Rodeos: Make electro-shocking horses illegal — Tuesday’s Horse

• SIGN THE PETITION » Rodeos across the nation are sold as fun for the whole family, but they often have a dark underbelly of animal abuse. Recent footage of a rodeo held at the Rowell Ranch Rodeo Park in Castro Valley, California, confirms that this event was no different. These horses, who are already …

Bipartisan U.S. House Delegation from Illinois Champions Passage of Anti Horse Cruelty Legislation in a Landslide — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Source: EIN Presswire “The PAST Act moves to the Senate with a clear message—the American people will not stand for animal cruelty in any form.” WASHINGTON, DC, USA, July 30, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H.R. 693, by a vote of 333 […] …

Puppy Found Covered With Burns in Plastic Bag Dumped in Coachella Dumpster; $10,000 Reward Offered — KTLA

A man and his daughter found a puppy burned and tossed into a dumpster near a shopping center on 49849 Harrison St. in Coachella on Sunday afternoon, according to a Sherman Oaks animal rescue. The two heard the puppy crying and rummaged through the trash, eventually finding the two-week-old puppy in a plastic bag. About… via …

Live export: Secret footage shows young calves being beaten and kicked – The Guardian

Undercover footage by activists has exposed brutal treatment for one batch of young calves being trucked to the Netherlands to be sold as veal Arthur Neslen Tue 7 May 2019 12.52 BST Undercover footage appears to show a worker jumping up and down on a calf. Photograph: L214/Eyes on Animals Irish calves as young as two …

38 Dogs Found in Home of Coachella Woman Suspected of Dumping Newborn Puppies Will Be Put Up for Adoption — KTLA

A woman who had been arrested on suspicion of tossing seven newborn puppies into a dumpster in Coachella has relinquished control of 38 dogs that were seized from her home, authorities said Monday. The dogs were being cared for by the Riverside County Department of Animal Services at a Thousand Oaks facility and will be… via …

Donkeys Are Dying Because China Wants Their Hides For A Traditional Remedy — News : NPR

China reportedly needs 4 million donkey hides a year for the traditional medicine ejiao. They're importing hides from poor countries — and dealing a blow to people whose livelihood depends on donkeys.(Image credit: Ofir Sarfaty/EyeEm/Getty Images) via Donkeys Are Dying Because China Wants Their Hides For A Traditional Remedy — News : NPR

1,100 Mutilated Dolphin Bodies Have Washed Up on France’s Beaches — TIME

(PARIS) — The dolphins’ bodies were horribly mutilated, the fins cut off. But what shocked French marine researchers wasn’t just the brutality of the deaths of these highly intelligent mammals, but the numbers involved — a record 1,100 have landed on France’s Atlantic coast beaches since January. The mass deaths, widely blamed on industrial fishing,… via …

Proposed law would make animal cruelty a federal felony — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

By Theresa Braine as published on NYDailyNews.com “It would be a felony under the PACT Act to crush, burn, drown, suffocate, impale or sexually exploit animals“ “I wonder if this would apply to wild horses and burros being used, abused and killed by the mismanagement of the BLM and their contractors?” ~ R.T. U.S. House […] …