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Animal groups, Ohio farmers strike deal on cruelty; issue no longer on ballot

COLUMBUS — Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. Ted Strickland.

New improvements made at Yerington Animal Shelter

Visitors who haven’t been to the Yerington Animal Shelter in a while may not recognize what they see.

A column dealing with road kill strikes a chord with readers

After writing a recent column on road kill I got a lot of comments from readers who said they go out and pick up the dead critters.

‘Horrifying’ discovery of cat cannibalism leads to charges

NORRISTOWN Saying animal protection officials were “horrified” to find a dozen dead cats that had resorted to cannibalism to try to stay alive in a Whitpain home, authorities have charged the pet owner with animal cruelty for allegedly leaving them behind without food.

Gene Baur: Important Progress for Farm Animals in Ohio

Over the past year, more than 500,000 Ohio citizens signed a petition aimed at placing an initiative on the statewide ballot this November to…

Abandoned cats resort to cannibalism in Montco

NORRISTOWN Saying animal protection officials were horrified to find a dozen dead cats that had resorted to cannibalism to try to stay alive in a Whitpain home, authorities have charged the pet owner with animal cruelty for allegedly leaving them behind without food.

Club Mahindra should stop promoting angling: FIAPO

Chennai, July 1 (PTI) The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) today urged Club Mahindra Resorts to stop promoting ‘angling’ as a tourist attraction on several websites.

Farm Sanctuary plans Independence Day event

Farm Sanctuary, the a farm animal protection organization, will open its shelters to the public for an alternative to the traditional meat-filled July 4 barbeque.

Harkins to fund animal-welfare ads after neglect citation

Dan Harkins will show the ads, focusing on keeping pets safe during heat, in his theaters.

The Animal Welfare Institute Files Suit Against BP for Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive

NEW ORLEANS, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations have filed suit in federal court today against British Petroleum America, Inc., British Petroleum Exploration & Production and British Petroleum PLC (“BP”) for burning critically endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, in violation of the Endangered …