In July 2009, nearly 500 dogs were seized from Maggic Pets/Heddins Kennel, a puppy mill operating in the North Texas town of Bowie, in Montague County. Authorities took the dogs after complaints that the animals weren’t receiving proper veterinary care.
That’s an understatement. A report from the Humane Society of North Texas paints a devastating picture of rampant abuses at Maggic Pets/Heddins Kennel. Rescuers found pens with 12 to 15 dogs inside with no water. There were dogs with missing legs. Many dogs were suffering from skin and eye infections as well as advanced debilitating health conditions. A veterinarian who examined all the rescued dogs reported finding something wrong with every one of them.
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Stewie the beagle spent the last three years of his life in a cage at Professional Laboratory and Research Services, one of nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats who were the subjects of toxicity testing, abuse and neglect. An undercover PETA investigation revealed that the PLRS staff held a malicious hatred toward their wards — screaming at the terrified animals, manhandling the cats, blasting the dogs with pressure hoses, bleaching kennels with animals still in them, and exposing them to unnecessary, painful procedures.
When the cruelty was exposed, PLRS shut their doors and turned over all the animals. The Animal Welfare Institute and the Humane Society of the United States were able to find more than a dozen shelters and rescues in the area to take in the animals, rehabilitate them and find them homes. One of those shelters was the Guilford County Animal Shelter in Greensboro, North Carolina, which ended up with 15 beagles and 4 cats from the lab.
And now, Stewie is the first of Guilford’s research rescues to graduate to a new life in his own home.
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Pet overpopulation has resulted in an estimated 3 to 4 million cats and dogs euthanized each year. The population crisis is a community-wide issue that has solutions rooted in responsible pet ownership.
The newly founded Compassion Revolution has inspired actress Katherine Heigl to donate $1 million from her Heigl Foundation for spay/neuter programs in the Los Angeles area. The goal is for Los Angeles county to become a no-kill community. Heigl plans to lead by example, inspiring other communities to “reject killing as a method of achieving results.”
In many ways, Heigl is on the right track. A number of cities and counties across the U.S. are working toward the same no-kill goal, not just in having no-kill shelters but creating an entire no-kill community. It only takes one person to say enough is enough. Fortunately, celebrities have a built in audience to have their voices heard.
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With the noise that is the background of our lives, can we no longer hear
a small yelp of pain or a plaintive meow? They are there, you just need to listen. Pledge NOT to look the other way when you see animal abuse, even in your neighbor’s backyard. Report it, then be willing to be cooperative in it’s prosecution. Stop those who find their pleasure in the pain of animals. Support harsher sentences and stiffer fines for animal abusers. Demand that ISP%u2019s be held responsible for the images on their sites. Animal torture should not be considered entertainment and all information should be freely turned over to the police to assist in the arrest of those that engage in it.
We would like to ask all of you to help us, to obtain justice for the dogs that were tortured and killed, by four teenagers in Tepic, Mexico. They showed the world how cruel humans can be to innocent creatures.
They received very light penalties. We would like to ask the Mexican leaders of animal protection to change that. Not only in this case but in all cases of cruelty involving pain toward animals, we would like to see longer punishments, including jail time, and higher fines!
We are sending this petition to the Mexican government. To get these four cruel teens and to ask them not to look the other way when abuse happens again.
Please help us call attention to such a painful subject by adding your voice to ours and signing this petition!
Here is some of the links for more infos on this subject. Animal Cruelty on the Net.
- ???????? American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/online-cruelty.html
- ???????? Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/animal_abuse_and_neglect/web_sites_that_promote_animal_cruelty.html
- ???????? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) WSPA is not affiliated with PETA
http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/onlinecruelty.asp
Let us protect animals from cruelty
I’m a big fan of HBO’s True Blood, but I was a little worried last week when it became apparent that the show was going to take on dogfighting. (If you’re not caught up on the latest episodes, here’s the obligatory Spoiler Alert warning.)
If you don’t watch True Blood, here’s the background: Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifter who was ditched by his family when he was just a pup. This season, he meets his family for the first time, including a younger brother, Tommy Mickens. In an earlier episode, the brothers go for a run in dog form; Sam picks his favorite breed, a collie, and Tommy shifts into a pit bull. It turns out that Sam’s deadbeat dad has been taking both Tommy and their mom into the fighting pit for years. In this past weekend’s episode, Sam tracks down the dog fighting ring to save his brother.
In theory, when a popular show decides to address an issue, it can help raise awareness. Or, it can end up diminishing — or even glorifying — the issue, and this is one show that’s not exactly known for taking the high road with violence. But here are 10 ways that True Blood got it right this time:
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