Hangover Animals - Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have won a big court victory against the agency sponsoring the festive street donkeys and elephants dotting Washington's sidewalks this Summer. According to this Post report,

The District's summer-long "Party Animals" street exhibit, a collection of 200 cheerful donkeys and elephants, must also include the statue of a chained and weeping elephant, a federal judge has ruled, finding that the city's arts commission had unfairly rejected the somber entry by an animal rights group.

(Source: Jamie.) Apparently, PETA compromised by removing "tacks and blood" from the design and adding "some decorative aspects." Boy, these animal rights nuts love to rain on everyone's parade. Or is it picnic?