CELEBRITIES ASKED TO PULL SUPPORT OF PETA.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A group of doctors joined by patients with terminal illnesses urged Hollywood stars Friday to relinquish their support of the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an international nonprofit organization that supports Animal Rights and has spawned a tremendous amount of conflict and controversy from its inception. . ``We're asking celebrities to make it clear where they stand. They cannot support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and a cure for AIDS at the same time,'' said Susan E. Paris, president of Americans for Medical Progress Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) is a charity that aims to protect and advocate for society's investment in medical research. As a specific goal, AMP states that it promotes "public understanding of and support for the appropriate role of animals in biomedical research so that . The group opposing PETA Quadrillion (10 to the 15th power). See space/time. has a board whose directors include physicians, pharmaceutical researchers and Dr. Joseph E. Murray, a Nobel laureate from Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. . The group took out a full-page ad in Friday's editions of Daily Variety, the entertainment trade newspaper. Paris and her group contend that curtailment of animal testing in research will delay development of a cure for AIDS and other illnesses. By contrast, in actions ranging from lab raids to angry street protests, PETA members contend animal testing is cruel and unnecessary. 
Thank you for the information on PETA. We need to stand together and expose PETA for the group of true animal killers they are! Wayne Pacelle and his minions need to be put in the same reputation incinerator with Ingrid Newkirk. They are frauds and liars!
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