Critter News

APRIL 1, 2010

Missouri is going to vote on allowing horse slaughterhouses back into the State. Well, apparently Missouri is better than everyone else. Tags: Stupid legislation horse slaughter Missouri. Now this is just juvenile. This is very common and occurs to local, state and federal representatives. Really mean tactics.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Proposition 8 passed in Missouri. Tags: legislation elections Missouri arizona politics. Two victories. It stops puppy mill abuses by establishing responsible standards for the proper care of dogs. Also, Proposition 109 failed in Arizona. This proposition would have given the legislature exclusive authority over wildlife issues.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

An eastern Missouri woman is sentenced to 12 year in prison for neglecting her dogs. Tags: animal abuse. That's a pretty stiff sentence. The sentence for 46-year-old Tamara Lynn Benscoter of Park Hills was handed down Friday. Police in Iron Mountain were called to Benscoter's former home twice in September. Six dogs were seized.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The bizarre incident in April 2001 began when the trio of apes broke out of Mike and Connie Casey's compound, the Missouri Primate Foundation. Tags: chimpanzees animal cruelty Stupid us. In addition to running a business that supplied simians for parties, the couple bred and sold chimps, sources say. Cruel and insane.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 24, 2011

Adoption fees are being waived for this event, and adoptable animals will be spayed/neutered, micro-chipped, vaccinated, and provided an ID tag free of charge. In addition, the Missouri Emergency Response Service team will conduct large animal rescue demonstrations, and there will be food, music and other family-friendly activities.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Tags: pet stores puppy mills us. Some of the breeders were found with sick or dead dogs in their cages.

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Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Reading Deb's post about the goslings at Poplar and getting Jenny 's request to sign a petition to save the Canada geese of Ballwin, Missouri from mass extermination reminded me how much I miss the wildlife at the neighborhood we lived in from 2002-early 2005. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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