Green Options » animal abuse http://greenoptions.com/tag/animal-abuse Posts tagged 'animal abuse' Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Bull Drowns After Horns Set on Fire During Spanish Fiesta http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/bull-drowns-after-horns-set-on-fire-during-spanish-fiesta/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/bull-drowns-after-horns-set-on-fire-during-spanish-fiesta/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:49:21 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/bull-drowns-after-horns-set-on-fire-during-spanish-fiesta/ Bull

Five minutes after a bull’s horns were set ablaze, the frantic animal dove into the sea to extinguish the fire and drowned.   The event took place during the Bous a la Mar fiesta, an annual fiesta that takes place each September in Javea, Spain, to honor Our Lady of Loreto. 

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/07/bull-drowns-after-horns-set-on-fire-during-spanish-fiesta/feed/ Elephants Run Amok in India Due to Abuse, Pollution http://ecoworldly.com/2009/03/12/elephants-run-amok-in-india-due-to-abuse-pollution/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/03/12/elephants-run-amok-in-india-due-to-abuse-pollution/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:43:31 +0000 Bryan Nelson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/03/12/elephants-run-amok-in-india-due-to-abuse-pollution/ In a deluge of incidents since last October, 14 people have been trampled or gored to death by rampaging elephants in the Indian state of Kerala. The usually mild-mannered, peaceful animals have likely been driven to retaliate due to polluted conditions and widespread abuse.

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In fact, these events merely mark the latest in a string of 938 instances over the last 3 years where elephants have run amok. During that span, 207 of the animals have died from mistreatment, and 70 mahouts, or elephant trainers, have been killed in the wake.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/03/12/elephants-run-amok-in-india-due-to-abuse-pollution/feed/ Top 5 States With the Worst Animal Protection Laws http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/18/top-5-states-with-the-worst-animal-protection-laws/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/18/top-5-states-with-the-worst-animal-protection-laws/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:27:09 +0000 Melissa Elliott http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/18/top-5-states-with-the-worst-animal-protection-laws/

The Animal Legal Defense Fund has released a new report showing that while animal welfare laws have made great progress in recent years, five states lag far behind.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/18/top-5-states-with-the-worst-animal-protection-laws/feed/ USDA Rescues Abused Elephant From Circus Trainer http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/11/13/usda-rescues-abused-elephant-from-circus-trainer/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/11/13/usda-rescues-abused-elephant-from-circus-trainer/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:05:27 +0000 Melissa Elliott http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/11/13/usda-rescues-abused-elephant-from-circus-trainer/ The USDA has confiscated Ned, a severely underweight male elephant from circus trainer Lance Ramos, aka Lancelot Kollman. Only the second elephant to have been confiscated by the USDA, Ned was taken from Ramos for failure to comply with the Animal Welfare Act and was placed with The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

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