Bare Necessities

[Seoul, December 6. Image via Getty]

[Seoul, December 6. Image via Getty]

"It's wonderful: when you're happy all the time, you drive other people crazy."- Songstress Nellie McKay on her latest, Doris Day-inspired album. [NYT]
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PETA is running the billboard at left in Scotland, where the number of male breast-reduction surgeries rose 80% in 2007. The organization claims, "meat-eating is forcing many men to get in touch with their feminine side" by promoting obesity. [Guardian]
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The notorious "Vegan Streaker" of Amsterdam, famed for crashing a TV set "wearing only string underpants and 'Stop Animal Suffering' on his bare chest" has been arrested on suspicion of planning an attack against fur-wearing Queen Beatrix. [Reuters]
"There's a huge resistance in thinking about animals as having emotions, feelings, by anyone involved in invasive research...whether it's putting animals in cages and experimenting on them, or the meat industry. It's much easier to be nasty."-Jane Goodall [LAT]
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In an interview with Salon, veganism advocate Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson explains why meat eaters mock vegans, why Michael Pollan is wrong, and why he thinks things are getting better for animals.
• Woody Harrelson and Gloria Steinem are apparently in a bit of a fight. Witnesses report slightly different stories, but the two recently met at a restaurant and something went down. •
A new bill in Washington state could extend protection of domestic violence victims to cover their pets. If passed, restraining orders would now require the abuser to cease all contact with jointly owned animals. [AP]
Britain’s Kennel Club has released revised standards designed to improve the health of the English bulldog.
A group of tattooed bikers rescued 180 stranded kittens yesterday afternoon, as part of their ‘in your face' approach to animal rights activism. They call themselves Rescue Ink.
• Oh joy: PETA is now selling hand-painted coffins (for a modest $75)so that PETA supporters can advertise their beliefs well past their Earthly lifetime. • An online survey by Bliss, a British teen magazine, reports that nearly a quarter of 14-year-olds have been forced to have sex or do something sexual against…