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I'm a Celeb
Contestants
Charged in
Rat-Eating

I'm a rat, get me out of here!

Dec 6, 2009 9:05 AM CST

I'm a Celeb Contestants Charged in Rat-Eating

Animal-rights activists not amused by stunt

(Newser) - Turns out that killing and eating a rat on I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here was a bad idea on many levels—including the animal cruelty charges that two contestants are now facing. Series winner and chef Gino D'Acampo and actor Stuart Manning are facing charges in Australia...

Rights Group Films
Workers Grinding
Chicks Alive

Sep 1, 2009 2:08 PM CDT

Rights Group Films Workers Grinding Chicks Alive

Animal rights group uncovers disgusting practices at Iowa egg hatchery

(Newser) - An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted male chicks by tossing them live into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor. Chicago-based Mercy for Animals said it shot the video...

Vick: 'I Cried
So Many Nights'

Aug 17, 2009 3:27 AM CDT

Vick: 'I Cried So Many Nights'

(Newser) - Disgraced football star Michael Vick spent long nights in prison "crying" over what he did to "the animals" in his dog-fighting operation, and the mess he made of his life, he said on 60 Minutes yesterday. "The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that...

Man Charged With 2nd Sex Attack on Horse

Jul 30, 2009 2:15 AM CDT

Man Charged With 2nd Sex Attack on Horse

'I feel like I've been raped,' says angry owner

(Newser) - A shotgun-toting stable owner rigged a stall with a surveillance camera to catch an unbridled perv having sex with her horse—again, authorities said. "I feel like I’ve been raped,“ said the furious owner, who caught the suspect getting down to business on a chair behind her...