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PETA gifts Kerala temple a mechanical elephant for cruelty-free ceremonies

The mechanical elephant is named ‘Vadakkumbad Sankaranarayanan’. This donation is part of PETA Indi…

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Officers rescue 150 animals 'living in squalor' from a small garage. The owner now faces animal cruelty charges.

Officers found the animals crammed into a 20' by 20' garage, including 117 chickens, 18 ducks, 2 go…

Katie Balevic   


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A Florida man was charged with animal cruelty after deputies said he intentionally drove over a deer and filmed it for TikTok

Florida man Clay Kinney faces animal cruelty charges after admitting to intentionally running over …

Sirena Bergman   


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An Indiana woman who claimed that she 'could not smell' the dead dog in her car due to COVID faces animal cruelty charges

The woman identified as Jennifer Lair is facing animal cruelty and child neglect charges after offi…

Taylor Ardrey   


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Thousands of French pet owners are abandoning their animals, but shelters say the crisis has deeper roots than summer vacation

Furious shelter workers blame inflation, magistrates, police officers, and a lack of sterilization …

Thibault Spirlet   


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An art piece displaying slowly dying goldfish was removed from a museum after complaints of animal cruelty

Yu Buck's art piece "Fish" was changed the same month that Germany removed Damien Hirst's fly-killi…

Taiyler Simone Mitchell   


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A 29-year-old Florida man was charged with animal cruelty after police say he tossed 2 kittens out a car while driving on the highway

Diego Torres Ruiz, 29, is facing animal cruelty charges, The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in…

Taylor Ardrey   


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Surveillance footage shows a woman left distraught after police officer shot her dog 6 times while responding to a 'barking complaint'

A Miami-based animal advocacy group said the eight-month-old dog displayed no aggression and didn't…

Alia Shoaib   


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A life-sized robotic elephant was donated to an Indian temple a giant step to encourage 'cruelty-free' rituals

Animals used in rituals are often subjected to mistreatment. In an effort to be "cruelty-free," a t…

Reena Koh   


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An Arizona man is facing animal cruelty charges after deputies found nearly 200 animals, including dogs and rabbits, inside a freezer

Michael Patrick Turland, 43, faces 94 counts of felony animal cruelty, Mohave County Sheriff's Offi…

Taylor Ardrey   


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Dachshunds could face ban in Germany because of inherent health problems, highlighting wider dog breeding concerns

Dachshunds are plagued by a range of health problems relating to their "extreme body shape," accord…

Nathan Rennolds   


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A woman was arrested on a felony charge of animal cruelty after witnesses said she threw a puppy into the sea

Police initially gave Selena Marban a citation, but elevated it to a felony charge after the puppy …

Lauren Frias   


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JK Rowling's tweets about a lurid murder story reopened a heated debate about transgender convicts

Author JK Rowling posted about a lurid UK murder, reopening a fierce debate about how society shoul…

Nathan Rennolds   


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An Australian man who installed a shark tank in his living room is receiving criticism for animal cruelty, but he thinks 'the haters are simply jealous'

"If given the chance to have a shark tank, I can assure you, people would jump at the opportunity,"…

Reena Koh   


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Cops seized nearly 100 animals found starving in 'filthy' habitats from a Virginia zoo. They also found animal body parts.

Virginia authorities removed nearly 100 animals from a zoo they accused of animal cruelty. They sei…

Katie Balevic   


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Dallas Zoo suspect told police he 'loved animals' and planned to steal more if released: affidavit

Police say the suspect kept the stolen tamarin monkeys and other animals in squalid conditions in a…

Grace Eliza Goodwin   


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'Get in the trunk': Pennsylvania man arrested in connection with theft of bobcat from local animal farm

"I don't want to kill you," the man said, according to surveillance footage, as he wrestled the 22-…

Katie Balevic   


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Man accused of stealing monkeys from the Dallas Zoo was caught after he asked staff at a nearby aquarium about their animals

The monkeys went missing from the zoo on January 30 and were found in an abandoned home in Lancaste…

Rebecca Cohen   


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An animal-rights charity is suing YouTube, claiming the site doesn't enforce its ban on animal-abuse videos, a report says

Animal rights charity Lady Freethinker told The New York Times it had alerted YouTube to 2,000 anim…

Isobel Asher Hamilton