By Wayne Flower
From: Herald Sun
October 08, 2010
THE sickening stabbing and mutilation of a former champion show horse in Melbourne is one of the worst cases of animal cruelty, an RSPCA inspector says.
RSPCA senior inspector Daniel Bode today said the knife attack on 15-year-old dressage champion Cachet in an agistment paddock was "absolutely shocking".
"It's one of the worst cases I've seen," Mr Bode said today.
Mr Bode said the maximum penalty for aggravated animal cruelty in Victoria was two years imprisonment or a $24,000 fine.
"We'll be doing everything in our power to make sure that whoever has done this sort of cruelty is not allowed to do it again," he said.
Cachet's owner Michelle Azzopardi collapsed when she saw her beloved mare lying dead, covered with flies last Sunday in Epping.
"I was numb, in disbelief," she said, trying to hold back tears.
"My heart is broken. I haven't slept, I haven't eaten and not moved outside the house."
She said the image of Cachet dead and covered in blood keeps haunting her.
The senseless killing has been devastating for her and her family.
Willy, another family horse sharing the paddock with Cachet, is fretting for her friend and hasn't eaten all week.
Ms Azzopardi said Cachet must have been targeted.
Her paddock is off the road, away from other horses, and whoever did it would have had to walk up a long laneway to reach her, she said.
But the other mystery is Cachet is wary of strangers.
Ms Azzopardi said the mare would have run away or reared at an approaching stranger.
She said it must have been two or more attackers because the horse would have been too strong for one person to subdue.
"She had been stabbed three times at least and her neck had been scalped," Ms Azzopardi said.
"They cut her mane and cut at least two inches into her flesh down her neck.
"They have to be mentally sick for someone to do this to an innocent horse.
"She was beautiful, cheeky, she would run around the paddock and try to bite me, playing.
"If I took too long to feed her she would stamp her feet at me."
Ms Azzopardi last saw Cachet alive last Friday.
Police are appealing for anyone with any information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
http://www.news.com.au/national/horse-cachet-stabbed-scalped-in-fatal-attack-at-epping/story-e6frfkvr-1225935756449#ixzz11yQ6szHT
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Horse Cachet stabbed, scalped in fatal attack at Epping
By Wayne Flower
From: Herald Sun
October 08, 2010
THE sickening stabbing and mutilation of a former champion show horse in Melbourne is one of the worst cases of animal cruelty, an RSPCA inspector says.
RSPCA senior inspector Daniel Bode today said the knife attack on 15-year-old dressage champion Cachet in an agistment paddock was "absolutely shocking".
"It's one of the worst cases I've seen," Mr Bode said today.
Mr Bode said the maximum penalty for aggravated animal cruelty in Victoria was two years imprisonment or a $24,000 fine.
"We'll be doing everything in our power to make sure that whoever has done this sort of cruelty is not allowed to do it again," he said.
Cachet's owner Michelle Azzopardi collapsed when she saw her beloved mare lying dead, covered with flies last Sunday in Epping.
"I was numb, in disbelief," she said, trying to hold back tears.
"My heart is broken. I haven't slept, I haven't eaten and not moved outside the house."
She said the image of Cachet dead and covered in blood keeps haunting her.
The senseless killing has been devastating for her and her family.
Willy, another family horse sharing the paddock with Cachet, is fretting for her friend and hasn't eaten all week.
Ms Azzopardi said Cachet must have been targeted.
Her paddock is off the road, away from other horses, and whoever did it would have had to walk up a long laneway to reach her, she said.
But the other mystery is Cachet is wary of strangers.
Ms Azzopardi said the mare would have run away or reared at an approaching stranger.
She said it must have been two or more attackers because the horse would have been too strong for one person to subdue.
"She had been stabbed three times at least and her neck had been scalped," Ms Azzopardi said.
"They cut her mane and cut at least two inches into her flesh down her neck.
"They have to be mentally sick for someone to do this to an innocent horse.
"She was beautiful, cheeky, she would run around the paddock and try to bite me, playing.
"If I took too long to feed her she would stamp her feet at me."
Ms Azzopardi last saw Cachet alive last Friday.
Police are appealing for anyone with any information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
http://www.news.com.au/national/horse-cachet-stabbed-scalped-in-fatal-attack-at-epping/story-e6frfkvr-1225935756449#ixzz11yQ6szHT
From: Herald Sun
October 08, 2010
THE sickening stabbing and mutilation of a former champion show horse in Melbourne is one of the worst cases of animal cruelty, an RSPCA inspector says.
RSPCA senior inspector Daniel Bode today said the knife attack on 15-year-old dressage champion Cachet in an agistment paddock was "absolutely shocking".
"It's one of the worst cases I've seen," Mr Bode said today.
Mr Bode said the maximum penalty for aggravated animal cruelty in Victoria was two years imprisonment or a $24,000 fine.
"We'll be doing everything in our power to make sure that whoever has done this sort of cruelty is not allowed to do it again," he said.
Cachet's owner Michelle Azzopardi collapsed when she saw her beloved mare lying dead, covered with flies last Sunday in Epping.
"I was numb, in disbelief," she said, trying to hold back tears.
"My heart is broken. I haven't slept, I haven't eaten and not moved outside the house."
She said the image of Cachet dead and covered in blood keeps haunting her.
The senseless killing has been devastating for her and her family.
Willy, another family horse sharing the paddock with Cachet, is fretting for her friend and hasn't eaten all week.
Ms Azzopardi said Cachet must have been targeted.
Her paddock is off the road, away from other horses, and whoever did it would have had to walk up a long laneway to reach her, she said.
But the other mystery is Cachet is wary of strangers.
Ms Azzopardi said the mare would have run away or reared at an approaching stranger.
She said it must have been two or more attackers because the horse would have been too strong for one person to subdue.
"She had been stabbed three times at least and her neck had been scalped," Ms Azzopardi said.
"They cut her mane and cut at least two inches into her flesh down her neck.
"They have to be mentally sick for someone to do this to an innocent horse.
"She was beautiful, cheeky, she would run around the paddock and try to bite me, playing.
"If I took too long to feed her she would stamp her feet at me."
Ms Azzopardi last saw Cachet alive last Friday.
Police are appealing for anyone with any information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
http://www.news.com.au/national/horse-cachet-stabbed-scalped-in-fatal-attack-at-epping/story-e6frfkvr-1225935756449#ixzz11yQ6szHT
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Egrets shot to safeguard flights
Thursday, September 30, 2010
By Star-Advertiser staff
HILO » The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 80 cattle egrets were shot and killed in Keaukaha to protect planes at nearby Hilo Airport.
The department's state director of wildlife services, Mike Pitzler, said the birds were shot Monday from a boat on Lokoaka Pond.
Pitzler said officials don't want a "miracle on the Hudson River" happening on the Big Island, in reference to a US Airways plane that splashed down in the river in New York last year after a flock of geese disabled the jet.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported that it received many calls from people who complained about the noise from the shotgun blasts and about the birds being killed.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/newswatch/20100930_Newswatch.html
(Submitted by Sally Tully-Figueroa)
By Star-Advertiser staff
HILO » The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 80 cattle egrets were shot and killed in Keaukaha to protect planes at nearby Hilo Airport.
The department's state director of wildlife services, Mike Pitzler, said the birds were shot Monday from a boat on Lokoaka Pond.
Pitzler said officials don't want a "miracle on the Hudson River" happening on the Big Island, in reference to a US Airways plane that splashed down in the river in New York last year after a flock of geese disabled the jet.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported that it received many calls from people who complained about the noise from the shotgun blasts and about the birds being killed.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/newswatch/20100930_Newswatch.html
(Submitted by Sally Tully-Figueroa)
Egrets shot to safeguard flights
Thursday, September 30, 2010
By Star-Advertiser staff
HILO » The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 80 cattle egrets were shot and killed in Keaukaha to protect planes at nearby Hilo Airport.
The department's state director of wildlife services, Mike Pitzler, said the birds were shot Monday from a boat on Lokoaka Pond.
Pitzler said officials don't want a "miracle on the Hudson River" happening on the Big Island, in reference to a US Airways plane that splashed down in the river in New York last year after a flock of geese disabled the jet.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported that it received many calls from people who complained about the noise from the shotgun blasts and about the birds being killed.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/newswatch/20100930_Newswatch.html
(Submitted by Sally Tully-Figueroa)
By Star-Advertiser staff
HILO » The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 80 cattle egrets were shot and killed in Keaukaha to protect planes at nearby Hilo Airport.
The department's state director of wildlife services, Mike Pitzler, said the birds were shot Monday from a boat on Lokoaka Pond.
Pitzler said officials don't want a "miracle on the Hudson River" happening on the Big Island, in reference to a US Airways plane that splashed down in the river in New York last year after a flock of geese disabled the jet.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported that it received many calls from people who complained about the noise from the shotgun blasts and about the birds being killed.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/newswatch/20100930_Newswatch.html
(Submitted by Sally Tully-Figueroa)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Apples 'spiked' with pins and nails eaten by horses
Police are investigating after apples ''spiked'' with pins, screws and nails were left in a paddock and eaten by horses.
Published: 4:38PM BST 20 Sep 2010
At least 15 of the apples are thought to have been planted in the field off Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, East Sussex, with dressmaker pins and screws up to two inches long poking out of them.
Some of the fruit had already been half-eaten by the animals when they were discovered on Saturday morning.
Their owners now face an anxious wait to see if any of the horses have been harmed, as it could take more than 48 hours before it is known if any of the nine horses in the field have internal injuries.
Sarah Williams, who owns five of the horses kept at Rottingdean Riding Stables, described the incident as ''sick''.
She said: ''I despair that anybody would want to do this to innocent animals. They have eaten some of them but I have no idea how many. It is incredibly dangerous and just so worrying. We are just hoping they will all be all right and unharmed.''
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: ''This is an alarming incident. PCSOs are carrying out house-to-house inquiries to see if anyone has seen anything and to check if there is a history of any problems in the area.''
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0845 60 70 999.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8014435/Apples-spiked-with-pins-and-nails-eaten-by-horses.html
(Submitted by Rachel Carthy)
Published: 4:38PM BST 20 Sep 2010
At least 15 of the apples are thought to have been planted in the field off Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, East Sussex, with dressmaker pins and screws up to two inches long poking out of them.
Some of the fruit had already been half-eaten by the animals when they were discovered on Saturday morning.
Their owners now face an anxious wait to see if any of the horses have been harmed, as it could take more than 48 hours before it is known if any of the nine horses in the field have internal injuries.
Sarah Williams, who owns five of the horses kept at Rottingdean Riding Stables, described the incident as ''sick''.
She said: ''I despair that anybody would want to do this to innocent animals. They have eaten some of them but I have no idea how many. It is incredibly dangerous and just so worrying. We are just hoping they will all be all right and unharmed.''
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: ''This is an alarming incident. PCSOs are carrying out house-to-house inquiries to see if anyone has seen anything and to check if there is a history of any problems in the area.''
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0845 60 70 999.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8014435/Apples-spiked-with-pins-and-nails-eaten-by-horses.html
(Submitted by Rachel Carthy)
Apples 'spiked' with pins and nails eaten by horses
Police are investigating after apples ''spiked'' with pins, screws and nails were left in a paddock and eaten by horses.
Published: 4:38PM BST 20 Sep 2010
At least 15 of the apples are thought to have been planted in the field off Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, East Sussex, with dressmaker pins and screws up to two inches long poking out of them.
Some of the fruit had already been half-eaten by the animals when they were discovered on Saturday morning.
Their owners now face an anxious wait to see if any of the horses have been harmed, as it could take more than 48 hours before it is known if any of the nine horses in the field have internal injuries.
Sarah Williams, who owns five of the horses kept at Rottingdean Riding Stables, described the incident as ''sick''.
She said: ''I despair that anybody would want to do this to innocent animals. They have eaten some of them but I have no idea how many. It is incredibly dangerous and just so worrying. We are just hoping they will all be all right and unharmed.''
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: ''This is an alarming incident. PCSOs are carrying out house-to-house inquiries to see if anyone has seen anything and to check if there is a history of any problems in the area.''
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0845 60 70 999.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8014435/Apples-spiked-with-pins-and-nails-eaten-by-horses.html
(Submitted by Rachel Carthy)
Published: 4:38PM BST 20 Sep 2010
At least 15 of the apples are thought to have been planted in the field off Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, East Sussex, with dressmaker pins and screws up to two inches long poking out of them.
Some of the fruit had already been half-eaten by the animals when they were discovered on Saturday morning.
Their owners now face an anxious wait to see if any of the horses have been harmed, as it could take more than 48 hours before it is known if any of the nine horses in the field have internal injuries.
Sarah Williams, who owns five of the horses kept at Rottingdean Riding Stables, described the incident as ''sick''.
She said: ''I despair that anybody would want to do this to innocent animals. They have eaten some of them but I have no idea how many. It is incredibly dangerous and just so worrying. We are just hoping they will all be all right and unharmed.''
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: ''This is an alarming incident. PCSOs are carrying out house-to-house inquiries to see if anyone has seen anything and to check if there is a history of any problems in the area.''
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0845 60 70 999.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8014435/Apples-spiked-with-pins-and-nails-eaten-by-horses.html
(Submitted by Rachel Carthy)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
28 cats rescued from smelly Mo. hotel room
Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Animal control officers rescued 28 cats from a motel room in Columbia after receiving a complaint about the smell. Animal control supervisor Molly Aust said the cats were found Wednesday in a room at a Motel 6. She says the floor of the room was covered with a tarp, which was covered with cat waste and cat litter.
A 52-year-old woman who lived in the room was issued a summons for violating a city ordinance that limits Columbia residents to owning only four dogs or cats older than 6 months.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the cats were mostly oriental shorthairs, about 7 months to 1 year or more in age.
The cats were taken to the Central Missouri Humane Society, which said most of them were in good condition.
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Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_CATS_MOTEL
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Animal control officers rescued 28 cats from a motel room in Columbia after receiving a complaint about the smell. Animal control supervisor Molly Aust said the cats were found Wednesday in a room at a Motel 6. She says the floor of the room was covered with a tarp, which was covered with cat waste and cat litter.
A 52-year-old woman who lived in the room was issued a summons for violating a city ordinance that limits Columbia residents to owning only four dogs or cats older than 6 months.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the cats were mostly oriental shorthairs, about 7 months to 1 year or more in age.
The cats were taken to the Central Missouri Humane Society, which said most of them were in good condition.
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Information from: Columbia Daily Tribune, http://www.columbiatribune.com
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_CATS_MOTEL
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Graphic anti-whaling video released in protest of 'whale hunting plans'
A graphic anti-whaling video featuring Alice Dellal, the British model, appearing to paint with whale blood has been released, ahead of a key international meeting that could allow limited commercial whaling.
By Andrew Hough
Published: 7:00AM BST 16 Jun 2010
The one minute 21 second protest video, which has been posted on YouTube, was released by campaigners ahead of next week’s International Whaling Commission gathering in Agadir, Morocco.
Members of the international body, which regulates whaling, will meet to consider a controversial plan to legitimise the practice for the first time in a quarter of a century.
It is expected the 88 member nation body will approve a compromise between pro and anti-whaling countries, which could include allowing commercial whaling on a limited scale.
Conservationists fear any overturning of the ban on hunting whales could “potentially open the floodgates to whaling across the globe once again”. Britain is a strong supporter of the whaling ban.
On Tuesday, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) released the video in protest against the controversial practice.
It also started an online petition, where protest messages will be sent to world leaders who favour overturning the ban, including Barack Obama, the US President.
The video, narrated by Christopher Eccleston, the former Doctor Who star, shows Miss Dellal, 22, painting a wall with a brush that appears to be soaked in whale blood and animal body parts.
Miss Dellal, also a socialite who has been dubbed the new Kate Moss, said she was happy to lend her name to the short film.
“The whole thing (whaling) just sounds so wrong to me,” she said.
Profit-driven whale hunting has been banned for 25 years and international trade in whales or whale parts is forbidden under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
Japan, Norway and Iceland, the three countries which still hunt whales, have used loopholes in the moratorium to continue to track and kill the animals.
Japanese ministers on Tuesday threatened to pull out of commission if no progress was made to ease the banning.
It is estimated around 35,000 whales have been slaughtered since the ban was introduced in 1986.
Japan particularly hunts whales under the legal loophole that allows killing of the ocean giants for "scientific research" despite failing to hide the fact whale meat is sold in shops and restaurants throughout the country.
Japan targets culling up to 935 whales in the Antarctic each year although it was able to catch only about half of that number in its latest hunt because of harassment by militant anti-whaling activists.
But under the IWC draft proposal, the three countries would reduce their whale kills over the next decade, subject to tight monitoring, with Japan eventually cutting its Antarctic whale culls by three-quarters.
The whaling states would each be granted annual kill quotas through 2020, totalling nearly 12,000 specimens, in return giving up the right to invoke unilateral exemptions.
The 10-year deal is designed to create a pressure-free zone for hammering out a durable agreement.
But anti-whaling groups fear it will legitimate commercial hunting and provide an incentive to push for an overturn of the ban once the decade-long deal expires.
They also warn that ending the moratorium will threaten the long-term survival of whale populations and will be a symbolic defeat for countries trying to preserve the endangered species.
Anti-whaling states, including Australia and New Zealand, have also called the proposed whaling quota system unacceptable.
It is thought that Britain's opposition to whaling will go uncounted because EU members of the IWC vote as a block and Denmark is expected to support lifting the ban.
“This deal is not in the interests of whales and means a return to a world of industrial whaling,” said Chris Butler-Stroud, the WDCS chief executive.
The Australian government has announced that it will take Japan to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in an attempt to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Reports in the US have suggested the White House was leading a push within the commission to lift the ban on whaling against. Critics say Mr Obama was breaking a campaign promise to support such a lifting.
The US is said to have been concerned that if it blocks the plan, Japan will veto the renewal of IWC permission for small-scale whale catching by indigenous American peoples in Alaska.
Japan, which would be allowed to catch 120 whales a year under the plan, needs three quarters of the vote to lift the ban on whaling. It is thought it currently has support of just under half of the nations.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7830002/Graphic-anti-whaling-video-released-in-protest-of-whale-hunting-plans.html
By Andrew Hough
Published: 7:00AM BST 16 Jun 2010
The one minute 21 second protest video, which has been posted on YouTube, was released by campaigners ahead of next week’s International Whaling Commission gathering in Agadir, Morocco.
Members of the international body, which regulates whaling, will meet to consider a controversial plan to legitimise the practice for the first time in a quarter of a century.
It is expected the 88 member nation body will approve a compromise between pro and anti-whaling countries, which could include allowing commercial whaling on a limited scale.
Conservationists fear any overturning of the ban on hunting whales could “potentially open the floodgates to whaling across the globe once again”. Britain is a strong supporter of the whaling ban.
On Tuesday, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) released the video in protest against the controversial practice.
It also started an online petition, where protest messages will be sent to world leaders who favour overturning the ban, including Barack Obama, the US President.
The video, narrated by Christopher Eccleston, the former Doctor Who star, shows Miss Dellal, 22, painting a wall with a brush that appears to be soaked in whale blood and animal body parts.
Miss Dellal, also a socialite who has been dubbed the new Kate Moss, said she was happy to lend her name to the short film.
“The whole thing (whaling) just sounds so wrong to me,” she said.
Profit-driven whale hunting has been banned for 25 years and international trade in whales or whale parts is forbidden under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
Japan, Norway and Iceland, the three countries which still hunt whales, have used loopholes in the moratorium to continue to track and kill the animals.
Japanese ministers on Tuesday threatened to pull out of commission if no progress was made to ease the banning.
It is estimated around 35,000 whales have been slaughtered since the ban was introduced in 1986.
Japan particularly hunts whales under the legal loophole that allows killing of the ocean giants for "scientific research" despite failing to hide the fact whale meat is sold in shops and restaurants throughout the country.
Japan targets culling up to 935 whales in the Antarctic each year although it was able to catch only about half of that number in its latest hunt because of harassment by militant anti-whaling activists.
But under the IWC draft proposal, the three countries would reduce their whale kills over the next decade, subject to tight monitoring, with Japan eventually cutting its Antarctic whale culls by three-quarters.
The whaling states would each be granted annual kill quotas through 2020, totalling nearly 12,000 specimens, in return giving up the right to invoke unilateral exemptions.
The 10-year deal is designed to create a pressure-free zone for hammering out a durable agreement.
But anti-whaling groups fear it will legitimate commercial hunting and provide an incentive to push for an overturn of the ban once the decade-long deal expires.
They also warn that ending the moratorium will threaten the long-term survival of whale populations and will be a symbolic defeat for countries trying to preserve the endangered species.
Anti-whaling states, including Australia and New Zealand, have also called the proposed whaling quota system unacceptable.
It is thought that Britain's opposition to whaling will go uncounted because EU members of the IWC vote as a block and Denmark is expected to support lifting the ban.
“This deal is not in the interests of whales and means a return to a world of industrial whaling,” said Chris Butler-Stroud, the WDCS chief executive.
The Australian government has announced that it will take Japan to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in an attempt to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Reports in the US have suggested the White House was leading a push within the commission to lift the ban on whaling against. Critics say Mr Obama was breaking a campaign promise to support such a lifting.
The US is said to have been concerned that if it blocks the plan, Japan will veto the renewal of IWC permission for small-scale whale catching by indigenous American peoples in Alaska.
Japan, which would be allowed to catch 120 whales a year under the plan, needs three quarters of the vote to lift the ban on whaling. It is thought it currently has support of just under half of the nations.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7830002/Graphic-anti-whaling-video-released-in-protest-of-whale-hunting-plans.html
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
German student attacks Hell's Angels with puppy
Wednesday June 16, 02:38 AM
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.
German police said on Monday that after making his getaway from the Hell's Angels club, the 26-year-old dumped the bulldozer, causing a 5 km (3 miles) traffic jam near the southern town of Allershausen, local police said. He then fled to his home nearby where he was apprehended by the police.
"What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hell's Angels is currently unclear," said a spokesman for local police, adding that the student had lately been suffering from depression.
The puppy was now in safe hands, the spokesman added.
(Reporting by Max Chrambach, editing by Paul Casciato)
http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/100615/5/jmnk.html
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.
German police said on Monday that after making his getaway from the Hell's Angels club, the 26-year-old dumped the bulldozer, causing a 5 km (3 miles) traffic jam near the southern town of Allershausen, local police said. He then fled to his home nearby where he was apprehended by the police.
"What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hell's Angels is currently unclear," said a spokesman for local police, adding that the student had lately been suffering from depression.
The puppy was now in safe hands, the spokesman added.
(Reporting by Max Chrambach, editing by Paul Casciato)
http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/100615/5/jmnk.html
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Balinese Teen Marries The ‘Flirtatious’ Cow He Raped
12th, June 2010NGURAH Alit, 18, of Bali, indoensia, is charged with having sexual intercourse with a “flirtatious” cow.
Alit, of Yeh Embang, Jembrana, was caught shagging the cow by Gusti Ngurah Dinar, who describes Alit as “standing naked and holding the cow’s ass”.
Alit was stood on a mud terrace between two rice paddy fields. When confronted, Alit said he thought the cow was a young and beautiful girl. Says he:
“She was calling to me, making flattering comments, then I had sex with her.”
Not so says the court. She was the innocent party. Noooooooo means no. It’s rape. And Alit is scheduled to get two years bird. He will also pay a fine. And he has been made to marry the cow.
The cow needs to be cleansed. It will be drowned at sea in a Pecaruan cleansing ceremony to rid it of “dirty behaviour”.
Yeah she was asking for it.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/250505/strange-but-true/balinese-teen-marries-the-flirtatious-cow-he-raped.html
Monday, May 17, 2010
Chinese Astronaut Eats Anti-Terror Dog
CHINESE astronaut Yang Liwei is plugging his new book The Nine Levels between Heaven and Earth by revealing how he chowed down on dog while in space. The 44-year-old military veteran of the Shenzhou Five mission, writes:“Many of my friends are curious about what we eat [in space] and think that the astronauts must have some expensive delicacies, like shark’s fin or abalone. Actually we ate quite normal food, there is no need to keep it a secret.”Sharks in Space sounds good but Abalone In Space is the kind of cinematic hit we’ve been waiting for. Anyhow, the normal food is dog meat, specifically Huajiang dog.
Jill Robinson, the founder of Animals Asia, is offended:
“Yang Liwei is a role model for so many young people and he is one of China’s greatest heroes. We hope that he might recognise dogs as the heroes they are too: they found survivors after the Sichuan earthquake and protected people from potential terrorists during the Olympic games. Surely they deserve more.”What more than going into space? Other treats include – and note the presence of crabs, an noble beast that has for decades kept British shores free of invading crocodiles and the Chinese navy.
Day One: Lotus root porridge, crispy tofu with spring onions, braised yellow croaker fish, pork ribs with seaweed, spinach with minced garlic.
Day Two: Spicy pig skin, braised duck neck, hairy crab with ginger, chicken liver with chilli, pine nuts with sweetcorn, three-flavour soup.
Day Three: Poached egg in fermented rice soup, Harbin sausage, Huajiang dog, baby cuttlefish casserole, eel with green pepper, spicy beans with dried tofu.
Motorway service stations on the M1 take note…
http://www.anorak.co.uk/248306/strange-but-true/chinese-astronaut-eats-anti-terror-dog.html
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Police accuse woman of having sex with horse
POSTED: April 28, 2010
CLYMER - An Indiana County woman has been charged with having sex with a horse, state police at Indiana said Tuesday.
Dovie Lee Kerner, 46, of Plumville also allegedly had sex with other animals including a dog and a pig, court documents state.
The investigation began in November 2008 when it was reported by two officials from the Humane Society of Indiana County, police said.
One of the officials said she received a phone call from a confidential informant who asked her if it was illegal to have sex with an animal. When told yes, the informant said he had a video on his cell phone of Kerner having sex with a horse, court documents state.
Because of Kerner's alleged sexual activities with other men and animals, the informant, who had dated the woman, and his Jack Russell terrier both contracted sexually transmitted diseases, court documents state.
Kerner is charged with two counts each of obscene and other sexual materials and performances and disorderly conduct and one count of sexual intercourse with an animal.
The charges were filed before Magisterial District Judge George Thachik. No preliminary hearing date has been set, according to online court records.
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/529344.html?nav=742
CLYMER - An Indiana County woman has been charged with having sex with a horse, state police at Indiana said Tuesday.
Dovie Lee Kerner, 46, of Plumville also allegedly had sex with other animals including a dog and a pig, court documents state.
The investigation began in November 2008 when it was reported by two officials from the Humane Society of Indiana County, police said.
One of the officials said she received a phone call from a confidential informant who asked her if it was illegal to have sex with an animal. When told yes, the informant said he had a video on his cell phone of Kerner having sex with a horse, court documents state.
Because of Kerner's alleged sexual activities with other men and animals, the informant, who had dated the woman, and his Jack Russell terrier both contracted sexually transmitted diseases, court documents state.
Kerner is charged with two counts each of obscene and other sexual materials and performances and disorderly conduct and one count of sexual intercourse with an animal.
The charges were filed before Magisterial District Judge George Thachik. No preliminary hearing date has been set, according to online court records.
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/529344.html?nav=742
Monday, April 26, 2010
Gored Bullfighter Battles For His Life
12:18pm UK, Monday April 26, 2010
David Williams, Sky News Online
One of Spain's top matadors is fighting for his life after being gored in the groin during a bullfight in Mexico.
Jose Tomas received a 17-pint blood transfusion after the half-tonne bull plunged one of its horns 10cm into the fighter's left thigh, puncturing a vein and an artery.
Tomas had bled so profusely that bullring officials even appealed to the crowd to come forward for transfusions if they matched his relatively rare A- blood type.
Doctors later spent three hours trying to repair a femoral artery perforated in the fight in the city of Aguascalientes.
The director of the Miguel Hidalgo hospital, Geronimo Aguayo, said Tomas had shown "slight improvement" but remains in a grave condition.
Mexican television footage showed the acclaimed fighter being caught out by a quick turn from the animal during the bout, which was being held amid celebrations for an important national festival.
The beast attacked and lifted Tomas into the air, shaking its head with the matador dangling from its sharp left horn.
Once on the ground, Tomas rolled away and held his hands up as if to say he was OK, but a large, dark red stain was already seeping through his glittering gold suit.
The 34-year-old has suffered a number of serious gorings since returning to the ring in 2007 following his surprise retirement five years previously.
His comeback was met with a tremendous fanfare in Spain, whereupon Tomas told one interviewer "living without bullfighting is not living".
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Matador-Gored-In-Mexican-Bullfight-Jose-Tomas-Fighting-For-Life-In-Aguascalientes-After-Bout/Article/201004415620024
David Williams, Sky News Online
One of Spain's top matadors is fighting for his life after being gored in the groin during a bullfight in Mexico.
Jose Tomas received a 17-pint blood transfusion after the half-tonne bull plunged one of its horns 10cm into the fighter's left thigh, puncturing a vein and an artery.
Tomas had bled so profusely that bullring officials even appealed to the crowd to come forward for transfusions if they matched his relatively rare A- blood type.
Doctors later spent three hours trying to repair a femoral artery perforated in the fight in the city of Aguascalientes.
The director of the Miguel Hidalgo hospital, Geronimo Aguayo, said Tomas had shown "slight improvement" but remains in a grave condition.
Mexican television footage showed the acclaimed fighter being caught out by a quick turn from the animal during the bout, which was being held amid celebrations for an important national festival.
The beast attacked and lifted Tomas into the air, shaking its head with the matador dangling from its sharp left horn.
Once on the ground, Tomas rolled away and held his hands up as if to say he was OK, but a large, dark red stain was already seeping through his glittering gold suit.
The 34-year-old has suffered a number of serious gorings since returning to the ring in 2007 following his surprise retirement five years previously.
His comeback was met with a tremendous fanfare in Spain, whereupon Tomas told one interviewer "living without bullfighting is not living".
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Matador-Gored-In-Mexican-Bullfight-Jose-Tomas-Fighting-For-Life-In-Aguascalientes-After-Bout/Article/201004415620024
Thursday, March 18, 2010
UN animal conference tackles Mideast animal trade
By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer Zeina Karam, Associated Press Writer – Wed Mar 17, 4:55 am ET
BEIRUT – A 2-year-old lion, emaciated and barely breathing, is found in a tiny cage off a Beirut highway. Monkeys are hauled through the dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize falcons are kept in desert encampments by wealthy Arab sheiks.
The trade in endangered animals is flourishing in the Middle East, fueled by corruption, ineffective legislation and lax law enforcement.
"It's a problem in the Arab world that we can no longer ignore," said Marguerite Shaarawi, co-founder of the animal rights group Animals Lebanon.
The group is pushing for Lebanon to join the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, whose signatories are meeting this month in Qatar. It is the first time the 175-nation convention is meeting in an Arab country.
Lebanon and Bahrain are the only Arab countries yet to sign the convention.
Delegates at the U.N. conference are considering nearly four dozen proposals on a range of endangered species from rhinos to polar bears.
John Sellar, chief enforcement officer for CITES, said it is difficult to estimate the extent of the illegal trade in the Arab world, but Animals Lebanon estimates that it is the third largest illegal trade in the region, after weapons and drugs.
"Much of the illegal trade that takes place here is of a specialized nature," Sellar said, citing the example of prize falcons, kept by many Arab sheiks in desert encampments, particularly in the United Arab Emirates.
"We've also seen some smuggling of very exotic species ... like very rare parrots, young chimpanzees, gorillas and leopards that seem to be for the private collections of some of the rich individuals in the Gulf area," he said.
Several recent incidents have underscored the plight of animals in Lebanon — a country where the only law that refers to animal rights stipulates that anyone who purposely harms an animal has to pay a fine of up to $15.
Willem Wijnstekers, the secretary-general of CITES, said countries must have strong laws in place to discourage animal smuggling. Otherwise, he said, smugglers will simply see the penalties as part of the cost of doing business, and not a deterrent.
In December 2009, Animals Lebanon began a campaign against Egypt's Monte Carlo Circus after it received a tip that the circus animals — six lions and three tigers — did not have proper certificates and had not received water or food during the six-day trip from Egypt to Lebanon.
The group sent several activists and a veterinarian to the circus grounds to investigate, and they reported the animals were malnourished and that one cub had been de-clawed.
The circus was declared illegal in January after Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan sent the ministry's own experts to investigate, but the circus has appealed. While the case continues, the circus is still giving daily performances attended by small crowds.
"The case of the circus, and the trade of the lions and tigers, highlighted the urgent need to have Lebanon join CITES and protect these endangered species," Hajj Hassan said.
A circus employee at a recent performance denied the animals were treated badly.
"They say we are not feeding them. Look at them, do they look hungry to you?" the employee asked the audience as lions and tigers dutifully performed acrobatics around a caged tent near a highway just north of Beirut.
There was no official comment from the circus.
The animals looked healthy at the performance, weeks after the allegations were made.
In February 2009, Animals Lebanon managed to close down a zoo and rescue its 42 neglected and dying animals that had become a health hazard to its neighbors.
The starving animals languishing in dirty, rusty cages included bears, jackals, a chimpanzee, monkeys and a vulture that had apparently spent years tied by a chain that prevented it from flying or moving out of its cage, which measured just 20 square feet (2 square meters).
"The lion and chimpanzee died, but we flew the monkeys to a sanctuary in Wales and two bears to a sanctuary in Turkey," Shaarawi said. "I cannot describe the happiness I feel when we are able to rescue abused animals and find new homes for them."
In September, a 2-year-old lion cub was rescued by members of another local animal welfare organization after he was apparently abandoned off the main road in Beirut by the owner of the pet shop that imported him.
The severely dehydrated "King of the Jungle" was emaciated and malnourished with open sores on his body, according to Beta, the organization that rescued him. Beta tried to save the animal — which the group named Adam — but it died shortly after it was found.
There are similar problems across the region.
In Egypt, a gateway from Africa to the Middle East, there is a flourishing chimpanzee trade and exotic animals are frequently smuggled in and out. The owners are believed to bribe airport officials to look away.
Last year, panic broke out on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Egypt when a foot-long baby crocodile wriggled out of a passenger's hand luggage.
In blockaded Gaza, residents smuggle animals through tunnels that link the territory to Egypt to supply their private zoos. Smugglers proudly speak of hauling lions, monkeys and exotic birds through the underground passageways, making deals with animal smugglers in Egypt.
Most animals are drugged first, but in a particularly cruel practice, zoo owners usually rip out the teeth of lions to ensure they don't bite visitors.
Activists say many of the pet shops in Lebanon are unlicensed and keep the animals in appalling conditions without proper health care.
One pet shop owner who identified himself only by his first name, Elie, to avoid "trouble" from activists, scoffed at the allegations.
"Everything in here is legal," he says of the dogs, cats, parrots and rabbits he sells. Asked whether it was fair to keep a puppy locked up in a cage the size of a bird cage, he shrugged: "They are fine. It is only until I sell them."
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Associated Press writers Diaa Hadid in Gaza and Sarah El Deeb in Cairo contributed to this report.
___
On the Net:
http://www.animalslebanon.org/
http://betalebanon.org/
http://www.cites.org/
___
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_un_smuggling_animals
BEIRUT – A 2-year-old lion, emaciated and barely breathing, is found in a tiny cage off a Beirut highway. Monkeys are hauled through the dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize falcons are kept in desert encampments by wealthy Arab sheiks.
The trade in endangered animals is flourishing in the Middle East, fueled by corruption, ineffective legislation and lax law enforcement.
"It's a problem in the Arab world that we can no longer ignore," said Marguerite Shaarawi, co-founder of the animal rights group Animals Lebanon.
The group is pushing for Lebanon to join the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, whose signatories are meeting this month in Qatar. It is the first time the 175-nation convention is meeting in an Arab country.
Lebanon and Bahrain are the only Arab countries yet to sign the convention.
Delegates at the U.N. conference are considering nearly four dozen proposals on a range of endangered species from rhinos to polar bears.
John Sellar, chief enforcement officer for CITES, said it is difficult to estimate the extent of the illegal trade in the Arab world, but Animals Lebanon estimates that it is the third largest illegal trade in the region, after weapons and drugs.
"Much of the illegal trade that takes place here is of a specialized nature," Sellar said, citing the example of prize falcons, kept by many Arab sheiks in desert encampments, particularly in the United Arab Emirates.
"We've also seen some smuggling of very exotic species ... like very rare parrots, young chimpanzees, gorillas and leopards that seem to be for the private collections of some of the rich individuals in the Gulf area," he said.
Several recent incidents have underscored the plight of animals in Lebanon — a country where the only law that refers to animal rights stipulates that anyone who purposely harms an animal has to pay a fine of up to $15.
Willem Wijnstekers, the secretary-general of CITES, said countries must have strong laws in place to discourage animal smuggling. Otherwise, he said, smugglers will simply see the penalties as part of the cost of doing business, and not a deterrent.
In December 2009, Animals Lebanon began a campaign against Egypt's Monte Carlo Circus after it received a tip that the circus animals — six lions and three tigers — did not have proper certificates and had not received water or food during the six-day trip from Egypt to Lebanon.
The group sent several activists and a veterinarian to the circus grounds to investigate, and they reported the animals were malnourished and that one cub had been de-clawed.
The circus was declared illegal in January after Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan sent the ministry's own experts to investigate, but the circus has appealed. While the case continues, the circus is still giving daily performances attended by small crowds.
"The case of the circus, and the trade of the lions and tigers, highlighted the urgent need to have Lebanon join CITES and protect these endangered species," Hajj Hassan said.
A circus employee at a recent performance denied the animals were treated badly.
"They say we are not feeding them. Look at them, do they look hungry to you?" the employee asked the audience as lions and tigers dutifully performed acrobatics around a caged tent near a highway just north of Beirut.
There was no official comment from the circus.
The animals looked healthy at the performance, weeks after the allegations were made.
In February 2009, Animals Lebanon managed to close down a zoo and rescue its 42 neglected and dying animals that had become a health hazard to its neighbors.
The starving animals languishing in dirty, rusty cages included bears, jackals, a chimpanzee, monkeys and a vulture that had apparently spent years tied by a chain that prevented it from flying or moving out of its cage, which measured just 20 square feet (2 square meters).
"The lion and chimpanzee died, but we flew the monkeys to a sanctuary in Wales and two bears to a sanctuary in Turkey," Shaarawi said. "I cannot describe the happiness I feel when we are able to rescue abused animals and find new homes for them."
In September, a 2-year-old lion cub was rescued by members of another local animal welfare organization after he was apparently abandoned off the main road in Beirut by the owner of the pet shop that imported him.
The severely dehydrated "King of the Jungle" was emaciated and malnourished with open sores on his body, according to Beta, the organization that rescued him. Beta tried to save the animal — which the group named Adam — but it died shortly after it was found.
There are similar problems across the region.
In Egypt, a gateway from Africa to the Middle East, there is a flourishing chimpanzee trade and exotic animals are frequently smuggled in and out. The owners are believed to bribe airport officials to look away.
Last year, panic broke out on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Egypt when a foot-long baby crocodile wriggled out of a passenger's hand luggage.
In blockaded Gaza, residents smuggle animals through tunnels that link the territory to Egypt to supply their private zoos. Smugglers proudly speak of hauling lions, monkeys and exotic birds through the underground passageways, making deals with animal smugglers in Egypt.
Most animals are drugged first, but in a particularly cruel practice, zoo owners usually rip out the teeth of lions to ensure they don't bite visitors.
Activists say many of the pet shops in Lebanon are unlicensed and keep the animals in appalling conditions without proper health care.
One pet shop owner who identified himself only by his first name, Elie, to avoid "trouble" from activists, scoffed at the allegations.
"Everything in here is legal," he says of the dogs, cats, parrots and rabbits he sells. Asked whether it was fair to keep a puppy locked up in a cage the size of a bird cage, he shrugged: "They are fine. It is only until I sell them."
___
Associated Press writers Diaa Hadid in Gaza and Sarah El Deeb in Cairo contributed to this report.
___
On the Net:
http://www.animalslebanon.org/
http://betalebanon.org/
http://www.cites.org/
___
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_un_smuggling_animals
Saturday, March 13, 2010
11 Siberian tigers starve to death in China zoo
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in northeast China, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, state media reported.
Liu Xiaoqiang, the vice head of the wild animal protection office in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province, said the 11 tigers had died due to malnutrition, Xinhua news agency said. Two hungry tigers at the same zoo in Shenyang severely mauled a zoo worker in November, in an attack officials said was due to the predators’ lack of food. The man survived, but the tigers were shot during the rescue. After the incident, work safety officials asked the zoo’s owners to confine the remaining tigers to their cages, which added to their health problems, the report said.
China has more than 200 zoos, according to the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens. But only large zoos in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai receive government funding and attention, state media say. China said last month it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity, but just 50-60 left roaming in the wild, including about 20 wild Siberian tigers. afp
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C03%5C13%5Cstory_13-3-2010_pg9_9
Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in northeast China, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, state media reported.
Liu Xiaoqiang, the vice head of the wild animal protection office in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province, said the 11 tigers had died due to malnutrition, Xinhua news agency said. Two hungry tigers at the same zoo in Shenyang severely mauled a zoo worker in November, in an attack officials said was due to the predators’ lack of food. The man survived, but the tigers were shot during the rescue. After the incident, work safety officials asked the zoo’s owners to confine the remaining tigers to their cages, which added to their health problems, the report said.
China has more than 200 zoos, according to the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens. But only large zoos in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai receive government funding and attention, state media say. China said last month it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity, but just 50-60 left roaming in the wild, including about 20 wild Siberian tigers. afp
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C03%5C13%5Cstory_13-3-2010_pg9_9
Friday, March 5, 2010
Switzerland to vote on appointing lawyers for abused pets
Switzerland, where flushing goldfish down the toilet is illegal, is preparing to vote on whether abused animals deserve lawyers.
Published: 7:00AM GMT 05 Mar 2010
Legal representation in cases involving mistreated animals has been compulsory since 1992 in the Zurich canton. But pet politics could be taken to a new level if voters extend the right to the other 25 mini-states.
"It is not about Paris Hilton's dog now needing a lawyer to represent its interests," said Antoine Goetschel, Switzerland's only lawyer mandated by his canton in Zurich to handle animal welfare cases.
It is about protecting animals who are harmed by the very people who are meant to take care of them, said Mr Goetschel who is "very happy" about the referendum debate.
The quirky lawyers-for-animals poll is a new example of Switzerland's "direct democracy" in which any citizen who collects 100,000 signatures from eligible voters can force a nationwide referendum on their chosen cause.
Among the 50 cases Mr Goetschel is dealing with at the moment is one of a horse that was stabbed 30 times before it died.
Past cases of zoophilia include a person who kept 150 cats but could not take care of them.
"The animal welfare attorney is such a visionary and wise instrument because the animal has a voice in criminal procedures against the person who usually has the responsibility for it," he noted.
The problem is that the animal has "no rights", unlike humans who can prosecute the person who has caused harm, said Mr Goetschel.
Environment groups, the Green and Socialist parties are supporting the initiative. But the government, parliament and the country's biggest party, the far-right Swiss People's Party, are against.
The strongest opposition is in the countryside. "It will generate too much bureaucracy," complained Urs Schneider, spokesman for the Swiss Farmers' Union. "Switzerland already has existing laws to protect animals," he said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7373154/Switzerland-to-vote-on-appointing-lawyers-for-abused-pets.html
Published: 7:00AM GMT 05 Mar 2010
Legal representation in cases involving mistreated animals has been compulsory since 1992 in the Zurich canton. But pet politics could be taken to a new level if voters extend the right to the other 25 mini-states.
"It is not about Paris Hilton's dog now needing a lawyer to represent its interests," said Antoine Goetschel, Switzerland's only lawyer mandated by his canton in Zurich to handle animal welfare cases.
It is about protecting animals who are harmed by the very people who are meant to take care of them, said Mr Goetschel who is "very happy" about the referendum debate.
The quirky lawyers-for-animals poll is a new example of Switzerland's "direct democracy" in which any citizen who collects 100,000 signatures from eligible voters can force a nationwide referendum on their chosen cause.
Among the 50 cases Mr Goetschel is dealing with at the moment is one of a horse that was stabbed 30 times before it died.
Past cases of zoophilia include a person who kept 150 cats but could not take care of them.
"The animal welfare attorney is such a visionary and wise instrument because the animal has a voice in criminal procedures against the person who usually has the responsibility for it," he noted.
The problem is that the animal has "no rights", unlike humans who can prosecute the person who has caused harm, said Mr Goetschel.
Environment groups, the Green and Socialist parties are supporting the initiative. But the government, parliament and the country's biggest party, the far-right Swiss People's Party, are against.
The strongest opposition is in the countryside. "It will generate too much bureaucracy," complained Urs Schneider, spokesman for the Swiss Farmers' Union. "Switzerland already has existing laws to protect animals," he said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7373154/Switzerland-to-vote-on-appointing-lawyers-for-abused-pets.html
Sunday, February 21, 2010
What Animals Can Teach Us About God
by Christine Lepisto, Berlin on 02.17.10
There is a new player in the animal rights game...one that could be a game changer. It seems that when the topic of animal rights comes up, emotions are stirred on all sides. Millions support the basic supposition of PETA that animals have rights. Some go to extremes bordering on terrorism against homo sapiens in the interest of protecting other species. And people often turn to religion to defend their position.
Does man have dominion over all that is created on Earth? Or is man the only animal that was ejected from the Garden of Eden -- thus the path to better knowledge of God leads through the animals? And what would Jesus eat? Now, there is team seeking to find the answers by integrating theology and science into a single philosophy: introducing the Institute for Theological Zoology.
Institute of Theological Zoology Established
Under the leadership of Rainer Hagencord and patronage of Jane Goodall, the Institute of Theological Zoology has set itself the goal of interpreting the position of animals in God's creation with a strong basis in both scienctific knowledge and theological foundation. Hagencord points out the alienation of man from animal with a quote from Rupert Sheldrakes:
There is a new player in the animal rights game...one that could be a game changer. It seems that when the topic of animal rights comes up, emotions are stirred on all sides. Millions support the basic supposition of PETA that animals have rights. Some go to extremes bordering on terrorism against homo sapiens in the interest of protecting other species. And people often turn to religion to defend their position.
Does man have dominion over all that is created on Earth? Or is man the only animal that was ejected from the Garden of Eden -- thus the path to better knowledge of God leads through the animals? And what would Jesus eat? Now, there is team seeking to find the answers by integrating theology and science into a single philosophy: introducing the Institute for Theological Zoology.
Institute of Theological Zoology Established
Under the leadership of Rainer Hagencord and patronage of Jane Goodall, the Institute of Theological Zoology has set itself the goal of interpreting the position of animals in God's creation with a strong basis in both scienctific knowledge and theological foundation. Hagencord points out the alienation of man from animal with a quote from Rupert Sheldrakes:
The animals that today live close to humans can be divided into two categories: One category is the pet that we spoil with feed, to which the second category has been made.
Hagencord came upon the idea for the Institute of Thological Zoology when he was working on his Ph.D thesis entitled "The animal: A Challenge for Christian Anthropology. Arguments for a Change of Perspectice from a Theological and Behavioural Biologist view."
Jesus Was Not a Vegetarian
The Instititute has certainly set itself into the middle of a raging battle. Is it possible to understand the scientific viewpoint, and re-interpret the Biblical writings in light of these discoveries? The conflicts drive Hagencord to seek answers. For example, how can we understand the animal world in relation to the Garden of Eden when we look at the condition of animals living in their own manure, never seeing the blue of sky, and suffering to breath under their own growth-hormone induced weight? Do animals have souls? And can a person with Christian views eat meat? On this point Hagencord does not hesitate. "The Biblical texts in this regard are clear: Jesus was not a vegetarian. But one must have reverence and ask how the animals that I eat have lived," he explained to a reporter for the Suddeutsche Zeitung (German).
More on biology and theology:
- Animals Blessed in Madrid for Holiday of Patron Saint
- Environmentalism: Movement, Philosophy, Ethic, or What?
- Will "Green Religion" Save Us or Sink Us?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/what-animals-can-teach-about-god.php?campaign=th_rss_travel
At-risk animals can use your old fur coat
By Sue Manning
Associated Press
Posted: 02/18/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
Updated: 02/18/2010 07:20:30 AM PST
Got a fur coat gathering dust? The Humane Society suggests the ultimate recycling — putting it on the backs of animals.
The Coats for Cubs program by the Humane Society of the United States helps orphaned, injured or sick wildlife by gathering fur coats and using them for nests, bedding or cuddly replacements for Mom and Dad. In 2009, 2,687 fur items were donated.
"We use the discarded furs as bedding to give the animals comfort and reduce stress," says Michael Markarian, the agency's chief operating officer in Washington, D.C. "The fur garments act as a surrogate mother. It is a warm and furry substitute."
The coats go to wildlife rehabilitation centers that take in baby raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels, coyotes, skunks and other animals, and has helped thousands of animals since it began in 2005 with the Fund for Animals.
Markarian says many of the coats are donated by people who find fur coats for humans to be inhumane, whether the animals are trapped in steel-jawed traps or raised on factory farms. For those who have fur and no longer want to wear it, "This is a great way for them to give back to the animals," he says.
Amber Ginter, 13, from Kingston, Ohio, spent last summer collecting fur coats as part of a community project affiliated with the Humane Society. She put a box in her church, wrote a letter describing the project in the church bulletin and collected 30 coats in two months, she says.
"It was kind of sad to see all the furs, because you know they had to kill the animals to get them," says Amber, who wants to be a veterinarian or zoologist when she grows up.
The Florida Wildlife Center in Fort Lauderdale has used coats for wildlife babies in the past, but employees and volunteers had to scrounge for donations, twist arms or scour garage sales and thrift stores. After becoming a Humane Society affiliate in June, the center got three boxes full of furs and so is well stocked for baby season.
"It's a remarkable, generous way to make good of a tragic beginning. I know young people are involved in this effort. Bravo for understanding this better than adults and for seeing a positive way to help other animals," says Sherry Schlueter, managing director at the wildlife center.
It houses what is believed to be the largest wildlife trauma center in the United States, Schlueter says. Of the 12,000 animals cared for in 2009, just over 1,900 were orphaned babies, including about 1,000 gray squirrels, Virginia opossums and raccoons.
The center is expecting at least 1,000 additional baby animals in 2010 because a nearby wildlife rehab center closed last year.
The current Coats for Cubs coat drive ends on Earth Day, April 22, but the Humane Society will accept coats at any time of the year, Markarian says.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/pets-animals/ci_14422296
Associated Press
Posted: 02/18/2010 12:00:00 AM PST
Updated: 02/18/2010 07:20:30 AM PST
Got a fur coat gathering dust? The Humane Society suggests the ultimate recycling — putting it on the backs of animals.
The Coats for Cubs program by the Humane Society of the United States helps orphaned, injured or sick wildlife by gathering fur coats and using them for nests, bedding or cuddly replacements for Mom and Dad. In 2009, 2,687 fur items were donated.
"We use the discarded furs as bedding to give the animals comfort and reduce stress," says Michael Markarian, the agency's chief operating officer in Washington, D.C. "The fur garments act as a surrogate mother. It is a warm and furry substitute."
The coats go to wildlife rehabilitation centers that take in baby raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels, coyotes, skunks and other animals, and has helped thousands of animals since it began in 2005 with the Fund for Animals.
Markarian says many of the coats are donated by people who find fur coats for humans to be inhumane, whether the animals are trapped in steel-jawed traps or raised on factory farms. For those who have fur and no longer want to wear it, "This is a great way for them to give back to the animals," he says.
Amber Ginter, 13, from Kingston, Ohio, spent last summer collecting fur coats as part of a community project affiliated with the Humane Society. She put a box in her church, wrote a letter describing the project in the church bulletin and collected 30 coats in two months, she says.
"It was kind of sad to see all the furs, because you know they had to kill the animals to get them," says Amber, who wants to be a veterinarian or zoologist when she grows up.
The Florida Wildlife Center in Fort Lauderdale has used coats for wildlife babies in the past, but employees and volunteers had to scrounge for donations, twist arms or scour garage sales and thrift stores. After becoming a Humane Society affiliate in June, the center got three boxes full of furs and so is well stocked for baby season.
"It's a remarkable, generous way to make good of a tragic beginning. I know young people are involved in this effort. Bravo for understanding this better than adults and for seeing a positive way to help other animals," says Sherry Schlueter, managing director at the wildlife center.
It houses what is believed to be the largest wildlife trauma center in the United States, Schlueter says. Of the 12,000 animals cared for in 2009, just over 1,900 were orphaned babies, including about 1,000 gray squirrels, Virginia opossums and raccoons.
The center is expecting at least 1,000 additional baby animals in 2010 because a nearby wildlife rehab center closed last year.
The current Coats for Cubs coat drive ends on Earth Day, April 22, but the Humane Society will accept coats at any time of the year, Markarian says.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/pets-animals/ci_14422296
Mahila Kalasala celebrates Frogs Liberation Day
Friday, Feb 19, 2010
Staff Reporter
Students stress the need to ban cruelty towards animals
VIJAYAWADA: The students, faculty and non-teaching staff of the Intermediate wing of Sri Durga Malleswara Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala, Labbipet, celebrated the Frogs Liberation Day on Thursday in a bid to highlight the importance of banning cruelty towards animals.
The participants hailed the decision of the Board of Intermediate Education to do away with the mandatory dissection of frogs in the syllabus of practical examinations, in deference to the wishes of advocates of prevention of cruelty to living being.
They showcased prototypes of frogs and a few other amphibians, along with some live frogs on the occasion to drive home the point about the need to protect them.
Novel programme
S. Vijaya Lakshmi, Head of the Department of English, said that cancellation of frog dissection in zoology practical examination came about following the concerns expressed over the possible extinction of all frogs.
It was a novel programme aimed at fostering the spirit of humanity towards all and involving all people in such activities.
Principal K. Visala, staff and students of almost all departments participated in the event.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/19/stories/2010021950770200.htm
Staff Reporter
Students stress the need to ban cruelty towards animals
VIJAYAWADA: The students, faculty and non-teaching staff of the Intermediate wing of Sri Durga Malleswara Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala, Labbipet, celebrated the Frogs Liberation Day on Thursday in a bid to highlight the importance of banning cruelty towards animals.
The participants hailed the decision of the Board of Intermediate Education to do away with the mandatory dissection of frogs in the syllabus of practical examinations, in deference to the wishes of advocates of prevention of cruelty to living being.
They showcased prototypes of frogs and a few other amphibians, along with some live frogs on the occasion to drive home the point about the need to protect them.
Novel programme
S. Vijaya Lakshmi, Head of the Department of English, said that cancellation of frog dissection in zoology practical examination came about following the concerns expressed over the possible extinction of all frogs.
It was a novel programme aimed at fostering the spirit of humanity towards all and involving all people in such activities.
Principal K. Visala, staff and students of almost all departments participated in the event.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/19/stories/2010021950770200.htm
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sea Shepherd skipper boards whaling vessel
ANDREW DARBY
February 15, 2010 - 2:20PM
The skipper of the Sea Shepherd vessel that was sunk in a Southern Ocean collision last month has today boarded the Japanese whaling security vessel that hit his boat.
New Zealander Pete Bethune used a power-ski, under the cover of darkness, to clamber aboard the Shonan Maru No 2, said the anti-whaling group's leader, Paul Watson.
“His mission is to attempt a citizen's arrest of the skipper of Shonan Maru No.2 for the destruction of the Ady Gil and attempted murder of six Ady Gil crew,” Captain Watson said.
He said Mr Bethune had a bill for $3 million to present to the Japanese boat's skipper and a demand for surrender.
But Captain Watson said he anticipated Mr Bethune would be taken prisoner on the vessel when the Japanese crew discovered he was there.
Captain Watson said the boarding in darkness was very difficult for Captain Bethune.
"The first attempt he actually fell in the water and the jet-ski went back and retrieved him. [The crew] still didn't notice," Captain Watson told AAP.
"It was extremely dangerous. He was boarding a ship going at 15 knots in total darkness in Southern Ocean waters, which are extremely frigid."
Captain Bethune clambered aboard despite nets and anti-boarding spikes, and evaded detection by hiding on top of the wheelhouse for 90 minutes.
When dawn broke he knocked on the door and presented his orders for the skipper to surrender.
Captain Watson said a Japanese crew member emerged to look for the boat on which Captain Bethune had arrived. Finding none, the crew member then went back inside, leaving Captain Bethune standing there.
"Pete opened the door and walked into the wheelhouse ... that's the last we've heard of him," Captain Watson said.
The boarding took place in international waters, not in Australian waters.
- with AAP
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/sea-shepherd-skipper-boards-whaling-vessel-20100215-o0cf.html
(Submitted by Matthew Williams)
February 15, 2010 - 2:20PM
The skipper of the Sea Shepherd vessel that was sunk in a Southern Ocean collision last month has today boarded the Japanese whaling security vessel that hit his boat.
New Zealander Pete Bethune used a power-ski, under the cover of darkness, to clamber aboard the Shonan Maru No 2, said the anti-whaling group's leader, Paul Watson.
“His mission is to attempt a citizen's arrest of the skipper of Shonan Maru No.2 for the destruction of the Ady Gil and attempted murder of six Ady Gil crew,” Captain Watson said.
He said Mr Bethune had a bill for $3 million to present to the Japanese boat's skipper and a demand for surrender.
But Captain Watson said he anticipated Mr Bethune would be taken prisoner on the vessel when the Japanese crew discovered he was there.
Captain Watson said the boarding in darkness was very difficult for Captain Bethune.
"The first attempt he actually fell in the water and the jet-ski went back and retrieved him. [The crew] still didn't notice," Captain Watson told AAP.
"It was extremely dangerous. He was boarding a ship going at 15 knots in total darkness in Southern Ocean waters, which are extremely frigid."
Captain Bethune clambered aboard despite nets and anti-boarding spikes, and evaded detection by hiding on top of the wheelhouse for 90 minutes.
When dawn broke he knocked on the door and presented his orders for the skipper to surrender.
Captain Watson said a Japanese crew member emerged to look for the boat on which Captain Bethune had arrived. Finding none, the crew member then went back inside, leaving Captain Bethune standing there.
"Pete opened the door and walked into the wheelhouse ... that's the last we've heard of him," Captain Watson said.
The boarding took place in international waters, not in Australian waters.
- with AAP
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/sea-shepherd-skipper-boards-whaling-vessel-20100215-o0cf.html
(Submitted by Matthew Williams)
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