Animal Cruelty and Animal Crime Weekly Round Up

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Max Sentences for Animal Abuse & Dog-Fighting Ring Leaders - 22,465 people have helped this campaign.

To help by signing the petition, click here!

 "Robert Reyes, Elizabeth Reyes, and Maria Jazo should be prosecuted to the fullest extent on the law for the continues a abuse of over 4 dozen dogs, breeding animals for the purpose of dog-fighting, and the murder of countless dogs who's bodies where found on their property. Animal abusers need to pay the price, please set a strong example."

 These poor dogs. Animal abuse cannot be tolerated in any form! Lets use this horrific example for what happens when you abuse animals! http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article86274537.html. 
Remembering Cecil the lion, one year later.
Remembering Cecil the lion, one year later - Twelve months later, the memory still hurts.

 It’s been one year since the trophy killing of Cecil, the famous black-maned African lion.
Cecil died because Walter Palmer, the wealthy American dentist, went on a head-hunting exercise. But tragically, the beautiful lion’s death was far from an isolated incident—and that’s why this anniversary matters.

 American trophy hunters like Palmer bring back 126,000 international heads and hides every year, from innocent elephants and rhinos to big cats like leopards and lions like Cecil. It’s up to wildlife supporters like you, Friend, to stop them.

 Together, we can save lives. Will you sign the pledge and agree to stand with HSLF and end trophy hunting, both in the U.S. and abroad, for good?

 This is what we’re up against: Safari Club International members target a list called the Africa Big Five, which includes lions like Cecil, African elephants, rhinos, leopards, and Cape buffalo. Traveling the globe and amassing the heads and hides of all five of these majestic creatures is one of 30 special hunting awards that Safari Club members can “earn.”

 To win all of the awards, a Safari Club hunter would have to shoot more than 320 different species and subspecies of large animals. In the process, they disrupt families and packs and bring death to some of the rarest and most majestic creatures on earth.

 By working together to end trophy hunting, we can put a huge damper on the Safari Club International’s twisted idea of fun. More importantly, we’ll preserve important species and save thousands of innocent lives. That’s why we’re asking you, today, to stand with us to end the senseless killing of wildlife.

 We can’t save Cecil, but we can make sure his death wasn’t in vain. Please add your name today!

 Less than four weeks from today the Doomsday Clock tolls. South Korea's dog slaughterfest known as Boknal Days will begin. Thirty days!

 If you haven't yet sent your contribution to help halt the stomach-turning torture and crude murder of dogs during this year's Boknal Days, I implore you: 

 Give generously now so together we can DOCUMENT, EXPOSE, and ALERT THE WORLD to the horrors about to unfold. Please donate today!

 May you never, so long as you live, witness a dog being electrocuted. Beaten to death. Boiled alive. May you never hear the screams or smell the smells or see the struggle.

 Boknal Days have been called "the cruelest dog meat festival EVER on earth."

 If there is any way you possibly can be a defender of the innocent dogs and cats of Boknal Days now, then we can – we WILL – bring the real truth before the entire world.

 Just 30 days remain until the suffering and slaughter begin, all so the flesh of dogs can be sold in soups and so-called human "health" tonics.

 I ask you: Is it not worth our full measure of courage and support now to slow the suffering ... to stop it? Are the animals not worth our outrage and our fighting spirit?

 The donation you give now – and the speed with which you give it – will determine the resources IDA has in hand when the Boknal Days battle begins.

 Please be there beside us to catch the stacked-high trucks in the act when they roll into the meat markets, carrying cage after filthy cage filled with broken, barely alive, dogs.  Be there to document the squalor at soul-crushing dog meat farms.

 Be the fire in our hearts at Boknal Days this year and every year, until EVERY dog has their Freedom Day, and this terrible meat trade is shut down for good.

 Strengthen standards of care for dogs in puppy mills.
A litter of puppies in a cage.
Animal advocates across the nation cheered in 2008 when the Pennsylvania General Assembly amended the “Dog Law” to strengthen standards of care for dogs in “puppy mills,” but just two years later the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture gave in to pressure from the puppy mill industry and created exemptions for nursing mothers and their puppies.

 The puppy mill operators complained about how much the humane standards would cost—proving yet again that puppy mills view dogs as mere products in a factory.

 Help us fight to strengthen the "Dog Law" in Pennsylvania.

 Thanks to your support, the Animal Legal Defense Fund was able to sue the Department of Agriculture for this blatant industry giveaway that helps puppy mills remain a scourge on Pennsylvania. Our lawsuit has been ongoing since Summer 2014. Just this month we argued our Motion for Summary Judgment before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. There’s no way to tell how long it will be before we have a decision.

 We need your help to keep fighting for the thousands of mother dogs and their puppies.

 The Department of Agriculture exemptions allow nursing mothers and puppies to be caged all day and confined with wire strand flooring that leads to severe injuries including splayed feet, cysts on paws, and painful abrasions. The exemptions also dramatically reduce requirements for access to an outside exercise space for nursing mothers and puppies. While the Dog Law requires constant, unfettered access outside to fresh air and exercise, the regulations only require that nursing mothers and their puppies be allowed outside just once per day.

 Dogs should not have to live in these dangerous conditions. We are their voice, and you can help us fight for them.

 Please make a tax-deductible donation today to support our lifesaving work.
Giant Inflatable Bulls Chases Protesters With Message for Obama at White House
On Wednesday at the White House, two life-sized inflatable bulls chased a dozen PETA supporters wearing the traditional Running of the Bulls white outfit with red sashes and carrying a giant sign that reads, “Obama: Say ‘No’ to Running of the Bulls.” The action came in the midst of speculation that President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to Spain will include a stop at the San Fermín festival’s annual bull run, during which dozens of bulls are struck and terrorized as they slip and slide down narrow streets on their way to be violently killed in Pamplona’s bullring.

Justice for Juma the Jaguar. Once again there has been another needless animal death. This time it was in the name of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Juma, an endangered Jaguar, was trotted out on a chain for an Olympic torch event. Despite many people, unfamiliar surroundings, and lots of noise, Juma showed no signs of aggression during the event. Hours later, she would be shot dead.

 Juma was being kept at a zoo in the Amazon. The zoo is maintained by the military, and on that day the jaguar escaped into an open space at the zoo. There were no civilians in the area and the animal was shot with tranquilizers. Before they were able to take effect, the animal approached a soldier who shot and killed Juma.

 This would have never happened had Juma had not been used for a photo-op.

 One of the world’s biggest events should know better. Wild animals have no place being forced into stressful, unnatural situations for our entertainment or publicity. Ironically, the jaguar is the mascot of the 2016 Olympics. There is now one less jaguar -- already extinct in Uruguay and El Salvador -- because of the games.

 We need to be sure this never happens again. To do so, we are requesting an official investigation by the Brazilian army. This is the only way we will know what happened, who was responsible for requesting the jaguar, and set in place measures to be sure this never happens again.

 This petition will be delivered to: Brazilian Army

 Grand Canyon Bison Might Become Hunting Trophies. The National Park Service finds the species has historical roots in Arizona, but hundreds need to be removed to make the herd sustainable.
A report from the National Park Service has granted the 600 or so bison roaming near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon “native” status but also claims that there are too many in the region, so the herd must be thinned.

 That’s good and bad news for the species.

 First, the designation as native wildlife means the option for wildlife officials to completely remove the animals from the park is off the table. But the report suggests that hundreds need to be removed to get the herd down to a “sustainable” level—estimated between 80 and 200 individuals.

 In its findings, the National Park Service acknowledges the bison living in the region descend from a herd brought to northern Arizona by a rancher in the early 1900s who attempted to crossbreed the bison with cattle.

 That determination has led groups such as Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to question whether bison should be in the region at all, as the 2,000-pound mammals can have negative impacts on the landscape, other native wildlife, and archaeological sites.
But digging deeper into history—some 11,000 years or so—wildlife officials concluded from archaeological records that the region has long been home to small, dispersed herds of bison, and the park should be considered the edge of the animal’s historic range.

 Glenn Plumb, acting chief of science and resource management at the Grand Canyon, said now that bison are regarded as native wildlife and not an exotic species, the National Park Service can manage them under its wildlife policy for native wildlife.

 “We’re not going to manage them to get rid of all of them,” Plumb told Grand Canyon News. “There will be no hunting in Grand Canyon National Park. Long-term hunting will continue, as I understand, on National Forest lands.”

 The end goal would be to keep a “very low” population density in a 330-square-mile area across Grand Canyon National Park and the Kaibab National Forest lands.

 Still, PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch feels that the report gives park officials the leeway to allow hunting, as one management option listed in the report notes the opportunity for “skilled volunteers” to lethally remove bison in the park, allowing for up to 15 percent of the herd to be killed annually until the goal population of under 200 is reached.

 “This plan would turn Grand Canyon into a game farm managed for the benefit of Arizona Game and Fish,” Ruch said in a statement, claiming that “skilled volunteers” is a euphemism for hunters who are selected by the park. “Slaughter should not become a routine park wildlife management strategy.”

 Craig McMullen, supervisor at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s regional office in Flagstaff, said his office is pleased with the report’s conclusions.

 “The bison are a valuable native component of the experience for visitors to the Kaibab Plateau, but there are too many right now,” McMullen said in a statement. “The ultimate goal is to manage this important bison population at appropriate levels for the enjoyment, appreciation, and use of the public.”

 Identical bills introduced in the House and the Senate this year by Rep. Paul Gosar and Sen. John McCain (both Arizona Republicans) would pave the way for state-licensed hunters to kill bison within the park’s boundaries and harvest the meat. The bills tout the hunts as a cost-saving measure that would expedite delayed action from the National Park Service.

 “We can’t afford to allow more devastation to be caused to the park while the Park Service twiddles their thumbs trying to come up with an expensive plan,” Gosar said in a statement. “We have a plan, and it puts Arizona hunters to work doing what they love, accomplishing this important task for free.”

 If Congress were to pass the bills, known as the Grand Canyon Bison Management Act, they would have to be integrated into the National Park Service’s plan.

 Arizona permits hunting for bison at the House Rock Wildlife Area just outside the park boundaries. Permits are highly sought-after, but opportunities to kill bison have diminished, as the animals are spending more time within the hunting-free confines of Grand Canyon National Park.

 Elephants and their tusks. Rhinos and their horns. Sharks and their fins.

 Each of these iconic creatures has been cruelly slaughtered in unsustainable numbers for their parts. The United States outlawed the trade of elephant tusks and rhino horns to help save these animals from extinction. But not sharks and their fins?

 Sharks and our oceans need YOU to help change that right now.

 Watch our video on shark finning and support our proven fight against this inhumane practice >>
Warning: Video contains graphic content.

 Stop Pig Wrestling (Hug-a-Pig) in Tomah WI. The Monroe County Fair in Tomah, Wisconsin is a beloved tradition in southern Wisconsin. The community comes together to enjoy family-friendly entertainment and local culture. Unfortunately, the fair is not fun for everyone. The infamous "hug a pig" event is not only falsely named, it is extremely inhumane and cruel to these gentle creatures.  
This event entails three-person teams chasing a little pig around a small muddy pit, ultimately trying to stuff her into a tank before their time runs out. While the crowd cheers on with excitement, the terrified pigs struggle desperately to get away from the manhandling and assault they will endure if they are caught.

 On June 16, 2016 the Stoughton pig wrestling contest in Wisconsin was canceled partly because of a Change.org petition which was signed by over 10,000 people.

 These events are common during fairs across the state and you can easily search videos of them online demonstrating that these animals are mistreated. This event must end. All animals have the right to be treated with dignity.
We are imploring the Monroe County Fair Board, please cancel your planned pig wrestling contest.

 According to a Professor of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis, while these events seem harmless, they cause physical and emotional harm to the pig. They are considered “prey” animals and instinctively fear being chased by a predator. The pigs often urinate or defecate out of sheer terror while being chased and wrestled. Pigs are sensitive, loving creatures and they deserve to be treated with respect.

 Join the Alliance for Animals and the Environment in calling on the Monroe Fair Board to cancel this cruel event and replace it with a humane alternative activity. Please sign this petition and share it with others.

 This petition will be delivered to:
Tomah City Council
Mary Ann Kamiskey
Tomah Fair Board
Tomah City Council
Luke Bohlen
Tomah City Council
Mike Murray
Tomah City Council
Chris King
Tomah City Council
Eric Prise
Tomah City Council
Lamont Kiefer
Tomah City Council
Wayne Klling
Tomah City Council
Larry Siekert
President, Monroe County Ag Society
Chris Schreier
Monroe County Ag Society
David Schreier
Monroe County Ag Society

Shae Fox

24 U.S. Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Executed Help Us Save the Rest 

In Defense of Animals
At least 24 of 140 bomb-detecting sniffing dogs have been executed in Kuwait by a US security company, with 25 more dogs unaccounted for as well.  The retirement of canine officers, military or otherwise, should be of the utmost importance to a society that values its animals and its protectors, making  news of this treachery and abuse enraging. These dogs were civilian working dogs, trained to detect explosives at oil refineries. But when Eastern Securities, the crooked firm they were exploited by, lost its contract, CEO Bill Baisey and Project Manager Tony Touchet ordered the killing of the dogs by their kennel cleaner, purportedly so they would not have the expense of caring for and relocating them.

 It is only thanks to brave Kuwaiti whistleblower, Furij Al Furaij, that the dog killings have come to light. Former Eastern Securities employees, and US dog vendors have now come forward to reveal longstanding abuse of dogs, failure to treat injured and ill dogs, working dogs with cancer, food and water deprivation, and directors failing to act on routine kicking of the dogs by handlers.
Eastern Securities has also been exposed for recruiting impoverished workers from third-world nations and holding them against their will, stripping them of their passports, work visas and cell phones, and often refusing to pay salaries. Click here to read more and take action.

Shut down Russia's 'Animal Concentration Camps'!

In Defense of Animals
In April, concerned locals and animal advocates were finally allowed to enter Bano Eco, an animal "shelter" in the Veshnyaky district of Moscow. What they discovered there was like a scene from a horror film; dogs and cats buried in mass graves; newborn animals suffocated and disposed of in plastic bags in rooms where others were still living; animals with untreated infections; and dogs cut open with organs hanging out. In short, an "animal concentration camp."

 Thanks to the hard work of local activists, all remaining, barely-alive animals were rescued, and the shelter has been closed down.

 But the horror doesn't stop here...

 Bano Eco Director Vera Vladimirovna Petrosyan runs a chain of animal shelters. Bano Eco is contracted by the state to take in every animal off the street - no matter their condition or age. Once in Bano Eco's clutches, the dogs and cats have little chance, since they are not offered for adoption. Conditions are reportedly terrible across the board, with dirty water and inadequate food - if it's provided at all, - no enrichment or exercise, injured or ill animals abandoned to starve and die a slow painful, death.

 By not spending taxpayer funds to care for and re-home the animals, the money can be pocketed by shelters. It is believed that around $5,000,000 has been laundered through Bano Eco since 2014. Click here to read more and take action.

Two Dogs Starved and Dumped One Dog Dies in Our Arms 

In Defense of Animals
A couple of weeks ago, Hope Animal Sanctuary responded to a call from a member of the public who found a pair of emaciated female dogs left for dead in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The dogs were in such a severely distressed condition, it is a miracle they hadn’t already died. Their poor bodies had eaten every ounce of fat in an effort to stay alive. They were too weak to even lift their heads - the only movement from either of them was from their little eyes, sunken back into the sockets.

 We named the pair Hope and Faith, willing them to live, to cling to life so they can know real love and happiness. Devastatingly, it was not to be. Despite our most diligent round-the-clock care, little Faith passed away. On top of being cruelly neglected, she was suffering from a rare and poorly-understood illness.

 Survivor Hope is receiving specialist care with us at Hope Animal Sanctuary. Her rehabilitation will take months, but we are here for her every step of the way. We are optimistic that she will make a full recovery.

 The identity of the person who starved and dumped Faith and Hope remains a mystery. We want to find the cruel perpetrator and bring him or her to justice. Whoever did this could face up to six months incarceration and a fine of $2,500. We are offering a substantial reward of $2,500 to bring in a conviction. Click here to read our press release and to help if you live in Pontotoc.