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Before 2008, only one person had been incarcerated for dog fighting in Georgia. Considering the state had one of the weakest dog-fighting laws in the nation, that's no compliment. But since a new and tougher dog fighting law was passed in May 2008, multiple arrests have been made, with more on the horizon.
Authorities found the dog, a German shepherd mix named Bruce, in a small crate on March 18. Oh, and when they shut the electricity off, she moved into a hotel room without the dog. Tags: animal abuse. I hope this woman rots in jail, but I doubt that will happen in Texas.
Someone had called in an animalcruelty report. I had a couple of dogs when I was a kid, but I mostly grew up with cats. But I'm no dog expert. Is this a legitimate reason to put a dog down or is this just BS? Are food-aggressive dogs dangerous or is that just a convenient myth?
It happened about a week ago with up to 350 dogs seized in 5 states. Tags: animalcruelty law enforcement blood sport dog fighting. About 30 people were arrested.
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.
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. Hunters say the exercise popular in the state's hilly northwestern corner helps them train their dogs on what to do when they come across a bear during a hunt. From the AP. State law on the issue is murky.
A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animalcruelty. 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.
She kept being given "one more chance" with the end result of about 600 dogs finally being seized from the establishments. Tags: animal abuse animalcruelty puppy mills animal welfare us. This is definitely a situation that could have been stopped early on. The article is particularly thorough and damning.
Up north are Snohomish County and Skagit County where two puppy mill raids have led to the rescue of almost 600 pregnant dogs, about 80 percent of whom are pregnant. (We And, of course, they are all "designer dogs." Tags: animalcrueltyanimal rescue puppy mills. Keeping abuse in the family!
News of the Weird Owners claim dog died from being in non-ventilated Animal Control vehicle. How should Animal Control evaluate their claim? Stick another dog in the same situation and see if it dies too! It was an "experiment" you see, even though they are just Animal Control, not a research facility.
Tags: animalcruelty 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.
Is what he did consciously to his pitbulls that much worse than what we do unconsciously to animals every day? Some of us forget that dogs are mere animals, and that animal mistreatment is as American as Apple iPods. Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals.
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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