The Vietnamese police have saved over 400 cats from being trafficked and slaughtered in Southeast Asia’s underground cat meat trade. This comprises one of the biggest feline rescue operations in Vietnam’s history.
Along with the 400 living felines, the Ho Chi Minh City police found 80 cat carcasses frozen in coolers. Nine people have been arrested for alleged involvement in a &#8220;criminal group specialising in stealing and collecting cats,” <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20yzm58vk3o">said</a> BBC News, citing the official newspaper of the city’s police department.
The cats were reported to be emaciated, traumatized, and stuffed into cages. An unknown number of the animals died after being rescued because of the poor conditions they were in. A few of the cats were pregnant and have since given birth in police custody.
“The sad truth about this trade is that thousands of cats every month are being stolen, trafficked and slaughtered for meat across the country, and the fate of most is to end up at a slaughterhouse or restaurant to be killed and eaten,” <a href="https://www.humaneworld.org/en/news/hundreds-cats-seized-ho-chi-minh-city-police-largest-cat-meat-bust-vietnam">said</a> Phuong Tham, the Humane World for Animals Viet Nam country director. “Thankfully these survivors escaped that fate but this large seizure and the swift actions of the police are a welcome step in the crackdown that is badly needed on this trade.&#8221;
The cat meat trade is not illegal in Vietnam, but distributors are required to gain permits proving a cat’s origins. However, many black market sellers see this permit process as a nuisance and resort to stealing cats on the streets from owners, and trafficking them across borders to Laos, Cambodia, and China.
Additionally, one kilogram of cat meat sells for about $2.70, which according to statistics from the agrifood market data website Selina Wamucii, is costlier than a kilogram of <a href="https://www.selinawamucii.com/insights/prices/vietnam/chicken-meat/">chicken</a> ($1.80) but much cheaper than a kilo of <a href="https://www.selinawamucii.com/insights/prices/vietnam/beef/">beef</a> ($8.11). This gives black market sellers an opportunity to provide a relatively cheap and accessible meat to consumers with a moderate profit margin.
The animal rights organization Humane World <a href="https://www.humaneworld.org/en/campaign/ending-viet-nams-dog-cat-meat-trades">estimates</a> that over one million cats are “stolen, trafficked and brutally slaughtered for their meat” every year in Vietnam. 
The arrest has coincided with a rising support among younger generations and pet owners to end the cat meat trade entirely, with Humane World reporting 71% approval for the banning of cat meat consumption and trade. 
The Vietnamese government is planning on instituting more legal protections for cats and cat owners.
Cats are eaten most commonly in Vietnam during the Lunar Month for good luck, as animal rights organization Four Paws USA <a href="https://www.fourpawsusa.org/campaigns-topics/campaigns/end-the-dog-and-cat-meat-trade/the-truth/where-the-cruelty-happens">reports</a>.

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Edwin Díaz, the $69 million closer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has been linked to an alleged illegal cockfighting operation in his native Puerto Rico, according to a report by <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/horseracing/2026/05/14/jose-ortiz-irad-ortiz-jr-edwin-diaz-illegal-cockfighting/90046603007/">USA Today</a>.
The report, published Friday, tied Díaz to the federally banned blood sport through social media advertisements and promotional materials posted by cockfighting organizations on the island, including graphics showing the three-time All-Star in his Dodgers uniform promoting tournament events. One post reportedly advertised a “tribute” to Díaz, describing him as both a Puerto Rican sports hero and an active cockfighter.
The controversy deepened after a March interview with Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día resurfaced in which Díaz openly discussed his family’s participation in cockfighting events. According to the outlet, Díaz said his family entered four roosters into a recent tournament and described cockfighting as a hobby he had followed since childhood. 
“It’s a pastime I’ve followed since I was a child,” Díaz reportedly said. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here.”
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Cockfighting has deep historical roots in Puerto Rico, where some residents continue to defend it as a cultural tradition dating back centuries. But that defense has not carried legal weight for years. The practice has been illegal in all U.S. states and territories since 2019, when a federal ban took effect. The Supreme Court later declined to hear a challenge that would have carved out an exception for Puerto Rico.
Federal law makes participation in a cockfight punishable by up to five years in prison and fines, while knowingly attending as a spectator can carry criminal penalties. No charges have been announced against Díaz, and neither the Dodgers nor his representatives responded publicly to the report as of Friday.
The report also mentioned several other prominent Puerto Rican athletes, including champion jockey brothers José Ortiz and Irad Ortiz Jr., who were allegedly photographed at cockfighting venues and appeared in videos tied to betting activity. Díaz’s younger brother, Alexis Díaz, was also named in social media posts promoting the same events.
For Major League Baseball, the allegations could present an off-field distraction involving a high-profile reliever. MLB’s personal conduct policy gives it broad discretion to investigate players for conduct deemed damaging to the sport, even absent criminal charges. 
The timing is also awkward for Díaz personally. The veteran reliever, who signed a lucrative offseason deal with Los Angeles, is currently sidelined with an elbow injury after a rough start to the season, adding another layer of scrutiny to what was expected to be a routine rehabilitation.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter to the White House suggesting that First Lady Melania Trump wear a redesigned potato sack — and have children roll potatoes instead of eggs — at the 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll.
Touting the success of &#8220;The Haute Potato Collection&#8221; at New York City&#8217;s Fashion Week — a collection based on the iconic potato sack dress worn by actress Marilyn Monroe in 1951 — PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk promised the first lady a reimagined — and far more glamorous — potato sack creation for the White House&#8217;s Easter festivities.
&#8220;We would be delighted to present you with a unique dress created from vintage Idaho potato sacks—like those recently featured during New York Fashion Week (inspired by the potato sack dress famously worn by Marilyn Monroe) if you’ll redesign the White House Easter Egg Roll to become the White House Easter Potato Roll, a fabulously modern move,&#8221; Newkirk wrote.
She went on to note that Trump had the opportunity to influence the way people looked at Easter eggs going forward — and could open the door for more families viewing potatoes as a reasonable alternative.
&#8220;As first lady, you have tremendous influence to elevate and reimagine outdated customs such as this and to add a patriotic angle that has been lacking,&#8221; Newkirk continued, arguing that potatoes could be dyed and decorated in the same way that eggs have been — and that they lend themselves to additional activities — &#8220;like sack races and &#8216;hot potato&#8217; games.&#8221;
&#8220;Swapping out eggs for potatoes would feel not only patriotic and familiar but also delightfully new, offering children the same hands-on fun while reflecting the core Christian value of kindness to all creation in the time of Easter renewal and joy,&#8221; she added.
The annual Easter Egg Roll typically uses approximately 30,000 hard-boiled eggs, most of which are small to medium in size and not usually packaged for retail. They are donated for the event by the American Egg Board.

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Former Beatles band member Paul McCartney is teaming up with the animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) in an effort to stop a national coffee chain from charging customers more for plant-based milk.
The recording artist wrote an <a href="https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/for-peets-sake-sir-paul-to-peets-drop-non-dairy-milk-upcharge-please/">open letter</a> to Eric Lauterbach, president and CEO of Peet’s Coffee, asking that the company remove an 80 cent surcharge for non-dairy milk.
“It recently came to my attention that Peet’s has an extra charge for plant-based milks as opposed to cow’s milk. I must say this surprised me as I understand that your company is committed to reducing methane emissions and water waste, yet cow’s milk significantly contributes to them,” McCartney wrote, per the San Francisco Chronicle. “I would like to politely request that you consider dropping the upcharge on plant milks, just as Starbucks and Dunkin’ have recently done.”
The coffee chain is headquartered in Emeryville, California, a Bay Area city between Oakland and Berkeley, where PETA is organizing a demonstration later this month. 
“Peet’s punitive price hike on vegan milks leaves a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who cares about animals or the environment,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in a statement. “PETA is calling on the public to join the push for Peet’s to brew up compassion and stop charging extra for kind and climate-friendly choices.”
McCartney is a well-known environmental activist with a penchant for left-wing causes. According to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/official.peta/posts/paul-and-linda-mccartney-decided-to-go-veg-in-1975-as-they-watched-lambs-playing/1010634767389492/">PETA</a>, Paul and his late wife, Linda McCartney, went vegetarian in 1975 after watching lambs play outside their window while they were eating lamb chops. 
In the past, the singer has said, “It’s actually a huge fallacy,” that the best protein sources are meat. “You can get your protein from a million other non-animal places, and it’s much better for you,” McCartney said during an <a href="https://www.peta.org/features/paul-mccartney-interview/">interview</a> with PETA.

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The leftist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animals">animal</a> rights organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/peta">PETA</a> has suggested for Groundhog Day this year, the nation should ditch Punxsutawney Phil and rely on a vegan “weather reveal cake” to predict the weather instead.
The organization, which stands for &#8220;People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,”  said it <a href="https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/life-for-punxsutawney-phil-is-no-piece-of-cake-peta-offers-weather-reveal-dessert-to-replace-exploited-groundhog/#:~:text=Punxsutawney%2C%20Pa.&amp;text=PETA%20will%20deliver%20a%20delicious,outfit%20kudos%20from%20wildlife%20fans.">sent</a> a letter to Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s President Tom Dunkel and made him the “irresistible offer” of delivering what would resemble a gender reveal cake if his group was willing to “let Punxsutawney Phil and his family retire to a reputable sanctuary.”
“In a fun play on viral gender reveal videos, PETA’s tasty treat would be cut to expose one of two colors: blue, signifying six more weeks of winter, or pink, indicating an early spring,” the statement said. 
The letter to Dunkel used numerous baking puns, saying the vegan cake &#8220;would allow you to still make tourism dough while showing Phil a slice of decency.&#8221;
“You batter believe that for Phil, Groundhog Day is no piece of cake,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk wrote. “Groundhogs are shy prey animals who, when allowed, actively avoid humans. Yet, year after year, Phil is transported to Gobler’s Knob, whisked on stage, and subjected to a noisy announcer, screaming crowds, and flashing lights against all his natural instincts.”
She continued, “If approached in his natural habitat, he would run away in fear, not volunteer to live year-round in captivity, unable to do anything that’s natural and important to him like hibernate or burrow—just to be a town’s once-a-year fake meteorologist.&#8221;
This isn’t the first time PETA tried to stop the Groundhog Day tradition by pitching an alternative. In 2024, it suggested flipping a giant coin rather than seeing if Phil saw his shadow. Two years earlier, the group had suggested using an animatronic replica of the groundhog. 
The tradition of using a groundhog to predict whether the nation would experience an early spring or have six more weeks of winter <a href="https://www.weather.gov/phi/GroundHogHistory">originated</a> with German settlers who brought the tradition of Candlemas to America in the 1700s. 
Punxsutawney Phil is the official weather-predicting groundhog who emerges each year on February 2 to make his prediction in Punxsutawney, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania">Pennsylvania,</a> to around 20,000 fans who gather for the occasion.

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An alleged vegan “extremist” suspected of being responsible for two bombings in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a> area more than two decades ago was arrested in the United Kingdom, the FBI announced Tuesday. 
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was arrested in Wales after 20 years on the run after he was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-terrorism-fugitive-caught-wales-70a2543ea03ed245394226795bffd563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with carrying out bombings in Emeryville and Pleasanton. San Diego was first indicted in July of 2004 and has been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List since 2009. 
“Daniel San Diego’s arrest after more than 20 years as a fugitive for two bombings in the San Francisco area shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said. “There’s a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way.”
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CAPTURED MOST WANTED TERRORIST<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FBI</a> Director Wray says Daniel San Diego&#39;s arrest after 20+ years as a fugitive for two San Francisco bombings shows the Bureau’s commitment to justice, stressing that violence is never the right way to express views. <a href="https://t.co/a759SMivCz">https://t.co/a759SMivCz</a> <a href="https://t.co/9C6MnUvKZI">pic.twitter.com/9C6MnUvKZI</a>
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The <a href="https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/testimony/animal-rights-extremism-and-ecoterrorism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bombing</a> in Emeryville took place at the Chiron biotechnology corporation on August 28, 2003, and involved two bombs that went off within an hour of each other, according to the FBI. The attack in Pleasanton was at the Shaklee nutritional products corporation on September 26, 2003, and involved a bomb packed with nails.  
While no one was injured or killed, authorities <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/fbi-most-wanted-extremist-caught-wales.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that San Diego intended to target first responders with the second bomb at Chiron. 
According to his FBI wanted <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/daniel-andreas-san-diego" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poster</a>, San Diego was connected to animal rights extremist groups. The radical organization, “Revolutionary Cells of the Animal Liberation Brigade,” took credit for the bombings and warned that more attacks were coming.
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“It is time for this war to truly have two sides. No more will all the killing be done by the oppressors, now the oppressed will strike back,” the group said after the second bombing, according to the FBI. 
San Diego, who was born in Berkeley, has a tattoo that reads &#8220;It only takes a spark&#8221; and another tattoo of “burning and collapsing buildings,” the FBI said. 
“He is known to follow a vegan diet, eating no meat or food containing animal products. In the past, he has worked as a computer network specialist and with the operating system LINUX. San Diego wears eyeglasses, is skilled at sailing, and has traveled internationally. He is known to possess a handgun,” the wanted poster read. 
A $250,000 reward was offered for any information that led to San Diego’s arrest.

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New York State officials poked a virtual hornet&#8217;s nest when they confiscated and euthanized internet sensation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/internet-sensation-peanut-the-squirrel-euthanized-by-new-york-state-government">Peanut the squirrel</a> and a raccoon named Fred that was also rescued and kept as a pet.
Mark and Daniela Longo, Peanut&#8217;s owners, told TMZ that state officials had raided their home as if they were &#8220;drug dealers&#8221; and had taken both the squirrel and the raccoon — which they had rescued and kept in their home — and euthanized them.
&#8220;It not only tears my family apart, but Peanut was the cornerstone of our non-profit animal rescue,” Longo said. “And ten to twelve DEC officers raided my house as if I was a drug dealer. I sat outside my house for five hours. I had to get a police escort to my bathroom. I wasn’t even allowed to feed my rescue horses breakfast or lunch. I sat there like a criminal after they interrogated my wife to check her immigration status.&#8221;
Video of their plight quickly went viral, sparking reactions from animal lovers everywhere and inspiring a number of tribute memes dedicated to the two small mammals.
&#8220;Reagan&#8221; actor Trevor Donovan, well known on X for his love for animals, posted, &#8220;This is heartbreaking and infuriating. It’s hard to believe that New York officials would go to such extremes over a cute little squirrel. This situation makes you question what’s happening to compassion and common sense in our laws.&#8221;
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This is heartbreaking and infuriating. It’s hard to believe that New York officials would go to such extremes over a cute little squirrel. This situation makes you question what’s happening to compassion and common sense in our laws. <a href="https://t.co/JfeQaubjEP">https://t.co/JfeQaubjEP</a>
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&#8220;Peanut and Fred were beautiful creatures. The New York government decided that they needed to be put down to check if they had rabies. They did not have rabies,&#8221; Ian Miles Cheong posted, sharing a video of Fred happily drinking from a Dunkin&#8217; cup.
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Peanut and Fred were beautiful creatures. The New York government decided that they needed to be put down to check if they had rabies.
They did not have rabies. <a href="https://t.co/dBoCYIARe7">pic.twitter.com/dBoCYIARe7</a>
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A number pointed to the fact that the Democratic Party controls New York, and argued that putting Democrats in charge of the United States in the November 5 general election would only result in more overreach.
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&#8220;Make sure everyone you know hears the story of Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon. The Democrats went too far this time. They raided this man because a hater reported them for having these pets. New York stole the animals and KILLED them. This is the Democrat Party,&#8221; Robby Starbuck posted.
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Make sure everyone you know hears the story of Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon. The Democrats went too far this time. They raided this man because a hater reported them for having these pets. New York stole the animals and KILLED them. This is the Democrat Party. <a href="https://t.co/e5A9jkbLiS">pic.twitter.com/e5A9jkbLiS</a>
&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1852789411291000887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;My inbox is being flooded with Peanut the Squirrel memes at a rate never thought possible &#8230;&#8221; Ashley St. Clair added.
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My inbox is being flooded with Peanut the Squirrel memes at a rate never thought possible… <a href="https://t.co/UpC9WUhQaD">pic.twitter.com/UpC9WUhQaD</a>
&mdash; Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) <a href="https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1852744554593599774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The euthanization of a squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred may have been the final straw,&#8221; another added.
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The euthanization of a squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred may have been the final straw. <a href="https://t.co/hp7OVoCIqM">pic.twitter.com/hp7OVoCIqM</a>
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Someone who self-identified as a former drug dealer agreed with those who said that Democrats would only continue to take the United States further down that same path.
&#8220;As a former drug dealer who has been raided under criminal pretenses by the State of New York, I would like to opine on the Mark Longo and Peanut situation as an expert. If you told me this was an SNL parody of what a future Democrat run anarcho-tyranny state looked like, I would believe you,&#8221; the post read.
&#8220;Guy runs a[n] animal rescue non-profit;10 officers raid his house &gt;not allowed to use bathroom alone; not allowed to feed his other rescue animals; interrogated wife about immigration status; search warrant from 4 bureaucratic departments; they put down the squirrel and his raccoon,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;Just absolute clown world government and maniacs running the place. We need Trump really bad.&#8221;
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As a former drug dealer who has been raided under criminal pretenses by the State of New York, I would like to opine on the Mark Longo and Peanut situation as an expert.
If you told me this was an SNL parody of what a future Democrat run anarcho-tyranny state looked like, I… <a href="https://t.co/yeod3O3nRp">pic.twitter.com/yeod3O3nRp</a>
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&#8220;The government euthanizes a squirrel three days before an election and that prevents Liz Cheney from being Secretary of Defense and therefore stops WW3. Rest easy, little Peanut. You saved us,&#8221; came from ComfortablySmug.
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The government euthanizes a squirrel three days before an election and that prevents Liz Cheney from being Secretary of Defense and therefore stops WW3.
Rest easy, little Peanut. You saved us.
&mdash; Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) <a href="https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1852779708967997524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Americans after the government f*cks them for decades: [crickets]. Americans after the government kills Peanut the squirrel [declare war].&#8221;
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Americans after the government f*cks them for decades: 🦗🦗🦗
Americans after the government kills Peanut the squirrel: <a href="https://t.co/ZROmNCmCeG">pic.twitter.com/ZROmNCmCeG</a>
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&#8220;If Peanut the Squirrel was an illegal immigrant who was dealing fentanyl and raping women, New York Democrats would give him $5,000 and a cell phone,&#8221; Ian Haworth noted.
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If Peanut the Squirrel was an illegal immigrant who was dealing fentanyl and raping women, New York Democrats would give him $5,000 and a cell phone. <a href="https://t.co/ioKYhTvmsT">https://t.co/ioKYhTvmsT</a>
&mdash; Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth/status/1852575126778261940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Peanut the squirrel is going to become the next Harambe. Both unjustly executed,&#8221; Fox News reporter Bill Melugin posted.
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Peanut the squirrel is going to become the next Harambe. 
Both unjustly executed. 😤
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1852736642777587974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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And even more followed:
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My entire feed right now is a rallying homage to Peanut the Squirrel! LFG! <a href="https://t.co/yPzC7sydg2">pic.twitter.com/yPzC7sydg2</a>
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The calvary is coming Peanut!!!! <a href="https://t.co/gqnwsgDoV3">pic.twitter.com/gqnwsgDoV3</a>
&mdash; Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) <a href="https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1852742767060963390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“His name was &#8211; PEANUT. And they killed him, Joe. Killed him like a dog. These are sick people, Joe, they’re sick people. And Peanut was totally innocent. But they killed him like it was nothing.” <a href="https://t.co/gNgkYfZXBP">pic.twitter.com/gNgkYfZXBP</a>
&mdash; pub (@smubpublius) <a href="https://twitter.com/smubpublius/status/1852737879379959871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“They did *what* to Peanut?” <a href="https://t.co/gSq2Ei2jju">pic.twitter.com/gSq2Ei2jju</a>
&mdash; Wade Stotts (@wadestotts) <a href="https://twitter.com/wadestotts/status/1852743351260307663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Peanut went out fighting. Til Valhalla. <a href="https://t.co/DM8lh5IiJa">pic.twitter.com/DM8lh5IiJa</a>
&mdash; Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) <a href="https://twitter.com/MostlyPeacefull/status/1852747019145949596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Radicalized Squirrels In MAGA Hats Begin Uprising <a href="https://t.co/90thVcIcgm">https://t.co/90thVcIcgm</a> <a href="https://t.co/WI8NSnLFyD">pic.twitter.com/WI8NSnLFyD</a>
&mdash; The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1852741499504533923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Bob Barker</a>’s longtime girlfriend, Nancy Burnet, is reflecting on their time together following the TV show host’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bob-barker-beloved-host-of-the-price-is-right-dead-at-99">death</a> on Saturday at the age of 99.
Barker is best known for hosting “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">The Price Is Right</a>” for 35 years, but he’d been with Burnet even longer than that. The couple had been involved for four decades when Barker died. Burnet explained how they never married despite Barker proposing several times.
Barker’s first wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon, died in 1981. 
&#8220;Neither of us had any desire ever to be married again, and he believed it when we first started seeing each other,&#8221; Burnet said, per <a href="https://people.com/bob-barker-companion-nancy-burnet-many-proposals-trust-they-shared-exclusive-7866872">People</a>. &#8220;But as the years went by, he proposed to me many times. I just said, &#8216;I just don&#8217;t want to be married.&#8217; Our humor was very dry. We kidded in a way. And he said, &#8216;Not even to me?&#8217; And I said, &#8216;Especially not to you.'&#8221;
Part of her hesitation was their age difference, Burnet said. &#8220;There was a difference, a 19-and-a-half, 20-year difference in our ages, so I said, &#8216;What would people think here?'&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;And he said, &#8216;Oh, I don’t care what they think.&#8217; He was interested in doing it anyway. He didn’t care.&#8221;
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Burnet said Barker even involved his attorney and drew up a prenup without her knowledge. &#8220;He had his attorney send it to me,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;I said, &#8216;I just don&#8217;t want to do this. I&#8217;m not going to accept this.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;Well, if you don&#8217;t like the terms of the prenup, take it to your own attorney. You can change it.&#8217; I never did do it.&#8221;
Burnet also reflected on how passionate Barker was about animal rights. She said they met on an animal adoption day in 1983.
“I knew almost nothing about him really,” Burnet said. “I knew he did &#8216;The Price Is Right.&#8217; I knew that he was interested in animals, and he had the format to get the word out.”
She continued, &#8220;He said, ‘I&#8217;ll bet you are a wild-eyed radical.’ I said, ‘Well, I don&#8217;t know about the ‘wild-eyed’ part.’&#8221; 
They connected due to their shared interest in animal rights. “He was willing to use his name value,” Burnet said of Barker. “He was willing to stand up when things were controversial.”

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Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/like-driving-a-gas-guzzler-peta-is-mad-at-elon-musk-for-liking-chocolate-milk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PETA</a>) has released a statement condemning the producers of Amazon Prime Video series &#8220;<a id="auto-tag_the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power" href="https://variety.com/t/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power/" data-tag="the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power">The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</a>&#8221; after a horse died on set.
The horse reportedly died on March 21st while being exercised on the U.K. set prior to rehearsals and filming — and a necropsy confirmed that the cause of death was cardiac arrest.
&#8220;We are deeply saddened to confirm that a production horse died on 21st March,&#8221; an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement released on Sunday morning. &#8220;The incident took place in the morning whilst the horse was being exercised prior to rehearsals. The trainer was not in costume and filming had yet to commence. Both a veterinarian and a representative of the American Humane Association were present at the time. The independent necropsy has confirmed that the horse died of cardiac failure.&#8221;
According to a <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/rings-of-power-horse-death-lord-of-the-rings-peta-1235564884/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from entertainment site Variety, there were some 30 horses being used for the second season of &#8220;The Rings of Power&#8221; — and 20 were on the set at the time of the incident, along with a veterinarian and an American Humane Association representative.
The horse in question was <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/03/horse-dies-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-1235310287/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supplied</a> by The Devil&#8217;s Horsemen — a Buckinghamshire-based company that has provided horses for &#8220;Wonder Woman,&#8221; &#8220;Justice League,&#8221; &#8220;Transformers: The Last Knight,&#8221; &#8220;Game Of Thrones,&#8221; and &#8220;The Crown.&#8221; This is the first known horse fatality in the company&#8217;s five-decade history.
&#8220;It seems that living underground with the orcs is par for the course for the producers of &#8216;The Rings of Power,&#8217; because they have the option to use CGI, mechanical rigs and other humane methods that wouldn’t run vulnerable horses to death on set,&#8221; PETA senior vice president Lisa Lange said in a statement.
&#8220;PETA is calling on the show’s creators — and all other producers — to take on a new quest without using any real horses. If they can’t avoid exploiting animals for their art, they should find a new medium, because no one wants to see a spinoff for TV with torment as the theme,&#8221; she concluded.
The activist organization has repeatedly called for an end to using real horses — and other animals — in film, arguing that filmmakers should rely entirely on CGI instead. Barring that, PETA has said that an animal behaviorist should be on set at all times in an effort to prevent any potential mistreatment.

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Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steven-spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> said he regrets the impact his iconic movie “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Jaws</a>” had on the shark population. 
The 76-year-old Hollywood veteran made his feelings known during a recent interview with the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g8m4">podcast</a> Desert Island Discs. Spielberg was 27 when he made “Jaws” in 1975 and said he looks back with mixed emotions on how popular the movie became.
“I truly and to this day regret the decimation of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharks">shark population</a> because of the book and the film. I really, truly regret that,” the filmmaker said. “That’s one of the things I still fear. Not to get eaten by a shark, but that sharks are somehow mad at me for the feeding frenzy of crazy sport fishermen that happened after 1975.”
Author Peter Benchley, who wrote the book “Jaws,” previously expressed similar sentiments and has spent time advocating for the protection of sharks, BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33049099">reported</a>. 
&#8220;Knowing what I know now, I could never write that book today,&#8221; Benchley said of creating a revenge-seeking shark. &#8220;Sharks don&#8217;t target human beings, and they certainly don&#8217;t hold grudges.&#8221;
“Jaws” is a cult classic thriller that follows a team of individuals hunting a man-eating great white shark terrorizing a summer resort town. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as a marine biologist, and Robert Shaw as a professional shark hunter. The film was mostly shot in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. It won three Academy Awards and numerous other accolades.
Spielberg blames himself and the popularity of “Jaws” for the decline in shark populations, but Paul Cox, chief executive of the Shark Trust in the United Kingdom, said that this explanation is “giving the film far too much credit.”
“The cases of shark population decline are very clearly fisheries overfishing,” Cox said, per <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/steven-spielberg-regrets-jaws-influence-shark-population-200258278.html">The Guardian</a>. 
Cox did say he’s happy Spielberg is discussing the issue and bringing attention to it, however. 
“For someone with his celebrity to be addressing the challenge of communicating about sharks in a more positive way is very welcome,” he continued. 
The Shark Trust executive said “Jaws” resonates with fans because of the mystery surrounding sharks. “It’s a natural fear we have of the unknown. The sea, the marine environment, still has a lot of unknowns,” he explained.

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Steven Spielberg Said He Has 'Regret' Over Impact Of 'Jaws' On Sharks, Afraid They Are 'Mad' At Him

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How does he find the time?
Multibillionaire Elon Musk is busy running the electric vehicle company Tesla, launching rockets into the cosmos via SpaceX as he aims to put a man on Mars, and now he&#8217;s the top twit on Twitter, tweeting his little heart out.
But somehow he also oversees a bizarre program to design brain implants for humans — which new reports say has led to the deaths of some 1,500 animals on which the devices are being tested.
Musk said last week that a wireless &#8220;brain chip&#8221; developed by Neuralink could go into human clinical trials within six months. But a new report says since 2018, the company has killed about 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-faces-federal-probe-employee-backlash-over-animal-tests-2022-12-05/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters.
The global news agency also said the medical device company &#8220;is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths,&#8221; according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations.
Reuters also said the the federal probe, which had not been previously reported, was &#8220;opened in recent months by the US Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Inspector General at the request of a federal prosecutor, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation.&#8221;
It&#8217;s not the first time Neuralink has come under fire. In February, an animal rights group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), filed a complaint, claiming monkeys have been killed in botched surgeries to implant the chips.
&#8220;The group alleged that surgeons used the wrong surgical glue twice, which led to two monkeys suffering and ultimately dying, while other monkeys had different complications from the implants,&#8221; Reuters reported.
Treatment of monkeys burst into the headlines again last week when the PCRM launched a new <a href="https://www.pcrm.org/news/news-releases/ahead-elon-musks-show-and-tell-doctors-group-reveals-disturbing-truth-behind" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. The site says Neuralink&#8217;s experiments at the University of California, Davis, &#8220;resulted in chronic infections, seizures, paralysis, internal bleeding, and declining psychological health.&#8221;
&#8220;Hundreds of pages of public records revealed animals suffering from sloppy experiments that resulted in chronic infections, seizures, paralysis, internal bleeding, and declining psychological health before they were killed,&#8221; the site said.
&#8220;In two separate incidents, experimenters filled holes in monkeys’ skulls with an unapproved adhesive, which seeped through to the animals’ brains. In one monkey, the adhesive caused bleeding in her brain, and she vomited so much from the resulting side effects that she developed open sores in her esophagus,&#8221; the PCRM said.
“When it comes to Neuralink, Elon Musk is just a modern-day P.T. Barnum,” said Ryan Merkley, director of research advocacy with the Physicians Committee. “He’s a showman who makes big promises while hiding the grisly details from the public. We’re pulling back the curtain on him.”
Musk, though, says surgeries on animals are used only at a later stage of research in an effort to confirm that the device works rather than to test early hypotheses.
&#8220;We’re extremely careful,&#8221; he said, to make sure that testing is &#8220;confirmatory, not exploratory,&#8221; <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/06/musks-neuralink-investigated-over-killing-1500-animals-in-tests-17884516/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the UK&#8217;s Metro.
The federal probe will determine if that&#8217;s true.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Democratic Governor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> Phil Murphy is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/nyregion/bear-hunt-new-jersey.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reversing</a> his position against bear hunting much to the discontent of animal rights activists. 
When Murphy was running for governor in 2017, he was against the bear hunt in the state and vowed to get rid of it. He did so, but this year, he is bringing it back due to the increasing bear population in the state and the rising number of dangerous encounters with the animals. 
Murphy signed an executive order in 2018 that ended hunting bears on government land. The governor <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-jersey-moves-to-curb-bear-hunting-1534806669?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> at the time that in order to entirely ban the practice, the New Jersey Fish and Game Council would need to do so. Earlier this month, Murphy said he was planning to get rid of the 2018 order because of increased safety concerns. 
The New Jersey Fish and Game Council <a href="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/11/16/n-j-bear-hunt-likely-returning-despite-pleas-from-animal-activists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held</a> a unanimous vote in favor of bringing back the hunt after Murphy said he had to reinstate it. After they did so, Murphy <a href="https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562022/20221115a.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a> and got rid of his 2018 order. The council also examined and approved alterations to the Game Code regarding the bear season in New Jersey. 
“The facts on the ground have shown that we cannot rely on nonlethal methods alone to protect New Jersey residents from a growing black bear population,” Governor Murphy said earlier this month. “Today’s actions will facilitate the reinstatement of a regulated black bear hunt this year to help limit dangerous interactions between people and bears to protect public safety.”
The state’s Department of Environmental Protection <a href="https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/bears/bear-hunting-season-information/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlined</a> the public safety issues regarding bears in the state. The department noted that the DEP received a “237% increase in bear damage and nuisance reports” from the beginning of this year up to October 21, when compared to the same time span the year before.
The department <a href="https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/njfw/activity_ytd_october22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that there have been 84 property damage incidents reported to the agency, 129 vehicle strikes, 62 aggressive encounters, 15 attempted home entries, and 433 sightings.
The population of bears has gone up to over 3,000 in the state. Regular hunts used to keep the number closer to 1,500, Ed Markowski, a former worker at the state’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-jerseys-bear-hunt-is-restored-reigniting-debate-on-curbing-population-11668922408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Wall Street Journal.
Jeff Tittel, former director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, claimed that Murphy’s new stance has to do with his political future. 
“It’s one thing to be for gun control,” Tittel <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/nyregion/bear-hunt-new-jersey.html#:~:text=Months%20after%20taking%20office%20in,in%20the%20fall%20of%202020." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “but another thing to be against hunting. That would hurt him in states like New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan and Pennsylvania.”
Activists and groups are <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-jerseys-bear-hunt-is-restored-reigniting-debate-on-curbing-population-11668922408">issuing</a> threats of legal action to stop the hunt. 
The hunt will take place from December 5 to December 10. It will end if 30% of the bear population of 2022 is brought in, but if 20% of the bears are not harvested during the hunt, an additional window of time will be allowed.

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Democratic Governor Reverses Stance Against Bear Hunting, Allows Hunt As Encounters Increase

Democratic Governor Of New Jersey Phil Murphy Reverses Stance Against Bear Hunting, Allows Hunt As Bear Encounters Increase

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