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AUGUST 24, 2010

Statutes banning animal fighting have a specific exemption for dog training. And while South Carolina's attorney general says animal cruelty laws prohibit bear baying, he hasn't prosecuted any cases. Tags: animal cruelty blood sport south carolina humane society bears hunting.

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MAY 16, 2010

Tags: animal cruelty exotic skins lizards. Anyway, I'm wondering if the decision could have been influenced by PETA's investigation of how reptiles are being skinned alive for these sales. This PETA post doesn't claim the credit though.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

From Wildlife Extra News. Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting. Ugly stuff in Namibia, the country with the seal hunting that no one talks about because so few know about it (I mean who thinks about seal hunting in Namibia?)

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JANUARY 1, 2010

Happy New Year {insert sarcasm here!). Tags: animal cruelty. I can't even comment on this, the anger is too intense.

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JANUARY 3, 2010

Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals. This is a good group. Check them out.

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JULY 13, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty law enforcement blood sport dog fighting. It happened about a week ago with up to 350 dogs seized in 5 states. About 30 people were arrested.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

DMX was sentenced to 90 days in jail for a variety of offenses , including animal cruelty. Tags: animal cruelty.

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JUNE 1, 2009

A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. A jury in West Haverstraw deliberated less than two hours before convicting Robert Everle of all 13 charges of torturing, injuring and starving animals. And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. Tags: animal cruelty Stupid. He did not immediately respond to phone messages left Monday seeking comment. What a bunch of.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty eggs farm animal welfare factory farm. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before. I'm very impressed by their courage and tenacity.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn internet. Good article in the Irish Times analyzing the role of the Internet in the the crime and capture of Kenny Glenn, cat torturer.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products. And the disturbing video: Tags: animal cruelty PETA. Not a pretty picture.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. But it's worth noting that someone out there took some action on this gruesome story. And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time. They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention.

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APRIL 16, 2009

They are at least admitting there are problems with standard operating procedures at New Iberia Research Center. Tags: animal cruelty exper new iberia research center primates medical research. Officials claim to be taking steps to correct certain problems.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

This is a new blog I came across called Paws4Life, The Reality of What Humans do. Tags: animal cruelty entertainment elephants. This post has three graphic pictures of a baby elephant allegedly being "trained" for the entertainment industry. I'm thinking it's India?

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Carlisle is seen smiling in the photo and a comment on the social Internet site says the animals were euthanized through drowning. Tags: animal cruelty. She's claiming it's all a big mistake. Not an easy defense when you're dumb enough to post a picture of yourself afterwards on Facebook.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn. I came across this story about it in Russia Today, an English language Russian newsite. By the way, here's a petition to have him tried as an adult. It claims that his brother was in on the abuse as well.maybe he was the camera guy? Lovely kids.

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JULY 29, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty blood sport humane society Michael Vick sick. Plus, I personally have no room for forgiveness for Sick Vick. Others may, but I don't. What do you all think about his upcoming work for the Humane Society? Pretty savvy on HSUS' part? Or are they trying to get publicity?

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys. If only they could have escaped to a better life.

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MARCH 23, 2009

News of the Weird Owners claim dog died from being in non-ventilated Animal Control vehicle. How should Animal Control evaluate their claim? It was an "experiment" you see, even though they are just Animal Control, not a research facility. Tags: animal cruelty Stupid USDA animal welfare us.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty puppy mills animal welfare us. This is definitely a situation that could have been stopped early on. How much suffering and death resulted from this family's practices? The article is particularly thorough and damning.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn Michael Vick. Why should we care so much about a cat and not about the abuse of a child? Are cats more important than people? What kind of world is this? We saw it with Michael Vick and we'll see it with this kid.

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JULY 16, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty idiocy. Good riddance.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare.

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Finally, a cruelty suit against Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is coming to trial. Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants. employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades.

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MAY 12, 2009

It’s not just one animal that was abused or neglected, it is usually hundreds that have suffered in deplorable conditions, many of these animals enduring a slow and painful death. Tags: animal cruelty animal welfare hoarding.

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MARCH 10, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty illegal pets primates us. Pierce Onthank, the president of an oil and gas company, was charged in January with illegal possession of a primate for keeping a siamang, a type of gibbon that is native to rain forests in Malaysia and Indonesia and can weigh up to 30 pounds and stand 3 feet high.

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JANUARY 24, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. She says that northwest Washington is a refuge for puppy mills because regulation up there is particularly lax. If the regulation in this area is worse than puppy mill regulation in general, it must be REALLY bad.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty georgia blood sport legislation dog fighting us. A first conviction means one to five years in prison, a fine of at least $5,000, or both. The law also makes attending a dog fight a high and aggravated misdemeanor on the first offense, a felony on subsequent ones.

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APRIL 13, 2009

Often the care of animals at such dealers is considered substandard. It's really just a matter of luck whether an animal gets to go home to a warm bed or to a cold cage in a laboratory. Tags: animal experimentation animal cruelty medical research. Truly unfair.

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MARCH 26, 2009

They can also take pleasure in inflicting cruelty. Tags: animal cruelty Michael Vick. People with APD are commonly referred to as “psychopaths”. They are usually male, often charming, prone to lying and manipulation, and incapable of genuine remorse. What he did revealed the kind of person he is. It says enough.

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

Tags: animal cruelty Texas dog fighting us. “It’s like the Saturday night poker game for hardened criminals,” said one of the undercover agents, Sgt. Manning, describing the tense atmosphere at the fights. Disgusting and disturbing.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Bill 50 makes it a provincial offence to abuse any animal, and it establishes the strongest penalties in the country for those charged with animal cruelty -- including the potential to prohibit offenders from owning animals ever again. Tags: animal law. It's the first update since 1919. That's right 1919.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty pigs pork farm animal welfare factory farm animal welfare. There is no economic motivation to treat them well or to care about their wellbeing. The only real concern comes from the spread of illness to humans from eating diseased meat, but they only need to provide minimal care to avoid that.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Please send a polite e-mail to your Congressional representative asking him or her to urge President Obama to issue an executive order requiring the DoD to replace the use of animals in trauma and chemical-casualty training exercises with available non-animal methods.

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APRIL 13, 2009

“Most animals in the U.S. are killed in factory style slaughterhouses whose primary goal is to kill and process animals quickly and efficiently. Baur believes that slaughterhouse cruelty can be reduced by simple operational changes, such as slowing down the slaughter lines.

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JUNE 1, 2009

ALDF is asking that you send a letter to the USDA asking that Sargeant's Class B license-which allows him to round up dogs and cats from animal shelters, auctions, private individuals and other "random sources," and then sell them for experimentation-be revoked.

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