neglect and abuse

Greyhound racing

Animal Rising plan to disrupt the Greyhound Derby final at Towcester Racecourse on July 1st

In a protest against the abuses suffered by racing greyhounds in the UK after they are no longer useful as racers, the animal rights group, Animal Rising, have announced on Twitter their plan to disrupt the Greyhound Derby final at Towcester Racecourse on July 1st, 2023. It is a bold public announcement which has attracted …

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Security guards enjoying the moment

Culture change in China desired as indicated by support of fan’s football pitch invasion

An 18-year-old football fan who idolises Lionel Messi, the world’s most famous and perhaps most talented footballer and an Argentinian team member, has captured the imagination of the Chinese public by bravely jumping down from the stands in a dangerous manoeuvre and running onto the pitch at the Workers’ Stadium during a friendly match between …

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Beagles in animal testing

In the UK, lab animals are not protected by major animal welfare legislation

This is a weakness in UK animal welfare in my view. It’s a weakness in the legislation which has been highlighted by Laura Harris MP in the House of Commons in a debate which was very sparsely populated by members of Parliament by the way. Indicative of MP attitudes to animal welfare?? She refers to …

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Dog abuse by a transport security agent

Transport Security Administration agent abuses his working dog companion

This is the tweet accompanying the video below: Animal cruelty is a potential sign of sociopathy. Being a TSA employee is a surefire sign, though. The video It is outrageous that this employee is abusing his working dog in this way in plain sight of anyone and everyone in the vicinity which is why someone …

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Shooting of stray dogs in Macedonia

Macedonia’s legalised brutality against stray dogs

Struge It has come to my notice that in parts of Macedonia (at least) the authorities have instigated the mass killing of stray dogs by it seems any means possible; often by shooting. For instance, there is a petition on the change.org website after the Mayor of Struge authorised these shootings. It has been signed …

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Yulin cat and dog meat festival

How can the 10-day dog meat market in Yulin be called a FESTIVAL!?

Twitter tweet says: #Yulin 2023, 21st June to 30th June, 10 days where eating dogs becomes a ‘festival’. The dog meat trade occurs every day but during these dates torture and killing is celebrated by this ‘festival’. This tweet opened my eyes on the bizarre description from a European standpoint of the special market that …

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Dog in cage in Vietnam waiting to be brutally slaughtered for their flesh to feed humans

Cultural sensitivities allow Vietnamese dog meat traders to barbarically kill dogs

Twitter understands me! Whenever I go to Twitter, they offer up to me images that incense me. They drive me to blog about them. To rage inside. To cry inside. To feel powerless. To feel impotent. I can’t stop this Vietnamese dog cruelty. Just writing that sentence risks a backlash from a Vietnamese person who’ll …

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Treating animals as inanimate objects by putting them in tiny cages where they can't move when they are prizes

Puppy as a prize put in a tiny cage so he can’t move (animals become ‘objects’)

Animals as prizes put in tiny cages so they can’t move (animals become ‘objects’). The Twitter tweet states: “May 1st, Kaifeng, Henan China Animals put in small cages as prizes. The little dog couldn’t stretch his limbs inside, and was trembling every time someone threw a circle.” Sorry but this disgusts me. A demonstration of …

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Dog curled up at side of road where she was abandoned by her owner with some dry food

Sad photo of ‘disposable’ dumped dog curled up on roadside for 2 days

It appears that the dog was dumped on a remote road in freezing conditions and waited where she was dumped for 2 days until rescued. A testament to the connection the dog felt towards her caregiver. An emotional bond that was not reciprocated. This is the caption to the photo on Twitter: “I was there …

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Woman on mobility scooter drags her dog behind her (video)

This is a cross post from my main website PoC. I think that it is worth posting twice because it’s an interesting case of negligence really. An elderly woman is on a mobility scooter on the road and tethered to that mobility scooter is her slightly overweight (in my view) black-and-white dog. Clearly, the dog …

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One of the puppies that died

Newark veterinarian charged with mistreating dogs

NEWS AND COMMENT-NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA: Ehren Seth Yablon, 44, of Hillside is under arrest having been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty to dogs in his care. He worked at Newark Veterinary Hospital on Wilson Avenue. In one example, on June 28, 2021, a client brought her English bulldog to the veterinary clinic …

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Scandalous abuse of racing greyhounds with some doped and ‘disappearing’ when no longer useful

NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: It doesn’t matter what article you read online, and it doesn’t matter whether you are researching the treatment of racing greyhounds in Scotland or in England, and I suspect any other country in the UK, you come across wide ranging abuse of the dogs. Abuse both during their working lives and at …

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Sweetest Shih Tzu was so badly neglected he no longer resembled a dog and smelt of rotten flesh

NEWS AND COMMENT-SINGAPORE: This is an extraordinary story of animal neglect. The owners of this elderly Shih Tzu calmly walked into an animal rescue in Singapore, HOPE Dog Rescue Singapore, and relinquished him. They appeared to have been totally blind to the fact that they had neglected their dog for the entirety of his life. …

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