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Animal Rights

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Burger King Goes Cage-Free, Man Makes McDonald's Mummy

    Oh, Burger King. For many years Gut Check called you the perpetual fast-food bridesmaid because your Jan Brady burgers could never catch up to McDonald's Marcia. Then earlier this year Wendy's passed you to become the No. 2 fast-food chain. What to do, BK? What to do? Own the animal-welfare issue. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Bill Would Repeal "Punitive" Tax on Missouri Animal Shelters

    ​State Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D - Webster Groves) has proposed a bill to restore certain tax exemptions to animal shelters that were lost during the heated fight over puppy mills back in 2010. Legislators opposed to the Prop B campaign to rein-in dog breeding facilities in Missouri slipped the new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Medical Catfight: PETA Sinks Claws into Wash. U.'s Pediatrics Program

    There are a few skills every aspiring pediatrician needs to master. Some, such as remaining straight-faced while insisting that a shot won't hurt, are relatively easy to pick up. Others, like intubating an infant -- a notoriously difficult procedure that involves inserting a plastic tube into a baby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    City Approves Funding for New Animal Shelter on North Side

    City leaders are taking steps to curb St. Louis' stray dog problem.​The city's Estimates and Appropriations Committee unanimously approved yesterday a proposal to use $170,000 from last year's budget surplus to build a new animal shelter in north St. Louis. The plan is to lease and renovate a va ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    McRib Targeted by the Humane Society

    Wikimedia CommonsMcRib judgement got you down? Disguise it! ​It's the most wonderful time of the year - McRib season! But not everyone's thrilled with the pressed pork patty's annual appearance. The Humane Society of the United States has filed a complaint against pork giant Smithfield Foods, ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    North St. Louis has a people problem, not a dog one, says Randy Grim

    Wikimedia CommonsMcRib judgement got you down? Disguise it! ​It's the most wonderful time of the year - McRib season! But not everyone's thrilled with the pressed pork patty's annual appearance. The Humane Society of the United States has filed a complaint against pork giant Smithfield Foods, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Animal Neglect Rampant in North St. Louis, Says Stray Rescue

    Photo courtesy of Stray Rescue"Our Little Boy" moments after being pulled from a dumpster in north St. Louis. The dog would die that same day.​Whom to believe? St. Louis politicians who say their communities are overrun with feral canines? Or the man who's been left the task of managing stray dogs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Animal Shelters Face Devastating New Tax in Missouri

    ​A fat new fee increase proposed by the Missouri Department of Agriculture would cripple non-profit animal shelters, animal welfare groups say.The new proposal would treat shelters exactly the same as for-profit breeders, requiring them to pay annual licensing fees as well as a surcharge on each a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Francis Slay Asserts Alpha Dog Status at City Hall; Lewis Reed Refuses to Play Bitch

    Slay strikes first; Reed counters.​A dog fight has broken out in City Hall, and it could last another 21 months. Today, Mayor Francis Slay's office struck first when it released an email blaming Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed for Stray Rescue's decision this week to stop serving as the cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Dog Daze: Randy Grim Unleashed!

    YouTubeRandy Grim says he's now "liberated" from "nutcase" aldermen. ​Perhaps the weather is to blame, with this being the dog days of summer and all. Whatever the case, a pissing match between a local drama queen and a few politically incorrect politicians reached its zenith yesterday when Stray ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Your Vote Counts: Humane Society, Grover Norquist Backing Missouri Initiative

    Wayne Pacelle: The Humane Society is backing a new initiative in Missouri.​As the CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle, told us last week, his organization plans to back a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot in Missouri called Your Vote Counts. And Pacelle wasn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Joplin Humane Society Hosts an Adopt-a-thon for 600 Remaining Homeless Animals

    Joplin Humane SocietyAnimals like this cutie, known on the group's website as only 13236782, share a home at the Humane Society -- and would really like a new one. ​Karen Aquino's workplace is surrounded by animals. The Joplin Humane Society is literally full of dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Humane Society's Wayne Pacelle Fires Back Over Puppy Mill Compromise

    Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States​Governor Jay Nixon yesterday announced new measures (and $1.1 million in funding) to monitor dog-breeding operations here, in light of the "Missouri Compromise" that he signed into law earlier this year. The compromise gutted key parts of Pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Joplin Tornado: 600 Animals Still in Limbo

    Toto's not the only dog whose life was upended by a tornado -- rescue workers in Joplin have helped 900 animals.​You can see their faces on the web site for the Joplin Humane Society: eager, sad, hopeful.They are the animals of Joplin, Missouri, displaced by the tornado that tore through town two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Kinky Friedman on Animal Rights

    Nicole Weingart ​Sharp-tongued Kinky Friedman is back in St. Louis for the first time in years, playing Off Broadway tomorrow night. We talked to Friedman about his music and his failed political ambitions. He also spent some time talking about his stand for animal rights: He hosts Utopia Ani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Humane Society Not Liable for Dog Bite, Court Finds

    via www.zifflaw.comIt's not the humane society's fault if your adopted pup turns into a vicious attack dog, the Missouri Court of Appeals says.​When a St. Louis girl was bit by a dog, she and her family filed suit against the dog's owner, alleging the attack was a result of the owner's "negligence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Governor Nixon Caves To Dog Breeders; "Missouri Solution" Weakens Prop. B

    Nixon: The great compromiser solutionizer.​Yesterday Governor Jay Nixon announced that he'd brokered a "Missouri Solution" to the fight over the state's notorious puppy mills. Working with animal rights activists and commercial dog breeders, the governor forged a deal that would keep just a few pr ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    In Missouri, it's one puppy mill down, and how many more to go?

    Nixon: The great compromiser solutionizer.​Yesterday Governor Jay Nixon announced that he'd brokered a "Missouri Solution" to the fight over the state's notorious puppy mills. Working with animal rights activists and commercial dog breeders, the governor forged a deal that would keep just a few pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    The ASPCA's Tim Rickey on Dog Fights, His New Unit -- and Finch Fighting?

    Keegan HamiltionTim Rickey's job is to stop animal fighting.​In December, the ASPCA, or American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, hired former Missouri State Highway Patrolman Terry Mills for a new position as Animal Fighting Specialist.As RFT staff writer Keegan Hamilton detailed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Terry Mills, Cop Behind Dogfighting Bust, Joins ASPCA

    Terry Mills, the Missouri state trooper whose undercover work led to the biggest dogfighting bust in American history, is taking his show on the road.Keegan HamiltonTerry Mills​We're not talking about a book deal or the lecture circuit, mind you. This dude is a badass! And so he's going to keep bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Peter Young, Controversial Animal Rights Activist, Speaks at St. Louis University

    ​Peter Young has been called a terrorist. He's been called a hero. And, for two years, from 2005 to 2007, he was called a guest of the federal prison system for his guilty plea in the covert, illegal release of thousands of mink from fur farms in Wisconsin, which caused almost a quarter-million do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Anti-Puppy Mill Effort Raises $3.2 Million

    Supporters of a Humane Society-backed initiative to crack down on puppy mills in Missouri have put their money where the dogs are -- with $3.2 million in contributions as of September 30.The anti-puppy mill effort has been raking in contributions.​The new totals were first reported by the Missouri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Elephants Stroll The City, Humane Officials Jog Along

    He'd really rather not dance in a costume, thanks.​Check out Todd C. Frankel's really terrific article in today's Post-Dispatch about an unusual alliance here in St. Louis between animal control and the ever-controversial PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The group, which advocate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    100 Dogs Removed from Breeder in Mid-Mo, Rescuers Urge Public to Vote Yes for Prop. B

    Because we're tired of those sad photos of caged dogs that always accompany stories like this one, behold: a literal "puppy mill". ​A dog breeding facility in Camden County voluntarily surrendered its animals to the Humane Society today. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Crue ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    To pull off the biggest pit bull fighting bust in U.S. history, investigators went deep undercover. So did their dogs.

    Because we're tired of those sad photos of caged dogs that always accompany stories like this one, behold: a literal "puppy mill". ​A dog breeding facility in Camden County voluntarily surrendered its animals to the Humane Society today. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Crue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Humane Society of Missouri Takes 15 Pit Bulls From Accused Dogfighter Near Branson

    Humane Society of MissouriA pit bull named Fay, rescued in July 2009, lost its lips to dogfighting injuries.​In July 2009 the Humane Society of Missouri teamed up with the FBI, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and several other law enforcement agencies to bust the largest dogfighting ring in U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    The Golden Age of Airline Food Revisited, and the West's Gift to Southeast Asia

    The state of Ohio reached an agreement with the Humane Society of the United States to enact animal-welfare legislation. The HSUS had Ohio's agriculture industry by the scruff of the chinny-chin-chin, having gathered half a million signatures on a petition to put a factory-farm ban to a public refe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    CSI Puppy Dog: Bust of Regional Dogfighting Ring Leads to Pit Bull DNA Database

    Image sourceAnimal Cruelty investigators are ready to draw blood. So is this dog.​Last July, several law enforcement agencies combined forces with the Humane Society of Missouri to conduct the largest dogfighting sting in U.S. history. They raided 22 locations in 8 states, arrested 26 people and r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Where Are All of St. Louis' Self-Righteous Animal Lovers?

    Everyone loves adorable pets, right?​C'mon, we know you're out there -- crazy animal lovers. You gotta be. Why else would television stations always bait their newscasts with sob stories about injured puppies and wet kittens? It's because you're a sucker for those heart-wrenching tails tales. And ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    RFT readers debate the rights of animals, Dumpster divers, pregnant women and mustachioed men

    Everyone loves adorable pets, right?​C'mon, we know you're out there -- crazy animal lovers. You gotta be. Why else would television stations always bait their newscasts with sob stories about injured puppies and wet kittens? It's because you're a sucker for those heart-wrenching tails tales. And ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights

    Everyone loves adorable pets, right?​C'mon, we know you're out there -- crazy animal lovers. You gotta be. Why else would television stations always bait their newscasts with sob stories about injured puppies and wet kittens? It's because you're a sucker for those heart-wrenching tails tales. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Humane Society: Missouri Ranks 43 For Laws to Protect Animals

    ​The Humane Society yesterday released its Humane State Ranking, a comprehensive report rating all 50 states on a wide range of animal protection laws dealing with pets, animal cruelty and fighting, wildlife, animals in research, horses, and farm animals.Missouri tied with several other states a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Imagine If You Will a Robotic Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day

    For the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, every day is Groundhog Day. This of course means that every day is a new day to summon yet another spasm of outrage and cite a further example of man's inhumanity -- to animals. On this particular Groundhog Day, PETA has outdone them ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Well Red: Readers debate the effectiveness of traffic-light cameras and the fate of taggers

    For the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, every day is Groundhog Day. This of course means that every day is a new day to summon yet another spasm of outrage and cite a further example of man's inhumanity -- to animals. On this particular Groundhog Day, PETA has outdone them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    The Price is Right: Bob Barker Donates $1 Million to Establish Animal Rights Professorship at Drury University

    flickr.com/photos/34443508@N08​C'mon down! Bob Barker, the erstwhile host of The Price is Right and longtime animal rights activist, has just donated $1 million to his alma mater, Drury University in Springfield, MO, to establish a professorship in animal rights. Barker hopes it will be the beginn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    PETA Supporters Bare Beliefs Downtown

    Those familiar with animal rights organization PETA know the group puts out risque advertisements in order to draw attention to their cause. It's not often though, that they take to the streets of the Gateway City.After the jump, two PETA protests spotted today at 9th and Olive streets downtown.

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    What You Missed: Beer School

    Those familiar with animal rights organization PETA know the group puts out risque advertisements in order to draw attention to their cause. It's not often though, that they take to the streets of the Gateway City.After the jump, two PETA protests spotted today at 9th and Olive streets downtown.

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2008

    They Call it Puppy Suds

    Those familiar with animal rights organization PETA know the group puts out risque advertisements in order to draw attention to their cause. It's not often though, that they take to the streets of the Gateway City.After the jump, two PETA protests spotted today at 9th and Olive streets downtown.

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2007

    Press Release of the Day

    Those familiar with animal rights organization PETA know the group puts out risque advertisements in order to draw attention to their cause. It's not often though, that they take to the streets of the Gateway City.After the jump, two PETA protests spotted today at 9th and Olive streets downtown.

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    Hot Air

    Unreal sees what all the inflatable fuss is about, learns why kitties are bad presents and talks to a man who loves hotties-but-smarties; plus, the second installment of Local Blog o' the Week!

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Letters

    Week of September 1, 2004

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    Letters

    Week of November 26, 2003

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    Letters

    Week of May 23, 2001

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Bully on the Block

    The Humane Society stands in the way of a grant that could step up spay-and-neuter efforts in St. Louis

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Heavy-Pawed Politics

    Humane Society arrogance thwarts efforts to reduce killings of dogs and cats

  • Calendar

    April 11, 2001

    Dog Day Afternoon

    "Adopt a Stray on Bunny Day" seeks families for homeless pets

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published the week of April 5

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Letter to the Editor

    Published the week of March 8

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published the week of March 1

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    High Society

    It's flush with money and has a grand new building, but the Humane Society of Missouri is doing little to prevent the growing euthanasia rate for unwanted animals

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