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Police Rescue 1,000 Dogs From Kennel in W. Va.

(Newser) - The longtime owner of a West Virginia kennel has surrendered her approximately 1,000 dogs to humane officials amid allegations that the animals were never let out of their cages and were rarely, if ever, touched by a human being. Authorities raided the facility over the weekend. To avoid arrest,...

Farm Boy Mulls What's Good for Goose, Gander
Farm Boy Mulls What's Good for Goose, Gander
OPINION
Jul 31, 2008 9:21 AM CDT

Farm Boy Mulls What's Good for Goose, Gander

As California considers cage ban, Kristof looks at animal rights

(Newser) - Californians go to the polls in November with a high-profile ballot initiative to decide: whether to ban factory farms from raising livestock in small cages. For Nicholas D. Kristof, it's an apt moment to consider our transforming attitudes toward animal welfare. The Oregon farm boy turned New York Times columnist...

USMC Tosses Puppy-Throwing Marine
USMC Tosses Puppy-Throwing Marine
Jun 12, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

USMC Tosses Puppy-Throwing Marine

Also sanctions partner in crime in infamous YouTube video

(Newser) - One Marine is being expelled and another punished for their roles in the YouTube video posted in March that showed a puppy being thrown off an Iraq cliff, reports the AP. Lance Cpl. David Motari is "being processed for separation" from the Marine Corps—he and the Marine accused...

In Heroin Video, Angie Talks of Killing Pets

'99 clip shot at NYC drug hangout is blast from supermom's sordid past

(Newser) - A drug-filled home video from 1999 of then-23-year-old Angelina Jolie babbling about sadomasochistic sex and killing her pets has surfaced, the Sun reports. In the video, the noted humanitarian and mother of four describes how she killed her mouse when she dyed it blue and gave her hamster pneumonia when...

Rapper DMX Arrested on Animal-Cruelty, Drug Charges

Cops take pit bull pups, find cocaine, marijuana, guns at Arizona pad

(Newser) - Police arrested rapper DMX early this morning on animal-abuse and drug charges, the Arizona Republic reports. Police seized five pit bull puppies, and unknown quantities of marijuana and cocaine from the house northeast of Phoenix.

Man Eats Man's Best Friend
 Man Eats Man's Best Friend 
opinion
Mar 24, 2008 1:10 PM CDT

Man Eats Man's Best Friend

Slate's Ted Kerasote protests animal cruelty in China

(Newser) - While you're busy worrying about human rights in China, author and journalist Ted Kerasote argues, add animal rights to the list. After a trip to a ski camp in China where he was befriended by a "dead ringer for Lassie," he was appalled to find his canine pal...

Elephant Bubble Plans Popped
 Elephant Bubble Plans Popped 
Mar 15, 2008 6:46 PM CDT

Elephant Bubble Plans Popped

Outcry bursts science center's plans to surround elephant with soap bubble

(Newser) - A California science center has ditched plans to surround an elephant with a giant soap bubble, reports the LA Times, after a thousand outraged emailers protested the plan and zoo professionals blasted it as a "Vegas-style sideshow."  A "bubble artist" had planned to break a world...

Meat Company Chief Admits Sick Cows Were Slaughtered

He backtracks after watching second video

(Newser) - The president of the California slaughterhouse caught up in a scandal over the abuse of cattle admitted to Congress today that sick cows from his plant entered the food supply, the Los Angeles Times reports. He backtracked from an earlier denial after a House panel made him watch a second...

Pro Golfer Kills Hawk, Faces Charges

Isenhour could earn jail time for stunt at TV show taping

(Newser) - PGA golfer Tripp Isenhour is getting attention for something other than his golf game today. Police charged Isenhour with cruelty to animals and the killing of a migratory bird, the AP reports. The 17-year pro—who has two wins on the minor-league equivalent Nationwide Tour—is alleged to have deliberately...

'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe
'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe
Mar 4, 2008 8:46 AM CST

'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

Military investigating video showing puppy hurled from cliff

(Newser) - Military officials are investigating a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a Marine hurling a puppy off a cliff, the Marine Corps Times reports. The video shows a Marine joking with buddies in a rocky landscape before throwing the animal. An official from the Hawaii base where the...

Disgraced Meatpacker to Close Doors
Disgraced Meatpacker to Close Doors
Feb 23, 2008 12:34 PM CST

Disgraced Meatpacker to Close Doors

Hallmark/Westland sees no hope of recovery after biggest recall ever

(Newser) - The biggest meat recall in history will put a fork in Hallmark/Westland, the meatpacker’s general manager told the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t see any way we could reopen,” he said. The USDA has said the California company could reopen under the right conditions, but demands...

USDA Recalls 143M Lbs of Beef
USDA Recalls 143M Lbs of Beef
Feb 17, 2008 3:27 PM CST

USDA Recalls 143M Lbs of Beef

SoCal slaughterhouse involved under investigation for animal cruelty

(Newser) - The USDA today issued its biggest recall ever, recalling 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a slaughterhouse in Southern California that is currently being investigated for animal cruelty. The recall affects meat dating to Feb. 1 that originated in Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. The company distributes beef to major fast-food...

Slaughterhouse Boss Faces Felony Charges

Cruelty charges follow video of Calif. meat packers abusing cattle

(Newser) - Prosecutors hit a slaughterhouse manager with what they say are unprecedented felony charges yesterday after a video released last month showed abusive methods being used to push ailing cattle into a slaughter box, the Press-Enterprise reports. Daniel Ugarte Navarro, 49, faces over 8 years in prison if convicted of five...

Marichal, Mets' Martinez Shown at Cockfight

Pitchers were honorary starters of event in Dominican Republic

(Newser) - Video of Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight in their native Dominican Republic—where the practice is legal—was briefly available on YouTube today, the New York Post reports. The pair is seen enjoying themselves and even throwing the chickens into the ring...

Video Shows Cattle Abuse at California Feedlot

Electric shock, other illegal methods, used on sick cows

(Newser) - Cows are zapped with electricity, picked up with forklifts, and subjected to high-pressure jets of water up their noses in a video taken at a California slaughterhouse by an undercover investigator from the US Humane Society, the Washington Post reports. The video shows cattle workers using extreme, and illegal, measures...

Housing Crisis Hard on Pets, Too
Housing Crisis Hard on Pets, Too
Jan 22, 2008 8:27 PM CST

Housing Crisis Hard on Pets, Too

More left behind, dropped in shelters, after collapse

(Newser) - America's pets are feeling the subprime fallout these days as more homeowners are foreclosing and abandoning them, the Chicago Tribune reports. A recent spate of deserted animals—including 24 horses on an Oklahoma farm, and 21 Great Danes left to die in Pennsylvania—inspired the national Humane Society to issue...

UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel
UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel
Jan 20, 2008 2:21 PM CST

UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

New farming standards make calf meat a newly ethical food

(Newser) - Veal is the new guilt-free meat in Britain, and everyone from top chefs to farmers and animal activists is pushing consumers to eat up. Anti-cruelty groups largely eliminated veal from the UK diet in the '90s, and as a result, dairy farmers slaughter half a million male calves and export...

Harder Times Make for Hungry Horses
Harder Times Make for
Hungry Horses
Jan 8, 2008 12:42 PM CST

Harder Times Make for Hungry Horses

Collapse in equine market leads to rise in neglect of animals

(Newser) - When the sun was shining on the economy, millions of Americans tried to make hay by buying horses and moving into backyard breeding. As things slow down, the animals are getting harder to sell and pricier to feed, making horse neglect and abandonment a big problem, the Wall Street Journal...

Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo
Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo
Dec 23, 2007 7:45 AM CST

Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

Carcass of beheaded female discovered outside cage

(Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly...

Scrutiny Increases on Puppy Mills
Scrutiny Increases on Puppy Mills
Dec 6, 2007 9:09 PM CST

Scrutiny Increases on Puppy Mills

Breeding facilities range from legal-but-distasteful to downright abusive

(Newser) - Local and state officials are starting to crack down on puppy mills—operations that breed dogs for profit, often under crowded, inhumane conditions. At the farms, the puppies are kept in relatively good shape—because they're what brings the money—but the breeding adults are kept in tiny cages and...

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