COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE – After the fall of Baghdad, one surprise awaiting U.S. soldiers was the group of the lions that stalked the grounds of a lavishly appointed presidential palace – half-starved, man-eating lions, it turned out, to which Saddam Hussein’s wildly depraved son Uday routinely fed romantic rivals. Someone had to care for the lions…more…
Posts Tagged ‘animal cruelty’
MASH Unit For Animals! Fort Carson in Colorado welcomes veterinary unit.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Suffolk County NY Law Targets Animal Abusers with Nations First Animal Abuse Registry
Monday, October 18th, 2010FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (CBS/AP) – Suffolk County, on the eastern half of Long Island, moved to create the nation’s first animal abuse registry last week, requiring people convicted of cruelty to animals to register or face jail time and fines…more…
Michael Vick – Top Dog with another set of wings again?
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010First he was a Falcon fighting dogs, now he is an Eagle and back in the saddle again. Caught this great article by Jelisa Castrodale at NBC sports…Two years ago, the thought of seeing Michael Vick scrambling around a football field again — evading defenders and leaving would-be tacklers with their arms around his shadow — seemed highly unlikely, if not flat-out impossible. You know why. Everyone knows why, even those who never watched his record-setting seasons at Virginia Tech, the ones who had no idea he’d been the NFL’s number one overall draft pick, or paid attention when he spent a pair of Februarys playing in the Pro Bowl…more…
Does Michael Vick deserve to be playing again? What do you think…
Farmhand gets 8 months in jail for beating Conklin dairy cows
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010A farmhand was sentenced Friday to eight months in jail for beating, kicking and stabbing calves and cows at an Ohio dairy farm…more