The Garland Animal Shelter in Texas has some problems:Two thirds of the animals in a shelter in Garland are being put down. However, it isn't the number, but the way in which those animals are being euthanized that spurred over a dozen to speak out at a Garland City Council meeting Tuesday night.Problem Number One: … Continue reading Garland Shelter Pets Draw Short Straw
Month: September 2009
NC Pitbull Owner Charged with Animal Cruelty
Follow up post on the NC man alleged to have kept dozens of Pitbulls in terrible conditions in Onslow Co. Animal Control has charged him "with cruelty to animals and mistreatment of animals":Pollock, 37, was charged with failure to vaccinate 41 dogs over the age of 4 months and failure to provide sufficient shelter to … Continue reading NC Pitbull Owner Charged with Animal Cruelty
CA SB 250 (MSN) on Hold
Via Save Our Dogs:The California Legislature is winding down for the year and SB250 has been placed on the inactive file. That means no further action until next year.AKC puts it a bit more definitively:Senator Dean Florez, the author of Senate Bill 250, has issued a press release stating that the bill will be put … Continue reading CA SB 250 (MSN) on Hold
Treats on the Internets
Kim Campbell Thornton writes about the potential for a no kill nationOmaha police dig up dead dog from owner's back yard to determine if dog suffered (video)China: Kill your own "dangerous" dogs or we'll beat them to death and bill you for itVick tackles during Redskins game next month mean food for shelter dogsNathan Winograd: … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
NC Authorities Find Injured Pitbulls in Poor Conditions
...and leave them there. All 50 of them:[...]members of the Sheriff’s Department investigated the area on foot and smelled marijuana and observed more than 50 dogs, some of which were seriously injured, the press release said. [Onslow Co Sheriff Ed] Brown said officers observed no food for the animals and the only water available was … Continue reading NC Authorities Find Injured Pitbulls in Poor Conditions
Let’s Play Oddball
Who needs summer school?The second ad on this page has a ghost llama in the window. Which is awesome.I'm envisioning a herd of cats rubbing themselves silly on a herd of cattleWell thank goodness for modern medicineHey Hey We're the MonkeysCheating on dog/cat cake decoratingProtecting habitat for your state bird: ur doin it rongApparently this … Continue reading Let’s Play Oddball
My Pet Goat
No this isn't about the George W. Bush library and no it's not MY pet goat - she actually belongs to the neighbor's Pitbull and they both came over to spend the day in our front yard yesterday along with a couple of stray dogs. The goat was raised with the neighbor's six Pitbulls and … Continue reading My Pet Goat
Bad News for CA Pet Owners
CA AB 241 was apparently passed by the CA Senate yesterday. The bill, according to the American Kennel Club, "will prohibit businesses and individuals who buys or sells cats and dogs from owning more than a combined total of 50 intact dogs or cats" (including puppies/kittens). I've blogged many times about why purported pet "protection" … Continue reading Bad News for CA Pet Owners
Can The World Produce Sufficient Food Without Factory Farms?
I don't know the answer to this question but I have done some reading on the subject. It seems there is a lot to debate. In order to feed the number of people on the planet who currently choose to eat meat, eggs, dairy and other animal products, it seems like the "family farm" wouldn't … Continue reading Can The World Produce Sufficient Food Without Factory Farms?
I Won’t Be Watching This Video
But I do have questions about the subject:An animal rights group publicized a video Tuesday showing unwanted chicks being tossed alive into a grinder at an Iowa plant and accused egg hatcheries of being "perhaps the cruelest industry" in the world.[...]The group said that tossing male chicks, which have little value because they can't lay … Continue reading I Won’t Be Watching This Video
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