Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2010
A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. From the AP. State law on the issue is murky.
Critter News
JULY 31, 2009
I do not like Michael Vick and would pay to see him in a ring tied to a stake with some hungry bears inside. Tags: pit bull animal cruelty Michael Vick sick. But, to be fair, I do want to highlight this very thoughtful piece by Raina Kelley at Newsweek.
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Critter News
JANUARY 9, 2009
"The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but in their case the cruelty of torment is greater, because they have no mind to bear them up against their sufferings, and no hope to look forward to when enduring the last extreme pain."
Critter News
DECEMBER 1, 2008
I especially appreciate the work they do on those horrific bear bile farms that are really just a form of torture for the animal. Our Mission "The mission of the Animals Asia Foundation is to improve the lives of all animals in Asia, end cruelty and restore respect for animals Asia-wide." Tags: bears bile farming asia.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them. The exploiter/developer pays.
Animal Ethics
MAY 25, 2008
And by this they mean not only that it is wrong to enjoy torturing animals—which few moralists would ever have wished explicitly to deny, however little emphasis they might have placed on cruelty to animals in their moral teaching—but that it is wrong to cause them to suffer unnecessarily. That, on the whole, is the Christian tradition.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
But when HSUS purchased several of these jackets, the jackets arrived bearing the labels "Made in China" and "genuine raccoon fur." Wherever companies profit from cruelty, you can rest assured that they will try to hide that cruelty from consumers, because cruelty makes a rather poor PR statement.
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