China: 11 people jailed for selling dog meat that they obtained by poisoning dogs!

As is so often the case, truth is stranger - and more of a horror story - than fiction. Click for story from International Business Times:

China Jails 11 People for Selling Poisoned Dog Meat

image source: REUTERS

EXCERPT:

Cruelty to dogs in China is still rife despite attitudes changing (Reuters)

A Chinese court has sentenced 11 people to prison for selling poisoned dog meat in the central province of Hunan.

The state-run Xinhua news agency reports the verdict was given by the court in Dingcheng district in Changde city.

The convicts have been given prison terms ranging from one to seven years along with fine. They were found guilty under the charges of selling hazardous food substances.

The members of the gang had killed about 1,000 dogs using darts which are dipped in highly toxic chemical - succinylcholine chloride – and later they stored the meat in freezer.

The policed had busted the ring in December last year seizing about 12 tonnes of dog meat. They had already sold meat from about 10 dogs when they were arrested.

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Anywhere there is coal and oil

Extensive, impressive, important, and worrisome article by Floyd  J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University:

Coal and oil: A mix to fuel NW fears | Crosscut.com 

Railroad cars carrying crude oil and coal meet at the Port of Everett. 

image by: Paul K. Anderson of The Chuckanut Conservancy

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USA: Idaho Dairy Worker Caught Sexually Abusing Cows - Act Now!

From: Mercy For Animals <info@mercyforanimals.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:16 AM
Subject: Idaho Dairy Worker Caught Sexually Abusing Cows - Act Now!

Dear Liz, Newly released undercover footage shows an Idaho dairy worker sexually abusing cows. This video further illustrates the need for more transparency and accountability on factory farms, not less. Yet pro-factory farming legislators in Idaho have bowed to corporate pressure and are quickly working to pass an "ag-gag" bill – S.B. 1337 – that seeks to ban photographing or videotaping on factory farms. We need your help to defeat this dangerous bill! Click here to take action today. Idaho's ag-gag bill is a shameful attempt by the dairy industry to stifle undercover investigations and sweep evidence of animal cruelty and sexual abuse under the rug. The bill has already passed through the Idaho Senate, and is now pending in the House of Representatives. Don't let factory farmers get away with abusing animals. Sign the petition now! Instead of increasing protections for farmed animals and imposing harsher penalties for animal abusers, S.B. 1337 would make it a crime to take photos or video at a factory farm without the owner's permission. If enacted, this legislation could harm consumers nationwide. As leaders of the third-largest dairy state in the nation, Idaho's lawmakers should be fostering greater transparency in food production, not pushing for legislation that would punish whistleblowers who dare to expose animal cruelty, food safety hazards, environmental pollution, and worker safety violations. Protect your right to know where your food comes from and how animals are treated on factory farms, before it's too late. Please contact Idaho governor Butch Otter at once and urge him to oppose SB 1337. Click here to take action! Sincerely, Nathan Runkle Executive Director

Mercy For Animals | 8033 SUNSET BLVD, STE 864 | LOS ANGELES | CA | 90046

USA: Yellowstone is a NATIONAL park slaughtering Bison by the hundreds

KOMO News 2/12/14:

Yellowstone bison slaughter begins

photo at KOMO This March 17, 2011 file photo shows Bison roaming outside Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. (AP Photo/Janie Osborne)

Reuters on Huffington Post 2/11/14:

Yellowstone Park Considers Slaughtering Bison By The Hundreds

Reuters report is also at ReaderSupportedNews.org:

Yellowstone Park Poised to Slaughter Hundreds of Bison

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