Viva La Liberación Animal

granamor:

Millions of animals are caught on China’s streets and slaughtered each year for their fur. Once captured, tied and “subdued” the skinning process begins. The act takes about a minute during which the worker keeps the animal alive. This is due to the belief that it is easier to skin the animal while it is still warm and blood is actively flowing through its veins.

“This process is extremely hard to digest, but we believe it is not propelled by cruelty, but rather by ignorance and lack of awareness to animal needs.” - PTROA

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This petition is sponsered by: Preserving The Rights Of Animals (PTROA) 

thegermansmakegoodstuff:

What? No, it’s just… it’s dust. Dust in my eye. It’s nothing.

 TRIGGER WARNING for animal cruelty.

alifeofeleganceanddanger:

This made me physically sick, and so so angry, human beings are fucking disgusting.  I would gladly torture the people that did this, see how they enjoy torturing defenseless animals with rusty nails in their eyes, and just, the things that I would do if I could

 This is truly disgusting.

(Source: coldsoundlessmoments)

TRIGGER WARNING FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY

sleepistheenemy:

 

The discovery of a dog that was buried alive up to its nose after being shot in the head 40 times has led to calls for Malta to reform its animal welfare laws. 

The crossbreed mongrel, which was named Star by her rescuers, was found near the city of Birzebbuga by animal welfare officers investigating an unrelated case. 

After hearing whimpering coming from beneath a wooden board with a tree stump placed on top of it to weigh it down, officers were confronted with the distressing sight of a dog’s face buried in the dirt. 

But worse was to follow. When Star was dug out of the ground they discovered all four limbs had all been tied together and that she had been repeatedly shot with a pellet gun. 

Miraculously, after doctors removed 40 pellets from her skull during emergency surgery at the Ta’ Qali hospital, Star survived. 

The case has caused outrage in Malta where, regardless of the nature of the act, the maximum sentence one can face for animal cruelty is a one-year jail sentence, or a maximum fine of 46,500 euros.

I will never understand what would cause people to do such harmful things to animals. Animals need us tremendously more than we need them. They depend on us to care and provide for them while they return the favor the only way they know how to: with unconditional love, loyalty and affection. When we come home from a bad day, they’re the first to meet us at the door with excited tails wagging and barks, purrs, and chirps expressing just how happy they are to see us. Animals don’t judge you when you dance around in your underwear, singing loudly and off-key to your favorite songs. They don’t pity you when you’ve been up all night crying. And they could care less how tall, short, skinny, young, old, or “attractive” you are; they just love you. And it honestly breaks my heart knowing that there are people out there who would do such horrible things to an innocent and undeserving life. All of my life I have been taught not to wish harm upon others but, given the chance, I would gladly beat the shit out of the atrocious person who did this myself. 

(Source: abeautifulandviolentword)

theinformedvegan:

Last month we told you about Florida’s third attempt to ban sexual contact with animals (aka bestiality). Good news from the sunshine state, the ban has passed the legislature and is awaiting the signature of the governor!

The ban was inspired by the disturbing story of a pregnant pet goat, Meg, who was asphyxiated and died while being raped in 2007.

Welcome to the 21st century Florida! Now there’s one less state where you can legally sexually assault an animal. One down, 21 more states to go.

(Source: sugarysmellsofspringtime)

theinformedvegan:

Forty-seven states currently allow animal abusers to be charged with a felony but Idaho is not one of them. Activists are pushing for a voter initiative that would allow animal abusers to be prosecuted at the felony level.

Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota are the only states left without felony animal cruelty laws. Currently, animal abuse in Idaho carries a misdemeanor charge with a $100 fine. If the initiative passes, the charge would be $400 for the first offense, $600 for the second, and $9,000, a felony, and a year in prison for the third. Reasonable punishments for unreasonable crimes.

The initiative has tons of support, even the Idaho newspaper The Statesman put out a great statement of support. The paper called Idaho’s current animal abuse laws an “embarrassment” and urged voters to support the initiative all the way.

Voters need to provide the petition group with 47,000 signatures this year in order to get the initiative on the ballot. If you are an Idaho voter, make sure you sign the petition when you see petitioners outside of grocery stores and libraries this next year. Then you can vote for the initiative when it comes up in the November 2012 election.

With such broad support for stronger animal cruelty laws, I feel like there is no way this thing won’t pass. Then we’ll have to work on the Dakotas. 

“Bullfighting is one of the most abhorrent forms of animal abuse for entertainment still in existence—the bloody spectacle is responsible for the deaths of up to 250,000 animals worldwide every year.

Right now, bullfighting supporters are starting the process to have this cruelty protected by having the ‘sport’ listed as a form of cultural heritage. Politicians in both France and Tordesillas in Spain have voted on this recently.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) preserves many expressions of genuine Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Please let UNESCO know that you would never support a move to accept bullfighting, or any other act of animal cruelty, as a practice worthy of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Any successful listing of this despicable activity by UNESCO would not only give a veneer of respectability to the torture of animals for public entertainment, but it would also mean that subsidies may be made available to financially safeguard the future of bullfighting.

Please speak out for bulls today—sign on to our letter to UNESCO now.”

Link to pre-written message. Please sign on to the letter!

v3getarian:

Tell Google they should not promote animal cruelty!

In this day of technology, you can find mobile applications (“apps”) for just about anything, from getting weather forecasts to finding shopping bargains. Now, thanks to a new app by Kage Games, you can virtually participate in the sadistic “bloodsport” of dogfighting. The KG Dogfighting app, which sells on Google’s Android Market website, entices gamers to “Feed, water, train and FIGHT your virtual dog against other players….” The logo is a pit bull’s bloody face.

“The game teaches users how to breed, train, fight, medicate and kill virtual dogs,” said Paul M. Weber, President of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. According to a news article, the game “allows players to train a virtual pit bull to fight other virtual dogs and build street cred that ‘puts money in your pocket and lets you earn more in fights.‘“Players have a “gun for police raids and can inject the dog with steroids.”

Dogfighting is a violent crime that is a felony in all 50 states, and it is a federal crime if it involves interstate or foreign commerce. Dogfighting victims suffer cruel training methods and often die in fights. Those dogs not killed during fights may be viciously killed by their handlers when they do not win. Family pets are sometimes stolen to be used as “bait” animals. This is not a game – it is animal cruelty.

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animalcrueltyfails:

PETCO has been under fire for years for animal neglect and mistreatment,overcharging customers, and purchasing animals from massive, abusive mills. In 2008, after pressure from PETA, the House Rabbit Society, and other animal protection groups, PETCO announced that it would phase out the sale of rabbits in its stores and work with adoption groups to place homeless rabbits as part of the company’s “commitment to saving more animal lives.” But despite knowing about the horrific suffering that goes into every fur-trimmed toy, the company refuses to stop carrying toys made from the fur of dead rabbits.

Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages that are so small the animals can barely take more than a few steps in any direction. Wire cages cut into rabbits’ delicate foot pads, and the animals are denied the opportunity to engage in natural behavior such as running and burrowing. Fur farmers use the cheapest killing methods available, including neck-breaking, suffocation, poisoning, and genital electrocution. Crude killing methods aren’t always effective, and sometimes animals “wake up” while they are being skinned.

The best way to help animals who are abused for their fur is never to buy fur or support companies that sell real fur.

Please use the form below to urge PETCO’s CEO to dump fur for good. Let him know that you will not shop at PETCO until all real fur is off the shelves. 

Fuck PETCO.

(Source: animalrightsnow)