Critter News
OCTOBER 16, 2009
A new book by author and Stanford professor Shelly Fisher Fishkin reveals that Mark Twain was an early advocate against animal cruelty. Called Mark Twain's Book of Animals , the book contains a number of his writing about animals.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
More animal cruelty in Britain. Great birds being poisoned by laced venison cubes in Scotland. Tags: UK animal cruelty.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2011
Louis Hoppmann III has been charged with animal cruelty after hitting a gull with a baseball bat on the aptly named Folly Beach in South Carolina. He claims he was just trying to scare the birds away from his food, but that sounds like a post-hoc explanation to me… a.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2012
of Largo, Florida, is charged with animal cruelty. Patterson shot the bird multiple times with a BB gun, police said. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it. Disgusting of course, as any such behavior towards birds would be. Jere Martin Patterson Jr.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2014
From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2017
The three young men returned to their friends, bragged about their exploits, and showed them trophies: metal banding tags, which members of the Pacific Rim Conservation had carefully placed on the albatrosses’ legs in order to keep track of individual birds. The young men had severed the birds’ legs in order to remove the tags.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
The Brits are known for their animal rights activism, but there's been a rise in wildlife crime against all animals. A bird species is near extinction. Tags: wildlife crime UK animal cruelty. Apparently they are seen as nuisances. Badgers are being caught for dog-baiting. Bats are being targeted.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
100 
Let's personalize your content