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APRIL 20, 2010

The Supreme Court struck down a law that outlawed the depiction of animal cruelty. The high court case stemmed from the arrest and conviction of a Virginia-based documentary producer named Robert Stevens who sold videos containing scenes of dogfights.

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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. Tags: anti-cruelty. Interesting. You can buy it here.

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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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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.

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OCTOBER 26, 2008

I came across this 2005 book from the Society & Animals Journal titled Confronting Cruelty Moral Orthodoxy and the Challenge of the Animal Rights Movement. Readership: This book will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the animal rights movement in England, the United States and Australia.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

50 surviving horses were rescued. For the full story, go here to KLTV.com. The Humane Society of the United States, SPCA of East Texas and Humane Society of North Texas worked with the Smith County District Attorney's Office to rescue 50 horses from a Lindale property.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Especially animal business. The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R. Tags: horse animal cruelty legislation Slaughterhouse us. It amazes me that legislative business is still being conducted in DC these days, what with the US economic sky falling. Lovely quote. It's all about private property, not living things.

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APRIL 22, 2012

of Largo, Florida, is charged with animal cruelty. Jere Martin Patterson Jr. Patterson shot the bird multiple times with a BB gun, police said. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it. The egret suffered “multiple fractures to the wing and neck area,” the report said.

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JUNE 9, 2009

I hope this woman rots in jail, but I doubt that will happen in Texas. Authorities found the dog, a German shepherd mix named Bruce, in a small crate on March 18. They arrived after neighbors complained of a strong smell emanating from Martin's apartment in the 2800 block of Townbluff Drive in Plano.

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AUGUST 24, 2008

I did have issues with the host country in this case because of the horrible way they treat animals, and their lack of any animal cruelty laws. Note - this is not a knock against all those that competed. I don't have issues with them. I don't foresee any changes in the near future on that front. They met none of those.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

If you care about animals, don't give them your tourist dollars. This is just one of many of a long line of animal abuse problems there. Here is the BBC article on that travesty in Puerto Rico.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

More animal cruelty in Britain. Tags: UK animal cruelty. Great birds being poisoned by laced venison cubes in Scotland.

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APRIL 23, 2009

The justices said they would review, at the request of the federal government, an appeals court decision that said Congress's broad attempt to discourage animal cruelty by outlawing its depiction violates the First Amendment. Thanks to Animal Law Online for the catch. I am incredibly angry at the last statement. That's just BS.

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JUNE 15, 2009

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. I read an article last week about a series of cat killings and mutilations (20 total) in south Florida. Just awful.

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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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DECEMBER 10, 2008

DMX is facing drug-possession, identity-theft and animal-cruelty charges. Tags: DMX animal cruelty. He was due in court last week for a status hearing on his upcoming trial related to the aforementioned charges.

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JUNE 23, 2010

The commentator says that part of her winnings will go to abolish animal cruelty (yes, abolish). Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". I think you actually support animal cruelty." Well, sort of.

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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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MARCH 17, 2009

Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal cruelty vivisection anti-cruelty medical research.

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MAY 31, 2009

An animal cruelty investigator from Animal Cruelty Investigations and sheriff deputy were injured at a bullfight in Thornton CA. Though the bulls were supposed to be hit with velcro darts, these ones were allegedly stabbed with nails.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2009

Rap singer DMX is currently serving a jail sentence for animal cruelty, drugs and fraud. Tags: DMX animal cruelty. And things are even worse for him because his prison wardrobe is (gasp!) Looks like Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has come up with the cure for DMX's addiction to jail.

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APRIL 20, 2009

A funny, heart-warming video called “ SMILE ,” developed by “I’m Tired of” (ITo), the makers of the popular “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelet, which raises money for animal rights and rescue charities, has reached viral levels. The bracelets are a natural to sell at events and on their websites.”

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JULY 16, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty idiocy.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

Tags: UK animal cruelty.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare.

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APRIL 15, 2010

PETA is arguing that this practice violates New York's anti-cruelty laws. Tags: octopus New York animal cruelty restaurants PETA. Octopus are highly intelligent creatures.not that ANY creature should suffer like this. It's apparently a practice around the world. This link has a video with some examples.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

Tags: pit bull animal cruelty blood sport Michael Vick dogfighting sick.

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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. State law on the issue is murky.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys.

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JANUARY 3, 2010

Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals.

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JANUARY 1, 2010

Tags: animal cruelty.

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MARCH 7, 2009

End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. Tags: chimpanzees animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty medical research. It's unconscionable.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Tags: lobsters animal cruelty.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Tags: UK animal cruelty blood sport deer.

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JULY 13, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty law enforcement blood sport dog fighting.

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