Animal Cruelty
What is the accepted term for large-scale dog breeders where puppies are raised in poor conditions?
What is the accepted term for large-scale dog breeders where puppies are raised in poor conditions?
Which of these companies does not use animals for testing purposes?
Which of these companies does not use animals for testing purposes?
Economy Breeds Animal Abuse and Neglect
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Fox Valley Humane Association officials are seeing an increase in animal abuse and neglect as the economy worsens.Jackie Chan PSA on Bear Bile Farming
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A passionate advocate for animals, Jackie Chan has once again teamed up with the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to create awareness of a little-known example of appalling cruelty to animals -- bear farming in Asia. Chan and WSPA have filmed a powerful 30-second PSA calling for an end to the cruel practice and showing the intense suffering and deplorable conditions bears on farms are forced to endure.
Circus handlers beat elephants
World-famous Ringling Bros Circus is again being accused of animal abuse but this time there is video proof of it.
Elephant handlers were filmed herding the animals together and randomly whipping them with bull hooks (a long pole with a metal point at the end) across the head, legs and body as they were led from holding pens to the stage. Loud cracking noises can be heard.
In one scene, a handler curse an elephant before using his whip to strike its trunk repeatedly.
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5-Legged pup rescued from freak show
Six week old Lilly was saved from a life in a Coney Island freak show thanks to an animal-lover Southerner who paid $4K for the pooch.
Allyson Siegel outbid a Brooklyn freak show operator to buy the pup because she couldn't bear the thought of the Chihuahua-terrier mix spending the rest of his years at the sideshow that features disfigured animals.
Otherwise healthy, the puppy was born in a litter of six.
See VideoMichael Vick: Should NFL ban him?
Fresh off a 23-month federal prison stint for financing and participating in a dog-fighting operation dubbed Bad Newz Kennels, Michael Vick, former quarterback for the Falcons, is expected to begin prepping soon for a possible return to the NFL but some say he should be barred for life.
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