animal abuse issues

Seeing as I quite like animals, I have been coming across these terms more and more in my readings. In society I see many of my co-workers extolling the virtues of buying free-range/organic animal products or warning not to buy from pet shops. The main counter argument that I encounter is that...

Since this is the elephant in the room on the foie gras thread, I thought I would start a thread on the merits of vegetarianism and veganism versus meat eating. I will start the discussion and hopefully we can critically think on some issues in this area. I am a meat eater but I am also a...

I care a lot about food issues and occasionally follow the arguments of PETA, which tend to be insanity mixed with a little truth. So I couldn't help but notice their new campaign to pressure Dean & DeLuca to drop foie gras from their stores and distributors. Then I read their issue statment on...

Not sure if this belongs in The Conjurer's Corner or Current Events but Chinese magician Fu Yandong has developed a trick to make 6 live fish swim in formation. Animal rights groups are saying the live fish must have magnets inside and is therefore cruel but he says not. News report here...

Conservatives hate puppies It's true! TPC3OQSK69Q

One of the most intelligent creatures on earth was getting pleasure by greatly bothering a lizard. Elephant takes lizard for a ride

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9854202/Owens-says-NFL-should-reinstate-Vick I agree with Terrel Owens, a sign that the Apocalypse is upon us. Here's the deal. Michael Vick is being unfairly persecuted by the NFL, who are afraid of angry animal lovers. He was severely punished for his...

Joseph Petcka, as many other killers (he doesn't deny he did it so he's not a suspect, please), claims it was self defense. He had to defend himself from a 7.5 pound (roughly 3.4 kg) de-clawed house cat...

I hoping to hear your thoughts/opinions on two questions I've been tossing around for a few days now. I know this issue was touched on already in the forums, but not necessarily from this angle. Feel free to redirect if this belongs elsewhere. 1. What do the major religions say about...

Despite some of my past postings, I bear a certain grudging respect for many varieties of religious believers. Other varieties, however, are beyond hope. Case in point. This is how religion twists its believers into incomprehensible cruelty. From this morning’s NPR... In other words...

Link, including the indictment. Emphasis mine. The indictment says that another dog, injured in a fight, was subsequently wet down with water and electrocuted.

Canada's annual "Seal slaughter" has begun. Each spring hundreds of blood thirsty locals descend onto the ice to slaughter helpless seals by shooting them or beating them to death with clubs. The Canadian seal hunt is the largest marine mammal slaughter on the planet with over a million seals...