Many horses are injured even before reaching their final destination. Some are shipped for more than 24 hours at a time without food, water or rest, and the methods used to kill these horses once they arrive at the plant can be exceptionally inhumane.

"If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued, not out of vengeance, not out of retribution," he added, "out of the need to preserve the notion that no one...is above the law."

BILWI, Nicaragua, Sep 2 (IPS) - Some 250,000 indigenous children and adolescents who had no legal identity in Nicaragua are in the process of being registered -- an essential step towards achieving recognition of their basic human rights.

Finger Lakes SPCA officials are investigating what they call the biggest mal abuse case in Steuben County todate.Officials say eighty two horses and five cats were seized from a Troupsburg farm last week. They say the animals are in very poor physical

Yesterday the archaeology department of China's Chongqing Municipality announced a remarkable discovery: a Qing Dynasty tomb of an almost unique style, made out of more than 2,000 qing hua ci (blue and white porcelain) bowls.

On August 24, 2008 the General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (GFWCUI) called for a mass demonstration against the recent decree issued by the Minister of Finance in which he ordered wage and benefit cuts for workers.

"If it wasn't for Hillary's long time support of loose morals and whipping up women to think they can make decisions about their own bodies, none of this would have happened," said Grover Norquist, anti-tax activist and GOP leader.

Citrus greening is blazing through the Florida citrus groves like wildfire. Scientists don't know how long it will take to find a treatment or cure for this contagious bacterial disease. One scenario projects that within nine to ten years, all the citrus

CONTACT:Humane Society of Escambia County, Alabama at 251-867-6860. black, four-door, late-model pickup truck with a second pit bull in the bed of the truck. White SUV and a red car also seemed to be part of the group. Story Copied Below

Jailing journalists is unacceptable in a democracy. But that's exactly what is happening at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Award winning journalist and host of "Democracy Now" Amy Goodman was arrested on Monday by St. P