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Wisconsin : Patricia Randolph's Madravenspeak: Falling Down a Rabbit Hole Into DNR's Alternate Universe
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Roxie
- 79 days ago - host.madison.com
Attending the Natural Resources Board meetings always gives me the sense of falling down the rabbit hole, into the bowels of the Department of Natural Resources, landing in an upside-down alternate universe. Feb. 26 did not disappoint.
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Fed Shut Down Disputed Cherokee Bear Park
Offbeat  (tags: federal agents, closure, cherokee bear park, animal abuse )

Simone
- 111 days ago - citizen-times.com
Federal regulators shut down a bear park and fined it $20,000 after it was cited for failing to provide adequate shelter, food and veterinary care for the animals. The Chief Saunooke Bear Park generated multiple protests
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Oscar's Story
Offbeat  (tags: oscar, rescued, puppy factories puppy farms, rally, australian government, animal abuse )

Simone
- 617 days ago - unleashed.org.au
Some of you may have been following the story of Oscar, a small dog kept for breeding on a property in remote Victoria. Found cowering in the back of a small dark cage, Oscar's fur was thick and matted, he had fleas and mites in his infected ears.
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Sheriff: Exotic Animal Owner Sam Mazzola Found Dead
Offbeat  (tags: sam mazzola, found dead, exotic animal owner, animal abuse, controversy, investigation )

Simone
- 681 days ago - woio.com
The Lorain County Sheriff's Department and the Lorain County Coroner were called out to the home of Sam Mazzola Sunday afternoon. The Lorain County Sheriff confirms to 19 Action News that Sam Mazzola was found dead in his bedroom, in bed by an employee
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Justice for Cat Mango - Take Action!!!
Offbeat  (tags: cat, Mango, animals, abuse, animal abuse, pets, fire, teenagers, justice for mango )

Hannah
- 1053 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Mango was the sweet and loving cat of a young girl in Merced, California. In the process of moving, Mango escaped her home. Unfortunately, she fell into the wrong hands. She was caught and set on fire by a teenager. She suffered burns over 70% of her body
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Robot Jockeys Only Solve Half the Problem
Offbeat  (tags: robot jockeys, camel racing, animal abuse, boys, abused )

Simone
- 1173 days ago - animals.change.org
movement, and with good reason. Very young boys are enslaved, abused, starved to keep their weight down, and strapped to camels for terrifying races several miles long, where injury and death from falling off their mount is common. After child jockeys
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Microchipped Cat Euthanized at Florida Shelter, Never Called the Owners (Video)
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Simone
- 1174 days ago - examiner.com
Why is it that some pets with microchips are reunited with their owners after years of being missing, while other microchipped animals are put to death in shelters? Does it depend on the luck of the draw; the competence -- or caring -- of the human being
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Pet Ownership and the Definition of Animal Abuse
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, protection, definition, animal abuse, suffering )

Cher
- 1178 days ago - animals.change.org
There is a bill seeking legislative sponsors in Wisconsin which would end the status of pets as property. A few weeks ago, I wrote about why the owner vs. guardian debate isn't as black-and-white as it may seem. The Wisconsin bill, written by the Humane
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Animal Rights Strategy: A 12 Step Program to Recover From Animal Use, Exploitation, and Destruction
Offbeat  (tags: animal rights, 12 step programme, recovery, animal abuse, animal welfare )

Simone
- 1219 days ago - all-creatures.org
Dedicated to the premise of the animal rights movement - that only basic legal rights can make possible humane treatment of the vast majority of nonhuman animals - A 12-Step Program to Recover
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GA DNR Animal Neglect, Power of Corruption, and Wasted Tax Dollars - The Petition Site
Offbeat  (tags: crime, animals, elk, smiley, animalcruelty, animal abuse, GA )

BarbKnigh
- 1230 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Local GA DNR battles Pickens county woman over elk Smiley. CJ Tritt has owned the North American Rocky Mountain bull male elk since 2000. Prior to March 31, 2008, Smiley lived happily in Pickens. The GA DNR removed Smiley from his home on..
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Fashion Guru Tim Gunn Talks Fur (Specifically, What's Wrong With It)
Offbeat  (tags: tim gunn, interviews, fur farming, furs, animal abuse, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 1274 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Our esteemed colleague and Unleashed contributor Patt Morrison caught up recently with Tim Gunn, the main man behind the popular fashion-themed reality show "Project Runway." Gunn expanded on the issue of fur in fashion (like any good fashion expert,
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White Poodle Gives Birth To Eight Black Puppies -- Paw Nation
Offbeat  (tags: poodle rosie, gives birth, eight, black, puppies, animalwelfare, animal abuse )

BarbKnigh
- 1355 days ago - pawnation.com
Insted of breeding dogs this woman should be spaying her poodle, Rosie. What do you think? Agree or No Agree? Go to pawnation and type in the title of this story. There isn't a poll that goes along with it, I'm just interested.
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New Animal Cruelty Law Considered a 'Step Back' By Activists
Offbeat  (tags: Henry's Law, bill117, animal abuse )


- 1930 days ago - kutv.com
A baby Black Labrador Retriever named Bubbles was placed at the Utah Humane Society's shelter on Nov. 29, 2007. A Senate committee has approved a bill that would make a person's second animal torture offense a felony.
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