Violence
Begins
Other Animal Rights
Issues
"So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs." -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Make
No Mistake, People Who Abuse Animals Pose a Serious
Threat to the Public" --San Bernardino Co. D.A. Mike
Ramos, Honored Nationally for His Groundbreaking
Animal Cruelty Task Force
Arrested
for Saving Dog in Hot Car, Michael Hammons Would Do It
Again. You Da Man Mr. Hammons!
Rat
and Dog Are Buddies
Pesticides
May Be Harming Bees, Crops
Norway
Launches Animal Rights Police Force
Global
Animal's Favorite Quotes
Taking
a Stand Against Circus Cruelty
Autistic
Boy Transformed by Friendship with Abandoned Dog
Seattle
City Council Rejects Dedicated Activists'
Plea--Supported by 92% of Seatleites--To Send Woodland
Park Zoo's Aging Elephants to Sanctuary
Lawsuit
Filed to Stop North Coast Cormorant Slaughter
Veterinarian
Brags About Shooting Elderly Couple's "Feral" Cat with
Arrow
Animal
Rights Activists in Iran Protest Stray Dog Killings
Outlawed
in 80 Countries, Barbaric Leghold Traps Are Still Used
in America
Cop
Crosses Five Lanes of Traffic to Rescue Frightened
Puppy in Peru
Barbaric
Killing of Bull During Festival Reopens Debate Over
Bullfighting in Colombia
Montreal
SPCA Horrified by Quebec Fur Farm Holding 10,000 Mink
and Other Animals Captive With Inadequate Water,
Filthy Wire Cages, and No Access to a Solid Floor
Nearly
Half the Victims of Domestic Violence Who Stay in
Violent Households Do So Because They Are Afraid of
What Will Happen to Their Animals: Now, Ohio Law
Includes Animals in Protective Orders
ALDF
Files Lawsuit to Save Imprisoned Bear
Animals
Rescuing Animals
At
Least a Dozen Other Nations Have Banned Wild Animals
in Circuses While the U.S. Lags Behind
"Most
People Have No Idea That Buying a Parrot Can Have a
Devastating Impact on Nature and Support a Whole
System of Illegal Activities"
Crackpots
Through the Ages
Bravo!
Bull Outsmarts Sadistic Bullfighter and Two Equally
Depraved Assistants
While
Leaders Remain Silent, the Illegal Ivory Trade Feeds
Organized Crime and Drains Africa of Some of Its
Greatest Assets
Landmark
Ruling: Argentine Court Recognizes Orangutan as
"Nonhuman Person" Unlawfully Deprived of His Freedom
by Buenos Aires Zoo
"A
Measure of a Culture is the Empathy Shown Not Only for
Members of its Own Species But for Other Species as
Well" --Gwyn Hyman Rubio, Author of Love &
Ordinary Creatures
In
Major Milestone, China Will Recognize Legal Concept of
Animal Welfare for First Time
European
Union Begins to Enforce Labeling of Foods Containing
Palm Oil, Whose Production Drives Deforestation,
Threatening Orangutans, Tigers, Elephants and Rhinos
Oakland
Follows Los Angeles in Banning Circuses That Use
Bullhooks on Elephants
Illinois
Man Prosecuted for Rescuing Baby Eagles Inspires "Good
Samaritan" Legislation
Pope
Francis: "The Vocation of Being a 'Protector,'
However, is Not Just Something Involving Us Christians
Alone, It Also Has a Prior Dimension Which is Simply
Human, Involving Everyone. It Means Protecting
All Creation, the Beauty of the Created World, As the
Book of Genesis Tells Us and St. Francis of Assisi
Showed Us. It Means Respecting Each of God's
Creatures and Respecting the Environment in Which We
Live"
Deepak
Adhikari Claims the "Cultural Importance" of
Slaughtering 100,000 Animals During a Religious
Festival in Nepal Justifies the Atrocities
Committed. What Exactly Are the Cultural
Benefits of Sadism, Torture, and Murder?
Court
Ruling Against Chimpanzee Exemplifies Peter Singer's
Definition of Speciesism
"A
Chimp Isn't a Human, But They're Enough Like Us That
it Shouldn't Be Possible to Purchase One and Keep Him
in a Cage" --Steven Wise, Nonhuman Rights Project
Police
Spy Working for Covert Unit That Infiltrated Hundreds
of Political Groups in England Accused of Encouraging
Animal Rights Supporters to Commit Illegal Acts
Indian
Branch of HSI Challenges Massive Animal Sacrifice in
Nepal
The
World's Endangered Wildlife is For Sale on the Web
Since
State Laws Still Require No Mandatory Jail Time for
Offenders, Dog-Fighting Continues to Flourish
U.S.
Military Medical Training Makes Strides Toward More
Human-Relevant Methods But Needs to Modernize Combat
Trauma Training
Citing
Manifest Cruelty and Safety Issues, Willowick, Ohio
Residents Propose Ban on Circuses Featuring Exotic
Animals
Courageous
Spanish Animal Rights Protesters Disrupt "Fire Bull
Festival" in Which a Bull's Horns Are Set on Fire to
Entertain a Sadistic Crowd
Iranian
MPs Propose Making it a Crime to Keep Dogs as Pets or
Walk Them in Public, with Offenders Subject to 74
Lashes or a Fine
Tennessee
Walking Horse Industry Files Complaint Against
Congressman Ed Whitfield After He Co-Sponsors Bill to
Ban Horrific Practice of Horse Soring
Vast
Majority of Pet Stores Buy From Puppy Mills
Quebec
Fur Farmer Jean-Luc Rodier Charged With Animal Cruelty
After SPCA Investigation
Unspeakably
Brutal Dog Fighting "Godfather" Donnie Anderson Gets
Eight Year Sentence
"Once
You Strip Away the Pomp and Prestige Horse Racing Has
to Justify Its Existence, All You're Left With Is
People Beating Animals in Front of a Baying Crowd"
British
Website Lets Voters Check Politicians' Animal Welfare
Credentials
Animal
Abusers Using Social Media to Promote Their Crimes
Hundreds
of Thousands of Animals May Be Massacred November
28-29 During Religious Festival in Nepal
Noncompliant
Dog Breeders Given Too Many Warnings, Not Enough
Enforcement
Bill
Aims to Make Cockfighting a Felony in Ohio, One of
Nine States Where It's Still a Misdemeanor
Report
Animal Abuse with New App
Elephant
Whose Family Was Killed By Ivory Poachers in Africa is
Forced to Entertain Circus-Goers Despite Severe
Arthritis and Injuries
"With
a Recognition That Animals Are Sentient Creatures
Capable of Experiencing Great Pain Should Come a
Realization That Animals Are Not Property--Not Innate
Objects--And Our Legal System Must Recognize
This. It Did When Slaves, Women, and Children
Were Considered Property And Now It Is Time to
Reclassify the Status of Animals Too"
Perpetrator
Sought in Worst Case of Animal Cruelty Ever Seen by
Toronto Vet
Tommy,
a Chimpanzee Kept Alone in a Cage in a Warehouse, is
the Equivalent of a Human Child. Can We Say That
He Has No Rights Simply Because He is a Chimpanzee?
Tackling
the NFL's Culture of Cruelty
In
First Case of Its Kind, New York Appeals Court to
Weigh Legal Personhood of Chimps
Man
Under Investigation for Severe Animal Cruelty Pulls
Knife on Officer
Genesee
County, MI, Sheriff Seeks Tougher Penalties for Animal
Abusers
Mexico
City Bans Use of Animals in Circus Acts
Andre
Robinson, 21, Lures Stray Cat, Kicks Him 20 Feet
Through the Air Amidst a Chorus of Laughter, and Seems
Befuddled by All the Negative Attention
Adopted
Dog Given 1% Chance of Survival Opens Door for Silent,
Autistic Boy
In
Obvious Conflict of Interest, USDA Hires Apologist for
the Puppy Mill Industry to Regulate the Same Industry
He Promotes
Recognizing
the Relationship Between Animal Cruelty and Other
Violent Crimes, FBI Upgrades Animal Abuse to Top-Tier
Felony
New
Research Indicates Zoos Neither Educate Nor Empower
Children
Israel
Becomes First Country to Ban Horse- and Donkey-Drawn
Carts (Except for Tourism Purposes)
New
Jersey Bill Would Bar Convicted Animal Abusers From
Working in a Pet-Related Business or Owning a Pet
Thousands
of Animal Rights Activists Rally in Tel Aviv
Educating
Circus-Goers About Animal Cruelty Behind the Scenes at
Ringling Bros.
Animal
Trainer Lancelot Kollman Ramos Charged With Exhibiting
Sick, Emaciated Elephant Who Died Early With All of
the Joy "Stolen From His Soul in the Name of
Entertainment"
Judge
Favors Intrinsic Value Over Market Value in
Determining Compensation for Family Dog's Death
Breeders
and Pet Stores Succeed in Delaying Cook County, IL
Puppy Mill Ban
Fur
Farms: Whom Would Jesus Skin?
Disabled
Veteran Thrown Out of Subway Restaurant Because of
Service Dog
Indian
Court Bans Religious Animal Sacrifices
Call
911 When You See an Animal Locked Inside a Hot Car
Why
Do We Still Allow Tail Docking and Ear Cropping of
Dogs for Nonmedical Reasons When the AVMA Calls these
Procedures Cruel and Barbaric and 30 Countries Ban
Them as Unjustified Mutilation?
Steve-O
Could Face Charges for Changing Freeway Sign to Read
"Sea World Sucks" But PETA Has Already Vowed to Pay
Any Fines
Shocking
Footage Shows Hens Kept in Appalling Conditions by a
Contractor for Pace Farm, Australia, Which Describes
its Eggs as "Sourced from the Most Modern Farms, from
the Healthiest Hens, and Treated With the Greatest
Care"
Sam
Simon and PETA Close Down California Chinchilla Farm
New
GPS Trackers Help Locate Lost Pets
Canadian
Veterinary Assistant Starts Online Animal Abuse
Registry
In
Landmark Rulings, Oregon Supreme Court Affords Animals
Some of the Same Basic Protections as Human Beings
Pet
Breeders Are the Only Regulated Business in Minnesota
Whose Licensing Records Are Kept Secret
Nurse
Turns Her Apartment Into Hospice for Cats with Feline
Leukemia
Congresswoman's
Bill Would Assist Domestic Violence Victims Afraid To
Leave an Abusive Situation Out of Concern For the
Safety of Their Pets
Quebec
To Redefine Legal Status of Animals As Sentient
Creatures Rather Than Personal Property
Wolf
Travels 2000 Kilometres Across Europe Via Austrian
Alps
Unearthing
and Relocating Gopher Tortoises About To Be Buried
Alive Under Construction Sites
Proposed
Bill Aims to Guarantee Universal Animal Welfare in
Thailand
Oregon
Supreme Court Rules that Sheriff's Deputy Acted
Legally When He Entered Private Property Without a
Warrant to Rescue Starving Horse
Candlelight
Vigil Renews Call for Teaching Compassion After Fatal
Torture of Cat by Schoolboys
Fusion
to Document Simpsons Co-Creator Sam Simon's Battle
With Cancer and Fight for Animal Rights
Nevada
Assemblyman's Bill Would Require Mandatory Counseling
for Anyone Convicted of Animal Abuse
First
City in Iran to Ban Killing Stray Dogs--And the Woman
Behind It
Wisconsin
Church Hosts Pig Fighting Contest
Ebola,
AIDS, SARS, and Many Other Infectious Diseases Arrive
at Our Doorstep Through the Trade in Animals
Illinois
Governor Signs Measure Proposed by Third Graders to
Fight Puppy Mills
Elephant
Rescued by Wildlife SOS After 50 Years of Chains,
Shackles, and Beatings
"Freeing
Animals--Does That Sound Like Terrorism?" Asks Lawyer
for Activists Charged Under Animal Enterprise
Terrorism Act
Fight
to Close Down Puppy Mills Goes National
With
95% of Egg-Laying Hens in U.S. Confined to Cages So
Small They Can Barely Move, Consumers Demand Truth in
Labeling on Egg Cartons
Cops
Torture and Kill 1-Year Old Dog for Barking
Social
Studies Teacher Christopher Zambira Starts Animal
Kindness Clubs in Malawi Schools
New
York Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal Has Become the
Legislature's Most Prolific Writer of Bills Protecting
Animals
Phoenix
Ordinance Forbidding Pet Stores from Selling Dogs and
Cats Purchased from Puppy Mills Faces Legal Challenge
Animal
Activists Indicted as Terrorists in Release of Mink
from Fur Farm
No
Such Thing As Humane Wool: Severe Abuse of Sheep
Filmed in Numerous Shearing Sheds Across Australia
US
Navy Estimates that Its Sonar Training Program Will
Cause 9.6 Million Harmful Events, 155 Mortalities, and
More Than 2000 Instances of Permanent Injury to
Dolphins and Whales
Landmarks
in Legislation Ensure That the Deaths of Abused
Animals Have Not Been in Vain
Poachers
in Kenya Kill World Famous Elephant Satao for Ivory
Federal
Appeals Court: Animal Torture Videos Not Free
Speech
Mexico
City Bans Animals in Circuses
Baltimore
Police Officer Jeffrey Bolger Slits Restrained Dog's
Throat
Patterson,
NJ Police Fail to Respond to Brutal Attack on Cat by
Schoolboys
Six
Tamarin Monkeys Die at Oregon Zoo After Cross-Country
Car Ride Inside Food Coolers
The
Truth About Declawing
ALDF
Singles Out Worst Breeders, Roadside Zoos, and Animal
Testing Facilities in Texas and Demands USDA
Enforcement
Court
Clears the Way for Lawsuit Against California Bull
Runs
9-Year
Old Leads the Way
Minnesota
Takes Steps to Crack Down on Puppy and Kitten Mills
Louisiana
Legislature Upgrades Cockfighting Law
Sniffer
Dog Killed by Taliban After Saving Countless Lives
Awarded Victoria Cross
New
Jersey Kids Mercilessly Torture, Kill Cat; Animal
Advocates Seek Justice
Cockfighting
Still Big Business in Kentucky
India's
Supreme Court Bans Bull-Baiting
Weak
Penalties Allow Dog Breeders to Stay in Operation
Despite Multiple Citations and Complaints
ALDF
Demands Public Records Regarding Poison Dump Off San
Francisco Coast
Outside
Dayton, TX, Francisco Castillo Cruz Drags Small Five
Year Old Shetland Pony Behind His Truck and Beats Him
Across the Head With a Belt and Buckle for Wandering
Out of His Stall
Officers
in Virginia Seize 59 Sick or Emaciated Animals from
Waste-Covered Stalls Run by Larry Sams Who Sells Live
Animals for So-Called "Religious" Sacrifices
Texas
Veterinarian Accused of Using Dog for Blood
Transfusions Six Months After He Was Slated for
Euthanasia
Empathy
May Be the Reason Why Some Animals Form Close
Relationships with Animals Outside Their Own Species
Animals
Asia Plans Largest Rescue of Chinese Bile Bears
After
Stating its Intent to Comply with International Court
Ban, Japan Plans to Resume So-Called "Research
Whaling" in 2015
Louisiana
Senate Rejects Elbert Guillory's Ploy to Undermine
State Cockfighting Ban
Smugglers
in Southeast Asia Now Killing Dogs for Leather As Well
As Meat
Federal
Judge Upholds California's Ban on Possession or Sale
of Shark Fins
Owner
Mitch Behm and Manager David Delgado Plead Guilty
After Thousands of Animals Found Dead or Dying in
Filthy Conditions at Exotic Animal Business in Lake
Elsinore, CA
Massachusetts
Supreme Court Rules that Police May Respond Without a
Search Warrant to an Emergency in Which an
Animal Requires Immediate Protection or is in Imminent
Danger
Animal
Cruelty Often Linked to Other Forms of Family and
Community Violence: Here are 7 Signs to Watch
For
Public
Opinion in China is Turning Against Exploitation of
Wild Animals but Chinese Wildlife Law Effectively
Encourages Commercial Use of Animal Parts
When You Know More About Animals, It's Easy to Be Kind
Kept Afloat by Senseless Laws, Greyhound Racing Kills or Injures Thousands of Dogs a Year
With its Animal Welfare Law, Animal-Tested Cosmetics Ban, Foie Gras Ban, Proposed Ban on Recreational Hunting and the Sale of Fur Clothing, and Proposed Transfer of Animal Protection Enforcement from the Agricultural to the Environmental Ministry, Israel is a Leader in Animal Rights
Band of Organized Criminals Works to Block the "Prevent All Soring Tactics Act"
Rapid Expansion of Palm Oil Plantations Deadly for Elephants, Orangutans, and Other Wildlife
"A Huge Aggression Literature Shows that People Engaging in Antisocial Behavior are the Same People Who are Abusing Animals. It's Time to Start Ringing the Alarm Bells when We See Animal Abuse" --Developmental Psychologist Eleonora Gullone
"The Superior Human?"
Unlicensed Massachusetts Petting Zoo Operator Charged with Animal Cruelty and Assaulting an Officer as Workers Rescue 35 Animals and Neighbors Offer Help
Copenhagen Zoo Proves that "Zoos are Hideous Institutions that Do Not Deserve Public Support"
3000 Roosters Rescued in Biggest Cockfighting Bust in New York State History
Fish Oil Craze Wiping Out Rare Whale Shark-- You Can Get Omega-3 from Flax Oil, Flaxseed, Chia Seeds, Walnuts, Canola Oil, Soy Oil, Etc.
Pernicious "King Amendment" Dropped from Farm Bill, Animal Fighting Law Strengthened
Thugs Slaughter or Injure Hundreds of Dolphins, Sell Others for Captivity
Unchaining the Elephants of Nepal
Illinois State Rep. Toni Berrios Proposes Registry Designed to Keep Animal Abuse Offenders Away from Animals
"Dusty's Law" Protecting Service Animals Passes NJ Senate
Victories for Animals in 2013
"For if we truly understand their suffering then, surely, we shall no longer condone it" --Jane Goodall on We Animals by Jo-Anne McArthur
No Nation or Race is Without Examples of Animal Cruelty
Poems of Compassion by Gretchen Primack
Animal Cruelty is Associated with a Broad Array of Antisocial Behaviors Particularly those that Exercise a Physical Threat over Other Persons, According to National Study Reported in Journal of Psychiatric Research
Unburdened with Moral Concern, Trappers Find Blood Money in Foreign Markets
What to Do When You Witness Animal Cruelty
Are Any Words Ugly Enough to Describe People Who Forcibly Rip the Fur from Screaming Animals and Throw Them Back into Tiny, Filthy Cages Looking More Like Meat than Living Creatures?
Nature Paleontology Editor Henry Gee Dismantles the Concept of "Human Exceptionalism" (the Idea that Humans are Fundamentally Different from Other Animal Species)
New Mexico's Animal Cruelty Laws Among Nation's Weakest
Nevada State Senator Proposes Animal Cruelty Registry
"Cruelty to Animals is a Precursor of Cruelty to Humans" --LAPD Chief Charlie Beck
Pamplona: Home of the Most Repulsive People in the Western World
This Man Refuses to be Intimidated by Threat after Testifying on Horse Soring
American Demand for Luxury Fabrics Fuels Unthinkable Abuse of Rabbits in China
Nonhuman Rights Project asks New York Courts to Grant Legal Personhood to Chimpanzees based on Scientific Evidence of their Emotional and Cognitive Abilities
Video Games Normalize Animal Cruelty
Los Angeles City Council Bans Bullhooks Used by Depraved Circus Handlers to Torment Baby Elephants
China Makes Progress Against The Torture of Animals for Entertainment
Reporting Internet Animal Abuse
Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Family Violence
Much-Needed Animal Abuser Registry Meets Inexplicable Opposition from HSUS
British Columbia Mink Exploiters who Produce $30 Million a Year in Furs by Raising Animals in 10" by 12" Cages their Entire Lives Call Animal Rights Activists "Terrorists"
Animal Abuse Often Predictive of Domestic Violence
Veterinarian and Pet Industry Groups Betray Animals in Court
Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty: Individuals Involved in Violent Acts Against Animals Present a Danger to the Public that Must be Addressed
Starving Horses, Dogs, Birds Rescued from Gut-Wrenching Filth in Pine County, Minnesota
How Hot Does it Get in a Parked Car?
Cockfighter Jose Pena Gets Off with $222 Court Costs in Ohio Where the Blood Sport is Still a Misdemeanor
Costa Rica, Having Already Banned Sport Hunting, Will Close its Zoos
Who Would Harm an Animal? Someone Who is Probably a Threat to Humans as Well
Former Hall of Fame Tennessee Walking Horse Trainer Jackie McConnell Pleads Guilty to Cruelty Charges After HSUS Investigation Reveals he Beat, Shocked, and Used Painful Chemicals on Show Horses
Animal Abusers are Five Times More Likely to Commit Violent Crimes against Humans than Non-Abusers: Better Enforcement of Animal Cruelty Laws Can Help Protect All of Us from Future Violence
Christopher Roppelt Charged with Felony Animal Cruelty for "Horrendous" Backyard Slaughter in Fair Oaks, CA
Animal Activists in China Rise Up Against Cruelty
Courageous High School Junior Alyssa Moore Gives Teachers and Fellow Students a Lesson in Basic Ethics
Rory and Trudy Childs Under Investigation for Long Term Neglect of Horses in Spanish Fork, Utah
Fire Department in Holley, NY Abuses Children and Animals by Sponsoring Mass Killing of Squirrels, with Cash Prizes for Kids and Adults
Culturally Approved Atrocities Around the World: Depravity Under the Guise of Tradition (Warning: Graphic)
Caged, Emaciated Dog Rescued in Puppy Mill Raid
Baby Elephant at Oregon Zoo is "Owned" by an Entertainment Company Known to Beat and Shock Elephants and Could Be Separated from its Mother and Turned Over to the Abusers
Circus Owner Bobby Roberts Gets Conditional Discharge and Groom Nicolai Nitu Remains At Large in Chaining, Kicking, Beating and Stabbing of Europe's Oldest Elephant
Michael Watkins Arrested in Brutal Monkey Killing That Exposes the Weakness of Idaho's Anti-Cruelty Laws
Former Policeman Robert Bergeron Shoots and Kills 30-Pound Fawn Standing with its Mother in his Front Yard
After Nursing a Marineland Walrus Back to Health, Trainer Calls for Better Regulation of Zoos and Aquariums
Most Animal Abusers Go Unpunished
Zoo Director Meghan Mogensen Convicted of Animal Cruelty
Patrick, the Puppy Dumped in a NJ High Rise Garbage Chute, Inspires New Legislation Upgrading Penalties for Animal Abuse
The Long Record of Animal Abuse by Romney and Ryan
Where to Report Animal Cruelty or Neglect
First Animal Abuse Case Filed in Indonesia
Heather Shawna Scyrkel Charged with Animal Cruelty After Starving More Than Two Dozen Horses
Rattlesnake Roundups: Blatant Animal Cruelty
U.S. Rep. Steve King Works Against Anti-Dogfighting Legislation
Attorney for Kennel Owner Dayna Bell, Accused of Drowning Puppies, Says They Were Not Pets But "Commercial" Animals
Circus Elephant Owners Go On Trial in UK for Animal Cruelty
Twenty-Four Horses Die Per Week on US. Racetracks
Horrific Animal Abuse by Military Videotaped
Indiana Morons Abuse Turtles for Entertainment
Top Horse Trainer Exposed by Video
Olympic Equestrienne Charged With Horse Abuse
Investigation Reveals How Ringling Bros. Treats Its Elephants