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A Michigan sheriff's deputy accused of torturing, killing, and tossing his adopted dog in a ditch has been arrested
The deputy said he was trimming his dog's nails when the dog nipped at him. So he duct-taped the do…
Katie Balevic
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An Alabama prisoner will soon become the first in the US to be executed by nitrogen gas. Veterinarians won't even use the method on most animals.
Human rights activists have condemned the experimental execution method, noting that even veterinar…
Michelle Mark
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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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A 26-year-old Ukrainian woman described being tortured with electric shocks and hammers while held in Russian captivity for 6 months: 'They treated us like animals'
"They hung girls," the solider, who was released from captivity in an all-female prisoner swap, tol…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Twitter removes autocomplete function after it suggested shocking videos of cats and dogs being tortured and mass shootings
Elon Musk's social-media site had started recommending gory videos of animal abuse, including sugge…
Bethany Dawson
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The FBI says that most serial killers and school shooters abused animals before they murdered people. In the internet age, that animal torture has found a devoted audience online.
Crush fetishists might start by making harmless videos stomping grapes. A small number could then e…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Internet sleuths helped the FBI find a 19-year-old Indiana woman they say tortured and killed cats and dogs for videos she shared online
Krystal Cherika Scott has been charged with making "animal crush videos" and posting them on Instag…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Tennessee mom's claim that her daughter's Bible history teacher told students 'how to torture a Jew' leads to district investigation
Juniper Russo told Insider she filed a complaint after her eigth-grade daughter, who is Jewish, cam…
Erin Snodgrass
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A 5-month-old baby died after her mother fell while trying to avoid a swooping magpie that had previously attacked park users
Relatives of the first-time parents from Brisbane, Australia, described the "torture" they were goi…
Sophia Ankel
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The availability of 'animal crush' content has created a cat-and-mouse subculture of attention-seeking animal abusers and the web sleuths who suss them out
One web sleuth spent 15 to 17 hours a day collecting evidence on a woman the FBI has since charged …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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What would happen if you stopped sleeping, day by day
Any amount of sleep deprivation is bad for your physical and mental health. Here's what would happe…
Andrea Schmitz,Abby Tang
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Animal-rights charities call for changes to modern pentathlon after a coach punched a horse at the Tokyo Olympics
"The horses were in obvious distress and their treatment was unacceptable," said Tony Tyler, the de…
Barnaby Lane
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A little-known animal rights group directed a wave of anger at Fauci after NIAID was mistakenly listed as a backer for a beagle study
The ordeal began when a journal mistakenly said NIAID was behind a study conducted in Tunisia that …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Zara Urged To Drop Orders For Angora Rabbit Fur Following Claims Of Animal Torture
There is no evidence that Zara's products come from one of the 10 Chinese angora farms where PETA c…
Hayley Peterson
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McCain rebukes Trump: 'We are not bringing back torture' in the US
"In response to written questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Ja…
Pamela Engel
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There is no permanent dark side of the moon, and this simple animation by a former NASA scientist explains why
"My animations were made to show as instantly as possible the whole context of what I'm trying to c…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An incredible animation by a planetary scientist shows how fast each planet spins by putting them in one giant globe
As one commenter pointed out on Twitter, it can be weird to watch Africa and South America making t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The moon has been drifting away from Earth for 4.5 billion years. A stunning animation shows how far it has gone.
Today, the moon is pulling away from Earth at about 3.8 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year. Scientis…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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No, NASA's $8.7 billion golden telescope is not complete - its torturous 2-year journey to space has only just begun
If the mirror passes those punishing tests, it will fly aboard a giant jet and to Johnson Space Cen…