Wildlife inspectors are field testing a new way to stop traditional medicines containing illegal bear parts from entering Canada. Bear bile is "farmed" in China.

More on the inhumane bear farms picked by suebe 2 years ago

The government has ruled that fish may feel pain and will draw up a charter of rights to protect them from inhumane treatment in research laboratories. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Army Colonel who was distressed at seeing the crippled robot ordered the test to stop. picked by squirmster 2 years ago

On the Monday, 11/12, she was euthanized by lethal injection.

On Friday, 11/16, she was found in the shelter freezer by a worker STILL ALIVE!! She was buried under the bodies of other dogs that had been euthanized and had been there for four days! Sadly, this isn't the first time it has happened at this shelter. picked by TraumaMamma 2 years ago

The tactic has been common in the U.S. war on terror, with forces systematically using loud music on hundreds of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, then the U.S. military commander in Iraq, authorized it on Sept. 14, 2003, “to create fear, disorient ... and prolong capture shock.” picked by muppet 11 months ago

A northeast Ohio Petland store is shut down after a photo emerged on the internet showing a store employee holding up two drowned rabbits. picked by TraumaMamma 3 months ago

CLEVELAND -- The USDA has fined LeRoy Baker $162, 800 for violations of animal safety regulations. Baker owns the Sugarcreek livestock auction in the heart of Amish country. The federal government cited Baker for transporting horses that were injured or blind. Federal authorities also said Baker did nothing about horses that died during transport. picked by TraumaMamma 10 months ago

A cute little cartoon fish is one of the mascots for the Beijing Olympics. But this sick tourist trinket shows a shocking contempt for the creatures – with a live goldfish stuffed into a
tiny plastic bag on a keyring. picked by muppet 1 year ago

How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer. picked by TraumaMamma 6 months ago

Everyday, countless thousands of dogs (many former pets) are inhumanely caged, beaten, tortured, killed and butchered, often times publically, to feed the Chinese demand for dog meat. picked by cactushair 11 months ago

"It's really a painted donkey," admitted Mahmud Berghat, the director of Marah, when asked about the creature. Making a fake zebra isn't easy—henna didn't work and wood paint was deemed inhumane, so they finally settled on human hair dye. "We cut its hair short and then painted the stripes,"

This is Gaza after all....

Image not of painted donkey. picked by myowncoffeeshop 4 months ago

The egg industry is known as one of the cruelest and inhumane on the planet. But an undercover video, filmed and publicized by the Chicago-based animal rights group Mercy for Animals shines the spotlight on an industry practice that is beyond horrific.
*with video* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Pretty simplistic. Young men armed with nothing but a sword, a cape and silly costume (plus lots of assistants with spears) versus massive, wounded animals with nothing to lose. Call it the height of machismo, call it savagely inhumane, whatever you call it, it doesn't always end well for the dude in the silly costume. (Nothing really terrible, but there is some blood and it's all about matadors... read full post picked by xvbones 4 months ago

WARNING: If you love animals (and dolphins in particular), this WILL disturb you!

There's something about the intelligence of dolphins that makes this wrong on a whole different level from the usual inhumane treatment we afford to other animals. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago