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.
View Full Article »
Victory sometimes arrives in the most undramatic packages — reasonable consumers presenting reasonable facts and preferences in a reasonable fashion. That’s exactly what happened at women’s clothing retailer Talbots, which has once again given fur the cold shoulder, thanks to requests from the public.
Eyebrows first shot up a few weeks ago, when reports starting trickling in to the Humane Society of the United States that fur had been spotted on the pages of the Talbots catalog, despite its being listed in the society’s fur-free shopping guide. Could it be true?
View Full Article »
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
Tomorrow, August 21, is the 19th annual International Homeless Animals’ Day. It’s not widely-observed enough to stop mail service, but it’s still a nice reminder that it’s not just human beings who go without homes in the country.
In many ways I feel that homeless animals, if you count strays and shelter animals and maybe even farm animals shuffled into inhumane factories, get more attention than homeless people. I hope that animal advocates who work to protect and care for animals in need will remember that homeless pets are called “pets” exactly because they’re owned by individuals who own so little else. (Prep your tear ducts before clicking on this link to see 30 photos of homeless dogs.)
Animals often provide an important lifeline for the homeless population. Bringing dogs into homeless shelters, for instance, is a proven method of therapy for both children and adults. In San Francisco earlier this year a homeless man named Daniel Harlen lost his pug-nosed Himalayan cat, Samantha. “She keeps me calm, and she helps me out,” he told the local paper while offering a reward for her safe return. He wept tears of joy when they were reunited days later.
Unfortunately, pets are often what keeps people from accepting offers of assistance. Between five and 10 percent of the homeless have pets, but just a handful of pet-friendly shelters exist in the entire country. Pets are also a barrier in the search for housing, as many landlords slap “no pets” labels on their listings.
View Full Article »
Yee-haw! Today marks the start of the one of North America’s oldest and largest celebrations of smacking animals around: the Calgary Stampede.
This event, which takes place in Alberta, is expected to draw over one million visitors, including Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. What are these people flocking to watch? According to Calvary Stampede spokesperson Doug Fraser, 25,000 come to specifically watch calf roping. Calf roping is accurately described by SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) as “the most cowardly rodeo event.” This faux sport consists of macho cowboys roping baby cows that are usually about three or four months old. As the folks at SHARK explain, “the calf is roped so violently she becomes airborne before slamming into the ground. This process can break the calf’s neck, back or legs.”
Other intellectually stimulating highlights include steer wrestling and bronc riding. No word as to whether or not electric prods will be used for the latter event. There’s also chuckwagon racing, which has the dubious honor of being the Stampede’s deadliest event. According to the Vancouver Humane Society, nearly 50 chuckwagon horses have been killed at the Calgary Stampede since 1986, mainly due to crashes and the stress of the 10 day extravaganza.
View Full Article »
His Twitter bio reads: “Anti-animal rights, pro animal welfare. Support animal use in ag, exhibition, sporting, and med research.” The thousands of tweets he’s posted — many while on the job — include “eat more polar bears” and “success over animal rights is the best revenge.” And then there are others that compare the inability to shoot owned animals to the inability to destroy inanimate objects, and criticism of the felony charge for a woman who taped a dog to her refrigerator.