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***Go to the link & click on TAKE ACTION to send an email to Philip Boudjouk, Ph.D. (NDSU’s vice president for research) to urge him to end the use of animals in NDSU’s ATLS program***
Pigs at North Dakota State University didn’t have anything to be thankful this November. PCRM asked Gov. John Hoeven to help permanently pardon pigs from the university’s trauma training course last month. But despite this request—and thousands of dollars in fines for previous animal welfare violations—live pigs at the university had tubes and needles inserted into their chest cavities and hearts.
In a letter sent to Hoeven, PCRM cardiologist John Pippin, M.D., asked for an immediate end to the school’s use of live animals in its Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program. He also asked for an investigation into North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) more than 30 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
According to U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, these violations involved at least six instances of poor sanitation. One report stated: “NDSU failed to properly clean primary enclosures as evidenced by the accumulation and excessive build up of hair, urine (there was streams of urine emanating onto the floor) and sediment on the cages.”***Go to the link & click on TAKE ACTION to send an email to Philip Boudjouk,... more
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Wednesday, November 11, on the okay of the mayor, the Chief of Police of Corning,AR shot all the dogs they had picked up from town. They have since released a statement to KAIT channel 8 news that the dogs had been exposed to rabies, so they had to shoot all 6 of them. The local vet has issued a statement that she never checked these dogs, or established that they had rabies. The city had an appointment to humanely put these dogs down but it was cancelled Wed. afternoon, shortly before the Chief of Police, Jim Gronings shot the dogs.Our community did not even know that we had a dog pound, or that our dogs would be picked up if they got out of the yard. One lady in town has come forward to issue a formal complaint against the city, after she and her 6 year old son saw their dog shot by the officer on the 6:00 news. The city told her Wed. that she could pay $25.00, and get her dog out of the pen on Friday, but then they killed it that afternoon without notifying her.
check out story w/ ABC affiliate - http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11496555Wednesday, November 11, on the okay of the mayor, the Chief of Police of Corning,AR... more
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Animal-rights groups and free-speech advocates squared off in a major First Amendment battle Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to decide whether videos of illegal dogfights are protected speech.
In oral arguments, the Obama administration asked the justices to reinstate the Federal Depiction of Animal Cruelty statute. The 10-year-old law prohibits the sale of videos and other depictions of animal cruelty in jurisdictions where the activities shown are illegal unless they have "serious value."
But Virginia filmmaker Robert Stevens argued in court filings that the law is too broad and violates his constitutional right to free speech. In 2005, Stevens was convicted of producing violent videos of dogfights and sentenced to 37 months in prison, but a federal appeals court found the law unconstitutional and overturned his conviction.
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At issue in U.S. v. Stevens is whether animal cruelty should be categorized as expression so reprehensible that it does not deserve First Amendment protection. That hasn't been done since the court's landmark 1982 ruling on child pornography.
During arguments Tuesday, several of the justices indicated that they may agree with Stevens.
"Why not do a simpler thing?" Justice Stephen Breyer asked a lawyer for the government. "Ask Congress to write a statute that actually aims at the frightful things they were trying to prohibit."
Stevens' lawyer, Patricia Millet, said Congress must be careful when restricting an individual's right to free speech, noting lawmakers should use "a scalpel, not a buzz saw."
Representing the government, Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal said Congress was careful to exempt hunting, educational, journalistic and other depictions from the law. Katyal urged the court not to wipe away the legislation in its entirety, but to allow courts to decide on a case-by-case basis whether videos are prohibited.
Justice Samuel Alito asked whether the court should focus on the potential prosecution of hunters, "or do we look at what's happening in the real world?"
Congress passed the law in 1999 with an eye toward limiting Internet sales of "crush videos," which show women crushing small animals with their bare feet or while wearing high-heeled shoes, according to Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA), who sponsored the anti-cruelty legislation.
"Other crimes often go hand in hand with animal fighting, including illegal gambling, drug trafficking and acts of human violence," Gallegly said in a statement on his Web site. "Virtually every arrest for animal cruelty has also led to additional arrests for at least one of these criminal activities. Moreover, gratuitous cruelty toward animals dehumanizes all of us and is simply wrong."
The case has generated a large amount of interest, in part because of the dogfighting conviction of pro football player Michael Vick in 2007. Vick served nearly two years for running an interstate dogfighting ring from his home in Virginia and was released in May.
Stevens, a pit bull enthusiast, has said he opposes animal cruelty. In court documents, he maintained he did not stage the dogfights and that the videos were intended to be instructional guides for pit bull owners.
He has garnered support from major news organizations and free-speech advocates, who argued that the law could discourage efforts to investigate such activities as seal clubbing or animal testing in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries if video or photographic images are obtained.
"Images of bullfighting in Spain, historical footage of cockfighting in Louisiana and documentaries about clubbing seals in Canada all could be prosecuted under the statute," the American Civil Liberties Union stated in a court brief supporting Stephens.Animal-rights groups and free-speech advocates squared off in a major First Amendment... more
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In 1989 the City of Denver passed a law banning pit bulls. If you are caught with one of these dogs, within Denver city limits, you are fined and your dog is impounded to await euthanization. Since the early 90s 5300 dogs have been impounded, of which 3500 have been killed under this city ordinance.In 1989 the City of Denver passed a law banning pit bulls. If you are caught with one... more
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why would anyone do this? It's just terrible.
The Pennsylvania SPCA is offering a $1,000 for information that leads to the conviction of the person who duct taped this cat which was found in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7027337why would anyone do this? It's just terrible.
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"Foie gras," literally fatty liver, is a disease marketed as a delicacy. It is the liver of a duck or goose who has been force fed to the point where his liver is over 10 times its normal size. Only male ducks are used, and females are discarded by the industry.
The sale and production of foie gras is illegal in California effective 2012 under Cal. Health and Safety Code section 25980. City councils have commended restaurants for removing this product of animal torture in the meantime, including San Diego, San Francisco, West Hollywood, Berkeley and Solana Beach.
Dr. Ward Stone, the senior wildlife pathologist for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, has conducted necropsies on ducks who died during force feeding at Hudson Valley Foie Gras and writes, "I eat meat including ducks on occassion. However, the short tortured lives of ducks raised for Foie Gras is well outside the norm of farm practice. Having seen the pathology that occurs from Foie Gras Production, I strongly recommend that this process be outlawed.""Foie gras," literally fatty liver, is a disease marketed as a delicacy. It... more
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More videos keep showing the disgusting reality that lurks behind mass farming.
This time is about Dunkin' Donuts egg supplier.
Here an excerpt from the article:
"In August 2009, a Compassion Over Killing investigator worked inside an egg factory farm in Minnesota owned by Michael Foods, one of the nation's largest egg producers. While employed there, the investigator used a hidden camera to document horrific abuses including:
- Hens immobilized in the wires of their cages, unable to access food or water
- Decomposing and "mummified" corpses left in cages with live birds..."
Watch the video below.
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http://current.com/groups/organicgreen/More videos keep showing the disgusting reality that lurks behind mass farming.... more
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Next time you think about eating poultry products, think of this.
DES MOINES, Iowa – An animal rights group publicized a video Tuesday showing unwanted chicks being tossed alive into a grinder at an Iowa plant and accused egg hatcheries of being "perhaps the cruelest industry" in the world.
The undercover video was shot by Chicago-based Mercy for Animals at a hatchery in Spencer, Iowa, over a two-week period in May and June. The video was first obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
"We have to ask ourselves if these were puppies and kittens being dropped into grinders, would we find that acceptable?" asked Nathan Runkle, the group's executive director, at a news conference in Des Moines. "I don't think that most people would."
The group said that tossing male chicks, which have little value because they can't lay eggs or be raised quickly enough to be raised profitably for meat, into grinders is common industry practice. United Egg Producers, a trade group for U.S. egg farmers, confirmed that.Next time you think about eating poultry products, think of this.
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Authorities say they've taken more than 400 animals, including sheep, goats, ducks and even four endangered turtles, from a filthy central Florida home.
Marion County Sheriff's officials investigated Friday and removed dead and living animals from the home of Ileana Verguizas and Andrew Gonzalo Perez. The animals, many covered in fleas and matted with feces, were kept in crates and pens. Cats, dogs, rabbits and parrots were also among the animals found.
Authorities said Verguizas and Perez were trying to raise quail and kept their eggs for months, hoping they would hatch. Some rotted and exploded.
No arrests have been made but authorities say an animal cruelty investigation is ongoing. Officials hope to rehabilitate all the animals for adoption.
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com
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Despite the fact that I occasionally eat a little meat, I believe that all creatures great and small deserve respect and a good quality of life. Perhaps I was born with the heart of a vegetarian, though, because everything about Artist Wim Delvoye's "Art Farm" rubs me the wrong way. The native Belgian, who himself happens to eschew all meat in his diet, creates his livelihood out tattooing live pigs and then selling their inked skins (or completely stuffed bodies) to the highest bidder.Despite the fact that I occasionally eat a little meat, I believe that all creatures... more
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Winner of Best Documentary Short in the Durango Independent Film Festival this month, and directed by Moez Moez, “Green” is a documentary film that uses a strong visual storytelling structure and a creative sound bed, a film documenting the last moments of a female orangutan’s life.
We first see the orangutan, who we’ll later learn is named Green, in a duffel bag with head hanging out, riding in the back of a pickup truck. This initial shot is emotionally shocking and lasts for what feels like a full minute or more. The viewer has no context of the circumstances. We aren’t even sure she was alive.
Shortly after, we discover that the form of this film is absent of interviews and narration. In fact, not many words are heard throughout the entire piece. The narrative proceeds with a dissolve, from the bed-sickened Green into her life memories. We experience a lush jungle and rich ecosystem, full of primates and other wildlife.
The filmmaker uses point-of-view and dutch-angle shots to place us into the orangutan’s perspective. As the story continues, Green’s perspective is juxtaposed with the process of development destroying her home through deforestation to biodiesel production. It’s a gradual transition into the harsh reality of globalization. The forest is destroyed, primates suffer, palm oil is manufactured, and the fast-paced urban world seems oblivious.
“Her name is Green, she is alone in a world which doesn’t belong to her. She is a female orangutan, victim of deforestation and palm oil plantations.”
“Green’s” heart-felt message addresses our current global crisis through a universal lens. The Director can be contacted at moez.greenfilm@gmail.com and asks that it is promoted as far and widely as possible.Winner of Best Documentary Short in the Durango Independent Film Festival this month,... more
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Being a part time vegetarian isn't so bad -- I've done it for years without any real trials or tribulations. Just when I started wondering why people have an aversion toward a meat free lifestyle, PETA decided to step over into the dark side with their latest campaign, giving me all of the answers I ever needed.Being a part time vegetarian isn't so bad -- I've done it for years without... more
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(CNN) -- Nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in Virginia, Michael Vick was reinstated to the National Football League on a conditional basis, according to an NFL statement Monday.
Vick "will be considered for full reinstatement and to play in regular-season games by Week 6 based on the progress he makes in his transition plan," the statement said. Week 6 of the NFL season is in October.
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to Commissioner [Roger] Goodell for allowing me to be readmitted to the National Football League," Vick said in a statement. "I fully understand that playing football in the NFL is a privilege, not a right, and I am truly thankful for the opportunity I have been given."
I'm glad he plead guilty, and fessed up to his wrongs. I'm glad he cooperated with every requirement that was set for him. It's really nice that he has decided that playing in the NFL is a privilege, and not a right... That's great! But should he really be allowed to play football again? I am pretty sure there are other players out there who really believe that and havent' done the things he's done...
What do you think?(CNN) -- Nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bankrolling a... more
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Undercover Video by PETA shows circus elephants and other animals being beaten.
An animal-rights group has released a video showing what it says is the abuse of circus elephants.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has released what it says is a secretly recorded video showing Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus handlers striking the animals backstage.
PETA said someone affiliated with the group made the four-minute video during a circus tour this year.
The recording shows circus trainers using bullhooks - tools with handles weighing between 1.8 and 3.6 kilograms and pointed metal hooks - to strike elephants across the face, legs and body.
In one section of the video, a trainer curses at an elephant then strikes it with a bullhook while telling it to "back up".
Circus spokeswoman Amy McWethy denied PETA's claims.
"Ringling Bros & Barnum and Bailey loves its elephants," she said.
Bullhooks "are used harmlessly by elephant trainers throughout the world", she said.
Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus, called the video "questionable in its context regarding the portrayal of circus animal handlers".
It said the circus was in compliance with federal, state and local regulations at the time PETA says the video was made.
"Ringling Bros is proud of its efforts to care for and increase the population of the endangered Asian elephant and we encourage people to come see for themselves that the animals are thriving in our care," the company said.Undercover Video by PETA shows circus elephants and other animals being beaten.
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A kind-hearted North Carolina woman outbid a Coney Island freak show operator to buy a five-legged puppy last week, saving the 6-week-old dog from a life of humiliation.
Allyson Siegel, 45, of Charlotte, N.C., was stunned to learn that little Precious, a Chihuahua-terrier mix, was bound for a Brooklyn freak show, so she called the dog's owner, Calvin Owensby, and offered him more bones.
"Strong told us it was an amazing animal farm," Owensby said. "I don't think a dog should go to a freak show."
Strong invited Owensby to visit his "Freaks of Nature" museum on Surf Ave. to prove that he treats all the animals with respect - including the two-headed cow, Nosey Rosey, and the Siamese turtles, Pete and Repeat - but Owensby refused.
"I told him it was an amazing animal show with freaks and oddities," Strong told The News. "I told him the puppy was very rare, but someone offered him more money."
Siegel renamed the puppy Lilly and scheduled a surgery to remove the dog's extra appendage this month.
"I saw her and she's so adorable and I felt like I needed to be an advocate for her because she can't speak," she said. "It just broke my heart," she added. "I needed to see if there was something I could do."
Strong first called Owensby early this month and said he wanted to buy the dog. Owensby was laid off in December and hasn't found a new job. He was sad to part with the puppy, but needed the cash, he said.
When asked if $4,000 seemed like too high a price for a deformed dog, Siegel said: "I just knew I wanted to get the puppy and make sure she had a good life."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/07/19/2009-07-19_woman_saves_5legged_pup_from_freak_show.html#ixzz0M9QPt9JF
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/07/19/2009-07-19_woman_saves_5legged_pup_from_freak_show.html#ixzz0M9QDOxRVA kind-hearted North Carolina woman outbid a Coney Island freak show operator to buy a... more
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An Ocala, Fla. man is suspected of raping a female pit bull, and the sexual assault left her clinging for life in the emergency room, the owner says.
Melissa Young, 25, found her pit bull named Diamond profusely bleeding “like you turned a faucet on, running out of her,” she told WCJB.
She then rushed her dog to the animal hospital where vets told her that because the dog was spayed, the injury could only be the result of a sexual assault.
“I asked the vet if there was any chance that it could be a human because we have suspicions of someone in this neighborhood that does do that to his animals, and she said actually that’s the only thing it could be — that a human could mess with her.”
Diamond lost 80% of her blood and had to receive a transfusion to keep her alive. It cost Young $1700 in treatment costs.
“I have my suspicions on who it is anyways, and if
http://www.tabloidprodigy.com/?p=4314An Ocala, Fla. man is suspected of raping a female pit bull, and the sexual assault... more
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Although the Prosecutors initially charged Tann with a felony under Scruffy’s Law-they had to revise the charges.The judge ruled that the Kansas felony law was worded too much like the misdemeanor law and he had to be sentenced under that.Although the Prosecutors initially charged Tann with a felony under Scruffy’s... more
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China drafted its first animal protection law this week, but that hasn't stopped Chinese pet owners. The latest fad in the country is a multi-coloured fur job.
Under the proposed law, anyone guilty of animal cruelty can be fined and spend two weeks in prison. It also makes implanted data chips compulsory for pets so their owners can be tracked down if they're abandoned.
Are these dye jobs cruel? Or just good fun?China drafted its first animal protection law this week, but that hasn't stopped... more
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" 'I killed it - I killed it dead,' " he recalled her saying, because she had worked hard on her plants. "And I'd kill it again." He said he was sympathetic to the attention the incident created.
Clifford Johnson, another neighbor, said, "She's scared, she's 75, she made a horrible mistake, but it's gotten to the point where people are calling her and talking about killing her."" 'I killed it - I killed it dead,' " he recalled her saying,... more
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In China, after problems with rabies in stray dogs, dog beating teams patrolled the streets, killing an estimated 36,000 dogs -- including some pets. Animal rights advocates hope that a new law will put an end to this form of animal cruelty.In China, after problems with rabies in stray dogs, dog beating teams patrolled the... more
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