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Forgive Michael Vick?
Good Luck With That

OPINION

Dec 23, 2010 10:59 AM CST

Forgive Michael Vick? Good Luck With That

Meghan Daum: Our 'pure rage' on animal cruelty stories is hard to overcome

(Newser) - Michael Vick's stated desire to get a dog someday has people seething with predictable intensity, and Meghan Daum doesn't expect it will ever quite go away. "There's just something profoundly upsetting about an animal being hurt," she writes in the Los Angeles Times . Her point isn't to bash...

Piggy Banks Made From
Real Pigs Cause Ruckus

Nov 10, 2010 6:50 PM CST

Piggy Banks Made From Real Pigs Cause Ruckus

Humane Society in Canada is not amused

(Newser) - A website known for outrageous products has hit a nerve with its latest: a piggy bank made from an an actual piglet. The description of the item on TheCheeky.com notes that the "taxidermied" bank is made only from piglets that have died of natural causes. Nonetheless, it's a...

Puppy Found
With Severed Jaw

Jul 8, 2010 4:29 AM CDT

Puppy Found With Severed Jaw

He finds love at NY auto body shop

(Newser) - The horrible news is owners of an upstate New York auto shop found a mangled puppy in the back of a client's van. The good news is the pup has been patched up and the couple is adopting the tail-wagging hound. The malnourished 8-month-old pit bull, Rockford, was discovered huddled...

10 Celebs Accused
of Animal Abuse

Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM CDT

10 Celebs Accused of Animal Abuse

Yes, even the Dog Whisperer made it on the list.

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian is PETA’s latest target, but her crime (holding a kitten by the scruff of the neck) is tame compared to what other celebrities have been accused of. The Frisky rounds up nine more who are in the doghouse with animal rights organizations:

Paris Hilton: She has a

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Shocking
Egg-Farm
Film Reignites
Animal Debate

Apr 8, 2010 5:44 AM CDT

Shocking Egg-Farm Film Reignites Animal Debate

Humane Society video sparks new battle with farmers

(Newser) - A video showing chickens being slammed into metal crates has reignited a battle between the Humane Society and farmers. The footage, shot by an undercover Humane Society volunteer, shows chickens held in battery cages over enormous manure pits and chickens being violently shoved into a euthanizing chamber. "We're asking...

Switzerland to Vote
on Lawyers for Animals

Mar 3, 2010 5:50 PM CST

Switzerland to Vote on Lawyers for Animals

Public prosecutors would specialize in abuse cases

(Newser) - Swiss voters will go to the polls on Sunday to vote on a referendum that would provide lawyers for animals. If they approve it, and the Swiss government follows suit, every state in Switzerland would appoint a special attorney to pursue abuse cases, Der Spiegel reports. Farmers, hunters, and pet...

'Bile Farmers' Turn
Bears' Lives
Into Misery

Feb 17, 2010 3:00 PM CST

'Bile Farmers' Turn Bears' Lives Into Misery

Keepers extract bile from their gall bladders to sell

(Newser) - The moon bear is a threatened species in Vietnam and other South Asia nations, and a gruesome trend is making matters worse. Moon bear "farmers" keep thousands of the bears caged, then crudely extract bile from their gall bladders with a syringe to sell for reputed benefits in Chinese...

I'm a Celeb
Contestants
Charged in
Rat-Eating

I'm a rat, get me out of here!

Dec 6, 2009 9:05 AM CST

I'm a Celeb Contestants Charged in Rat-Eating

Animal-rights activists not amused by stunt

(Newser) - Turns out that killing and eating a rat on I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here was a bad idea on many levels—including the animal cruelty charges that two contestants are now facing. Series winner and chef Gino D'Acampo and actor Stuart Manning are facing charges in Australia...

Rights Group Films
Workers Grinding
Chicks Alive

Sep 1, 2009 2:08 PM CDT

Rights Group Films Workers Grinding Chicks Alive

Animal rights group uncovers disgusting practices at Iowa egg hatchery

(Newser) - An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted male chicks by tossing them live into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor. Chicago-based Mercy for Animals said it shot the video...

Vick: 'I Cried
So Many Nights'

Aug 17, 2009 3:27 AM CDT

Vick: 'I Cried So Many Nights'

(Newser) - Disgraced football star Michael Vick spent long nights in prison "crying" over what he did to "the animals" in his dog-fighting operation, and the mess he made of his life, he said on 60 Minutes yesterday. "The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that...

Man Charged With 2nd Sex Attack on Horse

Jul 30, 2009 2:15 AM CDT

Man Charged With 2nd Sex Attack on Horse

'I feel like I've been raped,' says angry owner

(Newser) - A shotgun-toting stable owner rigged a stall with a surveillance camera to catch an unbridled perv having sex with her horse—again, authorities said. "I feel like I’ve been raped,“ said the furious owner, who caught the suspect getting down to business on a chair behind her...