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KKK Wife Malissa Ancona Hoarded Cats, Popped Pills and, Police Say, Murdered the Local Imperial Wizard
Frank Ancona, the imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, smelled like cat piss… By Doyle Murphy.
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Saving Chickens, Saving Myself
The author on depression, her relationship with her aunt, and the importance of being seen. By Christine Hyung-Oak Lee.
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The FBI Says Animal Abuse Is Now A Felony, This Is Great News That Will Brighten Your Day
Animals lovers and activist alike are celebrating the recent news that the FBI has now made animal cruelty and abuse a felony on the same scale as homicide, and it’s about time! Yes you heard that right, being cruel in any way to another living creature is now a high rated felony. This includes neglect, intentional abuse or torture, organised abuse (i.e dog fighting) and sexual abuse.
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Don't Buy Animal Abuse: Boycott These Tourist Attractions
Be kind to animals by avoiding these wildlife tourist attractions. Sometimes animal and wildlife tourist attractions are disguised as natural, helpful, or worse - as conservation, when in reality they're just masked exploitation and mistreatment, and even animal-loving tourists may not be aware of the underlying misery involved, and unknowingly pay for and support cruel practices.
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Controversy erupts after Colorado animal sanctuary kills all its animals
The owners of an animal sanctuary in Colorado that recently euthanized all of its animals claim they were forced to do so by the government. Owners of the Lion’s Gate Sanctuary said they had to humanely euthanize three lions, three tigers and five bears in April after the Elbert County Board of Commissioners denied their request to move to a new location. Dr. Joan Laub and her partner Peter Winney wanted to build a sanctuary on a 45-acre property near Elizabeth instead, according to The Coloradoan.
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Vet on trial after staff report him for mistreatment of his own dogs
A former employee of an Edmonton veterinarian who reported her boss to police for mistreatment of two dogs at his clinic testified Tuesday that she saw him punch one of the animals. Dr. Jun Yang is on trial over allegations that two dogs he kept at the clinic — a black Labrador retriever named Heza and a brindle Staffordshire terrier named Tiggor — were underweight after being kept in a small kennel for long hours without proper amounts of food and water.
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Owners of giant rabbit who died on United flight may sue airline, alleging he froze to death
The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who was found dead after a United Airlines flight demanded on Monday that the airline pay damages, order an outside investigation and re-evaluate how it handles animals on flights. Attorneys for Simon's owners, who purchased him in hopes of winning the title of world's largest rabbit at the Iowa State Fair this summer, said they would take legal action if United failed to respond within seven days.
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California authorities seize over 7000 birds in largest cockfighting bust in US history
An illegal cockfighting bust on Monday in unincorporated Val Verde was the largest ever in the U.S., authorities said. “Any type of animal blood sport activity is a serious crime and will not be tolerated in Los Angeles County,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Jeff Perry said during a news conference Tuesday, where officials played a video displaying what was found at the 80-acre property in the 29000 block of Jackson Street.
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Scientists accidentally helping poachers to find rare species
Scientists have sent out a warning about publishing the location and habitat of endangered animals in scientific journals. Wildlife poachers are trawling online publications to target rare and exotic species as soon as the animals are described online.
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This Turtle Tourist Center Also Raises Endangered Turtles for Meat
Advocates accuse the Cayman Turtle Centre of mistreating its sea turtles and stoking demand for the meat of an endangered species, claims it denies. By Rachael Bale.
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In Unprecedented Loss, Endangered Whales Die of Mysterious Cause
When six massive endangered animals turn up dead in the span of a few weeks, conservationists do everything they can to find out why. Although they seemed otherwise healthy, the North American right whales were all recently found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada. Now, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Marine Animal Response Society, the Canadian Coast Guard, and others are working together to find out why the whales died.
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Judge strikes down Utah law banning undercover farm filming
A federal judge struck down Utah's so-called "ag gag" law Friday, ruling it violates free speech rights. "Utah undoubtedly has an interest in addressing perceived threats to the state agricultural industry, and as history shows, it has a variety of constitutionally permissible tools at its disposal to do so," U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby concluded in a 31-page ruling.
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This woman wrote a book about the history of pork - and it made her become a vegan
“Every vegan seems to have their own lightbulb moment when something clicked and they stopped eating animal products,” says Cambridge University archaeologist Dr Pía Spry-Marqués, who committed to a plant-only diet two years ago as she researched the history of pork. “My son was born three years ago and I was nursing him. People looked at me funny for breastfeeding my child, and yet it was fine to drink lattes with cow’s milk, or eat chocolate spread,” she recalls to The Independent.
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Turkey mobilizes to save zoo animals from war-torn Syria
Praised for its hospitality shown to the millions of refugees from Syria in the country, Turkey now extends a helping hand to zoo animals trapped in the conflict zone, evacuating them to shelters in Bursa.
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Horrifying conditions inside US farms that could supply chlorine-washed chicken
Farmers have exposed the shocking truth behind the American farms that could begin supplying chlorine-washed chicken to the UK. Birds are kept in horrendous conditions as there are no laws protecting their welfare, unlike in Britain and Europe.
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CCTV to be compulsory in all abattoirs in England
Slaughterhouses in England will have to install CCTV as part of government plans to monitor animal welfare. Under rules being phased in over the next year, Food Standards Agency vets will be able to ask to see footage of all areas where livestock are held. Slaughterhouses found to be failing welfare standards could face a criminal investigation or lose staff licences.
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PETA to pay family $49k for euthanizing child’s Chihuahua
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is going to pay a Virginia family tens of thousands of dollars after it was found that the animal activists euthanized a 9-year-old girls’ Chihuahua well before the state’s five-day waiting period. Wilber Zarate sued PETA for taking the dog, which was at a mobile home park in Norfolk, unleashed and unattended, and for putting the dog down before the end of the state’s five-day mandatory grace period, The Associated Press reported.
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The World's Biggest Rhino Breeder Is Selling Hundreds of Horns
An auction of rhino horns from the stockpiles of the world’s biggest private breeder will go ahead after a South African court ordered that the government release permits for them. The sale of about 500 kilograms (1,102 pounds) of horns by John Hume, who has more than 1,500 rhinos, will begin on Wednesday after he successfully challenged the Department of Environmental Affairs’ refusal to hand over the permits that it had granted to him, enabling the sale...
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Puerto Rico mulls closing zoo, transfers animals amid crisis
Puerto Rico’s governor said Monday that he is evaluating whether to close the island’s only zoo as he announced that 11 animals will be transferred elsewhere following concerns for their wellbeing amid an economic crisis.
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More than 50 animals found tethered to trees in Palm Beach County as Irma approaches
Officials are calling it animal cruelty like they've never seen before. As Hurricane Irma’s outer bands inch closer to Palm Beach County, animal control officers said they are hustling to rescue abandoned animals.
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