People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has made its usual share of media appearances in
the last few weeks. Among the various news stories:
- While protesting proposed payments to pig farmers to compensate for
low pork prices, twelve PETA members were arrested on the steps of the
U.S. capitol after they set fire to several bales of hay they stacked
on the steps. PETA outlined its position on pork in a press release,
saying pig farmers “should be prosecuted, not rewarded.” - Singer Melissa Etheridge, who appeared in one of PETA’s “I’d rather
go naked than wear fur” ads several years ago, continued to distance
herself from PETA over the animal testing issue. Canada’s Halifax Daily
News asked Etheridge about PETA’s campaign featuring Linda Blair speaking
out against animal research. Etheridge, who lost her father to cancer
several years ago, told the paper “if there is a chance that human
lives can be saved by performing experiments on animals, then there is
no way I could be against that.”
[Thanks to Americans for Medical Progress for its excellent monitoring of PETA’s activities.]
Source:
Etheridge confronts PETA on anti-research campaign. Americans for Medical Progress, Newsletter, January 19, 1999.
PETA-philes set fire at U.S. Capitol. Americans for Medical Progress, Newsletter, January 15, 1999.