Mixx: cruelty

Panhandling and the exploitation of dogs

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:27:27 +0000

dogs tied on a very short chains to a metal pole, panhandling under the heat of the sun

Congressman tries to save languishing elephant

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:37:36 +0000

Who says donkeys and elephants don't mix? Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is urging the L.A. City Council to free a captive elephant languishing in a county zoo. The former Democratic presidential candidate asked the city to...

Violence Against the Homeless: Is It a Hate Crime? - TIME

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:36:31 +0000

A horrendous attack on a street person in Los Angeles once again raises the issue of protecting the homeless

Dispute over poet's grave reflects lingering pain over Spain's Civil War missing -- chicagotribune.com

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:49:33 +0000

VIZNAR, Spain (AP) _ The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War.

YouTube - Brutal video of aerial hunting

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:43:48 +0000

Sarah Palin's record on the brutal practice of aerial hunting exposed. As governor, Sarah Palin... Proposed paying a $150 bounty for the left foreleg of each dead wolf. Approved a $400,000 state-funded propaganda campaign to promote aerial hunting.

The Bush Years: A Policy of Deliberate Cruelty

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:39:27 +0000

First published in July, "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals" (Doubleday) by Jane Mayer is still listed among the top 10 nonfiction best-selling books of 2008 by The New York Times.

Wausau Police Find Animal Suffering After Local Man Allegedly Sets Raccoon on Fire / Wausau and Northcentral Wisconsin

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:24:49 +0000

Wausau man accused of setting raccoon on fire, says he's "not crazy". Police say the animal looked at them, moaned and laid his head back down.

Plus-Size Sideshow

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:22:11 +0000

Television, home of svelte cops and supersize fast-food ads, loves fat-reduction spectacles.

If You Run a Red Light, Will Everyone Know?

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:29:44 +0000

A new Web site offers free, ad-supported criminal searches, letting people search by name through criminal archives of all 50 states and 3,500 counties in the United States.

Trolling for Ethics: Mattathias Schwartz's Awesome Piece on Internet Poltergeists

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:18:42 +0000

In other words, would any solitary human worthy of the name be recreationally cruel to a sick or weak person when he stood to gain nothing?