Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT Animal Concerns News Service http://www.animalconcerns.org en Copyright 1992-2010 The EnviroLink Network The Animal Concerns News Service, a service of the EnviroLink Network, compiles the most relevant news stories of interest to the global animal rights/welfare community from sources around the Internet. newsdesk@envirolink.org support@envirolink.org A Vegan in Word and Deed http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003191343310.313321 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT FORTY-FIVE minutes after a curtain call for her most recent Broadway play, Alicia Silverstone was searching a restaurant menu for comfort food. She settled on nachos and onion rings to start, and mulled beer selections with two girlfriends who had seen her show that night. EnviroLink Man gets 10 years for dogfighting http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003191341010.113248 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT Richmond Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals had been down this road before with Richard E. Robinson, and she selected probation as his punishment. EnviroLink Alpaca theft, death raises ire among Ohio's large alpaca-raising community http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003191335390.501904 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT IDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - The theft and beating death of a young alpaca has upset an Ohio alpaca-raising community so large some members call the state "Little Peru." EnviroLink Animal Shelter Head Arrested http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003191339560.757918 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT Pass Christian, Mississippi - The director of a South Mississippi no-kill shelter could face misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty for each of the more than 300 animals she vowed to protect. EnviroLink Cruelty charges eyed in Carnegie Mellon University painted hens prank http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003190735250.335223 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT Those responsible for painting seven of nine hens found wandering around the Carnegie Mellon University's campus in Oakland could face up to $750 in fines and 90 days in jail for animal cruelty, an official with the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society said Thursday. EnviroLink After four months, Minneapolis activist released from Iowa jail http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003190012530.853537 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT An animal rights activist jailed four months for refusing to testify about a break-in at a University of Iowa laboratory has been released. EnviroLink Animal cruelty rife in the UK? http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003190746370.437667 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT BUNNY'S terrible ordeal has animal lovers on MY Sun seeing red. EnviroLink U.N. Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003190021530.392151 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT "It shows the governments are not ready to adopt trade bans as a way to protect species." EnviroLink Disturbing Discovery Made in Animal Cruelty Investigation http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003190745260.78859 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT CHUNKY, MS (WLBT) - An animal cruelty investigation led to a disturbing discovery in Chunky. EnviroLink Police: Woman Doused Dogs With Gas, Set Fire http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201003191331540.855119 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:38:49 EDT FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A Franklin woman is charged with felony animal cruelty after police said she purposely set her two dogs on fire. EnviroLink