January 18, 2012
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— Today, PETA filed formal complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institutes of Health Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare regarding alleged violations of federal law pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb , the maker of Plavix and Abilify, among other...Read Full Story
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DELHI, N.Y.
The operator of an upstate New York animal shelter featured on national television is facing animal cruelty charges.
The Delaware County District Attorney's office says 60-year-old Susan Marino was charged Friday with five misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals. After a 2010 undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the group said it found animals in failing health not...Read Full Story
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OLALLA, Wash.
A Kitsap County couple is facing animal cruelty charges after 173 animals were seized from their 5-acre property.
The Kitsap Sun reports that Simon and Rosalind Bailey of Olalla are accused of hoarding animals and not providing enough water or sanitary living conditions for them.
An anonymous tip had alerted authorities and the local Humane Society about the farm. On Nov. 10, rescue crews from the...Read Full Story
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
A Nelson County couple faces more than two dozen animal cruelty charges following a raid of their home.
Agents with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and other agencies raided the home of 71-year-old Tracy Davis and his 61-year-old wife Joyce on Monday. WVIR-TV (http://bit.ly/uZA7j0 ) reports that hunting dogs, chickens and two horses were seized, along with a distillery...Read Full Story
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CENTREVILLE, Md.
The owner of a Centreville, Md., horse farm now faces more than 100 charges of animal cruelty.
Canterbury Farm owner Marsha Parkinson was charged earlier this year with 35 charges of failure to provide adequate care for an animal after horses were seized from her farm in late April.
The Star Democrat of Easton reports that the number of charges has been increased to 133 ( http://bit.ly/nowrlD...Read Full Story
City of Fort Wayne – Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control announced that it is one of five animal welfare and law enforcement agencies in the country chosen to receive a grant of $8,000 from a national animal welfare organization, the ASPCA (The ...
and Derek Michael Toy, 41, each of whom reside at 3212 Park Cir. in Manhattan. Lt. Josh Kyle said each was charged with 10 counts of cruelty to animals. All were released on $2,500 bonds.
BOISE • It might be narrow, but it’s a start. On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a bill that would establish a felony animal cruelty law in Idaho. Under the proposal, a person would be charged with a felony if they had two prior animal ...
BOISE - Idaho is one step closer to ending its distinction as one of just three states with no felony penalties for animal cruelty. Legislation making a third offense of intentional and malicious animal cruelty a felony punishable by a year in ...
KINGSTON – Ulster County SPCA investigators have arrested a Kerhonkson woman and charged her with animal cruelty. Keri Ann Baker, 40, of 74 Minnewaska Trail Road, had her eight-year-old German Shepherd euthanized in late January, but not before concerned individuals were able to photograph the dog named Gen in a state of severe neglect, the SPCA said Sunday.
Washington ExaminerPoll: ND voters want stiffer animal cruelty lawsJamestown SunNorth Dakota voters would overwhelmingly support raising penalties for “extreme and malicious” acts of animal cruelty to felony levels, according to a poll commissioned by the Humane Society of the United States. The state is one of just three that ...In defense of the Humane Society of the USWashington ExaminerEast coast group ranks South Dakota least humane...
The Dodge County attorney is reviewing a report from the sheriff's office to determine whether more charges should be filed against 56-year-old Daniel Newcomer and his wife, 46-year-old Ellyn Newcomer. They face two felony counts and 11 misdemeanor counts ...
BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- "It's going to tick a lot of people off," said Summerdale Police Chief Eddie Ingram after learning Roberta and Sharon Dueitt were granted what many consider a low bond for what happened at their animal shelter in Summerdale.
The skinny: Pennsylvania State Police in Warren and the Warren County Humane Society launched a cruelty to animals investigation after getting a report of a botched attempt to neuter a cat. What we know: Police said Debra Farnham, 53, and her ...
Animal cruelty is one of the sickest and soulless crimes in America, and also the most preventable. People engage in animal abuse in every city around the world, for several reasons. Animal abusers can come...read more