Animal Rights News

A petition signed by 3,500 Edmontonians urging city council to free Lucy the elephant from the Valley Zoo will be presented at City Hall on Tuesday.

Christian Serratos. Twilight star Christian Serratos has become the youngest star ever to peel off for PETA's iconic 'Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur' ads by posing provocatively against a tree in a misty forest.

N.Y. Mom Accused Of 'Concentration Camp' For Dogs Share + Nov 9, 2009 4:07 pm US/Central N.Y. Mom Accused Of 'Concentration Camp' For Dogs SELDEN, N.Y. 1 of 3 Sharon McDonough, 43, is charged with animal cruelty after investigators found a backyard burial ground, with the remains of at least 20 animals, behind her home.

Police cited Connie Landon, 33, of Weybridge with two counts of committing cruelty to animals, for allegedly abusing her dogs: Oreo, a 'severely underweight' St.

Bariyapur , Nov.4 : Plans by Hindu devotees to sacrifice over 500,000 animals during a two-day festival in Nepal this month has angered animal rights activists, who are demanding that the 300-year-old ritual to be banned.

An animal rights activist has been cleared of causing fear and alarm by sending a suspicious package to the managing director of Aberdeen Airport.

Two representatives from TAWS will beA in Malta from 9th-13th November. They will be meeting Myriam Kirmond, chairperson of Animal Rights Group, also representing Animal Rights Coalition supporting the issueA of protection from the elements for karozzini horses.

Calgary Humane Society staffer Tammy Mazubert tends to a 3 month-old Doberman suffering from a broken leg, head trauma, dehydration and hunger.

President Jacob Zuma was asked to intervene to end the bull-killing ritual of Ukweshwama in a letter released by Indian animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi on Thursday.

A New Baltimore woman has been charged and six dogs surrendered in a Greene County investigation into a case of animal cruelty, the Columbia-Greene Humane Society-SPCA announced Monday.

A Canfield couple pleaded not guilty Wednesday to animal cruelty charges in what the dog warden called the worst case of animal abuse he has seen in 30 years.

CIRCUSES which use animals could be banned from Tendring unless they agree to strict new rules.

The activists plan to write to the CA Committee on Natural Resources, Economic Rights and Revenue Sharing, Committee on Cultural and Social Solidarity, and Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles in this regard.

State Issue 3, the outrageous casino giveaway Penn National Gaming and Dan Gilbert want from Ohio voters, isn't Tuesday's only potential rip-off. So is Issue 2, a bid by factory farms to shield Ohio's Stone Age animal-cruelty laws from upgrades that shame should demand.

Federal and state officials closed a Vermont slaughterhouse Friday after an animal rights group produced a video depicting days-old calves being dragged, kicked, and repeatedly shocked with electric prods.

A Livingston Parish man accused of animal cruelty is telling his side of the story.

Local agencies are still reeling from the weekend discovery of a Jasper County puppy mill, that housed more than 40 malnourished dogs.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants an Oregon wildlife park to stop using elephants to wash cars.

The Chester Co, PA ASPC is asking for help from the public, while searching for the person or persons who are responsible for the shooting death of two young dogs, belonging to a local resident.

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