He dragged his estranged girlfriend’s dog for miles behind his pickup truck. Stops…curses at the witnesses, and later abandons the poor thing on the side of the road. All unintentional he claims. And he “really felt bad about it and stuff”.
His trial was held last week and resulted in a deadlocked jury. They only deliberated for two hours. The judge had no choice but to declare a mistrial and set a new trial for August 7. Lovely. We can probably expect the same come August.
It took many weeks for Little Brown Dog to recover from her injuries. But she’s happy in a new home with a veterinarian and has her own Facebook page called “Justice for LBD.”
700 cats removed; owner charged with animal cruelty
A nonprofit cat sanctuary in Lee run by a Ponte Vedra Beach man has been raided by Madison County officials, who remove the felines and arreste the owner, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Craig Grant, who started the Caboodle Ranch in 2007, was the only person on site when investigators arrived Monday to remove an estimated 700 cats at the request of the Sheriff’s Office and animal control agency.
Grant remains in the Madison County jail on three counts of cruelty to animals and one count each of scheming to defraud and felony cruelty to animals, with bail set at $250,000, said Madison County jail officials.
About 125 law enforcement and animal care officials went to the ranch after a 5-month undercover investigation into animal cruelty complaints resulted in a search warrant, said society senior investigator Tim Rickey. Now a three- to five-day recovery effort begins, he said.
“A lot of cats have upper respiratory disease, the type unknown, but they are sick. There are cats with open wounds and some with neurological issues,” Rickey said from the scene. “Overall conditions of some of the buildings are filthy and pretty deplorable.”
Complaints have been coming in steadily for a long time from a lot of outlets and organizations that visited there, he said.
SALEM — A city man has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly beating his pit bull puppy so severely that the dog had to be euthanized, animal welfare officials said.
Officials with the animal welfare organization allege McNeil admitted to beating and kicking the eight-week-old pit bull puppy, but did not say what prompted the alleged action.
Examined by Dr. Heather Lingley, NJSPCA veterinarian, because of its injuries, the puppy was euthanized, NJSPCA officials said. They added a necropsy on the dog reconfirmed the severity of its injuries.
The charges against McNeil were filed by the NJSPCA on Thursday, officials confirmed Monday.
Last year the Gillard government gave the live export industry a second chance that it didn’t deserve — and reopened the live cattle trade to Indonesia despite overwhelming calls from the community for the trade to be permanently banned.
We were promised that a new ‘regulatory framework’ would protect Australian cattle from ever again being abused in Indonesianabattoirs, but new footage from Indonesia reveals how hollow that promise was. Knowing that local abattoirs would be warned to be on the lookout for Australian animal cruelty investigators — Animals Australia engaged an Indonesian investigator to visit three abattoirs in Jakarta.
What he documented there over three nights has again shocked and appalled Australians and has conclusively proven that the new ‘system’ will in no way protect Australian cattle from cruelty on a nightly basis. Animals Australia has lodged an official complaint with the Gillard government highlighting that the evidence provided contains 61 different breaches of the basic standards expected from workers in abattoirs — including not checking that cattle were dead before they were being butchered.
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This further evidence again conclusively proves that Australia cannot ensure the well-being of exported animals in importing countries — especially where there are no laws to protect them from cruelty. It also reveals once again the immoral nature of Australia’s live exporters who continue to reap profits from animal cruelty.
Australians overwhelmingly want live export to end. The Gillard government is out of excuses — since they are unable to guarantee to the Australian community that exported animals will be treated humanely — this trade must end. Take action below:-
Poaching of rhinoceros for their horns in southern Africa has been on the rise. Horns are smuggled and sold to buyers who believe the horns hold medical properties. This week seven arrests were made in four states following an 18 month investigation by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Homeland Security. The demand for rhino horn needs to be quelled, and poaching of rhinoceros needs to end, otherwise remaining rhinoceros will continue on their path to extinction. The recent arrests in the US are a positive sign that smuggling will not be tolerated in this country.
However, the source of the problem lies in countries who value the horns, and countries that have rhino populations. In 2011 341 rhinos were killed in South Africa national parks. In comparison, only 36 rhinos were killed in 2005. These numbers are increasing due to the demands of countries in Asia and the middle east. Countries such as China and Vietnam believe ground rhino horn can cure cancer. Rhino horns are used in the middle east to make the handles of ornamental daggers. One kilogram of rhino horn can bring in $35,000 on the black market. The trafficking of rhinoceros horn violates federal law and all species of rhinoceros are protected under international law. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which regulates rhino horn trade, must stop all illegal poaching and smuggling of rhino horn.
Demand for rhino horn is at an all time high for reasons that are useless and antiquated. The belief that rhino horn can cure cancer is absurd since the horns are made of keratin, the same material human fingernails are composed of, and there is no evidence that keratin has any medicinal properties. For this, rhinos are shot with tranquilizer darts and their horns are sawed off leaving them to bleed to death.
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Having served as a member of parliament for more than two decades, I’m well aware that there can be genuine constraints that affect the speed at which certain issues progress. The government’s failure to ban wild animals in circuses, however, has me, along with much of the country, utterly baffled. The British Veterinary Association has stated unequivocally that the complex needs of animals cannot be met in a circus environment. Other highly respected organisations, including Peta, the RSPCA, Born Free and the Captive Animals’ Protection Society, have all been calling for a ban, and the vast majority of the British public is also in favour. In a rare show of unity, even parliament went so far as to direct the government to introduce a regulation prohibiting wild-animal acts last June, and yet here we are, eight months on, and no further forward.
It’s clear the government was biding its time to see the outcome of Circus Krone’s challenge to Austria’s ban, but the Austrian constitutional court staunchly defended the legality of the ban and, in December, threw out the application to have it overturned. An elephant expert who worked in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for eight years has called the lack of action on this issue “completely barking mad” and said circuses were “fundamentally unsuited” to keeping elephants, big cats, bears and other wild animals. The European Commission has twice affirmed the validity of national bans on animal circuses. Even Greece introduced its own national ban last month. It’s unconscionable for us to deny wild animals in British circuses their freedom, and while Defra dawdles, these animals continue to endure cramped cages, whips and ankuses.
Who could forget the gut-wrenching undercover video footage of Anne, the elephant who was hit with a pitchfork and a club while she was chained up and unable to escape? The abuse of Anne at Bobby Roberts Super Circus is not unique.
“I created a petition on Care2 regards Anne with over 3,500 signatures; so I am very familiar with this case. I have also been proactive regards trying to get a ban on circus animals in Britain”.
“I have written numerous letters to Defra, Lord Henley & the government etc. regards imposing a ban on wild animals in UK circuses; If Greece can impose a bill, so can Britain… below is one reply to a letter sent”.
The Government claimed earlier this year that there were legal impediments to a ban, and cited the upcoming Krone case – even before it had been lodged. (Just like the above reply I received)
Animals do not belong in circuses period; have you seen the way young elephants are trained? performing stupid tricks is both detrimental to the health of the animal & also degrading!
Now, the Government’s last so-called ‘impediment’ has gone. The Austrian Court told ADI that it: “could not find that such a ban would encroach on the applicant’s right “to practice every kind of gainful activity” guaranteed by the Basic Law of 21 December 1867 on the General Rights of Nationals in the Kingdoms and Länder represented in the Council of the Realm. Though the ban was interfering with this right, this interference was based on public interest (namely the protection of the animals) and both necessary and appropriate for the legislator to reach this goal. Thus the interference with the applicant’s right was justified and proportional.”
Jan Creamer, Chief Executive of ADI said: “This case proves that there are no obstacles at EU level that will prevent the UK from enacting an immediate ban.
The Utah Humane Society opposes a bill that would make it a crime to videotape or photograph agricultural operations without permission from owners, saying the legislation would have a chilling effect on stopping animal abuse.
HB187, which passed the House on a 60-to-14 vote last week, is before the Senate.
Rep. John Mathis, R-Vernal, said his bill is intended to stop groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals from taking what he described as distorted videos alleging animal abuse.
PETA spokesman Jeremy Beckham said photographs and videotapes “often are the best tools we can give to law enforcement” in uncovering animal abuses in factory farms. He said several covert operations in other states have lead to criminal charges.
“The Utah bill would help protect abusers,” he said.
Gene Baierschmidt, executive director of the Utah Human Society, said the bill would discourage “individuals from obtaining the documentation required by government officials and law enforcement authorities to address possible animal cruelty cases.
I received an email today, about Irena Sendler, I can not lie, I had never heard of her. But after reading the email & checking out her history, I wanted to fulfil the wishes of the original author of the email & post it to as many people as I could; of course posting on here is an excellent way of reminding others what she stood for & what she did.
Irena Sendler was born in 1910 in Otwock, a town some 15 miles southeast of Warsaw. She was greatly influenced by her father who was one of the first Polish Socialists. As a doctor his patients were mostly poor Jews
In 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the brutality of the Nazis accelerated with murder, violence and terror. Irena and her helpers created over 3,000 false documents to help Jewish families, prior to joining the organized Żegota resistance and the children’s division. Helping Jews was very risky—in German-occupied Poland, all household members risked death if they were found to be hiding Jews, a more severe punishment than in other occupied European countries.
As an employee of the Social Welfare Department, she had a special permit to enter the Warsaw Ghetto to check for signs of typhus, something the Nazis feared would spread beyond the Ghetto. During these visits, she wore a Star of David as a sign of solidarity with the Jewish people and so as not to call attention to herself.
She cooperated with others in Warsaw’s Municipal Social Services department, and the RGO (Central Welfare Council), a Polish relief organization that was tolerated under German supervision. She and her co-workers organized the smuggling of Jewish children out of the Ghetto. Under the pretext of conducting inspections of sanitary conditions during a typhus outbreak, Sendler and her co-workers visited the Ghetto and smuggled out babies and small children in ambulances and trams, sometimes disguising them as packages. She also used the old courthouse at the edge of the Warsaw Ghetto (still standing) as one of the main routes for smuggling out children.
Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids). She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.
She was caught, and the Nazi’s broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected.
President Obama won one year before becoming President for his work as a community organizer for ACORN and Al Gore won also — for a slide show on Global Warming….yeah go figure!!
In MEMORIAM – 63 YEARS LATER
I’m doing my small part by forwarding this message. I hope you’ll consider doing the same. It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved
and humiliated!
Now, more than ever, with Iran , and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be ‘a myth’. It’s imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again. This e-mail is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide! Join us and be a link in the memorial chain and help us distribute it around the world.
Please copy & paste this to send as an-email OR re-blog it to people you know and ask them to continue the memorial chain.
The new Highveld Horsecare Unit site is more than just a website: it’s a community, a gathering place for like minds and all those who care about the welfare of horses in South Africa; for those who want to contribute in some way, no matter how small, to making their lives better.
The Highveld Horse Care Unit is a Section 21 Company in its own right, responsible for its own management, funding and operations, and is the largest equine welfare organisation in the Southern hemisphere.
We received a very serious complaint of cruelty at a Hackney Stud in N Cape.
“Being a horse owner myself these images have horrified & shocked me, never in my 40+ years in the equine business, have I seen anything so torturous. For anyone who doesn’t know what Rolkur or hyperflexion is, watch the video below. Look carefully at the horses face, his eye’s & his tounge etc. A horse would never bend like this naturally & would never restrict his vision, being a prey animal, which is why it is torture for any horse.
“The video caused a storm when it was posted to You tube. Some even threatened to boycott the 2012 Olympic equestrian event, which is expected to attract 23,000 spectators. “The FEI recognises a distinction between rollkur and the riding of the horse in a deep outline, not achieved by force. Horse sport bosses have agreed that hyperflexion or “rollkur” is not acceptable in the warm-up at international events.
“The pictures below are from the Hackney Stud farm in N.Cape. Apparently the so-called trainer trainer, thought when the horses weren’t being ridden & forced into rolkur or hyperflexion, he would use bale band to tie the horses mouths to their chest! The trainer used these heinous training methods at 2 hour intervals. Bail band tied around horses mouth & tied up for 2 hours, then taken off for 2 hours , 2 hours tied up, 2 hours off etc. etc. He has probably damaged those horses for life!“
Grotesque downright torture
(neck-binding…. supposed to make the horse sweat and break down the muscle)
Bobbie and Ashley have just returned from their trip – and what they found was absolutely appalling. Tell your friends about this site and encourage them to sign up. Comment on our photos – everything you do to make people more aware helps.
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Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Jeff Cruz was named one of America’s Top Ten Animal Defenders by the Animal Legal Defense Fund during National Justice for Animals Week 2012, which was Feb.19-25.
The week is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness nationwide about how citizens can work within their communities to achieve real justice for animal victims —and to honor law enforcement, prosecutors and legislators who give real teeth to laws protecting animals.
As a prosecutor for the past 11 years, Cruz has handled thousands of criminal files and tried a variety of cases, including dogfighting and animal cruelty. He has successfully prosecuted dogfighters who received felony convictions and jail time, up to and including prison. His experience extends from misdemeanor animal abuse and large-scale hoarding cases to professional dogfighting rings, which are felonies. For the past three years, most crimes in Ingham County involving dogfighting, animal neglect and cruelty are screened and reviewed by Cruz.
“Animal victims of abuse cannot speak for themselves — so concerned citizens and our legal system must speak up for them,” says ALDF Executive Director Stephen Wells. “Jeff Cruz has gone above and beyond in earning a place among America’s Top Ten Animal Defenders during National Justice for Animals Week 2012.”
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PLEASE NOTE.....
Not all of my posts will be current news, or even about animal abuse! I do like to share other animal news, uplifting stories or videos; some that are funny or just touch the heart!
If I have anything to say on any post, you will see it in bold blue writing. I try to remain a lady, but it's hard to contain my anger & emotions at the some of the stories I post; I don’t have a heart of stone, tears stain many articles I write!
Lastly, my apologies for any errors; I am learning whilst posting, so if you find anything that doesn't work or a broken link, sorry, I'm only human!!!!
ABOUT THESE POSTS
I would just like to make readers aware, that I search for stories on the internet; regards animal abuse etc. I copy stories etc. from the internet; assuming these stories are correct at time of publishing. Having said that, sometimes the press get it wrong! So I just want to add that at the time of me posting a news story, I presume all the facts seem present & correct.
Please note....all people mentioned in this blog, are presumed innocent, until proven otherwise, in a court of law.
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As 99% of my page is animal related; anyone not in the above group of friends; will only see a limited amount of posts!!
DUE TO ANIMAL HATERS...I WILL ONLY ADD PEOPLE WHO CAN PROVE WHO THEY ARE via Facebook, Wordpress, Twitter etc. & WHO HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN ANIMAL WELFARE... i.e. if your Facebook page has absolutely nothing to do with animals, I see no point in joining my page. My Facebook is solely for animal welfare, I am not interested in playing games etc. I don't mean to sound rude but I am not interested in the amount of friends I have, its the quality of those friends that count.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND REQUESTS FOR YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN. I do not want anyone to be upset by graphic images etc.
My aim is to educate & raise awareness to the horrors animals face, at the hands of humans, every day, around the world!!
We can not hope to achieve better laws, to protect animals, unless we unite as one, to speak up for those who are voiceless!!
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