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Animal Rights

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Kristen Bell Goes Vegan, Ricky Gervais Loves Bunnies, and Vegan Shamrock Shakes!

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  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Oakland Shelters Maxed Out with Bunnies

    ​Oakland bunnies are fucking like rabbits -- literally. The city's animal shelters are up to their ears with more rabbits than they can handle.The Oakland Animal Services is telling reporters that the shelter has received more almost two dozen bunnies in the last two weeks, and while they won't tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Meat Eaters in Denial, Guilty-Ass Cats, Stuffed French Toast, and McDonald's is Insane

    ​ • PETA is up to its usual shenanigans, and this time, they foray into domestic abuse! Sigh. There's so much wrong with this ad that there isn't time to go into it all, and I know PETA will consider it a success based on page views alone, but how many of those are people who click it are goin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Skin for Sale: Auction and Fundraiser Lead to Two New Tattoos for SPCA's Laura Gretch

    Last week we told you about Laura Gretch of the San Francisco SPCA: She agreed to let the highest bidder in an eBay auction choose her next tattoo, and then get the winning design permanently applied at a fundraising event. Well, the auction brought in $550, and Gretch got not one tattoo but two -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    SPCA Raising Money for Stolen Dog Found with Eye, Ear and Teeth Missing

    This tragedy has the Wicked Witch of the West written all over it.​As if we needed any more reason to doubt the future of humanity, here's yet another horrifying tale. Yvette Acevedo's 12-year-old Yorkie, Toto, was stolen out of her backyard in Hayward early last year. After canvassing the neighbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Pup Tossed from Moving Car Found Alive

    Welcome home, Frosty!​We've been giving readers a lot of depressing news about dogs being shot and killed this week. So here's an uplifting story with a happy ending. Frosty, the cute 1-year-old poodle-terrier mix whose photo was plastered everywhere after being tossed from a moving car, has been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Dog Tossed From Moving Car Is Missing

    Frosty​Crimes against animals are just unforgivable. The Santa Cruz SPCA issued an alert for the public's help in finding Frosty, a 1-year-old cream-colored poodle-terrier mix who went missing this week from the local SPCA. The last sighting of Frosty was on Monday when someone witnessed Frosty be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Busted: Puppy Thieves Caught on Video (Photos)

    Earlier today, we gave readers a happy ending to the story of a adorable pit bull puppy that was brazenly snatched from the Mission District animal shelter just hours before he was scheduled to be adopted. Fortunately, a woman, who says she bought the dog outside a Safeway for $200, returned the pup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Adorable Cat Found Dead in Lagoon with Dumbbell Tied Around its Neck

    What kind of monster would kill a cat?​The Peninsula Humane Society gave us a heartbreaking story about a 12-year-old cat that was found floating in the Redwood Shores lagoon yesterday with a weight tied around its neck. A city worker found the cat -- a black and white Tuxedo feline -- yesterday i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Sexy PETA Activists to Tease Rapture Believers

    There must be some kind of cosmic navel beneath the city of Oakland, because zealots of all stripes seem to be congregating there these days. If you thought the existence of a religious organization predicting the end of the world -- for the third time in 17 years -- was bad, well, we've got news fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Arrested Vegans Get Vegan Meals in S.F. County Jails

    my_southborough​If you're vegan and you go to jail, do you get vegan meals? In a city with a substantial vegan population, this is no trivial question. It turns out that, while the law does not require jails to provide vegan options, S.F. County jails do serve vegan meals on request, and we've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Russell Brand and Kristen Wiig Are Sexy, Spam Is Evil, and S.F.'s Best Vegan Junk Food

    ​This news is from last week but I was in Greece and Russia (WHAT'S UP I HAVE A PASSPORT) so I'm gonna talk about it anyway, okay? Okay! Also, I've got mad jet lag, a nasty cold, and a really bad attitude. Things could get extra real today and I apologize in advance/YOU'RE WELCOME. • So! SFood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Bunny Bust: SPCA Raids Home, Confiscates 21 Malnourished Rabbits in Oakland

    Bugs Bunny had it easy ​Animal officials stormed a Lake Merritt home in Oakland's Tuesday night and scooped up 21 deformed and malnourished bunnies who were being prepped to be eaten. Now, they are looking to find these precious hares a new home after so much suffering, according to news reports. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Disturbing Video Released Showing How Badly Pigs Are Abused

    Earlier this morning we told you about the sad story of how hidden video captured how badly piglets were abused at Iowa Select Farms, which supplies the meat to companies, including Safeway. Today, Mercy For Animals, a national animal rights organization, released the graphic video before calling on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    "Dog Wars" App Is Back on the Market, the Fight Continues

    The fight continues​Yesterday SF Weekly reported that the controversial "Dog Wars" app was mysteriously pulled from the Android market. But a quick search for the game now shows that the virtual dogfighting app is curiously back.The national uproar over "Dog Wars" could have been the reason it was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Michael Vick Says Google's "Dog Wars" Game Glorifies Animal Abuse

    The fight against dogfighting​If Michael Vick says something is skirting on the edge of animal cruelty -- you have to give it a pause. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback who was jailed for his involvement in a dogfighting ring, has come out against a new Google Android app that lets users train t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Help Stop Animal Hoarders, Spay and Neuter Your Dogs and Cats

    So getting your dog and cat neutered probably won't cure society of animal hoarding, but you can be sure that if there are fewer pets procreating, then there are certainly fewer pets out there to hoard.Fix this problem ​With so many abandoned pets crowding the shelters, the San Francisco SPCA has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    SPCA Helps Find Homes For More Than 200 Cats and Dogs

    Breaking Free​It's true that San Francisco is not considered a pet-friendly city. Still, it did a pretty good job over the holidays luring cat and dog lovers to Union Square, and then convincing them to adopt the homeless animals. In November, the SPCA launched its Macy's pet display, hoping to fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    SPCA Adopts Out 200th Macy's Window Animal

    Yours for the taking...​A kitty named Marmoset yesterday was adopted out of the SPCA's Union Square Macy's display window, marking the 200th creature to find a home since the display opened on Nov. 19. Sadly, however, the SPCA is off the pace required to meet its goal of adopting out 320 dogs or c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2010

    Just Before It All Went Kablooey

    Yours for the taking...​A kitty named Marmoset yesterday was adopted out of the SPCA's Union Square Macy's display window, marking the 200th creature to find a home since the display opened on Nov. 19. Sadly, however, the SPCA is off the pace required to meet its goal of adopting out 320 dogs or c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Cattle Stampede Planned for San Francisco Streets Tonight

    Stop! You're violating the city charter! ​Here's the difference between Daly City and San Francisco: In the former, they'll have cows on the streets. Here we have people who think they're cows. Actually, tonight San Francisco will have cows trotting through its city streets as well. In order to co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Want to Adopt One of These Adorable Kittens? Name Your Price.

    Jack Daniels the wonderkitty​The miraculous return of Jack Daniels, the bi-coastal, visually impaired kitty has brought plenty of press attention to the San Francisco's SPCA. Adoption applications for Jack Daniels -- who was abducted from San Francisco last year, then identified by a microchip in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Decapitated Goats Lead to Reward Offer

    KPIXOne of the unfortunate animals in question...​If you know who decapitated three goats and left the bodies in full view near San Jose's Alum Rock Park -- and you've been sitting on the information -- perhaps $2,500 might loosen your tongue. San Rafael's In Defense of Animals is offering a rewar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Nude Woman With Hideous Scars Headed for Bay Area (PICS)

    Now, this is all for the best of causes...​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has worked out an unspoken deal with society. They parade around comely young women wearing next to nothing. And we pay attention to the spectacle and take in PETA's accompanying message. Yes, that was PETA lend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    At $5 a Pop, Injured Hens All Adopted Out

    Ain't nobody here but us chickens...​The early bird gets the worm -- and the early adopter gets the chicken. All 80 of the clucking, egg-laying, injured hens that arrived Wednesday at the Marin Humane Society have been adopted. After knocking down the price-per-hen to five bucks -- chickenfeed, ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Rescued Hens Up For Adoption in Marin

    ​This morning, 70 rescued hens arrived at the Marin County Humane Society in Novato. They came from an animal sanctuary in Vacaville, where an egg farmer had dropped them off with plastic bands cutting into their legs. The farmer had placed the bands on the chickens when they were young, not think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Animal Control Bunny "Raid" Means No Easter Bunnies For You

    ​Though the so-called bunny "raid" of a Mission District pet store on Wednesday connotes a rather tickling image of  stormtroopers busting through the door, packing heat and scooping up 23 bunnies, the truth is that the San Francisco Department of Animal Care and Control's confiscation of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    PETA Wants You to Help Pick the Sexiest Vegetarian

    PETASean from San Lorenzo.​Is there something about packing your body with un-meat that makes you hot? That's the subtext of PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest. The animal-rights group is in the 11th hour of balloting for a roster of guys and gals who are as kind, presumably, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    SPCA Thanks Volunteers for Their Efforts, Reminds Them To Keep Mouths Shut

    ​The San Francisco SPCA is in the news for the wrong reasons of late: a scathing feature in Northside Magazine; layoffs of 15 percent of the workforce (which critics say will expedite the euthanization of animals in the name of economic savings); and a TV report in which SPCA brass admitted they'r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Japanese Railway's Cat Mascot Brings in Millions. We've got Railways. We've Got Cats. Why Not Here?

    Tama the railway cat has boosted her employer's revenues by 10 percent. Care to come to San Francisco on your vacation, kitty?​By now, many of you will have read the made-for-the-Web story of Tama, the calico savior of Kishikawa station. When the owners of the Japanese Wakayama Railway got wind of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Urban Cat Hunting: Out Trapping Feral Felines For the SPCA

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2008

    How Much for That Kitty in the Window?

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Photos: PETA Takes A Shower At Union Square

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Photos: Saturday's Hearing Dog Program Protest

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    Kiva's Microloans Underwriting Cockfighting in Peru

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    PETA's Kooky New Campaign: Give Peas A Chance

    Joe EskenaziThe trap is baited...The sun was starting to dip beneath the horizon when the call came in. It was supposed to be a relatively easy job -- we were to finish cleaning up a colony out by Ocean Beach. Four kitties had already been bagged and, tonight, our mission was to snare the lone holdo ... More >>

  • News

    November 9, 2005

    Undead Can Dance

    Dog Bites braves crime scenes and liquor lines to cover a dance-off between two zombie hordes

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Reason to Watch the San Francisco Government Access Channel

    SPCA Pet Adoption Programming

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Tale of the Whale; Night Crawler: A Cure for the Common Cold

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2001

    Hold On a Minute!

    Ecologists are still trying to spin their phony save the whale campaign

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Resurrection

    After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

  • News

    March 22, 2000

    South to the Future

    Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

  • Calendar

    September 30, 1998

    Night Crawler

    Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

  • Music

    September 23, 1998

    House of Tudor

    Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    Dog Bites

    Because Pets Can't Vote: Pets.com sponsors nonhuman rights initiative

  • News

    June 11, 1997

    Shouldn't We Just Kill This Dog?

    Does San Francisco's pit-bull testing program put good dogs in good homes -- or put lethal land sharks back on the street?

  • News

    March 19, 1997

    Men Behaving Viciously

    How ACT UP San Francisco spreads spit, fake blood, used cat litter, and potentially deadly misinformation through the AIDS community

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