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Animal Abuse
Stories contained on these pages can be graphic and disturbing, especially to children.
Animal Abuse happens every day, in almost every place on the earth.
It amazes me that we claim to be civilized and yet we still are willing to make exceptions to abuse of our animals, both companions and wildlife.
We as a society can not overlook abuse of other humans, yet we continually overlook the abuse of animals.
Please consider taking a stand on this issue and helping to end animal abuse.
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If you suspect animal abuse, please call your local animal control agency immediately and report it. Below are links to Organizations that are active in either trying to get tougher legislation for animal abuse, active in investigations of severe animal abuse cases and/or active in emergency rescue situations for animals during a natural and/or manmade disaster. Please consider donating to the organizations listed below. |
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Inside A Puppy Mill
Puppy mills are nothing new. These mass dog-breeding operations have been around for decades. They continue to thrive because they prey on unwitting consumers who are smitten by too-cute-for-words puppies in pet store windows and on fancy websites.
But behind the friendly facade of the local pet shop, the pastoral scenes on a "breeder's" website, or the neighborhood newspaper ad, there often lies a puppy mill. These canine breeding facilities house dogs in shockingly poor conditions.
Life is particularly bad for "breeding stock," dogs who live their entire lives in cages and are continually bred for years, without human companionship and with little hope of ever becoming part of a family. These dogs receive little or no veterinary care and never see a bed, a treat or a toy. After their fertility wanes, breeding animals are commonly killed, abandoned or sold to another mill. The annual result of all this breeding is hundreds of thousands of puppies, many with behavior and/or health problems.
Several
hundred thousand puppies are shipped cross-country to be sold in pet shops, but
many are sold via newspaper classifieds or Internet sites and are often
accompanied by false claims such as, "We'd never sell puppies from a puppy mill"
or promises that the puppies are "home raised," farm raised," or "raised with
kids/grandkids." The ploys of the puppy mill are designed to dupe a
well-intentioned family into buying a puppy and keeping the engine of cruelty
working overtime.
The Laws Aren't Enough
Because a puppy mill is a business, the facility is designed purely for profit, not for the well-being of dogs. Laws are on the books to provide minimum-care standards for puppy-mill animals, but enforcement has historically been spotty at best. The U.S. Department of Agriculture licenses and inspects "commercial breeding facilities for violations of the Animal Welfare Act; likewise, a handful of states have laws that provide oversight of some breeding operations as well. But puppy mills can successfully navigate around these laws, either by selling directly to consumers (thereby avoiding USDA licensing requirements) or by simply avoiding the reach of law enforcement (with so few USDA inspectors and minor fines, it's easy to stay in business).
We Need Your Help
The Humane Society of the United States has been investigating puppy mills for decades, exposing the cruel realities of the commercial dog-breeding industry. We've lobbied for the current laws as well as for additional money to enforce those laws. We've also educated millions of consumers on the many reasons they should avoid puppy-mill puppies.
But our work is far from over. There are still thousands of puppy mills that need to be shut down for good. We need your help to do exactly that: Stop puppy mills. Help The HSUS stop puppy mills by spreading the word about puppy mills, making a donation to our Puppy Mill Education Fund or telling a friend about the Stop Puppy Mills website.
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A Poison Safe Home
Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Avocado
- Chocolate (all forms)
- Coffee (all forms)
- Fatty foods
- Macadamia nuts
- Moldy or spoiled foods
- Onions, onion powder
- Raisins and grapes
- Salt
- Yeast dough
- Garlic
- Products sweetened with xylitol
Warm Weather Hazards
- Animal toxins—toads, insects, spiders, snakes and scorpions
- Blue-green algae in ponds
- Citronella candles
- Cocoa mulch
- Compost piles Fertilizers
- Flea products
- Outdoor plants and plant bulbs
- Swimming-pool treatment supplies
- Fly baits containing methomyl
- Slug and snail baits containing metaldehyde
Medication
Common examples of human medications that can be potentially lethal
to pets, even in small doses, include:
- Pain killers
- Cold medicines
- Anti-cancer drugs
- Antidepressants
- Vitamins
- Diet Pills
Cold Weather Hazards
- Antifreeze
- Liquid potpourri
- Ice melting products
- Rat and mouse bait
Common Household Hazards
- Fabric softener sheets
- Mothballs
- Post-1982 pennies (due to high concentration of zinc)
Holiday Hazards
- Christmas tree water (may contain fertilizers and bacteria, which, if
ingested, can upset the stomach.
- Electrical cords
- Ribbons or tinsel (can become lodged in the intestines and cause intestinal
obstruction—most often occurs with kittens!)
- Batteries
- Glass ornaments
Non-toxic Substances for Dogs and Cats
The following substances are considered to be non-toxic, although they may
cause mild gastrointestinal upset in some animals:
- Water-based paints
- Toilet bowl water
- Silica gel
- Poinsettia
- Cat litter
- Glue traps
- Glow jewelry
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OR 2007 - Reporting Animal Abuse and Neglect
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The Oregon Senate is considering a bill that would require public and private officials to report suspected animal abuse and neglect. Help protect animals by supporting Oregon Senate Bill 1017. The tragic link between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic violence is real. When animals are abused, people are at risk. As the only national humane organization that protects both children and animals, the American Humane Association recognizes the fact that individuals who abuse animals rarely stop there. Child victims often feel they have no other choice but to remain silent about their own abuse in order to avoid harm to their pets. Sadly, these children suffer lasting effects on their emotional development and may even become desensitized to the inhumane treatment of animals. Reporting suspected animal abuse may help prevent additional abuse. Oregon’s public and private officials, a group of professionals that includes employees of county juvenile departments, the Child Care Division of the Employment Department, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, certified providers of foster care, licensed professional counselors and marriage and family therapists, are trained to recognize signs of abuse and neglect. This training puts these professionals in a unique position to report suspected abuse of not only children, but also animals. Currently, veterinarians are required to report suspected
animal abuse. Oregon Senate Bill 1017, sponsored by the Senate Judiciary
Committee, would also require public and private officials to report
suspected aggravated animal abuse and would require both veterinarians and
public and private officials to report suspected animal neglect. The bill
would encourage this reporting by providing the professionals immunity from
liability. The American Humane Association supports this important legislation. Please support this important initiative by contacting your senator! |
This action alert is for residents of the following states only: Oregon
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Our Story
If you had asked us before October 16 of 2001 if we thought for one second that our cats were in danger in the peaceful town of Del Mar, California, we would have said no. If you asked us if 2 days later we would be mourning the loss of one of our most cherished family members, we would surely have said no. All of our cats are healthy and well-loved.
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certainly if you had asked us if later that week we would be tracking down a
killer, we would have thought you were crazy. But that's exactly what
happened. Someone kidnapped one of our most adored cats, drove her 15
miles away to the next town, and set her on fire. Two days in one of the
best veterinary emergency rooms on the west coast later, little Bert died,
with 3rd degree burns over 75% of her body, internal bleeding, and
kidney failure.
And yet that's exactly what happened.
When this tragedy happened, we immediately began papering the neighborhood and contacting whoever we could to find out how to get the word out so that people would know that there was a serious threat. We handed out flyers, emailed and called newspaper, radio, and TV stations, and set up a website telling Bert's story.
Bert's medical treatment wound up totaling close to $5000, and poor Bert hadn't even survived. Because Bert's guardian is a close friend of mine and I knew that the financial burden would be enormous, I began looking at other ways to raise some of those funds. Countless hours of web surfing and phonecalls later, I had a few options, but I turned to the general public, and the many people I knew on the Internet.
Although the media was given the url of Bert's site, they never really distributed it on the air, as we would have hoped. And yet through word-of-mouth, we managed to raise enough money to cover Jane's entire vet bill.
The outpouring of support from friends, family, and strangers was overwhelming. Bert's story touched so many people that we decided that we should put our heads together and come up with a resource for other people who have found themselves in this exceptionally tragic situation. I think a large part of it is that we felt like so many people had given so much to us... We wanted a way to try and give something back. We will never feel like there are enough ways to say "Thank You" to truly express what everyone's financial and emotional contributions have meant to us, so the very least we can do is try to help others.
The suspect is still walking the streets. He is believed to have fled back to Brazil where he is undoubtedly torturing and killing people's cats there. (And what happens when he's gotten bored with cats and decides to move on to bigger and better things like women and children?) We're doing all that we can, pursuing our own independent investigation, and trying to make the public aware so that they can protect themselves, but the end result right now is that Bert was tortured to death and no arrests have been made.
Although we are still working diligently to see that justice is served, we still feel as though we haven't done enough. This site was spawned from those feelings of sheer helplessness and frustration, and the need to give something back to the people who were there for us when we needed it most.
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Best Friends is working with you -- and with humane groups
all across the country -- to bring about a time when there are No More Homeless
Pets.
The sanctuary, at the heart of Southern Utah's Golden Circle of national parks,
is home, on any given day, to about 1,500 dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds and
other animals.
In our home state, Best Friends manages a model No More Homeless Pets campaign
with shelters and humane groups statewide to ensure that every healthy dog or
cat that's ever born can be guaranteed a loving home.
And Best Friends reaches across the nation, helping humane groups, individual
people, and entire communities to set up spay/neuter, shelter, foster, and
adoption programs in their own neighborhoods, cities, and states.
The mission of Best Friends is driven by the simple philosophy that kindness to
animals helps build a better world for all of us. And the work of Best Friends
is supported entirely through the donations of our members and supporters.
Through the generous hearts and hands of people like you, we can ensure that
animals who come into the care of Best Friends will never again be alone,
hungry, sick, afraid, or in pain.
Thank you for being part of this work of love.
To find out the latest news from Best Friends animal sanctuary and the No More
Homeless Pets campaign, see our
News & Top Stories section.
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The Animal Protection Institute (API) is a national animal advocacy nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, contributions to which are tax-deductible. Founded in 1968, API's mission is to advocate for the protection of animals from cruelty and exploitation.
Every year, billions of animals suffer in fur farms and circus cages, in slaughterhouses and product testing labs. In our campaigns against such cruelties, API uses powerful tools including legislation, public education, litigation, and grassroots networking. We also work actively with media to spread the word about challenges facing animals.
API's primary campaign areas currently include animals used in entertainment, captive exotic animals, companion animals, compassionate consumerism, farmed animals, and wildlife protection.
API also provides "hands-on" care for animals at the API Primate Sanctuary, located in Dilley, Texas, where more than 400 primates, many of whom were rescued from abusive situations in laboratories, roadside zoos, and private possession, live in as natural an environment as possible with minimal human interference.
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The nation's largest animal protection political action committee.
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The National Animal Abuse Registry
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A Northwest leader in protecting animals since 1967, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelters homeless animals, rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife, and empowers people to demonstrate compassion and respect for animals in their daily lives.
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All states have laws that prohibit cruelty to horses and other animals. Every state makes it a crime to engage in certain cruel acts toward animals. Most states permit the government to seize and destroy or sell an animal that has been found to have been cruelly treated.
Many states give a special role to the Humane Society or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Those states make officers of these private associations law enforcement officers, empowered to seek and execute search and arrest warrants, search private property for evidence of cruelty to animals and arrest persons whom they have reason to believe have committed an offense of cruelty to an animal.
Many states have recently enacted
legislation to protect research facilities from trespass to "liberate" animals
in their custody. Other states have increased the punishments for abuse of
police or service animals.
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Since 1979, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has been leading the fight to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.
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Every single hour in British Columbia an
innocent animal
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The Animal Anti-Cruelty League (AACL) protects tame and wild animals from suffering and shows people the best way to take care of them. Its Headquarters are in Johannesburg, and there are branch offices in Bredasdorp, Bronkhorstspruit, Cape Town, Durban, LadySmith, Pietermaritzburg and Port Elizabeth.
All sorts of domesticated animals are kept at Headquarters. Some are there because their owners no longer want them and have asked the League to find another home for them. Others are cared for there because their owners hurt or mistreat them. AACL staff look after all these animals and make sure that they are comfortable and well fed. When the animals are strong and healthy, new homes are found for them. They are not sold.
People, who give them good homes, adopt these animals by making a donation toward their upkeep and neutering.
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