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PETA bikini models to serve sausage in Colorado Springs
January 4, 2012 11:38 AM
The controversial animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will use sex appeal to encourage locals to "go vegan" this week. A news release issued Wednesday says the group's Lettuce Ladies, who wear bikinis made with strategically placed lettuce leaves, will be handing out samples... more » -
Nude dummies catching eyes downtown
September 20, 2011 6:44 PM
A scene downtown in Colorado Springs Tuesday at noon may have had you doing a "double-take." If you got a good look you would have seen it wasn't naked people holding signs, but naked mannequins. The signs read, "Fur is for dummies." People from PETA -- People for the... more » -
PETA to put up nude mannequins in Colorado Springs
September 19, 2011 1:27 PM
The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) plans to set up four scantily clad mannequins in downtown Colorado Springs Tuesday in protest over fur, leather, wool, and other animal based clothing items. The items the mannequins will be wearing include a fur stole, a leather... more » -
Colorado Springs teen finalist for "America's Cutest Vegetarian"
May 17, 2011 9:16 PM
19 year old Jason Lihani is one of the male finalists in PETA's Cutest Vegetarian Alive contest, sponsored by peta2, PETA's youth division. Lihani beat out more than 1,200 contestants from across the U.S. He is a Colorado Springs native but currently goes to school at the University of Colorado... more » -
PETA stages a demonstration at Colorado Springs elementary school today
May 26, 2010 5:47 PM
Animal rights group PETA(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) made a stop at a Colorado Springs elementary school this afternoon. A member in a wounded elephant costume called "Ellie" greeted students and parents as school got out at Evans Elementary around 3pm. The "elephant" handed out activity... more » -
PETA stages a demonstration at Colorado Springs elementary school today
May 26, 2010 10:45 AM
Animal rights group PETA(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) made a stop at a Colorado Springs elementary school this afternoon. A member in a wounded elephant costume called "Ellie" greeted students and parents as school got out at Evans Elementary around 3pm. The "elephant" handed out activity... more » -
Colorado Springs fails to agree on PETA trash-can deal
April 3, 2010 9:22 AM
Colorado Springs has sold its police helicopters and launched an adopt-a-streelight program to help stretch its budget - but is balking at anti-meat ads on trash cans to restore trash service to parks. The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals offered to buy advertising space on... more » -
PETA offers trash cans with anti-meat slogans
March 11, 2010 1:02 PM
The animal rights group PETA is offering to help cash-strapped Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks, if the cans carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini. The city stopped picking up trash in parks to save money,... more » -
Group claims PETA kills more shelter animals than it helps
March 10, 2010 8:07 PM
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is known for calling out organizations for their unethical treatment of animals, but now another organization is saying that PETA kills more animals than they help. The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a non-profit "watchdog" organization, is claiming that PETA euthanized 97%... more » -
PETA proposes robotic groundhog for Groundhog day festival
January 27, 2010 12:20 PM
An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands... more »
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