Animal cruelty News
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Chilliwack -
Three B.C. dairy farm workers received jail sentences ranging from seven to 60 days after undercover videos showed them physically abusing cows and a bird. The dairy farm and its owner were previously fined for allowing animals to continue in distress.
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Kingston -
Last weekend, in the university town of Kingston, Ontario, two men and a woman were charged after it was alleged they slapped a police horse in three separate incidents. The incident involving the woman was caught on video and went viral.
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Animal rights groups, the RSPCA, veterinarians and others on social media weighed in after a picture was released showing three-year-old Prince George offering ice cream to the family dog.
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Grand Bend -
When a man found a dog was left in a car on a sweltering day, he took a large rock and smashed a window. The dog seemed happy it was taken out of the car and the couple that left the dog in the car are being investigated by the SPCA.
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Albany -
If the legislation passes, New York would become the first state to prohibit cats and other animals from being declawed. Opinion, even among veterinarians, is divided.
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Lansing -
A Michigan bill meant to protect animals from cruelty is raising eyebrows and ire due to language affirming the state's unconstitutional ban on sodomy, a prohibition carrying unenforceable penalties ranging from up to 15 years to life imprisonment.
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As of July 1, 2015 Tennessee has become the first state in the nation to specifically allow good Samaritans to legally break a window in a hot car in order to save a pet.
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San Francisco -
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! But not if you live in or visit San Francisco, where lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to ban wild and exotic animal performances in circuses and shows.
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Orlando -
An Orlando Florida woman was arrested over the weekend after allegedly trashing her boyfriend's house and pouring bleach into a fish tank with five goldfish, promptly killing all of them.
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Brescia -
A travelling circus in Italy has been sent to the dog-house after Italian state officials found the circus owner to be passing off two chow puppies as pandas, with their coats dyed to look the part.
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Trenton -
Chris Christie, New Jersey's Republican governor, has vetoed a bill that would have banned gestation crates, which severely harm the mobility and sanity of pregnant pigs.
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Paris -
Former film star turned animal rights activist, France’s Brigitte Bardot, issued a call this week for the President of Nepal to ban what she termed was “the greatest collective sacrifice of animals in the world”.
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Controversy is nothing new to the Discovery Channel. The basic cable and satellite channel is now taking hits from PETA and other animal-rights groups over its plans to air "Eaten Alive," showing a man being swallowed by a snake on Dec. 7.
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Ryan Eddy Watenpaugh, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's Pomeranian and tricking her into eating the dog over dinner. While eating the family pet is considered taboo in the US, some areas routinely eat the meat, with laws preventing animal cruelty.
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Albuquerque -
A 46 year-old New Mexico man has been arrested for what authorities can only describe as a bizarre and heinous case of animal cruelty.
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Despite the deaths of six dogs in May and repeated warnings in the media, people continue to leave dogs alone in vehicles in extreme temperatures.
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Baltimore -
After police responded to a call concerning a woman being bitten by a dog, officers were able to restrain the animal. It is alleged an officer then took out a knife and slit the dog's throat.
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Brasstown -
It has been said that a person can tell where they would have stood on the issue of slavery had they been alive at the time, by looking at their stance on animal rights. North Carolina has shown the world that tradition outweighs human decency.
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The Mexico City council voted overwhelmingly to ban animals in circus operations. Offenders could be fined the equivalent of $45 thousand to $60 thousand if they keep animals.
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Brooklyn -
A 21-year-old man was arrested after he was shown kicking a cat, sending it flying into the air. The incident was filmed and later uploaded to Facebook prompting a search for the perpetrator.
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In the wake of Michael Vick's appointment to the New York Jets, the support for Vick — and those deemed worse than Vick — places the NFL outside the perimeter of societal decency and common respect.
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The decision by the New York Jets to sign Michael Vick is being met with resistance, as Vick's animal cruelty past is coming back to the surface.
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A Miami woman has been arrested and charged with appearing in pornographic videos in which animals were tortured and killed for viewers' sexual gratification.
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New York -
With the announcement over the weekend that Michael Vick has been signed to the New York Jets, a social media advocacy campaign was launched in an effort to remove Vick from the Jets roster.
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Be warned, this is not for the squeamish, but it is important for the world to put an end to the practice, in some countries, of eating higher order animals that are still alive and breathing. These are animals with fully developed nervous systems.
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New York -
An open letter addressed to Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets, on having signed Michael Vick to the quarterback position.
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Barnsley -
A British woman who killed her pet kitten by cooking it in a microwave oven has been sentenced to 14 months behind bars.
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Edmonton -
Paul Vukmanich was sentenced to 18 months in jail for killing Quanto, a police dog that died in the execution of his duty. Vumanich was also sentenced to eight additional months for other offences arising out of the same incident.
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Sarasota -
According to the Sarasota Police Department, a 47-year-old man became angry when his girlfriend's three-year-old puppy had a seizure and began yelping. He allegedly poured hot sauce all over the puppy's body.
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Sarnia -
A 19-year-old Sarnia, Ontario man was arrested after a cat was found that had been shot 17 times in the head with a pellet gun. The cat is recovering.
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Animal cruelty Image
File photo: An SPCA agent at work British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
English bulldog puppies found abandoned in suitcase Toledo Humane Society handout
Undercover Investigation at Manitoba Pork Factory Farm - Mercy for Animals Canada Mercy for Animals Canada
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
Photographs of a man and woman repeatedly throwing their dog into the sea were used by a UK magistrate to convict the couple for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected. RSPCA
Emaciated Siberian Husky found dead in Calgary alley Calgary Humane Society
On the decision to cease supporting the NFL over Michael Vick's appointment to the New York Jets
An American Stratfordshire terrier Susan Geer-Smith
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
Two-year-old Manchester/Terrier that survived Screen capture from WKYC video
Richard Couto with associate rescues one of the many animals found in very sad condition at Coco Farm. Animal Recovery Mission
Showing a video of pit bulls victimizing other animals is considered protected speech according to a recent Supreme Court decision, something ASPCA abhors. wikimedia commons, pit bull perla
Frog sashimi Public domain
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
Blood pours from the scuppers of a whaling ship Guano on flickr
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
Toronto man pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for beating raccoons with a shovel Alex Dawson
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