PETA accuses scientists of spanking the monkey

You really can't make this stuff up. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A leading animal rights group has accused a northern Virginia laboratory of animal cruelty -- including charges of punching and choking lab monkeys -- and has produced a videotape to prove it. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released its findings after an 11-month undercover investigation at an animal-testing lab owned by Covance, a Princeton, New Jersey-based company. Oh lord... they've got a video tape (a hybrid of One Night in Paris and Gorillas in the Mist?) surveillance for 11 months?!?. Please PETA, what lab rats do in their bedrooms, I really don't want to know even if they're doing it to their monkey (hat tip to Ryanne for the link). And also from the animal kingdom... Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight: Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion. Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng. [...]The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena. The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back. Sure I feel bad that all those midgets died, but can you even imagine what was going through the mind of the lion... "WTF? I'm being attacked by the lollipop guild?" I wonder what PETA will make of this. (Protein Wisdom via Froggy Ruminations)