Articles tagged with: animal cruelty
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In a case sure to upset all animal rights groups, the Canadian Government has added seal to the menu at the Canadian Parliament.
The move is part of an effort by the Canadian Government to fight an EU ban on seal product imports. The EU argues that clubbing baby seals to death is “cruel and... read more
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A British headmistress has resigned after shocking parents and kids by sending a student-raised lamb to the butcher.
Andrea Chapman quit the Lydd Primary School in Kent for “personal reasons” after an animal rights Internet campaign rallied support in a bid to save woolly Marcus.<... read more
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China plans to end thousands of years of culinary tradition by taking dogs and cat meat off its menu.
A law being drafted against animal abuse—China’s first—calls for the country’s thousands of dog butchers and dog meat restaurants to be closed down. Stiff fines will be impose... read more
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38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter was arrested in Meriwether County, Georgia after police say she punished her 12-year-old son in an unconventional and undeniably cruel way.
Geter, whose son is not being named, demanded the child kill his beloved pet hamster with a hammer after he received ... read more
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A reward is being offered in hopes of finding out who glued a 7-month-old cat to the side of a southern Minnesota highway.
The cat, stuck by his nose, was discovered Dec. 18 by a woman traveling to Sioux Falls, said Rosey Quinn of the city’s Second Chance Rescue Center, where the orange... read more
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A Vermont slaughterhouse ordered closed after video showed calves kicked, shocked and cut while conscious had its operating license suspended three times earlier this year for similar conduct.
U.S. Department of Agriculture records show Bushway Packing Inc. of Grand Isle, which was ordered cl... read more
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Animal cruelty takes the floor of the Supreme Court tomorrow, as the justices consider whether to overturn an appeals court judgment that allows the depiction of animal cruelty under the auspices of the First Amendment.
The lower court wasn’t keen on animal cruelty, but found that our furry... read more
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When Winslow Friday shot a bald eagle out of a tree in a Wyoming Indian reservation four years ago, he was hoping to provide his cousin with a headdress for an upcoming Sun Dance. What he got were federal charges for killing the protected bird.
It’s a law his northern Arapaho tribe has ... read more
