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Animal Media Alerts - 2003
(Here are the headlines, linked to full alerts)
Year
end news -- Mad Cow Disease in the US -- Tuesday, December 23
BIZARRO
syndicated and in hundreds of papers --Delightful anti fur cartoon Monday, Dec
22
Huge
animal population story and horrifying photos on front page of Press-Empire --
Sunday December 21 and Monday December 22
Front
page story on wildlife smuggling - ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION --Sunday,
December 21
Commentary
on animal rights and Nobel prize winner JM Coetzee in International Herald
Tribune -- Friday, December 19
NATIONAL
REVIEW --"PETA vs KFC" -- December 22 issue
TIME
MAGAZINE -- "Got Hormones?" -- December 22 issue
Huge
article in THE GUARDIAN questioning the health benefits of milk and subsidies to
the dairy industry -- Saturday, December 13
USA
TODAY article on Ringling Bros elephant birth includes animal rights position in
headline -- Monday, December 15
AKRON
BEACON JOURNAL prints disturbing 'kill room" photos and gets negative
feedback --Sunday, December 14
Great
article in favor of animal adoption in LOS ANGELES TIMES -- Thursday, December
11
New
Jersey bear hunt on CHICAGO TRIBUNE front page -- Thursday, December 11
Newark
STAR LEDGER - hunted cub dies as motorists watch -- Wednesday, December 10
NEW
YORK TIMES STORY on bear hunt and TWO anti hunting op-eds -- Tuesday, December 9
LOS
ANGELES TIMES front page -- "A Killing Floor Chronicle" -- Monday,
December 8
National
Zoo Scandal on WASHINGTON POST front page -- Sunday, December 7
NEW
YORK TIMES on personal attack tactics such as home demos -- Sunday, December 7
The
Pornography of Meat reviewed by National Review Online -- Tuesday, December 2,
2003
LA
TIMES op-ed on wood chipper incident and AVMA policy -- Monday, December 1, 2003
Wood-chipped
hens in CHICAGO TRIBUNE and SEATTLE TIMES -- Saturday, November 23 and Monday,
November 24
NEW
YORK TIMES, PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE and OAKLAND TRIBUNE have terrific
Thanksgiving articles -- Sunday November 23 and Monday November 24
Los
Angeles Times -- "Wood chipped chickens fuel outrage -- Saturday, November
22
Live
export back on Australian front pages due to act of sabotage -- Thursday
November 20 and Friday, November 21
Professor
suspended for cruelty to mice -- Seattle Time front page, Wednesday, November 19
Strong
Boston Globe article on vegetarian kids -- Tuesday, November 18
Cambridge
primate lab in doubt -- THE GUARDIAN, November 11
"Vet
classes at UC Davis no longer fatal for lab animals" - SACRAMENTO BEE --
November 10
Enter
"The Meatrix" -- reviewed in Indianapolis Star -- Sunday, November 9
Bizarro
cartoon on attacks by tigers -- Thursday, November 6
CBS
Evening News looks at animal welfare in the fast food industry -- Wednesday,
November 5
BETTER
HOMES AND GARDENS -- great article on teen vegetarianism -- November 2003
issue
Brilliant
Bizarro comic looks at serious issue of poaching -- Friday, October 31
USA
TODAY article on SARS gives graphic descriptions of animal cruelty -- Wednesday,
Oct 29
Humane
Education school in California -- slammed by Saunders -- Sunday, October
26
Animal
rights writer and Nobel Prize winner -- J. M. Coetzee. NEW YORK TIMES review --
Sunday, October 26
Foie
gras lawsuits fill California media -- October 22 -24
Front
page WALL STREET JOURNAL on vegetarian buildings in Bombay - Wednesday, Oct 22
USA
TODAY on new humane standards for Wholefoods -- Tuesday, October 21
Anti
foie gras op-ed in SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- Sunday, October 19
Front
page story on mink release in WASHINGTON POST -- Saturday, October 18
KATU
TV news report on trapping includes extensive graphic footage - Friday, October
17
LOS
ANGELES TIMES front page on dolphin controversy -- Friday October 17
TIME
MAGAZINE -- Articles on diet, pets, and captive tigers -- October 20 edition
SEATTLE
TIMES anti-vivisection op-ed -- Tuesday October 14
Beautiful
WASHINGTON POST piece on adopting older dogs -- Tuesday, October 14
Australia's
ship of death makes LA Times front page and other US papers -- Sunday/Monday
October 12 & 13
Front
page stories on AR bombing suspect -- Friday, October 10
MALIBU
TIMES ON DEATH OF TIMOTHY TREADWELL -- Wednesday, October 8
ATLANTIC
MONTHLY and TIME MAGAZINE -- stories on chimps in entertainment - October 2003
LOS
ANGELES Times article on new vet school that shuns vivisection - Tuesday,
October 7
Siegfried
and Roy attack leads some media to question wild animals in captivity -- Philly
front page, New York Times editorial, Chicago Tribune op-ed and more -- update
Tuesday, October 7
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE huge spread on vegetarianism -- Sunday, October 5
Animal
Rights explosions on San Jose Mercury News front page - Thursday October 2
Animal
Captivity in many papers and on Philly front page - Wednesday and Thursday Oct 1
& 2
Boston
Globe front page on gorilla escape -- Tuesday, September 30
53,000
sheep stranded at sea put spotlight on Australia's cruel live animal trade -
Sunday, Sept 27
Further
foie gras articles in NEW YORK TIMES and San Francisco Chronicle - Saturday,
Sept 27
Another
bomb blast makes the front page - Saturday, September 27
Front
page story on circus abusing animals -- Thursday, September 25
Huge
NEW YORK TIMES story on foie gras controversy -- Wednesday, September 24
Animal
Liberation Front on CBS Evening News - Tuesday, September 23
TIME
MAGAZINE covers foie gras duck farm open rescue -- September 29 edition
NEW
YORK TIMES op-ed on factory farming -- Saturday, September 20
Open
Rescue of ducks destined for foie gras gets prominent LOS ANGELES TIMES coverage
-- Thursday, September 18
Fairness
study on monkeys makes front page national and international news - Thursday,
Sept 18
Cancer
Society sponsors Cattle Barons' Ball -- ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION article --
Wednesday, September 17
Foie
Gras Cruelty Investigative TV Story follows ALF attacks -- Tuesday, September 16
Lead
article on dog theft and sale to labs and puppy mills in FORT WORTH STAR
TELEGRAM -- Tuesday, September 16
Results
of Ecstasy study that killed Baboons retracted
Miami
Seaquarium on front page of MIAMI HERALD and in other papers -- Saturday,
September 13 and Monday, September 15
Denver
WESTWORD dining columnist plugs Meet Your Meat - Thursday, September 11
Fantastic
coverage of farmed animal advocacy on front page of WASHINGTON POST style
section -- Monday, September 6
Animal
Rights on front page of San Francisco Chronicle again -- Saturday, September 6.
Then Humane Handling in Chronicle on September 7
CBS
affiliate in Western Indiana airs violent elephant training during balanced
circus coverage -- Wednesday, September 3
Rifkin
pro-animal rights op-ed in Los Angeles Times - Monday, September 1
SELF MAGAZINE cover story --
Alicia Silverstone as vegan activist -- September 03 issue
NEWSWEEK
article on change in legal status of nonhuman animals -- Sept 1 issue
TIME
MAGAZINE article on soy recommends replacing cow's milk with soy milk -- Sept 1
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