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 issues