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1 week ago - Thu, Oct 29
NEW YORK -- Shelter animals in New York may continue to be subject to untimely deaths, but a new state law ensures they can only be euthanized in the most humane of fashions, and not through carbon monoxide poisoning, or gassing.
Governor Dav… Read more
1 month ago - Tue, Oct 6
NEW YORK -- In what promises to be a landmark case, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments, today, challenging the constitutionality of a law that makes it illegal to traffic in depictions of animal cruelty.
The case, involving a pr… Read more
1 month ago - Mon, Oct 5
NEW YORK -- Coming off the heels of a horse-drawn carriage accident on the Upper East Side in mid-September, New York City Comptroller William Thompson released a follow-up audit report analyzing the carriage industry in New York City last week.
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1 month ago - Tue, Sep 22
NEW YORK -- With each passing day, hope is rising that the September dog cull in Qinhuangdao, China has been called off, saving thousands of animals from being hunted down and bludgeoned by club-wielding police gangs, animal welfare activists say.
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2 months ago - Tue, Sep 1
NEW YORK -- Pennsylvania lawmakers have just made it a little tougher for puppy mill operators. Governor Ed Rendell, on Thursday, signed the law which now bans the practice of docking tails after five days of age, debarking and surgical birth on dogs, un… Read more
3 months ago - Wed, Aug 5
MIAMI -- Mr. Clucky, the plucky rooster, has been ousted from his Miami Beach roost, as of Thursday's coding ordinance hearing.
The pet rooster and owner, Mark Buckley, found themselves in court after neighbors complained that livestock was l… Read more
3 months ago - Wed, Jul 15
Girl's Death Prompts Python Hunts: Legislatures are seeking to make python hunts legal in Florida after a 2-year-old girl was strangled to death by her family's pet snake. ZT Pet News asks: is this the answer? Take our poll above and let us know what you … Read more
4 months ago - Sun, Jun 21
Mr. Clucky Gets Court Date as Supporters Rally: Mr. Clucky is a hit among tourists and locals on Miami Beach, but now his early-dawn crowing ways have landed him in the hot seat. He's been served an eviction notice by the city.
MIAMI BEACH, … Read more
4 months ago - Thu, Jun 18
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Washington County's "Bunny Lady" is back in the hutch after violating a court order banning her from owning animals for five years. Miriam Sakewitz, 47, was arrested Tuesday at a hotel in the Portland suburb of Tigard after an employee r… Read more
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Dancing Naked Cockatoo a Medical 'Mystery'
A Cockatoo suffering from a rare disease has plucked out all its feathers. But that doesn't stop if from having a dance party.
Length: 3 hr 14 min
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