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Animals News tagged with Animal cruelty

Four Lucky Cats: Duct-Taped Cats All Freed
Animals  (tags: animal cruelty, investigation, cats duct taped, rescued )

Simone
- 7 hours ago - content.usatoday.com
Remember the story in October about Sticky the cat, found duct taped in Philadelphia and left for dead? She lived and was adopted. That was a happy ending to a vicious act we thought we'd never hear about again.
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ACTION ALERT: Seven Dogs Perish, Trapped Inside Hot Van! No Punishment for Dog's Killer!
Animals  (tags: dog handler, show dogs, horrendous death, locked in van, died, new trial, no punishment, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 3 days ago - kinshipcircle.org
Seven high-priced show dogs, including a top Akita, died after being left by their handler in a hot van for more than five hours.
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Crime and Punishment in Kentucky
Animals  (tags: animal cruelty, two cats killed, felony conviction, punishment, animal abuser kentucky )

Simone
- 5 days ago - all-creatures.org
It is exceedingly rare to hear anything positive regarding animals and Kentucky law. Due to its glaring lack of adequate animal protection laws, the Bluegrass State has had the unenviable distinction as "best state in the country to be an animal abuser"
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Slaughterhouse Owner Pleads No Contest
Animals  (tags: slaughterhouse owner, animal cruelty, arrested, charged, farm animals abused, rescued, new home, sanctuary )

Simone
- 6 days ago - all-creatures.org
Last year, Santa Cruz County Animal Services director, Todd Stosuy noticed a cow with a broken horn spraying blood a foot in the air. The shocking sight led him to an even more tragic situation - a custom slaughterhouse. Goats, rabbits, pigs, chickens
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100 Neglected Sled Dogs Rescued in Northern Quebec
Animals  (tags: sled dogs, canada, mushers, animal cruelty, abused, left in cold, rescued, new homes )

Simone
- 6 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tragically, this situation is not unique, with cases of neglect of sled dogs regularly reported in Canada. HSI and the SPCA LL are calling upon the provincial and federal government to pass stronger animal protection laws to ensure the protection of
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ACTION ALERT: Don't Let Dogs Continue to Die - Get Skeldon Out of Office NOW!!!
Animals  (tags: animal shelter, high rate of killing dogs, animal cruelty, dog warden )

Simone
- 6 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Dog Warden Tom Skeldon is notorious for the excessively low adoption/high kill rates at his shelter. Think this doesn't apply to you if you don't live in Ohio? Think again. Skeldon was consulted as a so-called expert when Ontario was creating its
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Cat Put Down After Thugs Tie It to Washing Line and Leave It in Agony for Hours
Animals  (tags: cat, abused, thugs, scums, tied to washing line, suffering, euthanized, investigation, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 9 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A cat had to be put down after being found tied to a washing line, the RSPCA said today. Lily, a grey long-haired cat, was discovered hanging on the line by a length of cord, which was knotted around her waist, in Beccles, Suffolk, on November 6.
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ACTION ALERT: Justice for Dusty!
Animals  (tags: dusty, young sweet dog, brutally murdered, killed, crime, hanging, authorities, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 9 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
On or about November 4, 2009 in Owingsville, KY, a beautiful two year old Golden Retriever named "Dusty" was found hanging from a backhoe in a macabre display of brutality, visible to any who were unfortunate witnesses passing on a nearby road.
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Horse Left Abandoned Near Rulison Survives Gunshot to Head
Animals  (tags: elderly grey gelding, shot in head, abandoned, investigation, veterinary treatment, survivor, animal cruelty, crime )

Simone
- 9 days ago - gjsentinel.com
The Garfield County Sheriff's Department is investigating an animal cruelty case in which someone shot a horse in the head and abandoned it. The horse survived being shot with what appears to have been a small-caliber gun, but it's unclear if it will
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China: A Cry for Help From Animal Caring People in China
Animals  (tags: china, animal advocates, animal welfare, fighting for animals, animal cruelty, legalisation )

Simone
- 10 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
I am writing to ask for your kind support in our efforts to save the poor cats being stolen, sold and killed with boiling water by some evil people in Guangdong province, southern China. I will tell you more about it:
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Police ID Man Wanted for Burning Puppy
Animals  (tags: scum, burned puppy, puppy beaten, police, crime, animal cruelty, identified )

Simone
- 10 days ago - myfox8.com
Police have identified the man they believe is responsible for burning a 12-week-old puppy, breaking its jaw and leaving it for dead in a Greensboro park in August. Lashawn Demaro Whitehead, 20, of 2407 Ponderosa Dr., is wanted on charges of felony
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South Africa - Bull Killing Festival to Go Ahead
Animals  (tags: torture, bull, south africa, zulu, abuse, death, animal cruelty, animals )

Eureka
- 10 days ago - dailynews.co.za
Pleas from animal rights activists have fallen on deaf ears and young Zulu men will again kill a bull with their bare hands as part of this year's fresh fruits festival, the Ukweshwana. The Zulu royal house yesterday denied receiving letters from ....
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Teens Indicted in Connection With Pit Bull Puppy Phoenix Set on Fire
Animals  (tags: phoenix, brutally killed, pit bull puppy set on fire, teenagers, scums, indicted, animal cruelty, adults )

Simone
- 10 days ago - weblogs.baltimoresun.com
A Baltimore grand jury has indicted the teenage twin brothers accused of fatally setting fire to a pit bull puppy in May, the city state's attorney's office announced Friday. Travers and Tremayne Johnson, 17, had been charged as juveniles, but a judge
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Two B.C. Residents Charged With Starving, Hanging Horse
Animals  (tags: scums, elderly appaloosa horse, starving, emanicated, hanged, animal cruelty, charged )

Simone
- 11 days ago - vancouversun.com
Two Vancouver Island men have been charged with animal cruelty in a bizarre case where an elderly, emaciated horse was killed by hanging. David Whiffin and Clayton Cunningham, both from the Victoria area, will appear in Victoria provincial court Nov.
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Unpunished Animal Cruelty in Costa Rica!!
Animals  (tags: animals killed, abused, animal cruelty, costa rica, government, animal welfare, animal abusers, punishment, laws, legalisation )

Simone
- 16 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Animal Cruelty in Costa Rica goes unpunished. If you denounced it, police do not get involved. And in rare case that they actually do, there is only a penalty of $USD 200 for abuse, toture, you name it... Please tell the Costa Rican goverment to make
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South Africa - Bull Killing Festival to Go Ahead
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100 Neglected Sled Dogs Rescued in Northern Quebec
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Four Lucky Cats: Duct-Taped Cats All Freed
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Slaughterhouse Owner Pleads No Contest
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ACTION ALERT: Don't Let Dogs Continue to Die - Get Skeldon Out of Office NOW!!!
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ACTION ALERT: Seven Dogs Perish, Trapped Inside Hot Van! No Punishment for Dog's Killer!
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