines? There's an alternative.
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