Animal cruelty News
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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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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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A Long Island man has pleaded not guilty to charges he stole, had sex with, then beat to death a dog with a baseball bat.
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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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The Winter Olympics begin in Sochi with a stunning Opening Ceremony. How will animal cruelty on farms face possible new restrictions? Inside the dangerous drinking game hospitalizing teens. Learn more in this week's TopFinds.
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A 24-year-old Frenchman that has been accused of injuring a kitten by throwing it against a building, and then uploading a clip of him doing it on his Facebook page is facing animal cruelty charges.
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For more than a decade, Mercy for Animals has investigated animal cruelty in meat production facilities. Proposed laws seek to make obtaining footage critical to the investigations illegal, and in some cases the laws would classify it as eco-terrorism.
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Thanks to a society looking at humane treatment of animals, even those destined for the dinner table, some farmers have opted to raise the prime meat animal that supplies us with that delectable meat — bacon — in pastures rather than stalls.
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Calgary -
The dog and kitten were found a week apart in the same Calgary area. Both animals had their mouths taped shut and it is believed the emaciated dog starved to death.
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Los Angeles -
A one-year-old female Husky dog found at a trash dump was presumed abandoned. It could have been the end for the young dog but she was rescued by a dedicated animal lover named Eldad Hagar. Then there was Frankie.
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Shanghai -
Around 600 cats were rescued from Putuo district in Shanghai, when a man was caught transporting them in small crates to sell them for their fur and meat.
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An undercover investigation by an animal rights group has revealed shocking abuse of pigs at a Minnesota factory farm that supplies pork products to Walmart, the world's largest retailer.
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English bulldog puppies found abandoned in suitcase Toledo Humane Society handout
Infographic designed in support of the #KickOutVick advocacy campaign to remove Michael Vick from the New York Jets
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
Chicken was killed and placed in pot as part of art student's project Screen capture from CBC News
One of the Chow Chow pups that a travelling circus owner in Italy disguised to resemble pandas. Italian State Forestry Corps — Corpo Forestale dello Stato
Emaciated Siberian Husky found dead in Calgary alley Calgary Humane Society
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
Miley shortly after rescue Care2
Frog sashimi Public domain
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
Undercover Investigation at Manitoba Pork Factory Farm - Mercy for Animals Canada Mercy for Animals Canada
A new animal cruelty video has sparked outrage among many animal rights organizations and YouTube users. Screengrab from YouTube video
Undercover Investigation by Mercy for Animals Canada at Manitoba Pork Factory Farm owned by Puratone. Mercy for Animals Canada
An American Stratfordshire terrier Susan Geer-Smith
Joe the cat was found after having been shot 17 times in the head with a pellet gun. Sarnia and District Humane Society
600 cats where rescued in Putuo, Shanghai, when they were being taken to be killed for fur and meat
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