[ad_1] Animal Equality has been granted permission to challenge the UK’s first fully on-land salmon mega-farm. Just 5% of cases make it this far. The farm plans to “produce” 5,000 tons of fish annually–the equivalent of approximately one million fish per year. This has sparked concerns for animals and the environment, due to the intensive […]
Woman hit dog with baseball bat, court docs say
[ad_1] CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A 48-year-old woman is under arrest on an animal cruelty charge. Levette Dority hit a dog with a bat on Friday, a dog warden wrote in her criminal complaint filed in Hamilton County Municipal Court. There is video footage from the deputy dog warden, court records show. Dority of Bond Hill […]
In significant win, court upholds Massachusetts farm animal protection law
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block When the Supreme Court of the United States upheld California’s Proposition 12 last year against a challenge from pork producers eager to keep mother pigs in extreme confinement, animal advocates celebrated and hoped that recalcitrant producers would see the writing on the wall and cease their endless challenges […]
In a win for animals, U.S. Supreme Court leaves Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act intact
[ad_1] By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a challenge to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which was signed into law in 2020 in an effort to better ensure the safety of horses used in racing in the U.S. Prior to the […]
Bombay High Court allows animal sacrifice on Bakrid, annual Urs at Vishalgad Dargah
[ad_1] Bombay High Court, Bakrid The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed the sacrifice of animals on Bakrid and Urs (anniversary) at a Dargah located within the precincts of the Vishalgad Fort of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra [Hajrat Peer Malik Rehan Mira Saheb Dargah v. State of Maharashtra & Ors]. A Division Bench of Justices […]
Top court upholds order halting Aftabnagar animal market
[ad_1] The Appellate Division has upheld the High Court’s order scrapping the possibility of a market for sacrificial animals being arranged at Dhaka’s Aftabnagar. As a result, lawyers say that the animal market will not be set up in Aftabnagar ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. A four-member bench of justices led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan made […]
Breaking: We’re going to court to fight for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, with our allies, we sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to not reinstate federal protections for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. In 2022, most wolves in the U.S. regained their federal protections under the Endangered Species Act when a federal judge ruled […]
Former Brackendale resident fined for two counts of animal cruelty
[ad_1] Neddy Tsin was fined and prohibited from having more than one dog as a pet for life as a result of being found guilty of two counts of animal cruelty. A former Squamish resident has been fined $6,000 in total and prohibited from keeping more than one dog as a pet for life as […]
Chandler woman facing over 100 criminal charges for animal abuse, cruelty to appear in court
[ad_1] A Chandler woman who ran a special needs animal shelter is facing criminal charges after 55 dogs were seized from her home and she was arrested in late September. Now, she’s set to have her day in court. April McLaughlin will appear before a judge on Wednesday, Oct. 11. She faces over one hundred […]
Three men to face court over animal cruelty at Merimbula
[ad_1] Three men will appear at court in September charged with alleged animal cruelty offences, after a kangaroo was allegedly assaulted in the state’s south. About 9am on Saturday (22 July 2023), police will allege three men grabbed and repeatedly assaulted a kangaroo on Main Street, Merimbula. The kangaroo managed to flee the area. A […]