Humans, the human body or any human body parts may not be listed on eBay. Examples of prohibited items include, but are not limited to: organs, bone, blood, waste, sperm, and eggs. You may not include such items as a gift, prize or giveaway in connection with an item listed on eBay. However, items that contain human hair (e.g., lockets) may be listed on eBay.
Source: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/remains.html
The British founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's biggest animal rights group, is auctioning off a lizard tattoo on her right arm -- with proceeds going to the charity.
Billed as "waterproof and weathered" and "suitable for making into a wallet or watch strap," the tattoo is being offered on Web site eBay to draw attention to the plight suffered by skinned animals.
"It's the only skin you can wear and use with the express permission of the original owner," said Ingrid Newkirk of her tattoo.
"Euphemisms like 'leather' and 'meat' help mask the cruelty that goes into stealing and slaughtering for clothing, trinkets and taste ... It may be uncomfortable to contemplate, but we're all flesh and blood," she said Tuesday.
The purchase price will be donated to PETA's "Shed Your Skin" Campaign, which promotes alternatives to leather and exotic animal skins.
But the winning bidder might have a long wait getting hold of the tattoo: it
will only be delivered after its owner has passed away.
PETA, the world's biggest animal rights group, said eBay regarded the tattoo as "human remains" which contravened the company's policy to not allow auctions of human body parts.
Newkirk said in a statement she was unimpressed by the move:
"I am just another animal, these are animal remains," she said.
"You can't miss the irony when it is acceptable to steal skins from their original owners and auction them off, but forbidden to auction a person's voluntarily offered skin to be surrendered only upon her death."
Billed as "waterproof and weathered" and "suitable for making into a wallet or watch strap", the tattoo was offered to draw attention to the plight suffered by skinned animals.
Proceeds had been due to go to charity.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050201/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_britain_tattoo_3
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The winning bidder will have to wait for Newkirk to die before taking delivery. Nonetheless, her zealous followers are now set to parcel up her body into relics like that of a revered saint.
A small patch of Newkirk's skin isn't the only body part for which she has post-mortem plans. She recently told onMilwaukee.com:
I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) ... I plan to have handbags made from my skin ... and an umbrella stand made from my seat.
Her last will and testament contains a few more nasty morsels:
That the meat of my body, or a portion thereof, be used for a human barbeque ... my eyes be removed, mounted and delivered to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency ...
We're left to guess which body part she'll auction off next. Maybe she'll start sending her toenail clippings to veterinarians to protest the declawing of cats.
Source: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2738
Court Expels Anti-Hunting Groups from Suit to Block Maryland Bear Hunt
A Maryland circuit court judge has removed two anti-hunting groups from a case that challenges black bear hunting regulations.
USSA Foundation Will Give Away a Gun-A-Week for a Full Year
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation is now selling tickets for a weekly drawing that could put a brand new firearm or bow into your hands while also protecting your hunting rights.
Animal Rights Terrorists Issue Report of Destruction
An organization that supports the terror tactics employed by extremist animal rights groups has issued a comprehensive and shocking report of vandalism and destruction that occurred last year in the name of animals. It boasts of nearly two attacks occurring each day.
Source: www.ussportsmen.org
MULDROW, Okla. (AP) -- Six Arkansans and one Kansan were arrested in a cockfighting raid in eastern Oklahoma.
Sequoyah County deputies arrested the seven and seized video cameras and an undisclosed amount of money at a building north of Muldrow.
The seven arrested are all free on $1500 bond and District Attorney Richard Gray says charges of participating in cockfighting and operating a cockfight will be filed later this week.
Gray says this is the first cockfighting raid in Sequoyah County since state voters banned the blood sport in November 2002.
There have been at least two other cockfighting raids in the state. Three people were arrested in Oklahoma County last April and given probation.
Six people were arrested in Cotton County in June, their cases are pending.
Those arrested in Sequoyah County on a complaint of participating in cockfighting are identified as Hung Van Tu, 38, and Sameu Phommanvong, 52, both of Fort Smith, Ark.; Lor Xeng, 32, of Russellville, Ark.; Chantho Samountry, 49, of Branch, Ark.; Khamsourivong Thongdam, 62, Danville, Ark.; and Likorn Bounbongxay, 34, of Winfield, Kan.
Arrested on a complaint of operating a cockfighting facility is Noi Xayavongsa, 51, of Van Buren, Ark.
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Source: Associated Press
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Source: http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4150654/detail.html
Please urge Broken Bow and McCurtain County officials, in Oklahoma, to investigate a property where a large number of birds are reportedly chained to small huts 10 miles north of Broken Bow, near the Beavers Bend Resort/Steven’s Gap Area exit off Highway 259. Photos obtained by PETA show conditions typical of properties where birds are raised and trained to fight. Kindly remind officials that blood sports such as cockfighting put the whole community at risk as they are not only cruel to animals but are often linked to other violent crimes. It is a felony to encourage cockfighting, possess or train birds for cockfighting, or maintain a facility for cockfighting in Oklahoma, and the federal animal Welfare Act prohibits interstate commerce of birds for fighting purposes. Contact:
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Source: http://www.upc-online.org/alerts/13105alerts.htm
Bird Brain?
......The complex intelligence of birds is scientifically confirmed......