PETA ask pet shop boys to change their name to rescue shelter boys LOLO

[Bekim...]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/index.html

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Just because they named their new CD "Yes," does not mean that British electro-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys, will agree to just about anything.
PETA has asked the Pet Shop Boys to change the band's name to Rescue Shelter Boys.

PETA has asked the Pet Shop Boys to change the band's name to Rescue Shelter Boys.

The band has turned down a request from an animal rights group to rename itself the Rescue Shelter Boys.

The organization, the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA), sent a letter to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe acknowledging that its request, at first blush, might appear "bizarre."

But, by changing its name, the band could raise awareness at every tour stop of the "cramped, filthy conditions" that breeders keep animals in before selling them to pet stores, PETA said in its letter. Read how the Pet Shop Boys got their name

The duo, which has performed under its current name for more than 20 years, reproduced PETA's written request in full on its Web site.
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* Pet Shop Boys come back with a lot of 'love, etc.'

The musicians said they were "unable to agree" to the request "but nonetheless think (it) raises an issue worth thinking about."

The animal rights group said it was pleased the Pet Shop Boys had drawn attention to the issue by posting its letter so prominently on the band's site. Talking about its campaign on a blog entry, a PETA staffer wrote:

"I think I may have to stick "West End Girls" on my iPod right now to celebrate."

"West End Girls" is one of the many hits the group has had in its long career.

PETA is no stranger to oddball campaigns. A recent one was aimed to re-christen fish as "sea kittens" because "who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten?"

[StateOfTrance]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/index.html

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Just because they named their new CD "Yes," does not mean that British electro-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys, will agree to just about anything.
PETA has asked the Pet Shop Boys to change the band's name to Rescue Shelter Boys.

PETA has asked the Pet Shop Boys to change the band's name to Rescue Shelter Boys.

The band has turned down a request from an animal rights group to rename itself the Rescue Shelter Boys.

The organization, the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA), sent a letter to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe acknowledging that its request, at first blush, might appear "bizarre."

But, by changing its name, the band could raise awareness at every tour stop of the "cramped, filthy conditions" that breeders keep animals in before selling them to pet stores, PETA said in its letter. Read how the Pet Shop Boys got their name

The duo, which has performed under its current name for more than 20 years, reproduced PETA's written request in full on its Web site.
Don't Miss

* Pet Shop Boys come back with a lot of 'love, etc.'

The musicians said they were "unable to agree" to the request "but nonetheless think (it) raises an issue worth thinking about."

The animal rights group said it was pleased the Pet Shop Boys had drawn attention to the issue by posting its letter so prominently on the band's site. Talking about its campaign on a blog entry, a PETA staffer wrote:

"I think I may have to stick "West End Girls" on my iPod right now to celebrate."

"West End Girls" is one of the many hits the group has had in its long career.

PETA is no stranger to oddball campaigns. A recent one was aimed to re-christen fish as "sea kittens" because "who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten?"

Oh, did they not see that video with those scumbags hooking live kittens as bait for sharks?

[TrippinFace101]

Maybe peta should change there name as well
People
Eating
Tasty
Animals

[sadelb]

PETA has saved so many dogs from some of the worst torture ever imaginable. I could care less about some of the outrageous ideas they have sometimes. We need an organization like this. A simple google search for PETA's undercover videos will give you an idea of some of the cruelty they have stopped.

[TrippinFace101]

PETA has saved so many dogs from some of the worst torture ever imaginable. I could care less about some of the outrageous ideas they have sometimes. We need an organization like this. A simple google search for PETA's undercover videos will give you an idea of some of the cruelty they have stopped.

Peta kills mad animals kid they have saved

[sadelb]

Peta kills mad animals kid they have saved

link?

[kroms]

i hope these pple dont reproduce.

[ShaE]

that's a silly request. i support peta, don't agree w/ the extremism sometimes, but they aim to help animals so they're a-ok in my book.

[sadelb]

that's a silly request. i support peta, don't agree w/ the extremism sometimes, but they aim to help animals so they're a-ok in my book.

I agree. They are definitely a little to extreme sometimes but its really not a big deal. In the end they help so many suffering animals.

[Assless Chaps]

PETA has got to be run by stay at home moms and queers.

[TrippinFace101]

link?

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

[TrippinFace101]

I agree. They are definitely a little to extreme sometimes but its really not a big deal. In the end they help so many suffering animals.

Then they kill them

[sadelb]

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

lol.. please with this link... such bullshit.

[TrippinFace101]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/134549

[sadelb]

"No one hates it more than we do," says Nachminovitch. "But we would rather offer these animals a painless death than have them tortured, starved or sold for research."


Your talking like PETA likes killing animals.

[ShaE]

PETA has got to be run by stay at home moms and queers.
and these two are related how?

[ShaE]

euthanizing animals humanely & slaughtering/butchering them is not the same.

i know some shelters have to put animals down b/c they simply cannot afford to keep and sustain all of them.
i would rather they be put down humanely in the care of a shelter than starve or be killed on the streets

[Gspot555]

"No one hates it more than we do," says Nachminovitch. "But we would rather offer these animals a painless death than have them tortured, starved or sold for research."


Your talking like PETA likes killing animals.


Wow, you really follow any organization/person so blindly that you believe they do no wrong...open up your eyes sometimes...

PETA is one of the worst organizations in this country...they are just another bunch of wackos clamoring for power...

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[sadelb]

seems like a Michael Moore documentary right there. Its very easy to edit your way to make any organization look bad. I'm not saying PETA isn't crazy. I know they are. I know they go way to extreme. I wish they would change a lot of their methods in handling animal abuse. But in the end they do more good for animals than bad. I guess you dont remember the experiments Iams was doing to dogs. It had no medical benefit what so ever. If it wasn't for PETA undercover work we would have never stopped that. I wont even post that video here.

Or the undercover PETA videos in China of how they were throwing live dogs into boiling water just to get their fur off their skin. Watch those videos of dogs getting boiled alive and then come telling me how "bad" PETA is.. There is a huge difference in putting dogs to sleep humanely than letting people boil a dog alive.

No living thing should experience that type of torture. PETA is a group that strives to stop those type of acts. Oh but wait, people that actually care about that type of torture are nut jobs?

Oh and dont tell me I'm following something blindly. I know how crazy PETA can be as I wrote up above. But in the end they do more good than bad for animals. There was a part in that video you posted about how PETA was protesting outside Los Angeles shelters. And then they interviewed the guy who was in charge who did seem like he really cared. Last week I was in Los Angeles for 7 days on vacation. I saw more homeless dogs in one week than I have ever seen in my life. (downtown Los Angeles) So that video makes it seem like PETA is protesting for no reason. But in reality the homeless dog situation in Los Angeles is absolutely horrible.

[jameznyhc]

seems like a Michael Moore documentary right there. Its very easy to edit your way to make any organization look bad. I'm not saying PETA isn't crazy. I know they are. I know they go way to extreme. I wish they would change a lot of their methods in handling animal abuse. But in the end they do more good for animals than bad. I guess you dont remember the experiments Iams was doing to dogs. It had no medical benefit what so ever. If it wasn't for PETA undercover work we would have never stopped that. I wont even post that video here.

Or the undercover PETA videos in China of how they were throwing live dogs into boiling water just to get their fur off their skin. Watch those videos of dogs getting boiled alive and then come telling me how "bad" PETA is.. There is a huge difference in putting dogs to sleep humanely than letting people boil a dog alive.

No living thing should experience that type of torture. PETA is a group that strives to stop those type of acts. Oh but wait, people that actually care about that type of torture are nut jobs?

what good is it to help animals while stepping on and hurting humans?

[ShaE]

what good is it to help animals while stepping on and hurting humans?
humans can speak up or fight back if they choose to, what defense to small animals have?

[Gspot555]

seems like a Michael Moore documentary right there. Its very easy to edit your way to make any organization look bad. I'm not saying PETA isn't crazy. I know they are. I know they go way to extreme. I wish they would change a lot of their methods in handling animal abuse. But in the end they do more good for animals than bad. I guess you dont remember the experiments Iams was doing to dogs. It had no medical benefit what so ever. If it wasn't for PETA undercover work we would have never stopped that. I wont even post that video here.

Or the undercover PETA videos in China of how they were throwing live dogs into boiling water just to get their fur off their skin. Watch those videos of dogs getting boiled alive and then come telling me how "bad" PETA is.. There is a huge difference in putting dogs to sleep humanely than letting people boil a dog alive.

No living thing should experience that type of torture. PETA is a group that strives to stop those type of acts. Oh but wait, people that actually care about that type of torture are nut jobs?

Oh and dont tell me I'm following something blindly. I know how crazy PETA can be as I wrote up above. But in the end they do more good than bad for animals. There was a part in that video you posted about how PETA was protesting outside Los Angeles shelters. And then they interviewed the guy who was in charge who did seem like he really cared. Last week I was in Los Angeles for 7 days on vacation. I saw more homeless dogs in one week than I have ever seen in my life. (downtown Los Angeles) So that video makes it seem like PETA is protesting for no reason. But in reality the homeless dog situation in Los Angeles is absolutely horrible.

so you agree with PETA's stance on animals not being used for medical advancements? watch the part again...that is my biggest problem with them

[sadelb]

so you agree with PETA's stance on animals not being used for medical advancements? watch the part again...that is my biggest problem with them


I honestly dont know enough about that topic to comment on it. All I know is that the amount of pain a dog experiences during these tests are excruciating. Also, how many bullshit experiments do these lab scientists perform? How many legitimate medicines actually come out of this testing? Are there laws on the extremities of the pain these "testers" can do to these animals? All you really need to do is watch one of these videos in full. It looks so inhumane.

On a side note, there was an art show in South America and one of the exhibits there was a guy who tied up a homeless dog to a pole. The whole point of his "art exhibit" was to show the dog die from hunger and lack of water. He literally took a dog, chained him up and let the dog die from starvation and thirst. They had pictures of this and while the dog was rotting away people were literally watching it die, walking around, chatting with their friends, etc.... This guy was doing this every year. PETA found out about this story and it was finally shut down. So while you guys are complaining about how PETA wears creepy masks and tries to change the name of the Pet Shop Boys, I look at articles like this and I am happy there are organizations that stop this type of cruelty. The positives of PETA outweigh the negatives IMO.

[darius]

that's a silly request. i support peta, don't agree w/ the extremism sometimes, but they aim to help animals so they're a-ok in my book.

better organizations to support like ASPCA and Humane Society . . . those people fight for the same causes but they do it rationally and with some class. PETA is a collection of degenerates parading as intellectuals. They fund arsonists and extremists to assault defenseless human beings. I love animals -- I own 3 dogs, but PETA can suck it in my book.

[Gspot555]

I honestly dont know enough about that topic to comment on it. All I know is that the amount of pain a dog experiences during these tests are excruciating. Also, how many bullshit experiments do these lab scientists perform? How many legitimate medicines actually come out of this testing? Are there laws on the extremities of the pain these "testers" can do to these animals? All you really need to do is watch one of these videos in full. It looks so inhumane.

On a side note, there was an art show in South America and one of the exhibits there was a guy who tied up a homeless dog to a pole. The whole point of his "art exhibit" was to show the dog die from hunger and lack of water. He literally took a dog, chained him up and let the dog die from starvation and thirst. They had pictures of this and while the dog was rotting away people were literally watching it die, walking around, chatting with their friends, etc.... This guy was doing this every year. PETA found out about this story and it was finally shut down. So while you guys are complaining about how PETA wears creepy masks and tries to change the name of the Pet Shop Boys, I look at articles like this and I am happy there are organizations that stop this type of cruelty. The positives of PETA outweigh the negatives IMO.


Watch the video before you comment...as usual, you start asking questions when if you watched or read you will get the answers...they say over 90% of all medicine come from animal testing...without it, there would be none...PETA opposes this...you are so easy to influence by some shock video PETA happens to put out there...


better organizations to support like ASPCA and Humane Society . . . those people fight for the same causes but they do it rationally and with some class. PETA is a collection of degenerates parading as intellectuals. They fund arsonists and extremists to assault defenseless human beings. I love animals -- I own 3 dogs, but PETA can suck it in my book.

exactly...this is not about animal righs, because I am all for that and would never like to see animals injured, but PETA is a complete joke

[sadelb]

Watch the video before you comment...as usual, you start asking questions when if you watched or read you will get the answers...they say over 90% of all medicine come from animal testing...without it, there would be none...PETA opposes this...you are so easy to influence by some shock video PETA happens to put out there...



exactly...this is not about animal righs, because I am all for that and would never like to see animals injured, but PETA is a complete joke


a Penn and Teller video?? lol c'mon man.. That video was so bias it wasnt even funny. As I said before it was like a Michael Moore documentary. Your ignoring the points of how badly tortured these animals are in the laboratories. I mean in the video they say that PETA wants all animals to be free and not be pets. You honestly think PETA wants everybody to release their dogs in the wilderness. Once that video said that the credibility of it went down the toilet. My main point is this, PETA does MORE GOOD than bad. Thats it. They have stopped so much cruelty and torture. You keep ignoring those points for some reason though.

[Gspot555]

a Penn and Teller video?? lol c'mon man.. That video was so bias it wasnt even funny. As I said before it was like a Michael Moore documentary. Your ignoring the points of how badly tortured these animals are in the laboratories. I mean in the video they say that PETA wants all animals to be free and not be pets. You honestly think PETA wants everybody to release their dogs in the wilderness. Once that video said that the credibility of it went down the toilet. My main point is this, PETA does MORE GOOD than bad. Thats it. They have stopped so much cruelty and torture. You keep ignoring those points for some reason though.

Your main point is bullshit...the POINT is this...yes there are in people in PETA who want all animals to be released because they are an ETXREMIST group...why is that a hard concept to grasp?

[sadelb]

Your main point is bullshit...the POINT is this...yes there are in people in PETA who want all animals to be released because they are an ETXREMIST group...why is that a hard concept to grasp?

okay and yes I understand there are extremists in PETA. But there are also a lot of normal people working for them. And my point isn't bullshit. My point actually makes a lot of sense. In the end after all of their crazy stunts, they still stop many of the worst type of tortures that happen to dogs. Take away PETA, and all of those dogs getting boiled alive keep on happening. You wont find many other organizations going undercover in those type of situations. So again, I could care less about some of the weirdos that work for them. Seriously go look at those videos then talk to me. You wont be able to last 2 minutes watching that stuff. PETA puts a stop to it. No credit for that though?

[TrippinFace101]

okay and yes I understand there are extremists in PETA. But there are also a lot of normal people working for them. And my point isn't bullshit. My point actually makes a lot of sense. In the end after all of their crazy stunts, they still stop many of the worst type of tortures that happen to dogs. Take away PETA, and all of those dogs getting boiled alive keep on happening. You wont find many other organizations going undercover in those type of situations. So again, I could care less about some of the weirdos that work for them. Seriously go look at those videos then talk to me. You wont be able to last 2 minutes watching that stuff. PETA puts a stop to it. No credit for that though?

Ive seen those vids and yes they are sick beyond belief meanwhile alot of people in this country eat pig and cow and chicken . Yes i am a animal lover and no i cant control the world.Like who are u though like you really gonna do something.

[Gspot555]

okay and yes I understand there are extremists in PETA. But there are also a lot of normal people working for them. And my point isn't bullshit. My point actually makes a lot of sense. In the end after all of their crazy stunts, they still stop many of the worst type of tortures that happen to dogs. Take away PETA, and all of those dogs getting boiled alive keep on happening. You wont find many other organizations going undercover in those type of situations. So again, I could care less about some of the weirdos that work for them. Seriously go look at those videos then talk to me. You wont be able to last 2 minutes watching that stuff. PETA puts a stop to it. No credit for that though?


You say PETA does more good than bad...well I ask you why the fuck should they be doing ANY bad? Answer me that There are organizations that were already mentioned that do only good for animals...

[Benny B]

You say PETA does more good than bad...well I ask you why the fuck should they be doing ANY bad? Answer me that There are organizations that were already mentioned that do only good for animals...

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[jameznyhc]

You say PETA does more good than bad...well I ask you why the fuck should they be doing ANY bad? Answer me that There are organizations that were already mentioned that do only good for animals...

now thats a great point .. threads a wrap ..

[jameznyhc]

please hold on while we wait for CNN cliff notes..

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[sadelb]

You say PETA does more good than bad...well I ask you why the fuck should they be doing ANY bad? Answer me that There are organizations that were already mentioned that do only good for animals...

They shouldn't be doing any bad. But their negatives are not even as close to as bad as that video points out. That is a Michael Moore spin video. Show me reliable sources where PETA have actually hurt humans. How many times do I have to say that I agree PETA goes way to far. But they help and have stopped so much torture. We need an organization like them to get to the real, real, horrible things. You see I'm not advocating being a vegetarian, or buying non leather items etc... For me personally if an animal is going to die for whatever reason, it should be done humanely. No pain what so ever. And I'm happy to see an organization like PETA fight for that. Whenever you hear about the most horrible acts toward animals it ALWAYS comes from PETA. No other organization comes close to finding out the things that PETA finds. Believe me, if they weren't effective I would be on the same side you guys are on. But they are very effective.


Oh and Trippinface, I help out at the dog shelter every summer where I live. I'm not an advocate or anything but I try to help out as much as I can. Plus I am always donating money to the local animal shelters as well.

[joeylima]

They shouldn't be doing any bad. But their negatives are not even as close to as bad as that video points out. That is a Michael Moore spin video. Show me reliable sources where PETA have actually hurt humans. How many times do I have to say that I agree PETA goes way to far. But they help and have stopped so much torture. We need an organization like them to get to the real, real, horrible things. You see I'm not advocating being a vegetarian, or buying non leather items etc... For me personally if an animal is going to die for whatever reason, it should be done humanely. No pain what so ever. And I'm happy to see an organization like PETA fight for that. Whenever you hear about the most horrible acts toward animals it ALWAYS comes from PETA. No other organization comes close to finding out the things that PETA finds. Believe me, if they weren't effective I would be on the same side you guys are on. But they are very effective.


Oh and Trippinface, I help out at the dog shelter every summer where I live. I'm not an advocate or anything but I try to help out as much as I can. Plus I am always donating money to the local animal shelters as well.

So wait, Michael Moore spin vidoes are only reliable when they are anti-bush, anti-republican, right? :booted

[sadelb]

So wait, Michael Moore spin vidoes are only reliable when they are anti-bush, anti-republican, right? :booted

I've always knocked Michael Moore.

[Gspot555]

Listen, it doesnt really matter what you think of the video...it displays facts, forget about the spin and listen to the facts which are documented and you can find research for...