Coalition sues feds for approving Cape Wind

Opponents of the wind farm say the federal government violated animal-protection laws.

Letters: The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome

Readers respond.

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.

Father, son hit with maximum fine for starving cattle

A father and son responsible for the worst case of animal neglect a protection worker had ever seen, “weren’t greenhorns.” Wayne Robinson and Barrett Robinson had owned cattle before and “should have known what they were doing,” said Lloyd Howden, who discovered hundreds of dead and starving cattle on a farm northeast of Outlook, Sask., in March 2009.

American Humane Association Names Dori Villalon Vice President of Animal Protection

DENVER, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dori Villalon has joined the American Humane Association as vice president of animal protection, a position in which she will help further American Humane’s efforts to end the abuse and neglect of animals and support the animal welfare agencies that serve them.

Animal cruelty charges in cats’ cannibalism case

COURTHOUSE 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.

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.

Camp teaches kids to care for animals

Participants in the Larimer Humane Society’s Waggin’ Tails Kids Camp got a chance Wednesday to help perform surgery on animals.

Council approves salary pool for employee raise

At the June 7 council meeting, the Logan City Council approved a three percent pool of $8,505 for salary increases for 2010-2011 with raises to be based on employee evaluations.

Financial crisis threatens to set back education

Bangkok, 23 June 2010 The aftershock of the global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the worlds poorest countries of an education, warns the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report Reaching the Marginalized …