News - Bruce Friedrich
Some animal rights activists have a message for US President Barack Obama: Leave those poor flies alone.
By Elise Ackerman and Mike Antonucci, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jan. 5--The Obama Girl is hot all over again. You saw her first last year in a sexy lip-syncing video performance that declared her crush on presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama. And she's had memorable Web moments after that.
An animal rights group suggests that too much Vitamin D in pet food may be to blame for a recent rash of pet deaths in the United States. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is probably wrong to blame the problem on contaminated wheat gluten.
By Jeremiah Mcwilliams, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Nov. 19--People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a national animal rights organization based in Norfolk, has filed a criminal animal cruelty complaint against Smithfield Foods Inc.