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Cruelty To Animals

Consider it done :(

Report not totally accurate but the dog was mistreated. May the Morrigan send her crows to pluck theur eyes out.

A volunteer with Kildare and West Wicklow Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has said some reports regarding the discovery of a dog in Kildare are not accurate and had been misinterpreted.

The dog was found in a bad condition and badly injured on an area of charred rubbish at the Curragh, she said. He had scorch marks on his ankles. He may have died of malnutrition, she said, but they did not know the cause of death.

Earlier reports said the dog died after being apparently cooked alive over a fire. The volunteer, who was called out to the animal last Monday morning, said there was nothing to suggest the dog was set on fire. She said he was not hog-tied and it was not true to say he was roasted on a spit.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0129/676495-dog-fire-kildare/
 
I don't remember this story being posted around the time:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ead-cats-plastic-bags-woods-new-york/8141177/


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Lucky save

A Florida dog was tied to railroad tracks and shot twice, but survived after police rescued the animal before she was hit by an oncoming train, authorities said.

The mixed-breed dog, named Cabela, was in stable condition but requires a leg amputation, according to the Tampa Police Department, which is investigating

Officers found the dog, who had been shot in the neck and shoulder, tied to the tracks with a belt.

http://tinyurl.com/obff52e
 
Why do they have pets then do this? Pathetic, sick, bullies :angry:
 
Crufts poisoning: Irish Setter dies after being poisoned while competing at the dog show

Crufts, the international jamboree of canine excellence, found itself at the centre of allegations of lower deeds on Sunday after a prize-winning Irish Setter collapsed and died of a suspected poisoning within a day of appearing at the renowned dog show.

A post-mortem examination found cubes of meat in the stomach of the Irish Setter which contained granules of material identified by a vet as a likely cocktail of slow-acting poisons. Toxicology tests are now being carried out to identify the suspected toxins

Willem Lauwers, 36, whose wife Aleksandra raised Jagger with his British co-owner, told The Independent the only possible time when the dog could have ingested the meat is when he was briefly left unattended at Crufts on Thursday morning

Link to full article at Independent

EDIT: Oh dear - it all seems to be kicking off in the comments about the story over at Dog World
 
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Strange and disturbing:
Mevagissey 'tourist' swings swan round by neck
9 July 2015

A man thought to be a tourist grabbed a swan by its neck and swung it around in a "cruel" attack.
The man, said to be in his 60s, slammed the swan into a harbour wall in the Cornish fishing village of Mevagissey according to witnesses.
The swan, known as Nobby and much loved in the village, was left bleeding and battered after the attack on Tuesday.

Police are investigating the offence and "exploring the possibility" the attacker was a German holidaymaker.
Debs Johnston, who regularly feeds the swans, said: "This guy apparently just grabbed him by the neck and was slamming him into the wall."
Miss Johnston went with an RSPCA officer to find Nobby at the nearby beach of Pentewan on Wednesday where they found he was missing all of his flight feathers.
A witness, who did not want to be named, said the man thought to have carried out the attack then got on to a German tour coach.

Devon and Cornwall Police said they wanted to speak to a man in his 60s, around 5ft 8in tall, wearing cream trousers and a red and orange top, in connection with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
A spokesman said: "We received a report of a male offender who seemed to grab an adult swan by the neck and swing it around then throw it to the ground, resulting in injury to the swan's wing.
"This was a cruel offence which has caused unnecessary suffering to the swan."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-33457305
 
Horrible bastard Kraut. If I'd been there I would have thrown him into the harbour.
 
Police are investigating the offence and "exploring the possibility" the attacker was a German holidaymaker.

A witness, who did not want to be named, said the man thought to have carried out the attack then got on to a German tour coach.

What's the betting that this isn't one of the multifarious opportunities in which the European arrest warrant can be employed?
 
An animal rights activist was beaten with a duck by a Spanish woman defending one of the country's most bizarre and controversial festival traditions.

The man was whacked with the bird while he filmed the annual "duck chase" in the Catalonian seaside town of Roses, where every August ducks are thrown into the Mediterranean and then caught and brought back to the shore by swimmers.

"Continue, continue. Continue to abuse, I am filming you. A little bit of empathy for the animals. They also have a life, like your children or your family," the man who was filming can be heard saying in a video of the incident released by animal rights group Animal Rescue Espana.

The footage shows a young woman wearing a white bathing suit attack the man with a duck -- holding it by the legs as she repeatedly lashes him with it.

- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/world/animal-rights-activist-beaten-duck-spain#sthash.4IcVkE73.dpuf
 
From todays Daily Telegraph:-

Zoo's star cockerel dies after being chased by children

Jack the Cockerel dies after running into tree while being chased by children

By Nicola Harley

6:45PM BST 20 Aug 2015

A zoo's star cockerel has been killed after running unto a tree while being chased by children.

The children were seen harassing and chasing poultry in the farmyard area at Tropical Wings Zoo in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, while a group of adults looked on laughing.

The cockerel, called Jack, crashed into a tree while trying to escape from the children on Wednesday.

Zoo manager Jay Wood told the BBC: "In the farmyard we have three roaming Orpington chickens and on this occasion, and the only occasion we've ever experienced, some kids were behaving incredibly badly and harassed the cockerel so much that he ran into hiding, but while doing that he ran into a tree and passed away.

A general view of the entrance to Tropical Wings ZooA general view of the entrance to Tropical Wings Zoo Photo: SWNS

"It's very upsetting to see or hear about such behaviour in our zoo. We don't tolerate that behaviour to our animals."

He said the zoo would be having "discussions in-house about further action we'll be taking", including possibly going to the police.

"We love what we do here, we're very saddened by the whole event because we work towards a clear mission to provide the best possible welfare for all the animals in our care," he added.

The zoo said in a statement on Facebook that other visitors had photographed the family and if they tried to return they will be barred.

It said: "We are incredibly sad and disgusted that a family allowed their group of children to harass and chase poultry in our farmyard area, resulting in the death of a much-loved cockerel.

"Keepers nearby were alerted to the situation and reacted quickly but sadly could not save the animal.

"Senior management were on the scene within minutes and witnesses described what had occurred, but the offenders were not identified as they had left the area.

"We now however gratefully appreciate that visitors have since come forward with a photograph of the offending family and their description of the appalling event, during which the adults in the family group reportedly laughed at the traumatic outcome.

"The visitors did not feel comfortable to identify the offenders at the time and they needed to assure themselves that these offenders had left the site before feeling able to come forward.

"Sadly we were unable to apprehend this family at the time but staff will be provided with this photograph should they try to visit our zoo again. They will of course be banned."

The zoo said its staff have been left "shocked and devastated" by the incident.

It added: "We will never tolerate this behaviour towards any of our animals and staff will always intervene if they see visitors acting inappropriately. Interactive animal areas can only work with the co-operation of our visitors and any that abuse this opportunity will be asked to leave. Children must be supervised by a responsible adult at all times whilst within the zoo.

"We apologise to all visitors who witnessed this abhorrent behaviour and please be assured we will do our utmost to ensure such an incident will never occur in the future."

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ear...erel-dies-after-being-chased-by-children.html
 
Beheaded swan found by children at Cornish beauty spot - WARNING: potentially distressing images
By WBJeff | Posted: August 20, 2015

TWO young children found a beheaded swan in a creek near Truro.
Grandmother Theresa Whittaker was "disgusted" that anyone could kill the majestic animal near her home at Restronguet, and feared more could be found.

Mrs Whittaker said dozens of the birds had been in Restronguet Creek, behind her home, before her grandchildren, Brooke, 8, and 6-year-old Harper Oliver, who are visiting from Somerset, came across the distressing sight on the water's edge.
She said: "Over the past three or four days we've had 20 or 30 of them in the creek. Normally there are about 17, but have been more in the past week.
"We can only see four today so maybe more dead ones will be found.
"My grandchildren went out to feed them this morning and came in and told us what they found. They're really distressed. It's not a nice thing to see at all.
"Now I can't let them swim there."

Mrs Whittaker, 65, and her husband John, who are semi-retired from the hairdressing industry, said this was the first time they had seen such a dreadful act since moving to the area six years ago, although she had heard of such incidents elsewhere.
"It's absolutely disgusting," she added. "I don't understand people who would want to do that at all. They're just beautiful and why would you do it?
"I've previously heard suggestions that people have killed them to eat them, which is bad enough, and they're protected anyway."
Mr Whittaker said Cornwall Council's environmental health department was due to remove the carcass late this morning.

Killing a swan is an offence under UK law. The birds belong to the Crown under an ancient charter and are also protected by the Wildlife And Countryside Act. Swans are the property of The Queen and anyone who harms them may be prosecuted for criminal damage.
Until 1998 killing or injuring a swan was classed as treason, under an ancient law dating back to the 12th century.

Read more: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Beheade...tory-27645268-detail/story.html#ixzz3jWnIHwdi
 
Cat’s tongue severed, left on window sill

AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) Auburn Police are looking for someone who allegedly cut the tongue out of a house cat and left it on the window sill of its owner.


Carrot (Facebook)
The sun had just set on Sunday, Aug. 30 when Auburn Police were called to a home in the West Edge Trailer Court. There, Nicole Hart had just found her 2-year-old cat, Carrot, its fur blood-soaked, its tongue severed and placed on a window sill.

According to our news-gathering partners KPC News, Carrott had been outside for about an hour that evening. Hart first found blood in her garage, KPC reported. Then Hart found her cat.

“Just then, she jumped through the window, and she was just covered in blood,” Hart told KPC News.

“She’s got about a half a tongue left,” Hart said. “It’s a clean cut, so the vet knows it was cut off.”

She added, “There might have been more than one doing it, because no cat’s going to let you cut their tongue. She’s one of the most loving cats you’ll see, and the sad part is they probably just coaxed her to them.”

Auburn Police Chief Martin McCoy said his investigators have no leads and no suspects in the crime he called “heinous.” He told Newschannel 15 on Wednesday that he suspects more than one person was involved but he’s really not sure. McCoy asked that anyone with any information contact his office at (260) 920-3200.

“Whoever is responsible is a sick individual,” McCoy told Newschannel 15.

For now, though, Carrot is healing. The 2-year-old feline was treated by veterinarians at Auburn Hills Animal Hospital. Hart told KPC he is traumatized, but healing well. The cat has to drink kitten formula from a bottle and water from a syringe, and eat wet food, she said.

Hart added that Carrot is struggling to bathe himself without a tongue.

With veterinarian bills collecting, Hart has launched a GoFundMe account. The Justice for Carrot Top (Carrot) page has raised $610 to date.

Money helps. Justice, though, would help heal.

“Whoever did this,” Hart told KPC, “they need to be stopped.”

http://wane.com/2015/09/09/cats-tongue-severed-left-on-window-sill/


I hope I find him before the cops get him/her. :mad:
 
Cat’s tongue severed, left on window sill

http://wane.com/2015/09/09/cats-tongue-severed-left-on-window-sill/


I hope I find him before the cops get him/her. :mad:

This is a very strange story.

Assuming that this is genuine (and not a hoax of some sort), some form of anesthesis must've been used, even to gain access to hold the tongue. Not animal:animal interaction? Not guillotined, by licking a dropped window?

Note that this is a rare example of reciprocated ostension of an English language idiom

"What's the matter, cat got your tongue?"

This immediately hit me, from the story headline.
 
What kind of horror would do that to a cat?
Whoever they are, they may move onto humans next. Action now!
 
Man bites dog? Old news.

Toddler bites poisonous snake! To Death!

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/11/03/brazilian-boy-bites-kills-poisonous-snake/

"A mother whose 17-month-old son was playing in their backyard found the boy covered in blood while holding a poisonous snake in his mouth.
....
The boy had blood in his mouth and on his hands, and acted as if the snake was one of his toys, refusing to release the animal, Ferreira said, adding that she needed help from her husband to force the child to open his mouth.

The snake has been identified as a jararaca, an Amazonian viper that is one of the most venomous snakes in the Americas."
 
This mountain lion was cruelly treated for years, but finally there is a happy ending:
Watch Mufasa the mountain lion get released into the wild after spending 20 years chained in the back of a circus van
Mufasa is believed to have been the last wild animal in a Peruvian circus before his rescue
Chloe Farand

[Video - no commentary, just good music.]

A mountain lion, which is believed to be have been the last wild animal in a Peruvian circus, has been freed from the back of a truck where he had been chained for 20 years and released into the wild.
The mountain lion Mufasa was kept at the back of a pick-up truck with rusting circus equipment as the Peruvian circus, Circo Koreander, was moving across remote villages.

He was freed after an eight-hour stand-off between police and members of the circus and was released into Animal Defenders International's (ADI) Spirit of Freedom, a rescue centre near Lima for rehabilitation.

In 2011, Peru banned wild animals in circuses and campaigners at ADI continue to support the authorities to enforce the law.
In April, the ADI received information that a mountain lion was illegally kept chained by Circo Koreander circus, with a heavy harness and chains wrapped around his body.

In what they have described as a “dramatic” raid, the ADI and wildlife officials, supported by riot police, rescued Mufasa from the truck where he had been chained for 20 years, after being taken from the wild as a cub.
Mufasa was brought back to health in the rehabilitation centre and released in September in the Tambopata reserve in the Amazon rainforest in southeastern Peru, which harbours some of the least impacted habitat in the world.

ADI President Jan Creamer, who led the rescue team in Peru, described the site of Mufasa at the back of the pick-up truck as “heartbreaking" and said: “It is magical to see him moving about in and out of the trees in his own piece of protected forest.
"Mufasa was torn from the wild and has endured the worst possible life and will need special care so I hope people will help us give him a wonderful retirement by making a donation today.”

Nearly 100 animals have been rescued by the ADI and relocated to protected habitats in the Amazon since the start of an operation in January.
Peru is the second South American country to ban wild animals in circuses after Bolivia’s ban in 2009, the first country to ban all use of domestic and wild animals in circuses.
So far, 17 countries, not including the UK, have banned wild animals in circuses.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...pending-20-years-chained-in-the-a6743316.html
 
Police Chief Andrew Spencer of Sparta, MO resigned this week after it was revealed that hebrutally murdered a lost puppy whose owners had been desperately searching for him. Upon discovering the dog – Chase – right outside his owner’s home, Spencer reportedly herded it into a cage with a catcher pole, drove to the local gun range, mercilessly assassinated the puppy in its cage, and then dumped the body in the local “sludge field.”

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/police-chief-resigns-after-killing-lost-puppy-for-target-practice/
 
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