Press Releases (page 16)

PETA Killed 95 Percent of Adoptable Pets in its Care During 2008

WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable…
Posted March 25, 2009 at 12:00 am

Meat Production Link With Global Warming Called “Misinformation”

Washington — Dr. Barry Popkin, the University of North Carolina nutrition professor who repeatedly blamed meat producers yesterday for contributing more to climate change than transportation, is ignoring Environmental Protection…
Posted March 25, 2009 at 12:00 am

Consumer Group Cautions Against Jumping to Conclusions in Response to Anti-Meat Study

Washington—Today the Archives of Internal Medicine will publish “Meat Intake and Mortality,” a study from a National Cancer Institute team of epidemiologists. The study’s authors claim to have found a…
Posted March 23, 2009 at 12:00 am

Consumer Group Sends Aid to New York Reporters Facing Sodium Crackdown

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week 200 food, health, nutrition, and science journalists will receive an unusual package from the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF): a set of “I Heart…
Posted March 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

Consumers Win Major Victory Over Seafood Scaremongers

Washington D.C.– Today the First Appellate Court of California upheld the original verdict in a 2006 case which established that the trace levels of mercury in canned tuna are naturally…
Posted March 11, 2009 at 12:00 am

PETA’s New Dupont Circle Neighbors Get Practical Advice About Handling Animal Rights Crazies

For Immediate Release The Center for Consumer Freedom February 10, 2009 PETA’s New Dupont Circle Neighbors Get Practical Advice About Handling Animal Rights Crazies Letters Warn of Potential for Harassment,…
Posted February 10, 2009 at 12:00 am

Attorney, Plaintiffs in Circus Trial Argued that Elephants are Better Off Dead Than in Captivity

Washington, DC — This week in Washington, a federal judge is hearing a lawsuit filed against the Ringling Brothers circus by a group of animal rights organizations. The plaintiffs claim…
Posted February 5, 2009 at 12:00 am

Animal-Rights Buzzkills Want Super Bowl Party-Goers Crunching Carrots

Washington, DC—The “Cancer Project” organization circulating an irresponsible “Five Most Unhealthful Super Bowl Party Foods” list this week is a counterfeit cancer charity, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom charged…
Posted January 29, 2009 at 12:00 am

California Government Appeals Landmark Tuna-Mercury Decision on Tuesday Morning

San Francisco—On Tuesday morning a California judicial panel will hear oral arguments in the appeal of a 2006 verdict that placed canned tuna outside the reach of California’s “Proposition 65”…
Posted January 26, 2009 at 12:00 am

Obama “Regulatory Czar” has Secret Animal-Rights Agenda, Says Consumer Group

Washington, DC — The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom said today that Cass Sunstein, the Harvard University Law School professor tapped by President-elect Obama to head the Office of Information…
Posted January 15, 2009 at 12:00 am