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• L.A. Countys new dogfighting tip line is unveiled

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 645
  Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County district attorneys office and the Humane Society of the United States announced plans for a novel new approach to combating animal cruelty in L.A. County: A 24-hour tip line, manned by both English and Spanish speakers, for citizens to report incidents of dogfighting.   ...
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• The Heart of Man...

  
  Sugabelly 2.0 — Authority: 122
  Im not usually one of those animal rights people. And before anything else is said, Im a happy omnivore - i.e. Im a herbivore AND a carnivore. Also, it is most unfortunate that I have previously done a disparaging post about goings on in China but this disgusted me no end. This is not an indictment of Chinese ...
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• Probe Continues In Beagle Abuse Case

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 540
  SARATOGA COUNTY—Rewards have topped $15,000 in the animal cruelty case of Daisy, the beagle who was found Nov. 8 emaciated and near death, wrapped in duct tape and left for dead in a garbage bag in a wooded area near a swamp in Providence.Authorities have sent the duct tape and garage bag to a crime [...]
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• Despite protests, mass animal sacrifice to go on as planned in Nepal

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 645
    Katmandu, Nepal -- A Hindu festival in which thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday. The Gadhimai festival, celebrated every five years, is attended by many Hindus from India as well as from Nepal. More than 200,000 ...
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• Reward Offered For Info On Troy Kitten Shooting

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 540
  TROY—The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting a kitten with a pellet gun and leaving him to die in Troy.This marks the third case of cruelty to a cat since [...]
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• Jersey Mayhem: Villainous Vet Cops To Giving Bird Cold Shoulder

  
  The Awl — Authority: 732
  You know the old joke about the parrot and the freezer? A considerably less humorous version occurred in New Jersey, where veterinarian Mahmoud Hussein pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after the death of a Conure parrot outside the Howell Veterinary Clinic. As the Asbury Park Press reports, “The bird, named ...
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• GIVING DOGS A SECOND CHANCE

  
  New York Real Estate Lawyers Blog — Authority: 449
  Oreos Law Would Give Dogs a Second Chance at Life The case of Oreo, an abused dog who was put down after her rescue by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (APSCA), brought to light a tragic loophole in our animal protection laws.  This week, I am introducing legislation to close that ...
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• Man gets jail time for beating cat, torturing kitten with pepper spray

  
  City Pages - The Blotter — Authority: 717
  The man will spend 30 days in jail to think about the poor kitten who is probably still crying after he put pepper spray in its eyes. Crying kittens! For the love!
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• Romeo’s Law

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 467
  Gillian Lyons In response to public outcry of a videotaped beating of a Labrador Retriever, Romeo- on April 16, 2008 Kentucky passed S.B. 58 (dubbed Romeo’s law) which amended § 525.135 to state that the “torture of a dog or cat is a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each ...
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• Man who threw dog off bridge brought to justice by online viewers

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 463
  Police in the Lithuanian town of Kaunas arrested 22-year-old Svajunas Beniukas on animal cruelty charges after internet users helped police identify him and the bridge from which the small brown dog was thrown.
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• Man who threw dog off bridge brought to justice by online viewers

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 977
  A Lithuanian man who threw a dog off a bridge has been hunted down by animal lovers who watched a video of the crime that the man posted online.
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• “Voiceless” Making Itself Heard

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 467
  David Cassuto Fine op-ed on animal welfare laws here by Katrina Sharman of Voiceless , an Australian animal advocacy organization.  Parallels to the U.S. situation are clear and present…
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• Dachshund drowning? There’s an App for that

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 143
  Nathan App was sentenced in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania to five years of probation and 60 hours of community service after trying to drown a woman’s dachshund in a backyard swimming pool. Under a plea agreement, App, 20, of Douglass Township, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. ...
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• Justice Round-Up 11/18/09

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 428
  I know, I’ve been slacking on Justice Round-Ups.  There have been other issues keeping all of us busy.  Here is the latest bunch I have and it’s not pretty.  Well a couple are, actually.  You can blame the jury on the first two I have to report.Antonio RayThe man who dragged his dog behind his bicycle [...]
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• MSNBC to Air 2 Hour Special on Animal Conservation: “100 Heartbeats”

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  Writing for GreenOptions I sometimes get contacted by PR firms wanting to promote projects. Sight unseen I usually shrug them off, I happen to only write about items that I have seen or used, and can feel good about endorsing. When MSNBC contacted me the other day with a preview of a new special on animal ...
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• Public outcry follows ASPCA decision to euthanize Oreo, miracle dog who survived six-story fall

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 645
  Over the summer, animal lovers were outraged over a shocking incident of animal cruelty: A man threw his 1-year-old female pit bull, Oreo, from the roof of the six-story Brooklyn, N.Y., building where he lived. Fabian Henderson, 19, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, criminal trespassing and ...
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• Agreeing With PETA: Sheer Torture

  
  Indisputable — Authority: 126
  Should I start worrying about myself?  After all, for the second time in just 4 months I am actually agreeing with an issue PETA has raised! (See my post on Ringling Bros. Circus Abuse for the first such occasion.) Now, PETA has come out very strongly against a video on YouTube showing what is apparently a ...
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• I Wish Wilkes Co was in NY

  
  YesBiscuit! — Authority: 470
  NY state legislators seem to take the business of needless dog killing seriously:From the Office of Assembly Member Micah Kellner in Manhattan:We are preparing to introduce legislation this week along with State Senator Tom Duane to require shelters to release any animal they plan to kill to a bonafide rescue group or ...
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• Dog thrown off bridge survives in Lithuania

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 143
  (WARNING: This video is graphic and disturbing) A Lithuanian man who arranged to have himself filmed throwing a dog over the side of a bridge — and then posted the video online — was forced to turn himself in today after internet groups tracked him down and outed him. The video, posted on Lithuanian ...
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• Please be an “angel” for a cold, lonely dog this winter

  
  AnandhanSubbiah.com — Authority: 92
  To most of us, the start of winter means that our warm clothes come out and the heater gets switched on. We can cope comfortably with the coming chill. But to neglected “backyard” dogs, the change of seasons means that they must endure many months of long, cold nights with nowhere to go to get out of the wind and ...
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