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Offbeat News tagged with suffering

Man Banned From Keeping Dogs
Offbeat (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, protection, environment, cruelty, suffering )

Cher
- 1 day ago - rspca.org.uk

A man from Macclesfield has been banned from keeping dogs for ten years after allowing his dalmatian dog to become chronically overweight.

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Cheap Home-Neutering of Kamloops Cat Is Cruelty: Judge
Offbeat (tags: AnimalCruelty, animals, pets, suffering, home-neutering, cruelty, cats, protection )

Cher
- 5 days ago - vancouversun.com

Everyone should know that double wrapping an elastic band around a cat's testicles would cause the animal pain, a judge said Friday as he convicted a Kamloops man of cruelty

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Caged Circus Tiger Bites Off Chinese Man's Fingers
Offbeat (tags: caged tiger, suffering, circus tiger, chinese man, fingers bitten off )

Simone
- 6 days ago - blog.taragana.com

A Chinese man lost his fingers trying to touch a caged tiger at a circus. Retired teacher Zhu was said to have placed his hand inside the cage, wanting to touch the tiger's hair. Zhu was seriously injured when the animal grabbed his hand and

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Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Animal Activist, Uses
Offbeat (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, animal activists, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 13 days ago - animalrights.change.org

So what did defendant William Viehl do? Did he try to kill someone? Burn down the owner's house? Hold him hostage at gunpoint? Poison his water supply? Because you'd think he would have had to do something like that for the judge to insist the fur

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Candlelight Vigil at Memphis Animal Shelter
Offbeat (tags: animals, candlelight vigil, shelter, cats, dogs, death, mistreatment, pets.rotection, suffering, environment )

Cher
- 16 days ago - examiner.com

More than 100 pet lovers gathered on November 5th for a candlelight vigil at the City of Memphis Animal Shelter. They were there to honor the memory of the innocent cats and dogs that died at the shelter because of mistreatment.

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Important Films to See, at Home and at Festivals
Offbeat (tags: films, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 32 days ago - animalrights.change.org

Last December, I wrote a post about the new documentary Fowl Play, which takes viewers inside the egg industry. And now you can order DVDs of the documentary -- for yourself, for family and friends, or for activist events. Visit the film's site for the

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Whale Penis Seats in Russian 4WD
Offbeat (tags: disgusting, russian armoured car, whale penis seats, suffering )

Simone
- 37 days ago - stuff.co.nz

A Russian armoured-car builder is boasting that its latest vehicle has seats covered with "whale-penis leather".

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Lowe's Can No Longer Claim Traps Are Humane
Offbeat (tags: animals, traps, Lowes, suffering, death, animal welfare )

Cher
- 37 days ago - blog.peta.org

Last year, PETA filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Motomco, the glue trap manufacturer that supplies Lowe's with its sticky death traps. Our complaint stated that Motomco was selling misleadingly labeled glue traps designed

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Ducks Quack Up a Storm Against Foie Gras
Offbeat (tags: animals, ducks, protest, foie gras, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 51 days ago - blog.peta.org

On Saturday, dozens of PETA UK members in duck masks descended on the Oxford Street Selfridge's for a flash mob-style protest. The "ducks" converged on the storefront, did a few rounds of the "birdie dance" (affectionately referred to as the "chicken

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Artist's Efforts to Help Rescue Lions By Making Them a Yorkshire Pride
Offbeat (tags: artists, lion picture, save romanian lions, abused lions, suffering, romananian zoo )

Simone
- 52 days ago - thestar.co.uk

THIS picture could help bring a threatened pride of lions from Romania to Doncaster. Artist Jane Pascoe Absolom has painted this portrait of two of the lions which the Yorkshire Wildlife Park is hoping to bring to the borough. And she has donated

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Wonderland Amusement Park Slaughter
Offbeat (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, slaughter, farm animals, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 54 days ago - animalrights.change.org

Yeah, you read that right: "amusement park" and "slaughter" in one phrase. I've just been introduced to the concept via TreeHugger, whose blogger writes,

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Stress, Chlamydiosis Killing Australia's Koalas in Increasing Numbers
Offbeat (tags: environment, animals, koalas, stress, suffering )

Cher
- 56 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com

Koalas live in the rolling hills and flat plains where eucalyptus trees grow, because they need the leaves for both food and water. But as people move in, koalas are finding themselves with fewer trees, researchers say. The stress is bringing out a

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PETA Wants to Rent Virginia Prison Building for Use as 'Chicken Empathy Museum'
Offbeat (tags: animals, Peta, prison, chicken empathy museum, suffering )

Cher
- 70 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com

Ever vigilant and ever media-savvy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has written to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine with an offer to rent his state's Botetourt Correctional Center building. Kaine recently named the prison, which is in the Virginia

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Award-Winning French Chef Denounces Foie Gras
Offbeat (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, foie gras, Chef, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 78 days ago - blog.peta.org

Not too long ago, Trish Deseine was pushing for people to embrace the taste of foie gras served with dried fruit. (Did anyone else just throw up a little?) But after taking the time to visit a foie gras farm, this chef changed her tune.

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Leather Jacket: The Rebel Icon That Lost Its Gall
Offbeat (tags: animals, leather, death, suffering, environment, protection )

Cher
- 81 days ago - crazysexylife.com

Losing its gall. The image of leather no longer defines outcasts, rebels, and counter-culture; instead, it is the epitome of mainstream, problematic realtionships with ecosystems and violent and exploitative relationships with animals.

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