Animal Cruelty

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GOP lawmakers want to do DeCoster 'a favor'

How Soon We Forget Dept.
Jack DeCoster is possibly the most infamous Maine businessman of all time.
By COLIN WOODARD | April 27, 2011

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Bozzio's a somewhat missing person on the west coast

Cat Crazy Dept.
As she awaits a retrial on animal-cruelty charges in New Hampshire, Missing Persons frontwoman Dale Bozzio’s troubles continue in Southern California, where she faces eviction from her San Fernando Valley home over $4400 in missing rent payments.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | October 21, 2009

Bozzio appeals jail sentence, goes on tour

Reappearing Person
The bizarre animal-cruelty case of Missing Persons frontwoman Dale Bozzio is far from over.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | June 18, 2009

Slideshow: Crazy cat house uncovered

Photos taken at Dale Bozzio’s house and used as state evidence in her animal cruelty trial.
Dale Bozzio's house was found with dead, starved, cats as well as cat bones gnawed on by other felines.
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | May 27, 2009

Dale Bozzio's life is so strange

Can an '80s pop icon find peace in New Hampshire in a house full of feral cats? Apparently not.
With her bold style, high-pitched voice, multicolored mop-top, and MacGyver-like ability to make mesmerizing bras out of things like electronic parts and bubble wrap, Missing Persons frontwoman Dale Bozzio planted herself firmly in the spotlight in the 1980s.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | May 27, 2009

Here comes trouble

Street art pisses off neighbors, meat pisses off PETA
There’s nothing like a brouhaha to make art feel relevant. And the Boston art scene has just been blessed by two.
By GREG COOK | July 18, 2008

Death at the Derby

Animal-rights groups are targeting horse racing
Is horse-racing's white-gloved, mint-julep-drinking image morphing into something more widely considered animal abuse?
By RICK WORMWOOD | May 21, 2008

PETA’s Dan Mathews says all animals are equal

Activism
With its boldest gambit yet — offering $1 million to the person who can create “commercially viable” fake meat — PETA continues to push boundaries in its fight for animal rights.
By KATE MAYHEW | April 23, 2008

Were they just bluffing?

Online-poker players ante up, then fold
The world is full of aggrieved groups: the Kurds, PETA, Boston firefighters. But you probably wouldn’t think to put poker players on the list.
By ADAM REILLY | March 20, 2008

Cruella de Vil shows her softer, dog-loving side

Venue watch
It may come as a surprise that Glenn Close is a dog lover, given her history of playing characters who wouldn’t win any awards from PETA.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 14, 2007

The taste of sanctimony

Animal-rights activists flavor their philosophy with purity in Year of the Dog and a vegetarian food fest
Both the Maine Animal Coalition’s recent Vegetarian Food Festival and Mike White’s new film Year of the Dog explore the idea that the confinement and killing of animals is the great moral shame of our time.
By BRIAN DUFF | May 09, 2007