Green Options » animal cruelty http://greenoptions.com/tag/animal-cruelty Posts tagged 'animal cruelty' Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:45:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en MSNBC to Air 2 Hour Special on Animal Conservation: “100 Heartbeats” http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/11/19/msnbc-to-air-2-hour-special-on-animal-conservation-100-heartbeats/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/11/19/msnbc-to-air-2-hour-special-on-animal-conservation-100-heartbeats/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:45:52 +0000 Daniel Hohler http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/11/19/msnbc-to-air-2-hour-special-on-animal-conservation-100-heartbeats/

Writing for GreenOptions I sometimes get contacted by PR firms wanting to promote projects. Sight unseen I usually shrug them off, I happen to only write about items that I have seen or used, and can feel good about endorsing. When MSNBC contacted me the other day with a preview of a new special on animal conservation, I figured it was probably more of the same stories I have seen over and over again. However, when I watched the preview it sucked me in. It is hosted by Jeff Corwin, a famous naturalist you have probably seen on TV. I can say wholeheartedly that this looks like something that I can feel good about endorsing.

Every 20 minutes a species will go extinct, 20,000 species this year, and this Sunday, November 22, 8PM Eastern MSNBC will be airing “100 Heartbeats” hosted by Jeff Corwin to fight back. You can watch the preview here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33490448#33490448

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/11/19/msnbc-to-air-2-hour-special-on-animal-conservation-100-heartbeats/feed/ NASA to Irradiate Monkeys. Horrible Animal Experiments or a Sign of Progress? http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/10/30/nasa-to-irradiate-monkeys-horrible-animal-experiments-or-a-sign-of-progress/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/10/30/nasa-to-irradiate-monkeys-horrible-animal-experiments-or-a-sign-of-progress/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:32:29 +0000 Daniel Hohler http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/10/30/nasa-to-irradiate-monkeys-horrible-animal-experiments-or-a-sign-of-progress/

When I first read the news that NASA was going to start experimenting on monkeys with radiation to study the effects of deep space travel, my heart sunk. As an anthropologist who has studied non-human primates I have seen up close the emotions, the feelings, and the physical qualities we share with our evolutionary cousins. My mind went back to shooting chimps into space, not caring if they lived or died. To cruel (and now illegal) experiments of all kinds performed on our closest living relative.

Now NASA is planing to irradiate squirrel monkeys. Scientists are particularly interested in studying how the radiation impacts the monkeys’ central nervous systems and behaviors over time. Messing with the monkeys brains. Oh great!

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/10/30/nasa-to-irradiate-monkeys-horrible-animal-experiments-or-a-sign-of-progress/feed/ 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/ Tiger Cub Dies at Zoo — To Attract More Tourists http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/18/tiger-cub-dies-at-zoo-to-attract-more-tourists/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/18/tiger-cub-dies-at-zoo-to-attract-more-tourists/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:48:43 +0000 Rhishja Larson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/18/tiger-cub-dies-at-zoo-to-attract-more-tourists/ White tiger cub image for article about dead tiger cub at Indore Zoo

A white tiger cub has died at India’s Indore Zoo after zoo authorities decided to keep a litter of sick cubs on display to attract more tourists.

A short life wasted: One of three white tiger cubs born in March at the Indore Zoo is now dead - due to zoo authorities’ decision to release the cubs prematurely into an enclosure where they could be viewed by tourists.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/18/tiger-cub-dies-at-zoo-to-attract-more-tourists/feed/ What the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/09/15/what-the-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/09/15/what-the-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:00:19 +0000 Emily Konkler http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/09/15/what-the-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know/ Leather Shoes

While researching Olsenhaus, a brand I was going to write about today, I came across one of the links on their website entitled ‘What the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know.’ Being incredibly disgusted and mortified by the brutality of animal abuse within the fashion industry, I thought I would post word for word what Olsenhaus taught me and why in fact they are a vegan line of shoes. (My post on those shoes to come. This is by all means far more important than a frilly post about hot eco-shoes.)

Warning…if you wish to be oblivious to the horrible ethics of the fashion industry, don’t read. If you care to be enlightened and morph into a better human being, by all means, read on and prepare yourself for some brutal images.

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]]> http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/09/15/what-the-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know/feed/ Bull Tormented and Tortured to Death During Annual Festival http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/05/bull-tormented-and-tortured-to-death-during-annual-festival/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/05/bull-tormented-and-tortured-to-death-during-annual-festival/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:34:25 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/05/bull-tormented-and-tortured-to-death-during-annual-festival/ Black Bull

The Toro de la Vega festival is an annual event held each year in Tordesillas, Spain.  Like many festivals, crowds of people look forward to the event and line the streets.  But unlike many fests held around the world, this event is known for one particular tradition.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/05/bull-tormented-and-tortured-to-death-during-annual-festival/feed/ Shark Repellent, Saves Sharks! http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/08/shark-repellent-saves-sharks/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/08/shark-repellent-saves-sharks/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:28:42 +0000 Daniel Hohler http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/08/shark-repellent-saves-sharks/ Bat Spray

We have all been waiting for this day. Finally, shark repellent has arrived to the world… except this shark repellent is not used to save humans from sharks. No this shark repellent was made to save sharks from humans. With good reason, while only about 4 people die of unprovoked shark attacks each year, humans kill an estimated 73 million sharks each year. You do the math and tell me who is the biggest threat to whom?

Many sharks are inadvertently killed in fishing equipment used for tuna, swordfish, and other commercial fish. This is called bycatch. These unwanted sharks are often thrown back into the ocean dead, dying, or injured.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/08/shark-repellent-saves-sharks/feed/ Popular Gator Killed by Poachers in Texas http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/02/popular-gator-killed-by-poachers-in-texas/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/02/popular-gator-killed-by-poachers-in-texas/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:12:32 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/02/popular-gator-killed-by-poachers-in-texas/ Green Water Gator

A 13-foot, 600-pound alligator was killed in a state-managed coastal preserve just north of the Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC) in Pasadena, Texas.  The alligator, estimated to be 50-years-old, was a popular tourist attraction at the Center and possibly one of the largest gators in the state. 

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/02/popular-gator-killed-by-poachers-in-texas/feed/ Horses Stolen and Brutally Butchered for Meat in Florida http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/01/horses-stolen-and-brutally-butchered-for-meat-in-florida/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/01/horses-stolen-and-brutally-butchered-for-meat-in-florida/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:15:01 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/01/horses-stolen-and-brutally-butchered-for-meat-in-florida/ Mountain Pony 

Since January, nearly 20 horses have been stolen and brutally killed in Florida. The latest horse was stabbed in the neck and most likely still alive when butchered.

Officials believe the mutilated horses are being killed for their meat which is being sold on the black market. Buying or selling horse meat is illegal in South Florida, according to Crime Stoppers. The killings, which are occurring in and around the Miami area, are leaving owners heartbroken and devastated at the loss and senseless brutality of their beloved horses.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/08/01/horses-stolen-and-brutally-butchered-for-meat-in-florida/feed/ Crippled Baby Elephant Chhouk: Now Walking and Running on Prosthetic Foot http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/crippled-baby-elephant-chhouk-now-walking-and-running-on-prosthetic-foot/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/crippled-baby-elephant-chhouk-now-walking-and-running-on-prosthetic-foot/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:35:45 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/crippled-baby-elephant-chhouk-now-walking-and-running-on-prosthetic-foot/ Asian Elephant and Baby

Several years ago, orphaned baby Chhouk was found wandering alone in the forest without a foot.  The endangered Asian baby elephant apparently lost his left front foot due to injuries sustained from a poacher’s snare.

Rescued in a remote area of northeastern Cambodia, the injured elephant was transported by truck to the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in what turned out to be a very difficult and treacherous 26-hour journey.  Besides being severely malnourished, his stump was badly infected and nearly 5 inches of infected tissue was removed.  Balance issues and severe strain made walking on three feet nearly impossible.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/crippled-baby-elephant-chhouk-now-walking-and-running-on-prosthetic-foot/feed/ Multiple Car Crash After Snakes Escape from Man’s Pants http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/multiple-car-crash-after-snakes-escape-from-mans-pants/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/multiple-car-crash-after-snakes-escape-from-mans-pants/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:38:30 +0000 Andrew Williams http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/multiple-car-crash-after-snakes-escape-from-mans-pants/

A man lost control of his car and caused mayhem in a Connecticut street, after two snakes escaped from his pants.

Angel Rolon told police that he lost control of his sports utility vehicle after the baby reptiles distracted him by slithering over the throttle and brake pedals. Eyewitnesses then report seeing the 20-year-old’s vehicle swerving as he made a desperate bid to catch the creatures.

Alas, his efforts were to no avail, and the SUV crashed into some nearby parked cars before overturning in a street in Hartford, Connecticut.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/29/multiple-car-crash-after-snakes-escape-from-mans-pants/feed/ Canary Bird-Fighting Ring Busted http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/27/canary-bird-fighting-ring-busted/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/27/canary-bird-fighting-ring-busted/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:27:36 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/27/canary-bird-fighting-ring-busted/

Saffron Finch

Police agencies raided a Connecticut home on Sunday, just in the nick of time. 19 people were arrested in connection with a bird-fighting operation that was about to take place that very morning.   While many people are familiar with cock-fighting and dog-fighting, this particular raid turned up something quite different.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/27/canary-bird-fighting-ring-busted/feed/ Abuse at the Circus: Disturbing Undercover PETA Video Alleges Elephant and Tiger Abuse http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/abuse-at-the-circus-undercover-peta-video-claims-elephant-and-tiger-abuse/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/abuse-at-the-circus-undercover-peta-video-claims-elephant-and-tiger-abuse/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:21:54 +0000 Jace Shoemaker-Galloway http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/abuse-at-the-circus-undercover-peta-video-claims-elephant-and-tiger-abuse/ Asian Elephant

Earlier this week, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released undercover video footage showing employees of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus allegedly abusing elephants and tigers.

The abuse, caught on tape by an undercover PETA investigator, allegedly occurred in seven different states across America over several months. The footage shows handlers allegedly whipping and beating 11 circus elephants in the face, chest, ears and legs with bullhooks.  

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/abuse-at-the-circus-undercover-peta-video-claims-elephant-and-tiger-abuse/feed/ Journalists Arrested, Attacked with Clubs for Filming Seal Slaughter http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/21/journalists-arrested-attacked-with-clubs-for-filming-seal-slaughter/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/21/journalists-arrested-attacked-with-clubs-for-filming-seal-slaughter/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:35:41 +0000 Bryan Nelson http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/21/journalists-arrested-attacked-with-clubs-for-filming-seal-slaughter/ Seal

Sealers wielding clubs for the purpose of killing seals attacked two journalists, one from the UK and one from South Africa, who were filming the brutal Namibian seal cull last week.

The journalists were then arrested and jailed at the Henties Bay Police Station in Namibia, and their camera and video was confiscated by authorities. The British and South Africa Embassies are demanding their immediate release.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/21/journalists-arrested-attacked-with-clubs-for-filming-seal-slaughter/feed/ In Unusual Twist, Shark Attack Survivors Lobby for Sharks http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/in-unusual-twist-shark-attack-suvivors-lobby-for-sharks/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/in-unusual-twist-shark-attack-suvivors-lobby-for-sharks/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:37:10 +0000 Beth Bader http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/in-unusual-twist-shark-attack-suvivors-lobby-for-sharks/ @Beth Bader

Image ©Beth Bader

Nine shark attack survivors will lobby the Senate to put new restrictions on fishing for sharks. The current legislation, Shark Fisheries Management Plan, implemented in the late 1990s, and the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000 has failed to prevent thirty-two percent of the sharks and rays that live in the open ocean from being classified as “threatened” this year by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/in-unusual-twist-shark-attack-suvivors-lobby-for-sharks/feed/ BC Wildlife Officials to Tourists: Don’t Put Seal Pups in Your Car http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/bc-wildlife-officials-to-tourists-dont-put-seal-pups-in-your-car/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/bc-wildlife-officials-to-tourists-dont-put-seal-pups-in-your-car/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:00:29 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/bc-wildlife-officials-to-tourists-dont-put-seal-pups-in-your-car/ This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post.

A tourist from Calgary found a lone seal pup while in British Columbia.  She thought the pup needed rescuing, so she put it in her car wrapped in a blanket then called the police.  Most likely, the pup was not abandoned.  Canada.com explains:

According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, mother seals will often leave their pups shortly after birth. They will often return to their pups within 24 hours provided conditions are right, one of those being that humans aren’t nearby.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/15/bc-wildlife-officials-to-tourists-dont-put-seal-pups-in-your-car/feed/ Breeding Tigers for Commercial Trade in Body Parts: World Bank Says No Way, Calls for Ban on Tiger Farming http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/14/breeding-tigers-for-commercial-trade-in-body-parts-world-bank-says-no-way-calls-for-ban-on-tiger-farming/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/14/breeding-tigers-for-commercial-trade-in-body-parts-world-bank-says-no-way-calls-for-ban-on-tiger-farming/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:55:19 +0000 Rhishja Larson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/14/breeding-tigers-for-commercial-trade-in-body-parts-world-bank-says-no-way-calls-for-ban-on-tiger-farming/ Photo of endangered tiger cub.

Tiger farming in China - breeding tigers for slaughter to sell body parts - denounced by World Bank.

The World Bank has debunked the notion that tiger farming could benefit conservation of the species and stated that tiger farming “could even drive wild tigers closer to extinction.”

Dr. Susan Lieberman, director of the species program at WWF, welcomes the World Bank’s support: “Stopping all trade in tiger parts, and phasing out these tiger farms, is of the utmost urgency if the tiger is to survive in the wild.”

World Bank Director, Keshav Varma added: “Commercial trading in tiger parts and its derivatives is not in the interest of wild tiger conservation.”

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/14/breeding-tigers-for-commercial-trade-in-body-parts-world-bank-says-no-way-calls-for-ban-on-tiger-farming/feed/ Dumbo Behind Bars: Elephant-Sized Controversy Arises Over Captive Elephants http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/06/23/dumbo-behind-bars-elephant-sized-controversy-arises-over-captive-elephants/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/06/23/dumbo-behind-bars-elephant-sized-controversy-arises-over-captive-elephants/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:45:07 +0000 Ruedigar Matthes http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/06/23/dumbo-behind-bars-elephant-sized-controversy-arises-over-captive-elephants/

For years and years parents have taken their children to zoos to see exotic animals, animals that they don’t get to see everyday. They want to see lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! High on the the list of animals to be seen are elephants, nature’s gentle giants. These cute, (hardly) cuddly animals are the largest of the land mammals. But all of that could change. Elephants could be removed from zoos forever if In Defense of Animals (IDA) and a handful of scientists and activists get their way.

June 20 highlighted the International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos.  In Defense of Animals (IDA) and activists in over 30 cities worldwide (including L.A., Washington D.C., and more) participated in a day of demonstration to inform the public about the travesty of keeping Dumbo locked up - even Salt Lake City had one demonstrator brave the torrential rain in order to bring justice to our big grey friends.

Elliot M. Katz, DVM, President of IDA said that ”Zoos can no longer ignore the mounting scientific evidence of the devastating effects of captivity on elephants.” Infanticide, Herpes and tuberculosis are just a few of the ailments prevalent in captive elephants, and zoo populations are not self sustaining, unlike populations in natural environments.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/06/23/dumbo-behind-bars-elephant-sized-controversy-arises-over-captive-elephants/feed/ Bullfighting Soon to be Banned in Spain? http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/20/bullfighting-soon-to-be-banned-in-spain/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/20/bullfighting-soon-to-be-banned-in-spain/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 09:02:34 +0000 Levi Novey http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/20/bullfighting-soon-to-be-banned-in-spain/ The romantic imagery painted of Spanish bullfighting in Ernest Hemingway’s famous book The Sun Also Rises might soon be the stuff of history. Spain is edging ever closer to banning the sport.

A bullfight in Spain

Thanks to a petition with 180,000 signatures, the regional government of Spain’s northeastern Catalonia area will soon debate banning the sport tied so closely to Spain’s image. Recent polling indicates that less than 30% of Spanish citizens like bullfighting, reflecting an overall trend that animals should be treated more humanely.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/20/bullfighting-soon-to-be-banned-in-spain/feed/ European Union Votes to Ban Seal Products http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/05/european-union-votes-to-ban-seal-products/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/05/european-union-votes-to-ban-seal-products/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 16:42:09 +0000 Marika Collins http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/05/05/european-union-votes-to-ban-seal-products/

Members of European parliament voted this morning to ban seal products, further tightening the noose on Canada’s archaic and cruel commercial seal hunt. With members voting 550 to 49 in favor of the ban, Europe has sent Canada a clear message: Europeans do not support the hunt.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) welcomed the EU decision. The ban represents a welcome victory in the IFAW’s forty year campaign to end the hunt.

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