Showing Cuddly Animals, Cuddling Animal Rights Activists  The
Times helps animal-rights groups into the mainstream. And bonus
stupidity from actress Cameron Diaz.  The liberal Times
advocates law and order when it comesto corporate criminals, but
when it comes to anti-corporate radicals, it softens up.  The
front page of Wednesday's food section was dominated by Kim
Severson's "Bringing Moos and Oinks Into the Food Debate." The
entire top half of the page was dominated by photos of cuddly
farm animals.  Severson romanticized the property crimes of
animal-rights activist Gene Baur, founder of Farm Santuary, the
main focus of the piece.  "The first farm animal Gene Baur ever
snatched from a stockyard was a lamb he named Hilda.
"While some groups, like the Animal Welfare Institute, work with
ranchers to codify the best methods of raising animals for meat
and eggs, most, like Farm Sanctuary and People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, ultimately want people to stop using even
wool and honey because they