Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense. Arkansas becomes the 46th state to make cruelty to animals a felony, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

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MARCH 3, 2009

He wanted to mellow out his hyper cat Shadow. Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.

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Critter News

JUNE 15, 2009

I read an article last week about a series of cat killings and mutilations (20 total) in south Florida. He's charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four counts of burglary. Tags: animal cruelty. Just awful.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2009

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

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. Their investigations produce results.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

It's just a cat. Why should we care so much about a cat and not about the abuse of a child? Are cats more important than people? Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn Michael Vick. He's a young boy who made one mistake. AND What, are you kidding me? What kind of world is this?

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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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