Retail Giant PetSmart Names PETA in Spying Lawsuit

PetSmart says PETA paid operative to gain employment, illegally record conversations

Brent Scher
May 12, 2019 5:00 AM

Pet superstore PetSmart has filed a lawsuit against PETA, claiming a former employee who illegally filmed internal operations was being paid by and acting with orders from the animal rights group that aims to fully eradicate pet ownership.

PETA Wants to Memorialize Lobsters Who Died in Maine Truck Accident

Jeffrey Cimmino
August 30, 2018 11:13 AM

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has asked Maine officials for permission to build a five-foot tombstone to memorialize the site of an August truck crash that left thousands of lobsters scattered on the highway.

PETA Used Paid Operative to Infiltrate PetSmart, Lawsuit Says

PetSmart lawyer says it was 'coordinated attack' by PETA and employee to collect secret footage in stores

Brent Scher
June 26, 2018 5:00 AM

A paid operative of PETA, a radical organization with aims of eradicating the practice of humans owning pets, paid an operative to get a job at PetSmart and collect damaging information, a Monday lawsuit by the store says.

Clean Energy To Wipe Out New Ape Species Population

First they came for the birds

Elizabeth Harrington
April 23, 2018 4:35 PM

Environmentalists have long waged war on our feathered friends, but now they have their sights on a new target: endangered apes.

Dutch Vegan Who Locals Found ‘Annoying’ Denied Swiss Passport

Animal rights activist campaigned against local tradition of using cowbells

Jack Heretik
January 16, 2018 2:23 PM

A Dutch vegan's application for a Swiss passport has been rejected because locals could not tolerate the woman, describing her as "annoying."

Animal Rights Activists Suit Threatens to ‘Arrest’ Orthodox Jews

Attorney says threat to interfere with Orthodox religious ceremony is not meant literally

Bill McMorris
September 21, 2017 3:15 PM

In honor of the high holy day of Rosh Hashanah animal rights activists say they will not attempt to detain Orthodox Jews for the ritual killings of animals.

House Halts Taxpayer-Funded VA Dog Experiments

New reporting requirements come in addition to a unanimously House-passed ban on VA testing that causes pain to dogs

Susan Crabtree
July 30, 2017 5:00 AM

The Veterans Affairs Department must report to Congress details of its research studies using dogs and other animals, including how many animals died during the experiments, under new language attached to a spending bill the House passed late this week.