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Animal Cruelty

  1. ballot initiatives
    Coming Soon: The Great California Bacon CrisisA 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
  2. pets
    New York Could Become the First State to Ban Declawing CatsThe practice has long been called “inhumane.”
    By Hannah Gold
  3. animal cruelty
    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
  4. animal rights
    Investigation Concludes A Dog’s Purpose Viral Animal-Abuse Video Was ManipulatedIt was edited “for the purpose of misleading the public and stoking outrage.”
    By Devon Ivie
  5. controversies
    A Dog’s Purpose Premiere Canceled After Dog VidThe studios say review into the footage is ongoing.
    By Karen Brill
  6. boycotts
    PETA Calls for Boycott of A Dog’s PurposeIt showed a German shepherd pushed into a pool despite obvious distress.
    By Karen Brill
  7. It’s a Horrible, Cruel Idea to Ride ElephantsDon’t be fooled by all those glamorous old films.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
  8. fowl play
    Dude Beheads a Woman’s Chickens Because She Unfriended Him on FacebookBut, ya know, women are the crazy emotional ones!
    By Gabrielle Noone
  9. Horrible Things
    Food-Truck Owner Claims Devil Made Him Barbecue the Family DogPolice suspect it may have been the drugs he used.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. bros gone wild
    Man Drags Shark Out of Ocean for Tinder Picture, PresumablyLeft swipe!
    By Eve Peyser
  11. animal cruelty
    No, Leonardo DiCaprio Is Not Raped by a Bear in The RevenantIf you really want to know what happens in his new movie, we’ll tell you.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  12. Animal-Cruelty Charges Slapped on Woman Who Shared Viral Photo of Duct-Taped DogAnimal 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
  13. Animal Cruelty
    Whole Foods Again Accused of Selling Meat That’s Not As Humane As ClaimedAnimal-rights activists say the company and its supplier are deceiving customers.
    By Chris Crowley
  14. animal cruelty
    Puppy Tries Desperately to Escape Relationship With John MayerHaven’t you done enough damage?
    By Dayna Evans
  15. Animal Cruelty
    A McDonald’s Chicken Supplier Pleaded Guilty to Animal CrueltyIn an undercover video, the farmers were very blasé about impaling birds with spikes.
    By Clint Rainey
  16. Lawsuits
    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
  17. Animal Cruelty
    PETA Says Whole Foods’ Pork Is Less Humane Than People ThinkFootage from a supplier’s farm seems at odds with the grocer’s animal-welfare program.
    By Clint Rainey
  18. Animal Cruelty
    McDonald’s Cuts Ties With Chicken Supplier Over Animal AbuseA new video shows Tyson workers hitting sick birds with spiked poles.
    By Clint Rainey
  19. animal cruelty
    Australia Is Threatening to Kill Johnny Depp’s Dogs He has until Saturday to deport his two Yorkshire terriers, or else.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  20. Meat
    Horrifying Report Says Efforts to Breed Cheap and Profitable Meat CreateNewborn 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
  21. Assault and Battery Cages
    Video Alleging Hen Abuse at Whole Foods Egg Supplier Sorta Backfires forHumane farming authorities have questioned what, exactly, is being depicted.
    By Hugh Merwin
  22. animal cruelty
    Animal-Rights Organizations Criticize Beyoncé for Tiger Selfie“Vacation snaps like these support an industry that relies on animal cruelty.”
    By Nate Jones
  23. Foiemaggedon
    Heston Blumenthal Drops His Foie Gras Supplier After Seeing Alleged MistreatmentThe video posted online did not fit the definition of “a well-run family duck farm.”
    By Clint Rainey
  24. Animal Cruelty
    Animal-Rights Group Says It Can Prove Chick-fil-A Uses an Abusive ChickenThough the chain says it no longer has a connection.
    By Clint Rainey
  25. people are terrible
    Worst Person Ever Charged in Yonkers Cat DeathsHe stuffed them into plastic bags.
    By Katie Zavadski
  26. crimes and misdemeanors
    Everyone Hates a Cat-KickerThis one faces up to a year in jail, with no option for a plea deal.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. Animal Cruelty
    Horrific Animal Cruelty Exposed at Farm for Domino’s and Pizza Hut CheeseVideo shows workers punching and shocking cows.
    By Clint Rainey
  28. Suffering
    Illegal Slaughterhouse Killed Pigs In the Most Horrifying Ways ImaginableOne wounded animal was submerged in boiling water “while still showing signs of life.”
    By Clint Rainey
  29. puppies!!!!!!
    Brooklyn Man Tattoos Dog, Sparks ChangeA New York politician wants to make it illegal now.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. animal cruelty
    Who’s Worse: The Upstate Man Having Sex With Cows or His Friend Filming It?The correct answer is both.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  31. Foiemaggedon
    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
  32. Suffering
    The 12 Most Horrific Parts of Rolling Stone’s Massive AnimalVery bad things happening on feedlots and factory farms.
    By Hugh Merwin
  33. animal cruelty
    ‘No Animals Were Harmed’ Film Credit Is Often BSA report shows multiple cases of animal harm in films that received that distinction.
    By Jesse David Fox
  34. Op-Eds
    Ryan Gosling Wants Pork Gestation Crates AbolishedThe actor takes a stand against animal cruelty.
    By Hugh Merwin
  35. Video Feed
    Perennial Plate Looks at Pateria de Sousa’s Unconventional FoieThese foie gras producers take a different approach.
    By Hugh Merwin
  36. Foiemageddon
    Morrissey Shames Kate Middleton for Enjoying Foie GrasHe sort of fat-shames her, too.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  37. Health Concerns
    USDA Shutters Central Valley Slaughterhouse Over Animal Abuse AllegationsEven worse, the USDA was buying its beef for school lunch and emergency food programs.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  38. animal cruelty
    Father and Son Kill Cat With Stick, Throw It in TrashWhy?
    By Brett Smiley
  39. sad things
    Pennsylvanians Busted for Hoarding Over 200 ChihuahuasSome were sick, some deceased.
    By Brett Smiley
  40. neighborhood news
    NYPD Blue Writer Arrested for Fatally Punching PoodleQueens man accused of hitting his dog in the head.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. making the sausage
    Polone: It’s Been a Shameful Month for Animal Cruelty in EntertainmentYoung 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
  42. Uggie Is Sick!Oh no!
    By Kyle Buchanan
  43. Uggie Is Retiring!NO!
    By Kyle Buchanan
  44. Beef
    Foig Furor: Pâté Police Hit MomofukuDavid Chang meets foie gras protesters face-to-face.
    By Daniel Maurer
  45. Freebies
    The KFC-Oprah Fustercluck: Day TwoThe madness continues.
    By Daniel Maurer
  46. Beef
    Foig-ing Ridiculous: D’Artagnan Agrees to Reword Website ClaimsThe Humane Society of the United States has taken one very small step for goose-kind.
    By Daniel Maurer