Tag Archives: peta

Thu 21st July 2011
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Irony Alert: Jillian Michaels Protests Treatment of Elephants - No joke: Go Daddy girl to protest alongside PETA in defense of circus elephants. How’s this for irony: fitness guru and GoDaddy Girl Jillian Michaels is joining with PETA to protest Ringling Bros. circus and its treatment of elephants. I’m not kidding. In case you aren’t familiar with the story, GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons shot an elephant in Africa this year. It’s not the first time he’s done it, but the story went viral this time and a number of people ... read more ...
Fri 3rd June 2011
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Bob Parsons to PETA: Look in a Mirror - Parsons tweets about PETA hypocrisy. After Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons killed an elephant in Zimbabwe, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was quick to pounce on him. The company moved its domain names from Go Daddy to a rival domain name registrar. But Parsons won’t let PETA get away that easy. Today he tweeted the following to his 34,000 followers: The first link is to a PETA story about “Deadly Destinations“, which blasts places like Disney’s ... read more ...
Thu 31st March 2011
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PETA Plays Into Bob Parson’s Hands Over Elephant Hunting - PETA is closing its Go Daddy account over elephant hunting incident. Poor Bob Parsons. The Go Daddy founder is about to lose a few hundred domain name registrations from its client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I’m sure he’s just shaking in his boots. The group is enraged about an elephant hunting video he took in Zimbabwe. The video caught attention after being posted at online petition site Change.org. Nevermind that Parsons posted a similar ... read more ...
Tue 30th March 2010
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Sex.com Investor: Give Sex.com Domain Name to PETA - Mike Mann plays along with PETA. Sex.com investor Mike Mann is playing along with PETA’s request that it get the Sex.com domain name. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) grabbed some publicity earlier this month when it requested the domain name Sex.com be donated to it instead of auctioned for millions of dollars. As it turns out, one of Sex.com’s investors — Mike Mann — is a long time vegetarian. He says he’ll accept PETA’s request, ... read more ...