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Two girls from New Jersey are facing animal-cruelty charges after allegedly stomping on a kitten before burying it alive up to its neck. "This is beyond sick – it's evil," Cumberland County SPCA Agent Beverly Greco told the Bridgeton News. "We have reached a new low." The 13-year-olds from Laurel Lake, N.J., reportedly acquired two kittens Dec. 5, but were told by their father they couldn't keep the animals "We received information from the local animal-control officer and the school [they attended] that the girls were bragging about what they had done," Greco said. "The girls, who are stepsisters who...

A young San Bernardino couple is going public with questions about supermodel Gisele Bundchen's "no questions asked" $5000.00 reward offer, which remains unpaid more than two weeks after the couple returned Bundchen's dog only to be arrested at gunpoint, handcuffed and held in custody. Although cleared by the police, the couple has no explanation from Bundchen of why they were treated like criminals and denied the reward. Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2004 -- Supermodel Gisele Bundchen’s “no questions asked” $5000.00 reward offer for her lost dog just before Thanksgiving, may have gotten her dog back, but, according to the...

Humane Society of the United States to challenge hunting via courts U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance — Dec. 3, 2004 The nation's largest anti-hunting group has launched a new legal department to challenge sportsmen in the courts. An Animal Protection Litigation section was created in the wake of the recent merger of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Fund for Animals. Attorney Jonathan Lovvorn was selected to head the department. The organization intends to add four litigating attorneys by the end of the year. "The animal rights movement sees the courts as the easiest way to realize its...

DENVER (Aug. 9) - Fifteen-year-old Heather Herman, who wears leather and eats meat, is an unlikely animal rights activist. Yet largely due to her, Denver voters will decide this week whether to allow the circus to come to town. Herman contends the animals aren't meant to travel the country caged or in train cars, performing for audiences on cue. Her push to petition for a law ensuring abuse-free circuses rather than just passing out leaflets took some supporters by surprise. "I guess you get jaded when you get older," said Ashley Soard, formerly of Rocky Mountain Animal Defense and now...

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When the World Health Organization (WHO) released its proposed "global strategy on diet, physical activity and health" calling for "fat taxes," the Bush administration noticed something conspicuously missing from the report -- any notion of personal responsibility. Thankfully, the former Director of Communications for WHO's European Office, Franklin Apfel, provides insight into this obvious omission. He recently told a conference in Dublin (as reported in The Irish Times): [W]e are all influenced by 'hazard merchants' selling us a false view of things like tobacco, alcohol and high density foodstuffs -- we're given the impression that these things represent personal choice,...

when my brother was six years old my dad hit a deer with his truck and got him right on the head and broke the deers nose.So he put it on the back of the truck and brought it home to clean it and cook it up.He pulled in about 10 seconds before my mom and brother did so my dad went and put down the gate of the truck and out plops the deers head and the first thing my brother saw was the blood RED nose of this deer.Now keep in mind this is about the 8 or...

PETA urges India to 'give leather the boot' - The Hindi version features a well-known voice artiste An animal welfare group is urging Indians to steer clear of wearing leather with an advertising campaign featuring singing cows. "Do I make myself clear? Keep your hands off my rear!" croons a cow in the 30-second TV advert. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) hopes the lip-synched bovines will persuade Indians to boycott leather products. The Hindi-language version of the advert is dubbed by Chetan Shashital, a well-known voice artiste who has worked with such celebrities as cricket stars...

<p>The state yesterday barred nearly 300 youngsters from next week's bear hunt in a move officials said was designed to protect the young hunters from potential confrontations with protesters.</p> <p>DEP employees began telephoning the 278 boys and girls, ages 10 to 15, who had applied for permits for the hunt, telling them they could not participate even though they had already attended mandatory safety courses earlier this fall. DEP Commissioner Bradley Campbell never mentioned his revocation order during an hour-long conference call with reporters yesterday, during which he repeated the DEP's position that the hunt is necessary to help reduce the growing bear population, estimated to be as high as 3,200.</p>

<p>FREMONT -- A 41-year-old Fremont man whose dog was shot by police officers when they forcibly entered his house looking for marijuana plants has a prescription from his doctor to use pot and a certificate from the Oakland Cannabis Cooperative allowing him to grow and possess it, according to documents obtained by ANG Newspapers. Robert Filgo and his wife, Yvette Filgo, 38, were arrested Tuesday night after seven police officers served a search warrant at their Niles home and found 79 plants in the back yard and garage.</p>

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) -- An American conservation group is calling for an international boycott of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver-Whistler because of an annual seal hunt that takes place on Canada's East Coast. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society based in Malibu, Calif., said the games, scheduled for February and March, will coincide with the time the seal hunt begins. "These dates fall at the exact time that the notoriously cruel, largest marine mammal slaughter in the world takes place on the East Coast of Canada," the society said in a statement found on their Web site. "The Olympics...

War veteran gets diploma, thanks dog By MILLETE BIRHANEMASKEL Greeley Tribune EATON, Colo. (AP) - Fine pieces of metal continue to fall from Harold ''Al'' Tesch's mouth, the result of being wounded in the chest 57 years ago during World War II. He equates the feeling to being poked by a needle. The veteran has counted 29 pieces so far, rubbing the roof of his mouth where he feels No. 30 ready to come out. ''It feels like a little hair on the roof of my mouth,'' he said. Tesch says the shrapnel continues to move through his body....

Security leaks dog search for Bin Laden 09.03.2003 3.00pm - By ANDREW GUMBEL Pakistani troops backed by experts from the US Central Intelligence Agency were reported to be stepping up the hunt for Osama bin Laden in an area of rugged mountains and desert at the junction of the Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani borders. But the search, which has been in full swing since last week's arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man believed to be al-Qa'ida's operational commander, appears to have been hampered by security leaks, claims and counter-claims that have given the fugitives valuable clues about their...

Pet Deer Kills Man Grandson Discovers Body, Shoots Deer GILBERTOWN, Ala. -- An elderly man was killed Monday when his pet deer attacked him. The nine-point buck gored and mauled 79-year-old Donald Sellers while Sellers was working on a fence on his property Monday in the Chapel Hill community, according to Choctaw County Sheriff Don Lolley. Sellers had raised the deer since it was a fawn and the sheriff says it often became aggressive during the rutting and mating season. He believes that might have prompted the attack. A grandson discovered the body, then shot and killed the deer when...

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Thomas Sheets never had a chance. He was driving down Black Brook Road in Seneca Falls earlier this month when a deer jumped out from a soybean field and hit his new 2002 pickup truck. Sheets, of 119 Whiskey Hill Road, Waterloo, said he has - unfortunately - become accustomed to this type of accident. "This happens to me every year," said Sheets, who, on Friday, was still waiting for $3,000 in repairs to his front end to be completed. Sheets is far from alone when it comes to car-deer accidents. "This time of year is an abundant time for...

Veterinarian Facing Misconduct Charges Vet Subject Of State Disciplinary Hearing POSTED: 10:41 a.m. EST November 13, 2002 NASHUA, N.H. -- A Nashua veterinarian faces professional misconduct charges alleging he hired a convicted felon, berated workers and took money to euthanize sick animals only to turn them over for adoption. Roland Huston, who owns State Line Veterinary Hospital, is the subject of a disciplinary hearing before the state Board of Veterinary Medicine that began Tuesday and is expected to last until the end of this week. Huston is facing 15 allegations, some dating back more than two years. One allegation...

Man Accused Of Killing Dog With Pickax Suspect Says 10-Pound Poodle Scared Him Posted: 9:27 a.m. EDT October 23, 2002 BALTIMORE -- Police say a Baltimore man killed a 10-pound white toy poodle with a pickax as the dog's owners walked the dog on a leash. Police documents show the killing occurred Sunday morning as Sheri Divver and George France walked their 2-year-old dog, "Sweetie Poo," (pictured with other family dog, Franky) near their home on Baltimore's west side. Nearby, Wayne Adger was working in a vacant lot. Adger says he was upset because the dog had urinated on...

Six boys face animal cruelty charges after attacking cat in Galveston By ABC13 Eyewitness News (10/21/02) — Six Galveston boys are facing animal cruelty charges after a shocking attack on a cat. Police say the boys attached the cat to a fence by wrapping its limbs around the metal wiring. They allegedly pulled one of the cat's paws off in the process. Police say after that, they all threw rocks as heavy as a pound at the cat. Its owner heard the cat screaming and called police. Police took the five 10-year-olds and one 11-year-old to juvenile detention, but they're...

Lebanon vet's license suspended A state board has suspended the license of a Lebanon veterinarian who admitted hitting and kicking his animal patients in order to restrain them. In addition to the six-month suspension, the Board of Veterinary Medicine gave John Carmody two years' probation. Carmody also must undergo a psychological evaluation and take classes in animal behavior, animal restraint and ethics. The board handed down its decision after an eight-hour hearing in Gardiner. The case came to light in April after former employees of the Forest View Veterinary Clinic told authorities that Carmody had mistreated some of the...