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charges brought against 55 people for dog fighting in Houston, Texas

A yearlong investigation has led to charges against 55 people and the seizure of more than 100 dogs in Harris County today as... more

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World Congress on Animal Alternatives Set for Next Summer

Late next summer, scientists and others committed to the advancement of animal alternatives in experiments will gather in Rome,... more

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Class B animal dealers under federal scrutiny

Class B dealers. Their ranks have dwindled to less than a dozen. The research community continues to move away from the... more

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Controversial Oxford Animal Lab

"I wasn't allowed to see animal experiments, but I did get to look at the two operating theatres on the new primate... more

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World's ugliest dog dies

Is beauty only skin deep? A Chinese Crested who won the Worlds Ugliest Dog contest has died."Gus" ,9 years old,had cancer.

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Lies of the Fur Industry

This footage shows some of the horrors of fur farms. This does affect you because these are what fur farms look like, regardless... more

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Scottish seal populations plummet

October 2008 - New figures reinforce importance of Advocates for Animals' campaign to end needless seal killing.

Advocates for Animals has renewed its call on the Scottish Government to end the killing of seals in Scottish waters as new research shows a frightening fall in the numbers of common (harbour) seals around the coast.

Scotland has internationally-important populations of harbour and grey seals in its waters and is guardian to 90% of UK seal populations. Advocates for Animals is calling on the Scottish Government to use its upcoming new Marine Bill to introduce full legal protection for seals.

SHOOTING SEALS - Although a number of different factors are thought to be responsible for the decline in seal numbers, the unnecessary shooting of seals is clearly an important issue. Many people are unaware that every year thousands of seals are needlessly shot in Scotland.

The existing Conservation of Seals Act 1970 is widely agreed to be ineffective and unenforceable, allowing seals to be shot even when they are pregnant or with dependent pups. The Act does not require any standard of marksmanship, meaning that seals can suffer and die at sea after being shot and wounded. Unbelievably, no records are required to be kept of the numbers of animals shot.

MARINE BILL - Advocates for Animals' Campaigns Director, Ross Minett, said: "This new research showing continuing declines in seal populations is most concerning and reinforces the need for the Government to use the new Marine Bill to give seals full legal protection. Now more than ever there are overwhelming animal welfare and conservation reasons to end the unnecessary killing of seals by members of the fishing and fish farming industry.

The vast majority of people of Scotland expect our Government to bring this slaughter to an end. Members of the public can quickly and easily support our campaign to protect seals at www.lookoutforseals.org."

Thousands of people have supported Advocates for Animals' LOOK OUT for SEALS campaign and responded to the Scottish Government's recent consultation on a new Marine Bill asking for an end to the killing of any seals on Scottish waters. Such a move would be supported by 75% of people in Scotland
October 2008 - New figures reinforce importance of Advocates for Animals' campaign to end needless seal killing. Advocates... more

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10 days ago

Election day brings two critical victories for animals in the United States

World Society for the Protection of Animals - Elections go to the dogs (and pigs, cows, and chickens)! The election results... more

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10 days ago

Make Yourself Beautiful

Act beautiful for animals WSPA has teamed up with international cosmetic and beauty chain The Body Shop to ask people around... more

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10 days ago

Dead manatee found in Croydon

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP - A dead manatee was found earlier this week near the banks of the Delaware River in Croydon. The mammal, an... more

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Asst. Fire Chief Admits Beating Puppy in Self Defense

RIVERSIDE -- This is one fence between neighbors that will never be mended.

Was the beating of a puppy self-defense, or animal cruelty? Now it's up to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office to try to uncover the truth. "I just think he's an evil person. How can any human being just murder a puppy for no reason?" dogowner Shelley Toole says fighting through tears her family can't sleep.

They say Monday, their next-door neighbor, in some kind of violent rage, beat their puppy so badly the dog had to be put down. Karley was a six-month old shepherd mix. What may surprise many people is the fact that the neighbor is Los Angeles County Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson.

An online biography lists a stellar 30-year career with the department. It says he's an expert in counter-terrorism, among other areas. But his neighbors of the last ten years have a very different picture of the man. Jeff Toole, Shelley's husband, says he believes Chief Johnson "needs a lot of help." We tried to talk with the public safety official Wednesday night, knocking on his front door repeatedly and calling out for him. But no one answered.
He was home because we later discovered he had called police to tell them to make sure we stay off his property.

Riverside County investigators tell KTLA the fire chief admits to beating the dog -- but says it was in self-defense because Karley attacked him viciously. The Tooles say Monday evening, Karley got out and went to neighbor Travis Staggs' home. He lives on the other side of Chief Johnson's house.

Staggs says he was walking Karley home when Johnson stepped in and said he would take the dog back home. Staggs says he reluctantly handed over the puppy, and that's when it happened in Johnson's front yard. Travis Staggs tells KTLA that Glynn Johnson simply started beating the dog, and that the dog had not attacked Johnson first.

According to this witness, Johnson hit the dog repeatedly with a closed fist, put his hands in the puppy's mouth and tried to break its jaws, and eventually beat the dog over the head repeatedly with a large rock from the front yard. Staggs says he tried to stop the attack but couldn't. The Toole family later decided to have Karley put down because of the extent of her injuries.

"It scares me, knowing I live next-door to this man," says Travis Staggs.

The Tooles say they will take civil action against the assistant fire chief regardless of the outcome of the criminal investigation. Riverside County deputies tell KTLA they are conducting more interviews with witnesses in an attempt to determine what really happened in this case. If detectives find enough evidence that the dog beating was unwarranted, they will hand the case over to the district attorney for a possible animal cruelty charge, which is a felony.

The Tooles say there is a "history of violence" with Glynn Johnson, and deputies say they are looking into these claims as well. "This man needs to go to prison for what he did," says Shelley Toole. She adds, "Karley was my baby, and he took her away from me."

RIVERSIDE -- This is one fence between neighbors that will never be mended. Was the beating of a puppy self-defense, or... more