Showing 47 posts from November 2008
Source: ConsumerAffairs.com By Lisa Wade McCormick, November 18, 2008
Puppy Mills
If a new puppy is on your wish list this holiday season, don’t buy one from a pet store. It may have come from the billion-dollar puppy mill industry, and supporting that store could lead to continued cruelty against animals.
That’s the message from the Humane [...]
POSTED: 11:40 am CST November 17, 2008
The Humane Society is offering a reward in an effort to combat dog- and cockfighting.
During a news conference on Monday, Jackson Police Chief Malcom McMillin, State Rep. Cecil Brown and Deputy Attorney General Onetta Whitley joined the Humane Society of the United States to combat cockfighting and dogfighting [...]
Source: KFDM, Nov 17,2008 By Nicole Murray
A man who raised Pit Bulldogs in Tyler County tells KFDM News he had no idea some of the animals he raised might have been used in a dog fighting ring. Last Friday, investigators seized dozens of dogs from a home in Tyler County just north of Chester. The seizure [...]
Source: CBS Chicago, By Pamela Jones, Nov 16, 2008
CHICAGO (CBS) ― Disgusting and disturbing – that’s how the Cook County Sheriff describes a dog fighting ring in Chicago.
Three men now face charges. As CBS 2’s Pamela Jones reports, officers actually busted in, right in the middle of the fight.
Police say a dog they found [...]
Source: BY MEGHAN V. MALLOY, Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinal, Nov 17, 2008
With stores decked out in Christmas decorations, Thanksgiving only 10 days away, and a winter chill settling in, many Mainers — and Americans — are starting to think about holiday gifts for the family.
One national organization, however, is sending an early warning about buying [...]
