Tag: Animal Cruelty
A group of disgusted witnesses is suing four rabbis, several Hasidic congregations, and New York City in order to stop an annual religious ritual that features gruesome, highly public slaughtering of chickens, the Daily News reports. The ritual, called Kaporos, occurs in the 10 days before Yom Kippur. A person’s sins are transferred into the […]
A Gowanus woman facing charges for animal cruelty is suing authorities to get back her 237 bunnies, DNAinfo reports. Authorities confiscated dozens of rabbits from Dorota Trec’s property in January and, upon finding that many of the animals were sick, returned for the rest days later. Trec was arrested on March 4 on charges of […]
The NYPD and animal welfare has seized 105 more bunnies from a Gowanus yard after discovering that other bunnies from the yard have STDs, ear mites, and wounds from fighting each other. Around 20 officers raided Dorota Trec’s property on Monday after receiving numerous 911 complaints that the bunnies were outside ahead of the blizzard. […]
On Sunday morning, a carriage horse got away from its handler and led police cars on a chase up 11th Avenue as pedestrians and motorists watched the spectacle unfold. Allie Feldman, Executive Director of NYCLASS, who’s leading the charge to have carriage horses banned, promptly released a statement: This is the latest example of why […]
As if looming threats from ISIS and the possibility of an Ebola epidemic aren’t depressing enough, a presumably cute black bear cub was found dead in Central Park. It was discovered under a bush by dog walkers earlier today, but it’s unclear how the animal got there. “We have no idea where it came from,” said Central […]
Though the horse-and-carriage ban is still being debated, the potential replacement is already getting a test drive around the city. Jason Wenig’s eCarriage has arrived on Manhattan streets and he gave New York Magazine a test ride. (Photo: Joel M. Bhuiyan via New York Magazine)Wenig has been working with the anti-carriage outfit, NYCLASS, to get his […]
In January, the NYPD took over responsibility for animal cruelty cases from the ASPCA, allowing the latter to focus more on direct care and less on enforcement. This reorgonzation has led to a “record breaking” number of rescues and prosecutions against sadistic assholes. Additionally, the new police unit has been investigating the link between animal […]
State lawmakers have just adopted legislation that will criminalize the tattooing and piercing of domestic pets. The bill was introduced in 2011 by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), after she learned that a woman in Ross Township, Pennsylvania was selling “gothic kittens” on eBay. The kittens were studded, had piercings on their necks and spines, and one had […]
The one-year-old cat who was viciously kicked by terrible person Andre Robinson, has been taken to a new home just hours after being put up for adoption by the ASPCA. It took sixteen people hours of searching for the injured cat before he was brought into the ASPCA Animal Hospital for emergency veterinary care on May 6. “We are […]
Some people are just dicks. Take Andre Robinson, for instance, the 21-year-old who can be seen punting a stray cat, sending it about 20 feet away, in the video above. Robinson was arrested yesterday after the clip made the rounds on Facebook. Robsinson’s mother says he did it because he was high. “He had to be […]
