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2.960 documents for cruelty against animals

- Society for Cruelty against Animals.
Jennifer A. Dietz of Tampa spoke at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine on the emergence of animal law in the legal system. Die...
- Florida Bar News
- November 15, 2007
- Criticism of Niagara Spca Heats Up
Criticism of the SPCA of Niagara has intensified since two former staffers last week leveled accusations of animal neglect and cruelty against its executive director. On Saturday, three more former workers leveled charges that animals were left untreated or unnecessarily euthanized, and more than 200 Niagara County residents and animal activists protested outside the Lockport Road facility.
- Buffalo News
- January 09, 2012
- Police & Court Headlines
Animal rescue center operator accused of cruelty PIQUA -- Eleven criminal charges that include nine on cruelty to animals were filed by the Piqua Health Department against the operator of a closed animal rescue facility.
- Dayton Daily News
- February 10, 2011

- United States v. Stevens, 559 U. S. (2010)
... of certain depictions of animal cruelty. The statute addresses only portrayals of harmful ... the torture and killing of helpless animals and are said to appeal to persons with a specific ... broadly balance the value of the speech against its societal costs to determine whether the First ...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Westmoreland Man Accused of Slashing Dog, Leaving It to Die
A Loyalhanna Township man is accused of slitting the throat of his dog after it attacked him, then leaving it to die in the front seat of his truck. State police at Kiski Valley filled charges of cruelty to animals on Friday against Stanton Spaugy, 31, of 342 Moween Road, Moween.
- Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
- March 26, 2011
- Dogs Ride Rescue Waggin' to Safety
DOWNEY -- Roscoe,a tri-colored basset hound,swaggered down a red carpetThursday morning outside theSoutheast Area Animal ControlAuthority building. After licking an animal rescueworker, the hound boarded atruck headed for Sacramento,where he will be sheltered bythe local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals.
- Whittier Daily News
- October 28, 2005
- Letter to the Editor: Attackers 'Should Be Relentlessly Hunted'
The premeditated knife attack upon Sparky, a small, friendly dog, should ring alarm bells for all who have heard of the First Strike Campaign. According to the Humane Society of the United States, which registered the phrase "first strike," persons who first commit acts of cruelty against defenseless animals will graduate to committing acts of violence against human beings. Investigations of attacks upon animals have revealed that the perpetrators have deep- seated problems, often involving antisocial behaviors and neglect or abuse in the home. Thus, the Humane Society of the United States urges everyone to treat with seriousness every act of cruelty toward animals. The fact that Jack Vernon heard the teenaged attackers laughing as they ran off, at 1:15 a.m., leaving Sparky to bleed to ...
- New Haven Register
- May 06, 2010
- Plea Deal in Kennel Case Called 'Travesty' ; John and Heidi Frasca, Formerly of Buxton, Will Be Eligible to Have Animal-Cruelty Charges Dismissed.
Buxton's police chief and animal welfare workers said Friday they are outraged by what they see as lenient punishment for a husband and wife who were charged with abusing and neglecting the dogs they bred at their kennel. John and Heidi Frasca, who owned J'aime Kennel in Buxton, will have to complete 60 hours of community service and keep no more than four animals during the next 17 months to have the five animal- cruelty charges against them dismissed.
- Portland Press Herald
- March 28, 2011
- American Humane Association: Cruelty to Animals Is Not Free Speech or Entertainment
Congress must act to protect animals as Supreme Court reverses federal law against commercial trade in cruelty images DENVER, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Humane Association urges Congress to act immediately to protect animals from abuse, in light of Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to invalidate federal law that prohibited videos, photographs and other depictions of acts of cruelty to animals for commercial gain. The law, the Depiction of Animal Cruelty Act, was intended to prevent the creation and sale of dogfighting, other animal fighting, and "crush" videos that show real and intentional harm to animals for "entertainment" purposes.
- U.S. Newswire
- April 21, 2010
- Cockfighting Ring's Leader Is Identified
PATERSON -- The ringleader of a lucrative cockfighting operation that was busted during a weekend raid has been identified by authorities but not yet found, the county's chief animal cruelty officer said Monday. The law division of the Passaic County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also may press charges soon against additional participants in the illegal bouts involving roosters, said Robert Boyle, who heads the unit.
- The Record, Bergen County, NJ
- November 22, 2011