A make-believe elephant with bandages and a pinkish head wound made some parents angry, but Ellie the elephant also got hugs and at least one-high five from students leaving Mitchell Elementary on Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 9, 2009

A make-believe elephant, with bandages and a pinkish head wound, made some parents angry, but Ellie the elephant also got some hugs and at least one-high five from students leaving Mitchell Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. The bloodied "elephant" is part of a campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to boycott circuses. The animal rights group Tuesday sent a press release announcing that Ellie would hand out a comic, "An Elephant's Life," and coloring book, "Animals Belong in the Jungle," to children and parents as school ended for the day. ...more

December 8, 2009

A Freedom High School science teacher has agreed to keep animals out of her classroom after nine dead gerbils were found there over the summer. ...more

November 14, 2009

The report that Pasco schools cafeterias' veggie menu offerings meet with the approval of PETA2, the young radicals' branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, stirred an ancient, possibly instructive, memory. ...more

March 25, 2009

School cafeterias in Pasco County apparently are just the place for vegetarians. ...more

March 18, 2009

Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named Oprah Winfrey its "Person of the Year." ...more

December 20, 2008

Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named Oprah Winfrey its "Person of the Year." ...more

December 19, 2008

A 21-year-old Asian male elephant is adapting to a temporary home in Tennessee after federal authorities confiscated him over the weekend from a Balm-based circus. ...more

November 11, 2008

A 21-year-old Asian male elephant is adapting today to a temporary home in Tennessee after federal authorities confiscated him over the weekend from a Balm-based circus. ...more

November 10, 2008

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Mooove over, Holsteins. PETA wants world-famous Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream to tap nursing moms, rather than cows, for the milk used in its ice cream. ...more

September 26, 2008