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Tag Archives: abuse
Burning Animals Alive
Today’s topic is a particularly disgusting one: Animal Burning. Different civilizations have been burning animals alive all throughout history. Prior to the 1800’s, cat burning was a form of entertainment in France. People would gather dozens of cats in a net and hoist them … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, animal abuse, animals, burn, burned, burned alive, burnt, cats, danger, dogs, incinerator, kill, murder, poison, shoot, shot, slaughterhouse, South Korea, stabbed to death, torture, Ukraine, United States
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Dog Fighting
I’m not going to write everything you already know about dog fighting. We all now how crazy it is, that it is of course abuse, and that people who participate in any way should be locked up. Instead I’m going … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, abusive, animal cruelty, bait, bait dogs, breeding, breeding stand, cage, chained, champion, cruelty, death, dog fighting, dogmen, dogs, fighting, fighting dogs, gameness, hog fighting, keep, pit bulls, police, prospect, puppy, scratch lines, shelter, show, trunk fighting
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Ear Cropping and Tail Docking
So many of our dogs come to us with their ears cropped or their tails docked. Though they may have healed fine, the surgery involved is actually a very painful and completely unnecessary one. Here is a little information on … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, adopted, adoption, animals, backyard breeders, crop, cropped, dock, docked, docking, doctor, dog fighting, dogs, ear cropping, ears, Islip, pain, pit bulls, rescued, shelter, surgery, tail docking, tails, torture, uninformed, unnecessary, vet
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Poisoning (Intentional and Accidental)
For those of you just tuning in, we have been posting different facts each day on different forms of animal abuse. In honor of Prevention of Animal Cruelty month (also referred to as Prevention of Animal Abuse month) we hope … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, accident, accidental, animals, cats, chemicals, dead, death, die, dogs, foods, grass, harm, hazard, hazardous, healthy, help, home, ignorance, inside, intentional, kill, neglect, outside, pets, poison, poisoning, prevent, prevention, safe, safety, save, shelter, sick, yard
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Animal Hoarding
A very serious sub-category of neglect is animal hoarding. This is something called “accidental neglect.” This term refers to people who collect animals with good intentions. They mean well, meaning to give these animals a home and get them out … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, accident, accidental neglect, animal abuse, animal hoarding, cats, clutter, complex, control, death, die, dirt, disease, dogs, filth, forgotten, good intentions, grooming, health, help, hoarding, homeless, ignored, illegal, illness, legal, mean well, mental illness, mummified, neglect, overlooked, shelters, social workers, trash, unhealthy, victim
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