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Displaying all articles tagged:
Animal Cruelty
ballot initiatives
Aug. 2, 2021
Coming Soon: The Great California Bacon Crisis
A 2018 ballot initiative could boost pork prices nationally and even make bacon disappear in California, bringing home debates on cruelty to animals.
By
Ed Kilgore
pets
June 4, 2019
New York Could Become the First State to Ban Declawing Cats
The practice has long been called “inhumane.”
By
Hannah Gold
animal cruelty
Sept. 26, 2017
Guggenheim Won’t Show Art Accused of Depicting Animal Cruelty Following Threats
“As an arts institution committed to presenting a multiplicity of voices, we are dismayed that we must withhold works of art.”
By
Dee Lockett
animal rights
Feb. 4, 2017
Investigation Concludes
A Dog’s Purpose
Viral Animal-Abuse Video Was Manipulated
It was edited “for the purpose of misleading the public and stoking outrage.”
By
Devon Ivie
controversies
Jan. 19, 2017
A Dog’s Purpose
Premiere Canceled After Dog Vid
The studios say review into the footage is ongoing.
By
Karen Brill
boycotts
Jan. 18, 2017
PETA Calls for Boycott of
A Dog’s Purpose
It showed a German shepherd pushed into a pool despite obvious distress.
By
Karen Brill
Sept. 28, 2016
It’s a Horrible, Cruel Idea to Ride Elephants
Don’t be fooled by all those glamorous old films.
By
Christine Nguyen
and
Cait Munro
fowl play
June 9, 2016
Dude Beheads a Woman’s Chickens Because She Unfriended Him on Facebook
But, ya know, women are the crazy emotional ones!
By
Gabrielle Noone
Horrible Things
May 18, 2016
Food-Truck Owner Claims Devil Made Him Barbecue the Family Dog
Police suspect it may have been the drugs he used.
By
Clint Rainey
bros gone wild
Feb. 24, 2016
Man Drags Shark Out of Ocean for Tinder Picture, Presumably
Left swipe!
By
Eve Peyser
animal cruelty
Dec. 1, 2015
No, Leonardo DiCaprio Is Not Raped by a Bear in
The Revenant
If you really want to know what happens in his new movie, we’ll tell you.
By
Kyle Buchanan
Dec. 1, 2015
Animal-Cruelty Charges Slapped on Woman Who Shared Viral Photo of Duct-Taped Dog
Animal Services had to issue a press release pleading with people to stop calling about the photo so employees could do their jobs and take care of other animals.
By
Jay Hathaway
Animal Cruelty
Nov. 25, 2015
Whole Foods Again Accused of Selling Meat That’s Not As Humane As Claimed
Animal-rights activists say the company and its supplier are deceiving customers.
By
Chris Crowley
animal cruelty
Nov. 17, 2015
Puppy Tries Desperately to Escape Relationship With John Mayer
Haven’t you done enough damage?
By
Dayna Evans
Animal Cruelty
Oct. 30, 2015
A McDonald’s Chicken Supplier Pleaded Guilty to Animal Cruelty
In an undercover video, the farmers were very blasé about impaling birds with spikes.
By
Clint Rainey
Lawsuits
Sept. 22, 2015
Now PETA Is Suing Whole Foods for Claiming Its Meat Is ‘Humane’
The lawsuit comes just days after its expose on one of the grocery store’s pork suppliers.
By
Clint Rainey
Animal Cruelty
Sept. 18, 2015
PETA Says Whole Foods’ Pork Is Less Humane Than People Think
Footage from a supplier’s farm seems at odds with the grocer’s animal-welfare program.
By
Clint Rainey
Animal Cruelty
Aug. 27, 2015
McDonald’s Cuts Ties With Chicken Supplier Over Animal Abuse
A new video shows Tyson workers hitting sick birds with spiked poles.
By
Clint Rainey
animal cruelty
May 14, 2015
Australia Is Threatening to Kill Johnny Depp’s Dogs
He has until Saturday to deport his two Yorkshire terriers, or else.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
Meat
Jan. 20, 2015
Horrifying Report Says Efforts to Breed Cheap and Profitable Meat Create
Newborn lambs left out to die in the open, pigs with surgically implanted brain tubes — that’s just the last year or so.
By
Hugh Merwin
Assault and Battery Cages
Jan. 9, 2015
Video Alleging Hen Abuse at Whole Foods Egg Supplier Sorta Backfires for
Humane farming authorities have questioned what, exactly, is being depicted.
By
Hugh Merwin
animal cruelty
Jan. 7, 2015
Animal-Rights Organizations Criticize Beyoncé for Tiger Selfie
“Vacation snaps like these support an industry that relies on animal cruelty.”
By
Nate Jones
Foiemaggedon
Dec. 12, 2014
Heston Blumenthal Drops His Foie Gras Supplier After Seeing Alleged Mistreatment
The video posted online did not fit the definition of “a well-run family duck farm.”
By
Clint Rainey
Animal Cruelty
Nov. 20, 2014
Animal-Rights Group Says It Can Prove Chick-fil-A Uses an Abusive Chicken
Though the chain says it no longer has a connection.
By
Clint Rainey
people are terrible
Nov. 18, 2014
Worst Person Ever Charged in Yonkers Cat Deaths
He stuffed them into plastic bags.
By
Katie Zavadski
crimes and misdemeanors
Sept. 29, 2014
Everyone Hates a Cat-Kicker
This one faces up to a year in jail, with no option for a plea deal.
By
Joe Coscarelli
Animal Cruelty
Sept. 18, 2014
Horrific Animal Cruelty Exposed at Farm for Domino’s and Pizza Hut Cheese
Video shows workers punching and shocking cows.
By
Clint Rainey
Suffering
Mar. 27, 2014
Illegal Slaughterhouse Killed Pigs In the Most Horrifying Ways Imaginable
One wounded animal was submerged in boiling water “while still showing signs of life.”
By
Clint Rainey
puppies!!!!!!
Mar. 7, 2014
Brooklyn Man Tattoos Dog, Sparks Change
A New York politician wants to make it illegal now.
By
Joe Coscarelli
animal cruelty
Feb. 24, 2014
Who’s Worse: The Upstate Man Having Sex With Cows or His Friend Filming It?
The correct answer is both.
By
Joe Coscarelli
Foiemaggedon
Dec. 18, 2013
French Foie Gras Spokesperson: ‘Maybe We Did Go a Little Too Far’
“Of course gavage is not very romantic and so we avoided talking about it. But now we are trying to explain it more and more.”
By
Belle Cushing
Suffering
Dec. 10, 2013
The 12 Most Horrific Parts of
Rolling Stone
’s Massive Animal
Very bad things happening on feedlots and factory farms.
By
Hugh Merwin
animal cruelty
Nov. 25, 2013
‘No Animals Were Harmed’ Film Credit Is Often BS
A report shows multiple cases of animal harm in films that received that distinction
.
By
Jesse David Fox
Op-Eds
July 12, 2013
Ryan Gosling Wants Pork Gestation Crates Abolished
The actor takes a stand against animal cruelty.
By
Hugh Merwin
Video Feed
June 3, 2013
Perennial Plate
Looks at Pateria de Sousa’s Unconventional Foie
These foie gras producers take a different approach.
By
Hugh Merwin
Foiemageddon
May 24, 2013
Morrissey Shames Kate Middleton for Enjoying Foie Gras
He sort of fat-shames her, too.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Health Concerns
Aug. 21, 2012
USDA Shutters Central Valley Slaughterhouse Over Animal Abuse Allegations
Even worse, the USDA was buying its beef for school lunch and emergency food programs.
By
Hadley Tomicki
animal cruelty
July 23, 2012
Father and Son Kill Cat With Stick, Throw It in Trash
Why?
By
Brett Smiley
sad things
July 20, 2012
Pennsylvanians Busted for Hoarding Over 200 Chihuahuas
Some were sick, some deceased.
By
Brett Smiley
neighborhood news
June 17, 2012
NYPD Blue
Writer Arrested for Fatally Punching Poodle
Queens man accused of hitting his dog in the head.
By
Margaret Hartmann
making the sausage
Feb. 8, 2012
Polone: It’s Been a Shameful Month for Animal Cruelty in Entertainment
Young chimps were pimped in a Super Bowl ad, endangered wolves were demonized in
The Grey
, and Joan Rivers was kibitzing in a fur coat.
By
Gavin Polone
Feb. 6, 2012
Uggie Is Sick!
Oh no!
By
Kyle Buchanan
Jan. 25, 2012
Uggie Is Retiring!
NO!
By
Kyle Buchanan
Beef
May 18, 2009
Foig Furor: Pâté Police Hit Momofuku
David Chang meets foie gras protesters face-to-face.
By
Daniel Maurer
Freebies
May 7, 2009
The KFC-Oprah Fustercluck: Day Two
The madness continues.
By
Daniel Maurer
Beef
Jan. 27, 2009
Foig-ing Ridiculous: D’Artagnan Agrees to Reword Website Claims
The Humane Society of the United States has taken one very small step for goose-kind.
By
Daniel Maurer