Animal rights advocates are calling for change within the Virginia Department of Corrections weeks after Rivan, a K9 at Sussex I State Prison, was brutally killed by incarcerated gang members.
The operators of a Hollister animal rescue made their first court appearance Wednesday on charges of animal cruelty but failed to enter a plea and the judge ordered them not to possess any animals.
Here you will find the top animal news that we published during the week, with links to each article to read the full story. Enjoy!
California's 'Rape Club' Federal Prison To Close Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, Just weeks after a seventh prison employee was sentenced in a wide-ranging sex abuse scandal that has plagued a federal women’s correctional facility in the City of Dublin, about 35 miles southeast of San Francisco, officials announced April 15 they would close the prison. “The Federal Bureau of Prisons has taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources...
Judge Mark Warner said evidence showed Jeremy Cooper did not purposely give McClain a ketamine overdose, rejecting claims by prosecutors that the paramedic had acted with indifference.
Bonds are an important part of a typical investment portfolio. That’s especially true the closer you get to retirement and once you’ve retired. Bonds typically lower the overall risk of your portfolio vs. putting together a portfolio comprised of 100% equities (stocks). However, during the period following the onset of COVID-19 (when inflation jumped to […]
A fox kit was rescued by the Belchertown Animal Control from a soccer net on Sunday.
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation in the killing of the Black man that helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy Cooper had faced up to three years in []
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Nearly 30 animals were saved from a hoarding situation in Pahrump. "Several of the dogs are blind and deaf. Some are pregnant and some have tumors," Marleen Szalay with local dog rescue 'A Path 4 Paws' shared. Szalay described the mess her rescue and animal control found when they arrived at the residence. "The trash was piled 4 feet []
A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation.
BRIGHTON, Colo. >> A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison and was sentenced to probation today after his homicide conviction in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests.
CORNING, N.Y. (WETM) -- This Saturday, people can sign-up to bowl at Crystal Lanes to support the Pawz and Purrz Animal Rescue non-profit organization. It is open for anyone to participate from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. People can enter individually for $25 or register as a doubles team for $50. For more information, you []