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However, moderate animal rights groups are not gaining ground in the United States nearly as fast as the more radical ones. Membership in the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has grown from 8000 in 1983 to over 300,000 today, according to Carol Burnett, spokesperson for the group...
...PETA considers itself a "non-violent" group. But Burnett clarified that, "If there is no [human] life involved, and if there is just property damage, we can't take a position against it... We don't consider liberating an animal from a lab violent...
...PETA opposes all animal experimentation and suggests the use of human volunteers, instead. If animal experimentation were eliminated and scientific research were hurt as a consequence, the probable increase in human suffering and death would not be a big problem for PETA. "We don't have a right to exploit animals under some notion of 'human good," said Burnett...
...chronically starving Asia, reports of the new rice sounded like an invitation to a feast. It was tough and fast-growing, able to root almost anywhere and twice as bountiful as ordinary strains. Crossbred from a common tropical rice called peta (meaning seed) and an ancient Chinese variety known as dee-geo-woo-gen (brown-tipped, sharp-legged thing), IR8, as scientists tagged the hybrid, was promptly-and prematurely-labeled a miracle...
Harvard, on the other hand, had only three seniors suit up for the 4-4 tie with Colby last Saturday. Weiland relies on sophomores like center Kent Parrot, who scored in both games. Parrot is flanked by senior Jorge Gonzales and junior Peta Waldinger...