Glee star would go naked for PETA A few months back, “Glee” actress and PETA-supporter Lea Michele seemed to indicate that her support for the animal rights org could be shown without having to drop her clothes. “Here's the thing, I hope I got the word out,” she said in reference to an anti-fur PSA she starred in. “I think you can get the word out there without a huge billboard of [you] taking your clothes off.” “I [have] got a couple of years ahead of me to do stuff like that but honestly, I really believe in what I was talking about in that ad,” she added. “So I stand by it and who knows what I'll do in the future for them.” At PETA's 30th Anniversary gala in LA this past weekend, the 24-year-old seemed a bit more willing to speculate about her participation in the popular “I'd Rather Go Naked” campaigns. “I don't think we need to see a billboard of me naked to know I am anti-fur, but if they asked I would probably do it.” Toronto: Protesters rip circus policies Circus-goers at the Huntington Center Wednesday got their first glimpse of elephants not as performing pachyderms in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth. Instead, the opening-night crowd was greeted at Huron Street and Jefferson Avenue by signs, some hand-fashioned, that showed pictures of baby elephants in ropes or at the end of a hooked stick. Bangalore: Dog killings permitted in new rule The Karnataka Municipal Act allows the BBMP to kill stray dogs in case they cause nuisance. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act too states that killing the trouble-causing animals would not constitute as cruelty to animals. Stray Dog-Free Bangalore was set up in February 2001 to kill the stray dogs. However, animal welfare organizations and animal rights activists started protesting the move, calling it barbaric. The argument went to court. Animal rights activists argued that the stray dogs should be sterilized instead of being killed. United States: Senators trying to ban ‘crush' videos Three U.S. senators introduced legislation Monday to specifically ban so-called “crush videos” — depictions of small animals being tortured to death by humans. The legislation came in response to a Supreme Court ruling this year striking down a broader congressional law dealing with animal cruelty. The bi-partisan Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act would criminalize the creation, sale and marketing of these specific kinds of videos. Penalties of up to seven years in prison would be possible. BM
