Showing 62 posts tagged with "abuse"
Source: ChicagoTribune.com, September 29, 2009
Police are seeking information about a dead dog in a kennel that washed ashore on the north end of Lake Winnebago.
The dog washed ashore Monday. Calumet County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Wiegert says Tuesday that it was so decomposed officials could not determine its breed, but it appeared to have white fur [...]
Source: MyFoxNY.com, September 25, 2009
Animal control officers in northern New Jersey are concerned that a brutal form of dog fighting is going on in their area: “Trunking.”
In “Trunking,” dogs are places inside very large trunks of vehicles in motion. Loud music is played to drown out the sounds of the fighting. The dead body of [...]
Source: Chicago Sun Times, September 22, 2009
Cook County Sheriff’s police have arrested three people allegedly involved in a dogfighting ring based at a home that also serves as a daycare facility in west suburban Maywood.
The sheriff’s department Animal Crimes Unit found a dog with its eye ripped out, a dog with a leg twisted backward [...]
Source: OpposingViews.com, September 21, 2009
Dogfighting is against the law in the United States, and the great majority of people, except for a small number of individuals involved in illegal dogfighting, consider it morally wrong.
But what about videos of dogfighting?
It’s not something most people would want to watch, but should those videos be protected as free [...]
Source: NewsLeader.com, September 22, 2009
The owners of an alleged Pleasant Hope puppy mill that drew national attention in February were charged with several felony counts today, with dozens of more charges to come.
Carold H. Cruse, 48, and his wife Rebecca, 49, are charged with three felony counts of animal abuse, stemming from three Yorkshire terriers [...]
