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The number of news found: 13.
08/31/2010 MARY BALE COULD FACE PRISON TIME FOR LOLA THE CAT
Mary Bale's cat in bit troubles over Lola the Cat could result in six months in prison. Male Bale has met with the RSPCA over her actions towards Lola the Cat, actions which she called "fun," a "joke," over the pet she refers to as simply "it." RSPCA, an animal charity, is concluding its investigations of Mary Bale and confirms that it will in fact send Bale's case out to prosecutors. Bale faces being charged under the Animal Welfare Act. That charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison reports SKY News. Lola the cat was trapped 15 hours in a bin, referred to as the "wheelie bin" in English news. Guardians Stephanie and Daryll Mann couldn't find Lola until they heard her meowing in terror outside their flat in Coventry. The episode was captured on a CCTV and then re-posted on YouTube.
08/30/2010 BABY TIGER FOUND STUFFED IN BAG AT THAI AIRPORT
Authorities at Bangkok's international airport found a baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Thailand to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said Friday. The woman, a Thai national, had checked in for her flight and her oversized bag was sent for an X-ray which showed what appeared to be a live animal inside, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring group. The woman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport before boarding her Sunday flight. The cub, estimated to be about 3 months old, was sent to a wildlife conservation center in Bangkok.
08/25/2010 MAN GORED IN AMATEUR COLOMBIAN BULLFIGHT
Confronting footage of a 21-year-old carpenter being gored in a traditional Colombian bullfight has been released. In the video, which was shot on Sunday during an annual corraleja festival in Chochó, the bull is seen repeatedly tossing Yosimar Cerro Herazo into the air.
08/24/2010 NZ RESCUERS REFLOAT 11 WHALES STRANDED ON BEACH
Rescuers refloated 11 beached pilot whales Saturday after a mass stranding on an isolated northern New Zealand beach in which 47 of the mammals died. Some of the survivors still appeared to be in trouble. All 11 survivors initially headed out to sea and were being monitored to ensure they did not return to the beach, said Carolyn Smith, a spokeswoman for the Department of Conservation. But within an hour, Smith said four of the survivors were in trouble. "Of the eleven whales that were released, seven appear to be in good health, while four are experiencing difficulties," she said. "The department is concerned because they haven't left the immediate area and we are closely monitoring the situation."
08/23/2010 RAGING BULL CHARGES INTO CROWD INJURING 40 AT BUILLFIGHT
Forty people were injured in northern Spain on Wednesday when a raging bull jumped into the packed grandstands of a bullring and ran amok. The terrifying incident happened in Tafalla, in the northern region of Navarra, and occurred when the animal leapt over the fence and climbed up the stairs of the stands knocking over people, including young children.
08/20/2010 ALL BELGIAN CATS WILL HAVE TO BE STERILIZED BY 2016
The cell "Animal Welfare" of the public health sector established a multiannual plan until 2016 with the aim of putting an end to cat overpopulation. All cats will have to be sterilized, including house cats. The campaign "Plan Pluriannuel Chats" will start in 2011, with a six months transitional period to complete the legal texts, and continue for five years.
08/18/2010 MILITARY EXPERIMENTS ON LIVING ANIMALS PROHIBITED
The U.S. Army in Germany intended to injure pigs and goats at the military training area Grafenwoehr in Bavaria to train their medical staff. The German association Doctors Against Animal Experiments and other animal rights groups protested against these plans. The competent authority has now rejected the application of the U.S. Army because it violates the German Animal Welfare Act. As part of a trauma and casualty management training program the U.S. Army wanted to stab and cut anesthetized pigs and goats with a scalpel to mimic battlefield wounds. Trauma management can be taught with advanced simulation tools and in war areas where real casualties have to be helped.
08/13/2010 SEVEN PUPPIES DIE AFTER AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT
Seven puppies died after flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet. American said it contacted the shipper who put the puppies on a flight from Tulsa, Okla., to Chicago, and is investigating further. Airline spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said the shipper put 14 puppies aboard Flight 851, which was scheduled to leave Tulsa at 6:30 a.m. but was delayed an hour by storms in Chicago.
08/12/2010 SOUTH AFRICAN RHINO'S HORNS TO BE POISONED TO STOP POACHING
A South African wildlife sanctuary plans to inject the horns of its rhinos with poison to prevent poachers from hunting the animal. Ed Hern, owner of the Rhino and Lion Reserve near Johannesburg, hopes the measure will deter poachers who have killed more than 150 of the animals this year, Sky New reported. The aim would be to kill, or make seriously ill anyone who consumes the horn.
08/09/2010 CHURCH REJECTS PETA OFFER FOR VEGAN JESUS STATUE
A rural Ohio church rejected an offer from a leading animal rights group to erect a giant statue of Jesus proclaiming: "Go Vegan." People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) offered to replace the congregation's previous 62 foot statue for free after it was felled by lightening, KJRH-TV reported. But the new version would depict Jesus holding a lamb with a banner reading: "Blessed are the merciful. Go Vegan," according to a letter from PETA vice president Bruce Friedrich. "I think we all would agree that Jesus would be horrified by the cruelty that we inflict today on animals simply to satisfy our addiction to the taste of their flesh and milk," Friedrich wrote. Pastor Lawrence Bishop of Solid Rock Church in the town of Monroe, just east of Dayton, told the station that PETA's offer was simply "amusing," nothing more.
08/06/2010 BEAR IN FATAL ATTACK IS KILLED
A mama grizzly bear was euthanized after tests determined she was responsible for a fatal attack at a Montana campsite, but her cubs may be sent to live in a zoo. A third cub was caught in a culvert trap early this morning, and likely participated in the deadly mauling of 48-year-old Kevin Kammer from Grand Rapids, Mich., according to The Associated Press. The capture came a day after its 400-pound mother and her two other cubs were picked up by park officials. Wednesday night, the mother tore through the Soda Butte Campgrounds near Yellowstone Park, killing Kammer and injuring two other people in a rare and seemingly unprovoked attack.
08/03/2010 NASA ENGINEER RESIGNS OVER PLANNED PRIMATE TESTING
NASA aerospace engineer April Evans has resigned her position as a space architect on the International Space Station (ISS) program as a result of NASA's decision to conduct primate irradiation testing after 30 years of non-usage, a decision Evans believes is a major step backward for NASA's animal testing record. Evans argues that not only do primate irradiation experiments fall out of line with the Obama administration's long range objective of developing new technologies to shield space radiations, but it also risks current and future international relations and partnerships crucial to NASA's success.
08/02/2010 MONKEY SAVES PUPPY IN NANJING EXPLOSION
Here is a bizarre bit of news coming out of the pipeline explosion in Nanjing, China that killed 13 people and injured 300, and not it is not the news that 4 people were arrested - it is this remarkable photo of monkey grabbing a puppy dog and running away from the explosion and fire. The Nanjing explosion and fire occurred as workers were tearing down an abandoned plastics factory.
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