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  • January 2008

    • UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 20, 08 2:21 PM CST

      UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

      (Newser) - Veal is the new guilt-free meat in Britain, and everyone from top chefs to farmers and animal activists is pushing consumers to eat up . Anti-cruelty groups largely eliminated veal from the UK diet in the '90s, and as a result, dairy farmers slaughter half a million male calves and export the rest to veal farms. But with new standards in place, eating British-raised veal has become the solution to, not cause of, cruelty. More »

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      Great Britain  • agriculture  • farmer  • animal cruelty  • cattle  • dairy  • Tesco  • veal

    • Harder Times Make for Hungry Horses

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 8, 08 12:42 PM CST

      Harder Times Make for Hungry Horses

      (Newser) - When the sun was shining on the economy, millions of Americans tried to make hay by buying horses and moving into backyard breeding. As things slow down, the animals are getting harder to sell and pricier to feed, making horse neglect and abandonment a big problem, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rescue centers are struggling to deal with starving horses. More »

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      US economy  • animal cruelty  • horse  • slaughterhouses  • animal rescue groups  • horse neglect  • abandonment

  • December 2007

    • Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

      Associated Press  |  Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST

      Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

      (Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly possible that the killers anesthetized the tiger, opened the cage and then dragged the animal out and butchered it," said one official. More »

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      China  • zoo  • animal cruelty  • wildlife  • tigers  • World Wildlife Fund  • Siberian tigers

    • Scrutiny Increases on Puppy Mills

      MSNBC  |  Dec 6, 07 9:09 PM CST

      Scrutiny Increases on Puppy Mills

      (Newser) - Local and state officials are starting to crack down on puppy mills—operations that breed dogs for profit, often under crowded, inhumane conditions. At the farms, the puppies are kept in relatively good shape—because they're what brings the money—but the breeding adults are kept in tiny cages and are often diseased and uncared for, MSNBC reports. More »

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      animal cruelty  • puppy mills  • puppies

  • September 2007

    • Georgia Man Fed Live Kittens to His Dog: Cops

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Sep 21, 07 4:40 AM CDT

      Georgia Man Fed Live Kittens to His Dog: Cops

      (Newser) - A 21-year-old Georgia man has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty for allegedly trapping and injuring kittens before feeding them, alive, to his pet pit bull, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A search of his home turned up two pounds of marijuana, firearms and the mangled bodies of two missing kittens, according to police. More »

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      animal cruelty  • pit bull

    • Vick's Talking Points end Up on Ebay

      TMZ  |  Sep 4, 07 7:11 PM CDT

      Vick's Talking Points end Up on Ebay

      (Newser) - Vick’s next note to self may be “apologize to the dogs next time.” TMZ readers have already seen his private notes from his apology last week and can even bid to own them, because the Humane Society has posted them on ebay. Vick’s list of regrets ends with “dogs have suffered,” but he forgot to extend that apology when facing the glare of the press.  More »

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      eBay  • Michael Vick  • animal cruelty  • dogfighting  • apology  • Humane Society

  • August 2007

    • SPCA Calls Off the Dogs on Britney

      People  |  Aug 28, 07 5:21 PM CDT

      SPCA Calls Off the Dogs on Britney

      (Newser) - Britney Spears is out of the doghouse with the SPCA. The society's LA chapter has dropped its investigation into her dog's broken leg, People reports. The investigation followed reports that the Yorkie wasn't being treated for the injury. But the dog's vet reported that everything was just fine. More »

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      celebrity  • Britney Spears  • dog  • pets  • investigation  • animal cruelty  • SPCA

    • DMX Hounded by Dog Abuse Claims

      MTV  |  Aug 25, 07 3:16 PM CDT

      DMX Hounded by Dog Abuse Claims

      (Newser) - Authorities seized 12 distressed pit bulls and a large cache of weapons from the Arizona home of rapper DMX yesterday, MTV says, after receiving a tip that the dogs were housed in inhumane conditions. The hip-hop star, whose real name is Earl Simmons, wasn’t home at the time of the raid, but officials said they would like to question him. More »

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      dog  • New Jersey  • Michael Vick  • Arizona  • animal cruelty  • abuse  • dogfighting  • weapon  • DMX

    • Vick Signs Guilty Plea, Denies Killing Dogs

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Aug 24, 07 12:08 PM CDT

      Vick Signs Guilty Plea, Denies Killing Dogs

      (Newser) - Michael Vick admits sponsoring a dogfighting operation and denies killing dogs but acknowledges that dogs were killed through his and two co-defendants' "collective efforts," according to the plea agreement the disgraced Falcons QB signed yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. He also acknowledges promoting gambling but denies being a party to side bets at dogfights. More »

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      NFL  • football  • dog  • Virginia  • Michael Vick  • gambling  • Atlanta Falcons  • animal cruelty  • dogfighting  • Roger Goodell  • Bad Newz Kennels  • Richmond

    • Michael Vick (and His Jersey) Go to the Dogs

      WEBTV  |  Aug 18, 07 4:39 PM CDT

      Michael Vick (and His Jersey) Go to the Dogs

      (Newser) - Deluged with jerseys of fleet-footed number 7, a humane society is putting them all to good use – in wiping up dog doo and keeping canines comfy, nestling their heads as they doze in their cages. The Atlanta Humane Society says it didn’t know what to do with the donated Michael Vick jerseys at first, until they decided to use the high-priced grid-iron fabric “to make dogs more comfortable.” More »

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      football  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • animal cruelty  • dogfighting

  • July 2007

    • Vick's Plea: Not Guilty

      ESPN  |  Jul 27, 07 4:44 AM CDT

      Vick's Plea: Not Guilty

      (Newser) - In a speedy preliminary hearing, as befitted one of the fastest-working judges in the US, Michael Vick pleaded not guilty to all dogfighting conspiracy charges leveled against him by the feds. The trial in Richmond, Virginia, was set for Nov. 26, at which point, Vick learned, he would probably be facing additional charges on top of the present ones. More »

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      NFL  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • animal cruelty  • dogfighting

  • June 2007

    • Romney 'Tortured' Family Dog

      Time  |  Jun 28, 07 6:26 AM CDT

      Romney 'Tortured' Family Dog

      (Newser) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney once kept his Irish Setter in a dog carrier strapped to the roof rack of the family car during a 12-hour road trip in a stunt that's come back to haunt his campaign 24 years later, Time reports. The incident came to light as an anecdote about Romney in a newspaper profile. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • presidential campaign  • dog  • pets  • animal cruelty  • PETA

  • May 2007
  • April 2007

    • Chinese Add Melamine to Animal Feed

      New York Times  |  Apr 30, 07 7:04 AM CDT

      Chinese Add Melamine to Animal Feed

      (Newser) - The compound that tainted pet food and is being blamed for hundreds of pet illnesses and deaths is a commonly used additive in animal feed in China, reports the New York Times . The coal derivative melamine, used in plastics and fertilizers, is nitrogen-rich, which triggers tests for protein content. More »

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      China  • food  • pets  • animal cruelty  • melamine  • pet food recall  • protein

    • Police Find Abused Dogs on Vick Property

      ESPN  |  Apr 27, 07 10:49 AM CDT

      Police Find Abused Dogs on Vick Property

      (Newser) - Animal-rights activists are calling for the Falcons to dump superstar Michael Vick after more than 60 starved and injured dogs, presumably kept for fighting, were found at a house Vick owns but does not live in. Smithfield, Va., police discovered the dogs during a raid targeting Vick's cousin Davon Boddie. Vick refused comment through a team spokesman. More »

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      NFL  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • animal cruelty  • animal rights  • dogfighting  • PETA

    • Wanted: Geese Who'll Gorge Themselves

      New York Times  |  Apr 25, 07 3:05 PM CDT

      Wanted: Geese Who'll Gorge Themselves

      (Newser) - In the quest for kinder, gentler fois gras, some producers claim to have succeeded in getting the birds to gorge na