Just horrific - live geese plucked several times over their lifetime - it doesn't bear thinking about!

Please crosspost this and spread it around, let the backlash begin

PETA has acquired shocking photos from a former Ringling trainer that show frightened baby elephants at Ringling's breeding center undergoing barbaric training methods used to make them perform in the circus. They are cruelly bound with ropes

A raid on an exotic animal delivery company in Texas found starving snakes, hundreds of reptiles packed in shipping crates and rodents that had killed and eaten each other, officials said.

At Ringling Bros. circus, still-nursing 18- to 24-month-old baby elephants are captured rodeo-style, roped around all four legs, tethered neck-to-neck to an "anchor" elephant, and dragged away from their mothers. From this point forward in their lives,

"The baby elephant is slammed to the ground," Haddock says. "See its mouth is wide open? It's screaming bloody murder. It doesn't have its mouth open for a carrot."

DNA has become an important tool in separating the guilty from the innocent, and it's not limited to human-on-human crime. Last week, DNA evidence led to the arrest of a Brooklyn man charged with torturing his mother-in-law's cat, Medea.

An animal trainer is fighting for his life in a hospital after being mauled by three Bengali tigers during a performance.

A few years ago, the bullfighting industry tried to export bullfighting to China. Several bullfights were held in Shanghai, but this generated criticism from the Chinese media and animal protection organizations. The bullfights were not a real success

The government,private people& hotel managers of Egypt try to get rid of stray cats& dogs by dropping toxic baits(with Strychnin or Methamyl)on the street & the hotel area.They die in a very long and cruel way.Often allso private pets. Please sign.Thanks