Camille Labchuk, Animal Justice
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Hannah Arendt – “The death of human empathy is one of the first and most revealing signs of a culture that is about to fall into barbarity.”
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A farmer allegedly told locals “I’ll do what I want” when he was confronted for dragging his dog behind his car before leaving her to die.
Kim Norman Rendall, from Somerset, is facing jail after he was filmed pulling his white husky Daisy with a rope for around 200 metres. The cruel act was witnessed by several motorists who tried to stop the 65 year old by honking and flashing their lights at his red Nissan Micra, Daisy was left severely injured from the incident on the afternoon of April 17, and sadly had to be put down as she couldn’t recover.
Farmer’s cruel remark when locals confronted him for dragging his dog behind car (msn.com)
Despite this, Rendall refused to seek help for his injured dog or tell the police where he had left her when they arrived at his home, where he was found having a cup of tea and a haircut. After the case, the RSPCA released a shocking video showing Daisy being dragged along the road in Timsbury, near Bath. North Somerset Magistrates’ Court heard how one motorist shouted “dog, dog” out of a window, leading a woman to flag the car down.
Rendall stopped and was immediately confronted by upset locals as Daisy bled onto the road and tried to stand up, reports Somerset Live. One woman offered to take Daisy to the vet for urgent care if he wasn’t going to. He laughed and said: “I’ll do what I want, it’s my dog.” Lundi Meyer, prosecuting, said he drove for about 200 metres, and around 55 seconds. After removing a bin from his car, he put Daisy in the boot and drove off. The police were called and officers arrived at his mum’s house within an hour.
Hard watch but see this bastard dragging Daisy the dog via this link – Mark:
Farmer’s cruel remark when locals confronted him for dragging his dog behind car (msn.com)
The farmer was found there having a cup of tea and a haircut. He wouldn’t tell the police where Daisy was and said he would take her to the vet himself. Because of the urgency, he was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty. In response, he said: “I don’t like this at all, I don’t like this at f**king all”. In custody, it was noted that his trainers were covered in blood. He was rude and aggressive towards the officers.
Meanwhile, 18 police officers and a drone unit were looking for Daisy to get her the urgent treatment she needed. After a two and a half hour search in the Somerset countryside, she was found in a cow barn in Gossard Lane, High Littleton. She was rushed to Rosemary Lodge Veterinary Hospital in Bath in a police car with blue lights and sirens. The vets said she had serious injuries, including both back legs suffering full-thickness skin loss and an open fracture of her foot.
Despite the best efforts of vets to treat Daisy, her pain could not be controlled and she was put to sleep nine days later. Ms Meyer said the incident has “clearly has had a lasting affect on people”, including witnesses and police officers. It was heard how one witness “fell to the floor and went into shock” following the incident and was prescribed Diazepam by her GP due to being unable to sleep.
PC Natalie Cosgrove described Daisy’s injuries as “the worst thing I have ever seen” and it made her “feel physically sick”. “I felt shocked, I couldn’t sleep and I cried… I hugged my own dog crying in sympathy for Daisy”, she told the court in a victim person statement. She said that the dog’s suffering was “something that cannot be described” and said she was “traumatised” when Rendall smirked in his police interview. PC Cosgrove added: “I just felt incredibly sorry for her, that a human let her down so badly. This is one of those jobs that will haunt me forever.”
Ms Meyer told the magistrates that Rendall’s refusal to provide Daisy’s whereabouts was “sadistic” and only prolonged her suffering. She added: “He prioritised a haircut and a cup of tea over her medical attention”. At a previous hearing, Rendall pleaded guilty to two counts of causing the unnecessary suffering of an animal contrary to the Animal Welfare Act. Suggesting the starting point was two years in prison for his crimes, the magistrates agreed that their powers were likely to be insufficient, and sent the case to Bristol Crown Court for sentencing.
He was released on unconditional bail to appear on November 21.
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Over 100 animal rights advocates gathered outside a Toronto courthouse Monday to voice support for a lawsuit filed by Animal Justice against the so-called “Ag-Gag Law.”
The law prohibits animal rights activists and journalists from conducting undercover investigations and filming animal cruelty at farms and slaughterhouses. Animal rights advocates argue the Security From Trespass and Animal Safety Act, as it is formally called, violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Arguments in the case began Monday in Ontario Superior Court.
“Undercover exposés inside farms and slaughterhouses are one of the only sources of information that the public has regarding how animals are treated on farms,” said Camille Labchuk, a lawyer and the executive director of Animal Justice, explaining why the group went to court. “There is no transparency about what happens behind closed doors.”
https://aldf.org/article/where-are-they-now-camille-labchuk/
Camille Labchuk, a lawyer and the executive director of Animal Justice, outside the Ontario Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Photo by: Abdul Matin Sarfraz
Continue reading at Animal rights activists go to court to strike down ‘Ag-Gag Law’ | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis
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Rescue the abandoned dog with duct tape around its mouth wandering around and unable to eat or drink
You can see just by the amount it drinks that it must have been suffering terribly – Mark
Hello all of you! In Vietnam, many people eat dog meat. People keep dogs to protect their homes and eat them Many people raise them and sell them to the slaughterhouse for money. On our way to the patrol residential area, we discovered and rescued them from being sold into the slaughterhouse. But those are the few that have been rescued, what about those who can’t be found? May everyone join hands to protect these pitiful and loyal animals. Spread the message “Don’t sell dogs! Dogs are friend !. They aren’t food!” to everyone! For every views, share, comments and subscribe from you was as a supporters are the most biggest motivation for us to continue this path as helping to save animal lives in this world. From the bottom of our heart, thank you! Warning: Each movie what you are watching will help a lot of poor homeless dogs and cats in Vietnam as well as another Asian countries. These scenes combine real rescue and edited real-life stories. Lack of constructive feedback will destroy human’s love for animals. If these images made you to be unhappy, so sorry. Thank you for supporting us, thanks so much. … Contact mail: Asian Pet Rescue Center ( asianpetrescuecenter@gmail.com ). –
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Peter Toland: Man found guilty in animal cruelty case
A man has been found guilty of animal cruelty after a dog he had neglected and beaten had to be put down.
The animal, called Luna, was found buried alive at Ballyarnett country park in Londonderry on 15 March 2023.
The dog, which was called Luna, was put down by a vet after being found in a park
The only options were that Peter Toland or someone else had done this, the judge at Londonderry Magistrates’ Court said.
Toland, 29, of Cornshell Fields in Derry, had denied causing unnecessary suffering to the dog.
Up to 30 animal rights activists protested outside Bishop Street Courthouse, before Toland was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to Luna and four further animal welfare charges relating to other animals.
Animal rights activists protest outside Bishop Street Courthouse where Peter Toland was found guilty
He was released on bail and will be sentenced on 11 December.
The court was told that the American bull terrier was so emaciated when it was found that a vet believed it had been suffering for months as such a degree of emaciation would have taken more than weeks.
A vet told the court she had examined the animal after it was found in March.
The dog was “exceptionally thin” and had bruising on its body, she said.
Its teeth were broken and the vet said it would take “a lot of force to break a canine tooth”.
Luna had to be put down and a post-mortem examination found that it weighed 19kg.
The recent injuries were believed to have been caused by “blunt force trauma caused by a wide object”.
Toland told police he had left his house during the afternoon and last saw the dog around 09:30.
‘Terrible owner’
When he returned, he went looking for the dog.
The court was told that three other dogs in Toland’s care were also neglected.
Defence counsel Eoghan Devlin described Toland as a “terrible owner of animals” and said he would probably be banned from owning animals for life.
He argued that there was no evidence that Toland had been the person who buried the dog.
District Judge Ted Magill said that for someone to bury an animal alive was “incomprehensible” and the only options were that Toland or someone else had done this.
The judge said it was obvious that the dog had suffered over “a prolonged period of time” and “that had to be laid at the door of the defendant”.
He found Toland guilty of all charges and put the case back until 11 December to allow for a pre-sentence report.
However, he warned Told that he could face a custodial sentence.
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Peter Toland: Man found guilty in animal cruelty case – BBC News
Good article with many issues to consider and debate about.
Read in full at How the world might look if animals had legal rights (yahoo.com)
From the article:
“When we try to imagine a world with animal rights, it turns out not to be so difficult after all. The concepts, technologies, and mechanisms needed are already in place, we just need to be brave enough to use them”.
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Above – Bosnian Stray.
What a positive video;
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This Animal-Rights Group Wants Adidas to Hire New President Opposed to Kangaroo Cleats
A week after Adidas announced North America president Rupert Campbell will leave the company at the end of the month, the Center for a Humane Economy called on the company to replace the outgoing executive with someone opposed to using kangaroo hides on soccer cleats.
“Adidas has long been the biggest apologist and end-user of kangaroo skins for soccer cleats in the world,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Washington, D.C.-area animal welfare group and Animal Wellness Action. “It now stands alone among the biggest athletic shoe brands in financing the slaughter of kangaroos, including the mass orphaning of joeys.”
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This Animal-Rights Group Wants Adidas to Hire New President Opposed to Kangaroo Cleats (yahoo.com)
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Malaysia’s Wildlife Department has defended its use of puppies as live bait to capture black panthers spotted at a Malaysian village. An animal rights groups protested the method and appealed to the government to use other means.
The department resorted to using puppies after earlier attempts to lure the panthers with a goat failed. It is “standard procedure” to use live animals, Wildlife Department Director General Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim said in remarks published on Tuesday, noting that the puppies were not physically harmed in the process.
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Animal rights groups slam Malaysia’s wildlife department for using puppies as bait to trap panthers (msn.com)
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Photos – Police of Catalonia.
More than 400 pets have been rescued from an illegal animal trade network in Spain.
Hundreds of animals, mostly dogs and cats, were recovered as part of an operation conducted by four police forces across Spain that first began in 2020.
In a video released by police in Catalonia, puppies of various “highly valued” breeds could be seen jumping around in crates as they were sent to undergo health inspections at the vets.
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More than 400 puppies and cats rescued after animal trafficking ring bust (msn.com)
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