Grenada, Miss. (September 1, 2010) – In Defense of Animals (IDA) today applauded the animal cruelty conviction of Annie Ruth Sanders.
IDA’s Hope Animal Sanctuary (HAS, formerly Project Hope) and the Charleston, Mississippi Police Department worked together in July to rescue six starving, chained dogs from Sanders’ property on West Main Street in Charleston. Videotape of the dogs’ conditions and the rescues may be seen at ...
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- Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 13:57
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
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In Defense of Animals offers $5,000 for information leading to conviction of woman who threw puppies in river
San Francisco, Calif. (August 31, 2010) – In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization, today offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of a woman videotaped throwing puppies into a river. The act is believed to have occurred in ...
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- Thursday, August 19, 2010, 13:24
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News, Geese
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As In Defense of Animals predicted, 107 new geese replaced those city killed
New York, NY (August 19, 2010) – In the thirty-eight days since New York City captured and gassed to death an entire population of Canada geese in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, 107 new geese have taken their place, reports In Defense of Animals, an international animal protection organization that has campaigned to end the ...
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- Friday, August 6, 2010, 8:22
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
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Three decapitated goats left at entrance to popular park evoke outrage from animal protection organization
San Rafael, Calif. (August 5, 2010) - In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization that operates hands-on rescue facilities in Mississippi, Africa and India, has offered a reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the reprehensible be-heading of three goats, ...
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Some places you don't want to bring the kids.
BOSTON – Unfortunately, when it comes to the worst zoos in the world, the stories are pretty much all the same: small cages and living spaces, unnatural surroundings of concrete and iron, under-feeding and under-watering and well, cruelty in general.
However, some zoos go above and beyond expectations of horrible.
Ever hear of a zoo misplacing a few animals? ...
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- Thursday, July 22, 2010, 15:39
- In the News, abuse of animals
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By Register Staff
MILFORD – The international animal protection organization In Defense of Animals of California offered a $2,500 reward Thursday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the burn injuries to “Ginger”, a two-year-old Staffordshire terrier.
Animal Control Officer Rick George and members of the city’s Animal Control Office found the dog on July 11 after they responded to a complaint ...
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- Thursday, July 15, 2010, 17:17
- Breaking News, Horses
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Sacramento, Calif. (July 15, 2010) – Today a
lawsuit was filed to stop the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from rounding up and removing nearly 2,000 wild horses and burros from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area north of Susanville, California.
The roundup, slated to begin in August, is the second largest capture and removal operation planned by the BLM for Fiscal ...
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- Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 11:30
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
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Demonstrations today at South Korean Embassies and Consulates around the World
San Rafael, Calif. – Today, activists in 40 cities around the world will converge on South Korean Embassies and Consulates, protesting the cruelty associated with South Korea's dog and cat meat trade. In Defense of Animals (IDA) is coordinating the demonstrations.
At the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in San Francisco, IDA will ...
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- Friday, July 2, 2010, 12:18
- Breaking News, Elephants
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In Defense of Animals calls on zoo to immediately switch to safer training method for three elephants
San Rafael, Calif. – Following the horrific attack that left an elephant keeper seriously injured, In Defense of Animals (IDA) is calling on the Toledo Zoo to end its use of archaic circus-style training that puts keepers at high risk of injury and death and is inhumane for the ...
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- Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 15:11
- In the News
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By News Sentinel staff
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
ROGERSVILLE - A California-based animal protection group is offering a $2,500 reward for information on a possible "serial abuser" responsible for torturing and killing several cats in Rogersville.
In Defense of Animals initially offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for four cats found duct-taped and left to die ...
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