Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST http://www.animalconcerns.org en Copyright 1992-2009 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 http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911070004520.529262 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST The caller told them a dog was beaten to death with a baseball bat and burned on a trash pile at a home on Michelle Lane in Maysville. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911070026110.368278 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST The elephant had escaped from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds earlier Wednesday after something spooked it while it was being loaded into a truck with another elephant, Olson said. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911070010070.321405 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST Between Gill's gunslinger act and Foer's compassionate but persistent inquiry, they might force us to look again at why we eat meat - and to accept that there's a deep inconsistency between deploring the killing of a baboon while we order another portion of butter chicken or fish fry. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911070021250.263663 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST Retired orthopedic surgeon Chris Smith thought his hunt was over when he bagged a white tail deer with a bow and arrow near Sheridan. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911070016150.186131 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST Opponents of animal research answer that public aversion to hurting animals is tipping support away from medical testing on animals and eventually will force academic institutions and businesses to find alternatives. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911062050360.491423 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST OKLAHOMA CITY - A circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle in northwestern Oklahoma is apparently back with its owner. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911060034580.936865 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST We're going to march the turkeys up the steps of the town clock and throw them off the top to see if they can fly and that's that. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911062031460.858694 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST Virginia Fort and Alex Huie with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals held up signs in downtown Pensacola this afternoon warning against the dangers of eating factory-farm raised pork. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911062042140.859475 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST Tammy Hanson was sentenced in Arkansas' Baxter County District Court on November 4, 2009 for 20 misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals. The judge imposed a 1-year sentence in the county jail and $10,000 in fines. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200911062039560.496095 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:51 EST UNION CITY -- Animal cruelty officers found 70 dead cats in a house Thursday in Union City. EnviroLink