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Red-hot recording artist Nellie McKay has a lot on her mind, and she's not afraid to share—whether she's singing about the death of her cat or Columbia University's primate prisoners. The proud PETA member, whose breakout album, Get Away From Me, has been wowing critics and climbing charts, has a message for Columbia: Stop torturing animals. And to make sure Columbia officials hear the message, Nellie has written a song just for them, "Columbia Is Bleeding," which will appear on her upcoming album (click here for a sneak preview). This isn't the first time Nellie has set her sights on Columbia: She recently crouched in a cage for a PETA protest in New York to draw attention to the mutilation and killing of primates in gruesome experiments conducted at the university. The impassioned songbird has a long history of turning the streets into her soapbox: Nellie has been taking part in PETA protests since she was a child. Her foray into animal protection began shortly after she and her mother moved from London, England, to Harlem, where they rescued nine cats living in an alley and a homeless dog who had wandered into their building. And Nellie's as nice to cows as she is to cats and primates: She's been a vegetarian since she was 8 years old.