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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. I certainly didn't.

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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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JUNE 9, 2009

Tags: animal abuse. Apparently she was running out of money so she left the puppy in a crate in her laundry room to slowly starve to death. Oh, and when they shut the electricity off, she moved into a hotel room without the dog.

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MAY 8, 2010

She testified in favor of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Now, she's been suspended from working with animals. From Current.com She was recently suspended from working with animals, a “rare move prompted by what officials called a ‘clear pattern’ of problems with animal welfare.”

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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.”

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APRIL 13, 2009

In the shadow of a $5 million-dollar grant given to Oklahoma State’s renowned veterinary school and then rescinded due to allegations of abusive and cruel animal research practices, Oklahoma State University Philosophy Club and Friends of the Forms will host animal activist Chris DeRose. DeRose will speak at 7 p.m., Truly unfair.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Bill 50 makes it a provincial offence to abuse any animal, and it establishes the strongest penalties in the country for those charged with animal cruelty -- including the potential to prohibit offenders from owning animals ever again. Tags: animal law.

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MARCH 23, 2009

News of the Weird Owners claim dog died from being in non-ventilated Animal Control vehicle. How should Animal Control evaluate their claim? It was an "experiment" you see, even though they are just Animal Control, not a research facility. Tags: animal cruelty Stupid USDA animal welfare us.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The Animal Legal Defense Fund provided $3500.00 to investigate the abuse of over 100 dogs by an animal hoarder in Michigan. Tags: animal abuse ALDF. From the ALDF site: Dearborn, Mich.– You can read more about it by clicking on the link.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty pigs farm animal welfare.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2009

But it certainly raised my awareness that animals are used in military trauma-training exercises. Thousands of live animals are shot, stabbed, dismembered, burned, and poisoned every year in Department of Defense (DoD) training exercises designed to train medics and infantry in how to treat various human battlefield injuries.

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JUNE 1, 2009

That's why this action alert from the Animal Legal Defense Fund strikes a cord with me. Sargeant, doing business as Sargeant’s Wholesale Biologicals, buys carcasses from animal shelters and sells them to research facilities such as UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. From the ALDF blog. Arrested in June 2007, Michael J.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Animal rights advocates say it's cruel to the nearly defenseless bears and harms them psychologically. Statutes banning animal fighting have a specific exemption for dog training. Statutes banning animal fighting have a specific exemption for dog training. State law on the issue is murky.

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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 3, 2010

Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals. This is a good group. Check them out.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Thanks to Mercy for Animals for their undercover work exposing this egg industry practice. Tags: animal cruelty eggs farm animal welfare factory farm. What a subject line, but it's true. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before.

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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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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products. And the disturbing video: Tags: animal cruelty PETA. Not a pretty picture.

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JULY 13, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty law enforcement blood sport dog fighting. It happened about a week ago with up to 350 dogs seized in 5 states. About 30 people were arrested.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. But it's worth noting that someone out there took some action on this gruesome story. And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time. They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention.

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JANUARY 1, 2010

Tags: animal cruelty. I can't even comment on this, the anger is too intense. Happy New Year {insert sarcasm here!).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2009

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

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JUNE 24, 2010

The investigation cleared the animal lab. MALAYSIA will not shut down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab after investigations showed that the animals were not exposed to torture, a senior official said on Thursday. Tags: animal research malaysia. From Straits Time.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday. Tags: animal research malaysia.

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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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AUGUST 17, 2009

Carlisle is seen smiling in the photo and a comment on the social Internet site says the animals were euthanized through drowning. Tags: animal cruelty. She's claiming it's all a big mistake. Not an easy defense when you're dumb enough to post a picture of yourself afterwards on Facebook.

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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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JUNE 4, 2009

Stop Animal Exploitation Now filed the complaint with U.S. The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A. "The The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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. It claims that his brother was in on the abuse as well.maybe he was the camera guy? Lovely kids.

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Finally, a cruelty suit against Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is coming to trial. Tags: animal cruelty circus elephants. employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty puppy mills animal welfare us. This is definitely a situation that could have been stopped early on. How much suffering and death resulted from this family's practices? The article is particularly thorough and damning.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty exper new iberia research center primates medical research. They are at least admitting there are problems with standard operating procedures at New Iberia Research Center. Officials claim to be taking steps to correct certain problems.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty entertainment elephants. This is a new blog I came across called Paws4Life, The Reality of What Humans do. This post has three graphic pictures of a baby elephant allegedly being "trained" for the entertainment industry. I'm thinking it's India?

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JULY 29, 2009

Tags: animal cruelty blood sport humane society Michael Vick sick. Plus, I personally have no room for forgiveness for Sick Vick. Others may, but I don't. What do you all think about his upcoming work for the Humane Society? Pretty savvy on HSUS' part? Or are they trying to get publicity?

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty china monkeys. If only they could have escaped to a better life.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn Michael Vick. Why should we care so much about a cat and not about the abuse of a child? 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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APRIL 16, 2009

Here in Seattle, NARN (Northwest Animal Rights Network) has been staging protests at a local restaurant that serves foie gras. I guess small protests like NARN's seem futile when compared to the overwhelming issue of animal welfare, but you have to think that a number of small protests over time can have a large cumulative impact.

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