by Chris White People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) euthanized nearly 2,000 adoptable dogs and cats last year, according to a public report the organization filed earlier this month. PETA’s animal shelter killed 1,809 pets last year at its headquarters in Norfolk, Va., according to report given to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The animal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The House voted Wednesday to adopt an amendment to the defense spending package that defunds painful dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs. By a voice vote, the House adopted the amendment introduced by GOP Rep. Dave Brat and Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, which states that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Earlier this week a Florida man says his dog shot his girlfriend. See more about this bizarre story in the video below: From Action News Jacksonville: “A man on Jacksonville’s Westside told the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office his dog, Diesel, shot his girlfriend. It might sound like an extreme version of “my dog ate…
Police killings of family pets on the rise By Resa Willis In a time of outrage over police shootings of unarmed suspects, mainstream media has a tendency of overlooking other egregious acts of authority overreach occurring right under our collective noses. The public, seemingly desensitized to much of the human on human violence occurring across the…
Andrew Follett A British couple paid almost $100,000 to clone a pair of puppies from the DNA of their recently deceased boxer named Dylan. “I’m trying to get my head round the fact that this puppy has 100% of the same DNA as Dylan,” the woman who ordered the cloned puppies told The Guardian. “I had Dylan since…
Oklahoma Senate Bill 32 gives a dog a bad name — literally! Currently, Oklahoma state law doesn’t allow bans on dog breeds. But that could soon change with SB32 which would allow cities to ban dog breeds they don’t much care for. I’m torn on this. One one hand I look at this as an…