Archive for the "Animal Cruelty" category

 

A Good Example of Block Watch for Animal Cruelty (Neglect)

 

“A Minneapolis woman who had 30 Shih Tzus confiscated from her home last week has been charged with animal cruelty for her back-yard breeding business. Loretta Mae Roach, 74, was charged by the Minneapolis city attorney’s office with cruelty to animals and obstructing the legal process, both misdemeanors, after Minneapolis police and Animal Care and [...]

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Can you help? Dog-fighting – dog left for dead Indianapolis, IN (US)

 

We need help in identifying the cowards who are responsible for this pit bull’s miserable life and tragic ending.  I am so sick and tired of dog fighters.  I want to put every single one of them in a man-sized cage with another dog fighter and let them fight to the death. Something right out [...]

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The Michael Vick Story Continues to Headline

 

The BAD RAP blog turned me onto an article tonight that appeared as a special contribution in the SF Chronicle Online.  Those of us who have been following the Michael Vick story from the beginning have been hearing a lot of “let it go” and “he did his time, let’s move on” sort of thing [...]

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Animal Cruelty: Disappointing Case Updates

 

Here are some disturbing updates to previously covered cases: Remember Liz Carlisle, the 20 year old who was charged with first degree animal cruelty for drowning two rabbits at a pet store and putting the picture of her smiling with those rabbits up on Facebook for all to see?  Today it was reported that the [...]

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Defendant found not guilty in Ardmore animal cruelty trial! How can this be?

 

Apologies to you who look forward to reading my posts more regularly as I’ve been somewhat distracted this past week helping my hubby get a site up and running.  It doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping up on the news and ranting loudly to anyone who will listen about some of the rotten things that [...]

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Why Is Animal Cruelty Completely Intolerable?

 

This is why! Need I say more? Picture from: I’m Tired Online – Daily Smile Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Mixx it up Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell [...]

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Human Beings are Often Despicable

 

So there’s a story out today that is being blogged about on a couple of less then respectable blogs that seem to think moronic statements are funny and will get readership. But then of course they do increase readership because as I’ve come to believe, many human beings are morons and like flies to shit, [...]

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!Ranting! Governor Schwarzenegger: Watch This!

 

And then tell me again why you vetoed a perfectly good bill to limit puppy mills. SHUT DOWN PUPPY MILLS NOW! This video just about broke my old heart when I watched it just now.  I’m still crying.  How can we be so callused and thick headed that we allow these sorts of operations to [...]

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Blog Action Day: Factory Farms Will be the Death of Us All

 

Factory farms (aka Confined Animal Feeding Operations CAFO) degrade the environment, threaten human health, compromise animal welfare, and devastate local communities.  CAFO’s are designed to maximize production with no regard for animal welfare, public health, the environment, food safety, rural economies, or surrounding communities.  In researching this post, I’ve concluded that the factory farm’s affect [...]

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Puppy Mills Get the Green Light from Governor Schwarzenegger

 

Apparently the Governor of California thinks it’s okay to house hundreds of unsterilized dogs in conditions of abuse and neglect.  He has vetoed an Anti-Puppy Mill Bill that would have limited California puppy mills to no more then 50 unsterilized dogs. Four other states (Virginia, Oregon, Louisiana and Washington) already have laws in place regarding [...]

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