There is an incredibly disturbing tweet on the Internet of dogs with large hooks through their lips and/or nose to which, we are told was connected a cable of some sort and the dog presumably placed in the sea and dragged behind a boat in …
NEWS AND COMMENT-COLOMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA USA: This ranks as one of the most disturbing animal abuse stories that I have read about over 14 years of reading animal welfare stories. Caroline Dawn Pennington, 47, has been arrested after she turned herself in this month. The …
NEWS AND COMMENT: In the soap opera trial of Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard, Amber Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez took the stand in Fairfax Virginia on Wednesday and testified about a ‘shocking’ allegation which took place on March 21, 2013. Is it shocking? She said …
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, …
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 …
Of course, there are many instances, millions of them, of great success in the relationship between humans and animals. They need to be recognised and praised. However, there are far too many instances of abject failure due to the inherent uncivilised nature of humankind which …
NEWS/COMMENT- IRPIN, UKRAINE: For me, this is a distressing picture of an animal caught up in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There are many animals who have been killed and injured. Many have been taken by their owner/refugees to Poland and other adjacent countries. This …
NEWS AND COMMENT – COVENTRY, UK: The kind of person who would dump seven dogs on a street in Coventry fascinates me. I don’t understand it. I don’t know how a person can do this. It is quite unusual to see the actual act of …
NEWS AND COMMENT-WEST VIRGINIA CAPITOL BUILDING: The governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, performed a demeaning stunt on his British Bulldog at the end of his televised State of the State address last Friday. Both Mr Justice and his bulldog, Babydog, are obese by the …
