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MARCH 24, 2014

Some people think it’s just plain fun to kill enormous numbers of animals and pile up their bodies, and when there’s no “bag limit” it’s legal to do so. It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Plain old fashioned Fun.”.

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Critter News

JUNE 8, 2009

A deputy sheriff in North Carolina was demoted for getting involved in animal abuse cases without involving the local animal control officers. Monday, Sheriff Smith cited two other incidents where he claims Lewis took over animal abuse cases without informing animal control. Seems a bit harsh.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 30, 2008

There are 14,436 cases in the animal abuse database. You can search for all kinds of crimes against animals in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Spain. Tags: canada australia animal abuse UK new zealand us. Great research tool. Amazing work.

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Critter News

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. Tags: us supreme court animal cruelty animal law.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Really interesting interview with an animal rights undercover investigator. Tags: animal abuse undercover investigation animal rights factory farm. This is very important work and an enlightening, though short, piece. I could never do what they do. I don't have the guts.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The SPCA took 1045 animals out of a home in Texas that were living in horrible conditions. When SPCA investigators received an anonymous tip Wednesday afternoon about animals in need of medical care at a home in northwest Houston, they had no idea it would turn into one of the largest U.S. animal seizures in memory. "At

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Critter News

JANUARY 23, 2009

Tags: wildlife crime animal abuse animal cruelty.

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Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. Most animals in the U.S. This is really interesting.

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MAY 12, 2009

Animal hoarding is a pretty serious act that causes untold suffering for animals. there are probably several factors that go into how a person develops into an animal hoarder, but “we think it may be related to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.” Tags: animal cruelty animal welfare hoarding.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I don't believe they want an honest dialogue about what they are doing to animals. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists. I don't believe they are "brave" for "standing up" to animal rights activists.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories. Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA.

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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. From the PR Newswire.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

From the better late then never category, the ALDF is having a National Justice for Animals Week to raise awareness about animal abuse. Adam was rescued by an 11-year-old boy who also later identified the girls who committed the crime, allowing them to be charged with felony animal cruelty.

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

Other scenes show a newborn chimpanzee being taken from its mother and an adult screaming as a lab worker aims a tranquilizer gun before the animal falls sedated from a shelf to the floor. The video footage shows monkeys biting themselves and slamming against the bars of small cages. Here is a link to the Humane Society.

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Critter News

JUNE 9, 2009

Tags: animal abuse.

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Critter News

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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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2009

The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA by Norm Phelps came out in 2007. Thoroughly researched and annotated, The Longest Struggle reflects its author's two decades as an animal rights activist and his access to movement leaders who have shared with him their personal stories of campaigns that made animal rights history.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. Back then I was a young child and never thought any different about greyhounds or indeed any other animal. He would not return for many hours. Thinking back still touch's me to the point where I feel so guilty-but I knew no different.

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Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is a nice story about the care of abused birds at a Washington, DC, Buddhist temple. Tags: birds animal abuse animal rescue buddhism animal sanctuary parrots.

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys.

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Critter News

MARCH 31, 2009

"Earthlings" is a film about animal abuse narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. Earthlings is a feature-length documentary about how dependent human beings are on animals, primarily in five key areas: pets, food, clothing, entertainment and science. Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn internet.

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MARCH 8, 2009

Dusty is the gray cat we saw being abused in the shower. Tags: cat animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn us. Here is a video showing the cats. They are healthy and will be going to new homes.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Another example of how animals (even goldfish!) Fite pleaded guilty to animal abuse and domestic-violence assault. Tags: animal abuse domestic violence. I'm posting the whole article because it's so short. become victims of domestic violence. The Oregonian newspaper reported Fite declined comment Tuesday.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Another nasty farm animal abuse story. Bottom line: If you’re running a business where you allow the kinds of shortcuts that let animal abuse happen, please sell it and leave the industry now. Tags: PETA farm animal welfare thanksgiving turkey massacre. Overlooked this one. Find another line of work.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

It claims that his brother was in on the abuse as well.maybe he was the camera guy? Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn. I came across this story about it in Russia Today, an English language Russian newsite. By the way, here's a petition to have him tried as an adult. Lovely kids.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty puppy mills animal welfare us.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Why should we care so much about a cat and not about the abuse of a child? Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn Michael Vick. Are cats more important than people? What kind of world is this? We saw it with Michael Vick and we'll see it with this kid.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 17, 2008

No doubt going after the coveted football loving animal abuser fan base. Hannah Tostensen, director of the Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia, and Lisa Norton, president of Citizens for Humane Animal Treatment in Brunswick, complained to Bealls' corporate office in Bradenton, Fla., Why that would be Bealls Outlet Stores.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The video below is from the local news station and shows some edited footage of the abuse. The worthless piece of excrement abusing the animal is Kenny Glenn, from Lawton OK. Tags: cat animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn us. This is the news story that's sweeping the Internet.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Tags: pit bull animal abuse animal cruelty blood sport Michael Vick.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Since women are as likely as men to commit domestic violence (see here ), it would be interesting to see whether women as well as men abuse animals. Here is a column by Carol J. Addendum: See here.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Tags: animal abuse mexico dogs.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. It was a 2-1 decision by the US Court of Appeals.

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MAY 28, 2009

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. None of us is pure.

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JUNE 20, 2010

To many people, the number of animal fatalities at the Calgary Zoo in newer years seemed very high. It reported that human error surrounded more deaths than at any other zoo and forced immediate plans be taken to make sure of the animals’ safety. The study reported that the zoo was not properly able to handle the marine animals.

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