97.3 The Dawg » peta http://973thedawg.com Acadiana's Best Country Sat, 18 May 2013 01:17:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 No More New Years Possum Drop In NC http://973thedawg.com/no-more-new-years-possum-drop-in-nc/ http://973thedawg.com/no-more-new-years-possum-drop-in-nc/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:00:54 +0000 Stephanie Crist http://973thedawg.com/?p=127630 After 21 years, PETA is protesting the annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop in the small town of Brasstown, N.C.

]]> http://973thedawg.com/no-more-new-years-possum-drop-in-nc/feed/ 0 Mark Nolan/Getty Images PETA Targets City of Turkey for a Vegan-Friendly Name Change [VIDEO] http://973thedawg.com/peta-turkey-texas-tofurky-video/ http://973thedawg.com/peta-turkey-texas-tofurky-video/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:47:53 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61384 The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, does some good work, but it’s the organization’s more absurd stunts that often make headlines — and this one is a prime example.

Citing the suffering of turkeys during the Thanksgiving season, PETA sent a letter to the mayor of Turkey, Texas and asked him to change the town’s name to the tofu-based meat alternative “Tofurky” instead.

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