Purrs & Grrrs
Grrrs to U.S. super-store Target for selling AquaBabies—miniature torture chambers for sea animals. AquaBabies’ “low-maintenance and complete micro-aquariums” are 4-inch-by-4-inch plastic cubes that contain a plant, a few rocks, and an unhappy fish, frog or snail. Walgreens, Rite-Aid and other retail giants stopped selling them after PETA reminded company officials that it’s cruel to keep any animal in such a poor environment.Contact:
Robert J. Ulrich, CEO, Target Corporation,
33 S. Sixth St., Minneapolis,
MN 55402; 1-800-440-0680.
Mike Tyson
Grrrs to boxer Mike Tyson for mistaking his Bengal Tigers for four-legged punching bags. He told Maxim, “I punch ’em in the balls and in the face. It’s like punching a cement wall. They like it.” Contact: Mike Tyson, c/o Robyn Simpson, Mike Tyson Enterprises, 4989 Peachtree Pkwy., Ste. 200, Norcross, GA 30092.
Purrs to Guinness beer for challenging CountrySports Ireland to a legal brawl over Guinness’ logo. The group “borrowed” the logo to promote shooting, angling and other bloodsports on its Web site. “We do not support bloodsports and would not knowingly lend our name to the promotion of them in Ireland,” explained Guinness. We’ll drink to that!
Purrs to radio talk show host Don Imus for a provocative morning lecture that exposed his listeners to the horrors that billions of animals every year face in factory farms and slaughterhouses—from burning off the tips of baby chicks’ beaks to skinning cows alive. If people knew how animals are tortured as they are turned into food, they would never eat them again, Imus said. Thank-yous to Don Imus, c/o Imus in the Morning, 3412 36th St., Astoria, NY 11106-1229.
Lara Flynn Boyle Grrrs to Lara Flynn Boyle of TV’s courtroom drama The Practice, who, in praise of her favorite leather pants, told Allure, “Wearing them is like being kissed by little lambs all day.” Advise Lara to start practicing in pleather: Lara Flynn Boyle, c/o Chris Andrews, ICM 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
Purrs to Burger King for "ketch-ing up" with the times with its new veggie burger! Please eat lots of them and thank Burger King for letting vegetarians have it our way. Write to: Mr. John Dasburg, CEO, Burger King Corporation, 17777 Old Cutler Rd., Miami, FL 33157.
Purrs to Jeep for taking a shot at hunters with this ad: After passing admiring hunters, a Jeep driver with deer tied to his roof releases them (surprise!) into a “No Hunting” area. Tell Jeep the ad was right on target: DaimlerChrysler, Outside Suggestions Office, CIMS: 483-01-07, 800 Chrysler Dr. E., Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2757.

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