Aug 23
Farmer sends gift of sausages to thank Wiltshire firefighters who rescued piglets and two sows from fire in barn The Guardian A farmer whose piglets were saved from a barn fire has served the animals up as sausages to thank the firefighters who rescued them. The baby pigs and two sows were freed by firefighters …
Aug 23
http://kwtv.videodownload.worldnow.com/KWTV_20170823081420733AA.mp4 By Grant Hermes, News 9 WASHINGTON – Senator Jim Inhofe announced the end of his annual wild pigeon, a cause for celebration for an animal rights group. The outdoor fundraiser had been the target of a multi-year campaign by Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, or SHARK, which alleged the event was cruel. In a series of emails obtained by the group, a staffer from Sen. …
Jul 23
Fur Commission USA (541) 595-8568 is offering $10,000 and Tri-County Crime Stoppers is offer $1,000 for information about how more than $750,000 worth of mink were released from Lang Farms near Eden Valley Gulf News AP Eden Valley, Minnesota: A fur trade organisation is among two groups offering a total of $11,000 reward for information …
Jul 21
Melania Capitan, 27, posted photos of her hunting activities on social media The online star reportedly killed herself and left a suicide note to friends This comes after it was reported that the internet star was threatened online Even after her death, her Facebook profile was inundated with messages praising the tragic news. One person …
Jul 20
(CNN) – Cecil the lion’s 6-year-old son was shot and killed by a big-game trophy hunter in western Zimbabwe earlier this month, according to a source familiar with the hunt. Xanda had been tracked with a fitted GPS satellite collar since 2015, the same year his father was killed. His death on July 7 was first …
Jul 17
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the animals were released by someone (or a group of people) who broke into Lang Farms near Eden Valley. The suspect(s) dismantled the exterior fence surrounding the mink barns and let all the animals free from their cages. The sheriff’s office says between 30,000 and 40,000 animals …
Jul 17
A Florida family was accosted by a group of animal welfare activists while fishing at a park in St. Petersburg on July 11. Bob Hope was fishing with his parents at Crescent Lake Park when the incident began, reports The Huffington Post. Two videos of the incident, including one filmed by Hope’s mother and one …
Jul 17
Police Kill Nearly 25 Dogs Each Day Law enforcement’s treatment of dogs is just a symptom of the militarized policing so many of our neighborhoods are subjected to. By: Andrea B. Scott Article Originally Appeared in: The Nation In December 2006, 12-year-old K. Harris was in the backyard of her Hartford, Connecticut, home. She …
Jul 01
Multi-millionaire dairy farmer Derek Mead crushed to death by his own tractor in tragic accident at farm Investigation will concentrate on the possibility that his pet dog may have accidentally knocked the tractor’s gear stick Multi-millionaire dairy farmer and entrepreneur Derek Mead has died after being crushed by his own tractor at his farm near …
Jun 28
[Press Officer Will Hazlitt quoted in article below.] The new film from Bong Joon Ho is a critique of ethical capitalism wrapped in a heartwarming animal adventure story. But it’s not coming to theaters: it premieres on Netflix June 28. Light spoilers to follow. Summer movie season is upon us, but you won’t find this …
Jun 18
Ivan Fandino had been a star Spanish bullfighter for over twelve years before he was gruesomely gored to death in a French bullring yesterday. The 36-year-old matador had already pierced the bull’s neck with multiple swords when he tripped over his cape and fell to the ground. At the time, Fandino was using his cape …
Jun 16
https://itsgoingdown.org/fbi-visits-north-carolina/ Part I: What We Know In the past six months, over half a dozen people with personal or political ties to anarchists in central North Carolina have been approached for questioning by the FBI. This wave began in early winter after an apparent arson of the Orange County GOP office, and has recently escalated. …
Jun 14
Tom Towers for Metro.co.uk The owners of a restaurant have said they have been forced to remove foie gras from their menu after being ‘bullied and intimidated’ by animal rights activists. David and Samantha McHattie decided to axe the French delicacy after a customer was left ‘visibly shaken’ by a ‘torrent of intimidating abuse’ that …
Jun 13
Aboubakar Fofana’s project includes indigo-dyed sheep by Julia Michalska Animal-rights campaigners smashed windows and threw blue paint on the work space of Aboubakar Fofana in Athens, where the Malian artist is participating in the Greek leg of Documenta 14 (until 16 July). The anonymous assailants had previously disrupted the artist’s performance, which featured live sheep, …
May 15
Turns out, the turkey hunters were stalking each other. Then one of them fired By Michael Pearce mpearce@wichitaeagle.com Soon after his shotgun’s blast, the hunter sprinted toward what he thought was a coveted prize: the wild turkey gobbler he’d been calling to and watching. But Kenneth Dienst found he actually had shot his brother and …
