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Wild Animals as Pets and Products - Start the Fight Back | WSPA
Animals  (tags: environment, protection, wildlife, abuse, wildanimals, animalrights, animalcruelty, pets, tigers )

Candy
- 6 days ago - takeaction.wspa.org.uk
Infant monkeys dressed up as dolls.Tigers skinned for their fur and their bones used to make a tonic. Crocodiles kept in tanks as someone's status pet. Bears trapped in cages for decades on end,
23 comments
Federal: Stop "Pet Theft" for Illegal Trade in Animals Sold for Research ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, suffering, protection, environment, pets )

Cher
- 7 days ago - kintera.org
A federal bill to prohibit research facilities from using animals obtained from random source, or "Class B" animal dealers would provide better protection for cats and dogs who are obtained through theft or misrepresentation and are then sold
35 comments
Gone But Not Forgotten: Sandy the Pit Bull Mix Who Died Before She Was Adopted - National Pet Rescue | Examiner.Com
Animals  (tags: pit bull, killed, crime, dogs, death, animalwelfare, animalrights, pets, humans, ethics, sadness, law )

Dianne Ly
- 8 days ago - examiner.com
Sandy was a female blue and black pit bull mix, and the scared but very friendly young dog had recently been taken into Animal Care and Control of New York City in Manhattan as a stray. On Saturday morning, Sandy had been euthanized:
12 comments
Ravenswood Woman Accused of Strangling and Beating Her 9-Week-Old Puppy to Death - National Pet Rescue | Examiner.Com
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, crime, cruelty, death, dogs, humans, investigation, killed, law, pets, sadness, suffering )

Dianne Ly
- 8 days ago - examiner.com
It was on Thursday night when a neighbor on Joe Short Drive in Ravenswood, W.Va. called 911 to report Marilyn Carte, 50, severely abusing a nine-week-old puppy causing the dog's death.
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Demand Justice For Dog Dragged By Car - Look At This Face! -PLEASE SIGN!!!
Animals  (tags: dog, Bulgaria, draggedByCar, sick, animal rights, euthanasia, healthy, animal advocates, cats, pets, protection, ethics, crime, sadness )

Julie
- 8 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The police found out that on Friday noon a 55-year-old man from the same village decided to punish his dog he was taking care of and tied the animal to the drawbar of his car and dragged it to a nearby ravine in the village and threw it there. Survived
160 comments
The Lonely Dog
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, loneliness, AnimalWelfare, pets, socializing )

Dee
- 9 days ago - news10.com
Last spring Lori Taylor, 39, of Brooklyn, New York, was as happy as she'd been in recent memory. After being laid off eight months earlier, she had a new job, a steady paycheck, and somewhere to go every morning.
21 comments
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PARLIAMENT: STOP CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE LAW / Please Sign!
Animals  (tags: BiH, Europe, Animal welfare law, shelters, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, dogs, cats, cruelty, death, ethics, humans, law, pets, protection, SIGN PETITION )

Desanka
- 9 days ago - change.org
We request that for the first time in your career do something in accordance with the Law, and that is, after four years of its existence, begin to implement, not to change it. We oppose the amendments to the Act!
76 comments
Commend Nevada for Banning Dog Breed Discrimination ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, dogs, pets )

Cher
- 9 days ago - forcechange.com
Applaud the approval of a bill to ban breed specific legislation against dogs in the state of Nevada
39 comments
Don't Let Bosnia Euthanize Animals After 15 Days Spent in the City Shelters / PLEASE SIGN!
Animals  (tags: BiH, Europe, shelter, stray animals, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, dogs, cats, cruelty, death, ethics, humans, killing, law, pets, protection, society, sadness, SIGN PETITION! )

Desanka
- 9 days ago - change.org
With the Law for protection and welfare of animals that was implemented in 2009, killing of stray animals was prohibited. Now, Bosnian government is considering changing the law by allowing the killing of stray animals in the city shelter after 15 days.
147 comments
SERBIA: PREVENT THE CLOSURE OF THE DOG SHELTER ALEX / Urgent Petition!!!
Animals  (tags: Serbia, Europe, ALEX, NO KILL shelter, 600 dogs, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, dogs, humans, investigation, law, pets, protection, society, SAVE ALEX SHELTER, PETITION )

Desanka
- 9 days ago - change.org
WE HAVE 8 DAYS FOR COMPLAINTS - so we need to ask people to act IMMEDIATELY and tell the authorities that they are completely wrong to attempt to close down this shelter. It is a matter of literally life and death for the animals at the shelter!
156 comments
"Dog Meat Summer Festivals"! Stop This Carnival of Cruelty..!! Plz Sign!
Animals  (tags: dogs, cats, pets, protection, abuse, animalcruelty, suffering, slaughter, society )

Harshiita
- 10 days ago - secure.humanesociety.org
Animal protection organizations and activists in China are on the ground right now in the festival cities calling for the events to be closed down. Their efforts and your support can help the dogs. Last year, a dog meat festival in a different province wa
38 comments
Stop the Massacre of Galgos!! Sign and Share!!
Animals  (tags: dogs, death, abuse, animalcruelty, pets, protection, society, suffering )

Harshiita
- 10 days ago - mesopinions.com
All put an end to the torture that suffer these Spanish dogs are Galgos. Hanged, mutilated, burned .... These dogs are subject to all of the most cruel and inhuman punishment that may exist, why? only because they have a bad season by his owner who believ
45 comments
Oberlin Municipal Court Judge Thomas A. Januzzi: Sentence Gerald Miller to the Maximum Allowable By Law
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, animals, crime, cruelty, death, dogs, ethics, humans, law, killing, sadness, society, pets, suffering )

Sophia
- 10 days ago - change.org
We NEED to show the community that there should be "ZERO TOLERANCE" for crimes of this nature and for any type of abuse, be it against an animal, child, spouse/significant other or the elderly
60 comments
Veterinary Laser Therapy Eases A Pet's Pain
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, pets )

Ajla
- 10 days ago - allaboutpetsch.com
Laser therapy is a cutting-edge technique in veterinary medicine for managing many conditions, including chronic pain in pets. Class IV (cold) laser therapy is especially effective for treating pets that struggle with osteoarthritis pain..
10 comments
SERBIA: IMMEDIATE URGENT ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE SHELTER ALEX AND OVER 600 DOGS
Animals  (tags: Serbia, Europe, ALEX, NO KILL shelter, 600 dogs, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, dogs, humans, investigation, law, pets, protection, society, SAVE ALEX SHELTER )

Desanka
- 11 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.com
VERY URGENT - WE NEED EMAILS TO BE SENT IMMEDIATELY, from International supporters everywhere! Please help!!!
79 comments
 
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