Couple Who Beat Dog To Death and Threw it Off Balcony - Walk Free

Posted By Ryan O'Meara Date: 26/08 Posted Under: Dog News

Sheena and Alexander Spence, of West Bromwich in the West Midlands were asked to look after the dog of a dying pensioner.
Rather than look after Laddie, they instead beat the animal to death before throwing him from a 5th floor balcony.
They were sentenced to 12-weeks in prison. But please, don’t be outraged at this poxy, [...]

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Credit Crunch Leads to 200% Rise in Dog Abandonments

Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 26/08 Posted Under: Animal Charities, Animal Welfare, Dog News, Social Issues

Credit Crunch Misery for Britain’s Dogs
As the credit crunch bites, Britain’s dogs are losing their homes too.
The UK national dog adoption service DogsBlog.com is reporting a massive surge in the number of people seeking to rehome their dogs due to the knock on effects of the worldwide credit crunch.
The website, which is currently promoting National [...]

 
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Woman Convicted for Murder Following Dog Mauling

Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 24/08 Posted Under: Dangerous Dogs, Dog News, Social Issues

In San Francisco a woman has had her original convinction for murder reinstated following a death caused by one of her dogs.
Marjorie Knoller, 53, sat quietly in the courtroom while Superior Court Judge Charlotte Woolard discounted her testimony at her 2002 trial and said Knoller had known her dog was potentially lethal when she took [...]

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SSPCA Demand BBC Give Crufts the Axe after Pedigree Dogs Exposed

Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 24/08 Posted Under: Animal Charities, Animal Welfare, Dog Health, Dog News, Pet Health, Pet Industry

Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals superintendent Mike Flynn has called for the BBC to pull out of giving airtime to Crufts dog show in the wake of the hardhitting documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed.
The documentary which aired on Friday in Scotland, exposed the dark side of pedigree dog breeding, revealing a shocking [...]

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The Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme - Has it Failed Already?

Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 21/08 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Dog Health, Dog News, Pet Health, Pet Industry

A Nice Idea But a Failed Concept
The TV documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed has brought about a level of negative publicity toward the world of organised dog breeding and the Kennel Club the like of which neither has experienced in the past.
More than 3.9m sat and recoiled as the documentary exposed shocking levels of animal cruelty [...]

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