First Meathead, Now Lucy*

Due to increasingly outlandish and over the top protests by wacko animal rights activists, the City Council has approved a plan to provide security at home for Department of Animal Control employees.

One of the head wackos is Pam Ferdin of the Animal Defense League. She told the Daily News' Rick Orlov that if the animals are taken care of the wacko's satisfaction, threats against city workers could go away. This The Animal Liberation Front is the group that claimed responsibility for setting off a smoke bomb in the apartment building where Animal Services Director Gordon Stuckey resides. We reported previously on the new car city union kingpin Julie Butcher bought after some animal wackos destroyed her last one.

They should spend this money on improving the shelters and adopting a no-kill policy," Ferdin said. "It isn't the workers who live in fear. It's the poor animals who are kept in these shelters and killed without cause."
Pam Ferdin, Animal Defense League

Ferdin told Orlov, "They should spend this money on improving the shelters and adopting a no-kill policy," Ferdin said. "It isn't the workers who live in fear. It's the poor animals who are kept in these shelters and killed without cause."

You may remember Ferdin (then known as Pamelyn Ferdin) as the voice of Lucy in the Charlie Brown specials in the 70s, as well, she played Tony Randall's daughter on "The Odd Couple."

Don't you hate it when these old 70s stars get involved in politics?

*Update: As noted above, we mistakenly attributed the smoke bomb attack on Gordon Stuckey's home to the ADL. It was the Animal Liberation Front that claimed responsibility for that action. However, MOST of these animal groups are pretty far out. Betty White - the television actress who has served on the LA Zoo Commission - describes herself as an animal welfare advocate, not an animal rights activist. She's active with mainstream animal welfare groups such as Actors and Others for Animals, which is a very distinguished group with a long history of positive action for animal welfare. This is a far cry from groups like People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals who compare the eating of meat or animals in the circus to the holocaust and slavery, respectively. Can we get any more wacko than that?