Animal Rights

Derby death has horse racing on the defensive (MSNBC)

16 May 2008

A racehorse breaks down, the public recoils and animal rights groups question how anyone could participate in or even view such a “barbaric� sport.

Animal shelter struggles, but asked to take on more (Athens Banner-Herald)

16 May 2008

[ DANIELSVILLE - The Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter is having a bad year. So far financial woes, a lack of space and volunteers and a parvo outbreak have plagued the facility - and it's only May. It's just a typical year at an animal shelter, said Denise Allen, a charter member of the shelter's board of directors. "That's just the nature of it," Allen said. "That's why I don't get ...

Revised animal-cruelty bill headed to Ark. Legislature (Park Hills Daily Journal)

16 May 2008

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Some legislators expressed support Wednesday for a revised bill that would make animal cruelty a felony in Arkansas, although others said the wording may be so broad the state could prosecute humane pet owners and farmers who put a suffering animal out of its misery.