people for the ethical treatment of animals
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PETA's latest stunt, a chart on "how to remove speciesism from your daily conversations," is the latest in a brilliant marketing attempt to use our own outrage to raise the organization's profile. - Johns Hopkins needs to reconsider their cruel treatment of lab animals.
- With Johns Hopkins in its crosshairs, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans to run an ad in Baltimore that depicts experiments on animals.
- This year, the Maryland Seafood Festival served up bushels of crabs with a heaping side of attitude about that billboard the animal rights group recently erected in Baltimore.
- PETA officials plan to place another billboard in Baltimore stating “Why So Crabby? Letting Others Live Might Just Save Your Life!”
- When John Minadakis saw the PETA billboard urging Baltimoreans not to eat crabs, he didn’t see any humor in the campaign. Minadakis, who owns Jimmy’s Famous Seafood restaurant in Dundalk with his family, felt attacked.
- Although this year's Maryland State BBQ Bash was the 13th consecutive bash in Bel Air, the event was anything but unlucky for Erika Quesenbery, the newest executive director of the Bel Air Downtown Alliance.
- Bel Air's July 4 organizers show no signs of stopping the longtime and frog races that drew protests from wildlife groups last year.
- A steer roamed through the streets of Baltimore Friday morning before it was killed in a hail of police bullets in the Mid-Town Belvedere neighborhood.
- The big question facing Baltimore's National Aquarium — whether to keep Atlantic bottlenose dolphins inside the amphitheater pool or release them to an ocean-side sanctuary — is the latest evolution in American zoos and aquatic attractions from circus menagerie to portals into the natural environment.
- Heavy favorite Untapable blazed to victory in the Kentucky Oaks Friday, a triumph for jockey Rosie Napravnik and controversial trainer Steve Asmussen.
- The Kentucky Derby field is still taking shape. Here are a few horses to keep an eye on as we draw near Triple Crown season.
- Thanks to a recent court ruling, commercial drones are likely soon to be a big part of American life.
- Running fashion photograph of a mink stole demonstrates newspaper's insensitivity
- Research into sexual dysfunction is hurting innocent rodents
- Animal advocacy group PETA wants to stop federally funded research it calls "sick animal sex experiments," including Johns Hopkins studies of erectile dysfunction using rodents.
- Tracking the Terps caught up with former Maryland linebacker Shawne Merriman, who will hold his annual coat drive at Byrd Stadium before Saturday's football game against Boston College.
- Famed Baltimore neurosurgeon Ben Carson said this week he believes he was targeted for an audit by the Internal Revenue Service because of his vocal opposition to the Obama administration.
- In the name of ever-increasing security, we are giving up an essential component of democracy
- On June 27, 1895, a local newspaper at the time, the American Sentinel, reported that Westminster was under attack by bugs.
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- Pet finches at retirement home must be treated humanely
- PETA is calling on a Cockeysville retirement community to let its pet finches spread their wings and leave the cage where they live.
- U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican Party's nominee for vice president last year, challenged the Maryland GOP last night to follow the example of the party in his home state of Wisconsin and take back the State House
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt spent the better part of last year in heated political disputes, but by Christmastime, the two city leaders exchanged gifts.
- Baltimore used to be a place where eccentricity and public life often went together
- Top Chef Mike Isabella is creating the menus for the corporate and VIP tents at the Preakness this year.
- Restaurant known for dedication to community sees steep revenue decline
- Keeping elephants in a zoo makes them more susceptible to illness
- Sticky Rice, with four locations including Aliceanna Street in Baltimore, has been named by PETA as one of the top 10 restaurants for vegan sushi, taking the No. 8 spot.
- We're still in Paris, where Yolanda, Lisa and Ken discuss their worries that Kim's hooked on her prescription drugs
- Five-year-old vegan could win her very own advertising spot
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- Baltimore Ravens' Terrell Suggs will prove it takes an inked one to know one Tuesday night on 'Ink Master,' Spike's reality show for tattoo artists.
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- More than 200 rabbits were seized from a Calvert County rescue because of poor living conditions, police said Thursday.
- Pit bull panel looks to one standard for all breeds
- Dancing with the Stars recap: Donald Driver and his partner Peta Murgatroyd win this season of Dancing with the Stars
