Hi all! I recently found out some info about pigeons and I am so bothered. Most people don’t know they’ve been domesticated and essentially dumped to fend for themselves. Apparently they are quite useless when it comes to feeding themselves and making their own nests. Does anyone have any info on how to help this problem?

My sister has dealt with this animal welfare officer before but she ended up with more animals and is a known animal abuser. Is she allowed to go outside her county to where my sister lives to check on the animals or should I contact their county officers if she cant?

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FORE WORD: The community I live in notoriously has gang activity. Not like a city area, but still violent criminal activity no-less. The neighbors have been extremely rude/hostile, and their kids joke about being gangsters all the time, especially their older sons.

My backyard neighbor and I do not have a fence. Both of our families own dogs. As a responsible pet owner, my wife and I let our dogs out regularly to use the yard. Due to the lack of a dividing fence, we can both see the entirety of each others backyards.

My neighbors had 1 dog for a while, but it recently increased to 3 or 4…

The following information is the quality of the dog’s life:

• most days he’s left on a 10-15ft lead in the backyard with no shade: in the early part of the day my next door neighbor’s Pine offers shade until noon. Late evening before sunset he can get shade from the neighbors trampoline. Unfortunately they’ve been moving the trampoline further and further away from him, because as any dog would, he wraps his lead and gets caught around the trampoline legs— one time he had jumped up and down and managed to choke himself. I ran next door and informed the neighbor, except only his high school age son was home.
• Some days they leave their dog in his wire crate all day long. They’ve been lazily draping a cheap tarp over the crates for shade or protection from rain. As anyone who paid attention in high school knows, they’ve basically made a greenhouse for their dog to bake in…
• they never play with their dog. Ever. Since moving here in October I have seen them play fetch a handful of times. My wife and I work from home.
• when the weather is extreme, they place their dog in the garage
• when the kids are outside they are afraid of our dogs. They’ll stay on the trampoline until we go back inside. One time the neighbors next door to my backyard neighbor had Chik-Fil-A delivered, the son shouted to his sister it was time to eat, she refused cause of the dogs for about 5 minutes, eventually the boy was like “Okay then I’m gonna eat your food!” Which resulted in little sister tantrum lol
• I once overheard the kids talking: “Why do their dogs get to go in the house, but [neglected dog] stays outside?”… their reasoning..? “We don’t wanna clean up his poop if he poops in the house.” 😐
• it takes the dog about 10 minutes to finish a bowel movement, he squats and squats, clearly not a stable diet
• I cannot see any water for the dogs to have while caged. In the attached picture it looks like they gave the left dog a bucket of water, but that’s not typically there.

Now to make things worse, they have a second dog (pictured) that stays outside— and two brand new puppies. Like just weaned off new. One is a purse dog but the other is a 3rd pit, so it will presumably grow up to remain outside forever…

I posted about this situation a few months back and a lot of people got on my case about minding my own business… but I can do that no longer. I pity their dogs. My wife and I have had hypothetical conversations to the point of saying we would happily take their dog in and the kids could set up play dates— if they even cared to.

I do not believe they care for their dog. At all. I think to them it is nothing more than a noisy burden.

I want to handle things in a way that won’t backfire on my wife and I— I also do not want people to get in trouble: only educated. Surely they’re just doing their best (albeit minimal) effort going off of what they know and have available… unfortunately I do not feel safe directly confronting them about this subject, as they come across as a difficult family.

What can I do to help the dogs? Is there a way I can help my neighbors understand that this is animal neglect, without needing to face-to-face with them?

A male chimp was killed at the Asahiyama Zoo, in Hokkaido, Japan early this month. He had been the target of dominant male Pisuke and suffered brutal attacks for several years. The habitats are appalling. The chimps must spend the entire winter indoors because the winter is so severe in Hokkaido. This is the video of Takeru taken 19 days before he passed away. He was wounded all over the body. Two infant chimpanzees died due to male aggression in 2022 and 2018. Please send your concerns to the WAZA. This zoo is a member of the JAZA, the WAZA’s associations, but it doesn’t do any.

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I’m not gonna give anymore information about this on this post because I don’t want to get in trouble,BUT if you want information feel free to dm me, I have pretty much everything, I have the video to.

Hey guys , I request you to report these channels on youtube - https://youtube.com/@MonkeyJudyOfficial?si=e8_jcYShkHRcyXSn

https://youtube.com/@judyfamily?si=JbZaZpvrpK6zZpgY , These people have captured 5 macaque monkeys .The monkeys are made to walk on two legs , forced to wear human clothes which they are highly uncomfortable in , the elder monkeys are forced to carry the younger monkeys in their arms and run on two legs , infant monekys featured previously sly are not seen know, new new born monkeys is brought .the monkeys are traumatised, show self grimace , shake in fear please guy report that channel

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Thank you for all the effort to send mails, spread the word and sign petitions!
your actions matter!

Hi, my name is Alana and I am studying Society and Culture for my HSC.  As a part of my HSC Major Work, I am researching individuals opinions on Animal Welfare. Could you please spend a few minutes providing your opinions. Your participation is voluntary and all information provided will be confidential. Your responses will be anonymous and you have the right to withdraw at any time. I understand that some of the questions provided may be challenging to answer but I ask you to answer trustfully, and the best you can.

Thank you for your participation. 

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Hi if you're in the UK please consider signing the petition to stop the sale of too small enclosures and wheels for small animals. Our pets deserve the minimum which they aren't getting at the moment as standard. Hopefully this petition will do something https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/655081

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earlier this morning this poor cat has become the latest victim of the chinese cat torture gang.
He was captured about 1-2 days ago, and was caged the last day because he pissed all over the house of the abuser.
He was very stoic and fierce just like cow cat.
As such the abusers decided to end it quickly as it was no "fun" for them.

We have named this poor brave soul Tao, And he will be missed.

We need your help to put an end to this, for more information about how you can help, 1 click emails and where to find petetions to sign please visit:

https://www.felineguardians.org/

This is the new Feline guardians account as the other one got banned by reddit.

Please report this page

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hi folks. I'm new to this sub and I hope someone can help me out.

I'm looking for an animal rescue group based in california. not necessarily an animal shelter, but the actual people who do the rescuing if that makes sense.

if anyone is familiar with the rescue group "Hope for Paws" then that's exactly what I'm looking for. I don't have a background in veterinary medicine or animal behavioral science, but I still want to be a helping hand and actually be there to help rescue animals directly.

if anyone can recommend me a group or point me in the right direction that would be great.

thank you!!

Note: I have posted this in other groups to get as much help / advice as possible.

Species: Cat

Age: 6 to 7 months old

Sex: Female

Neuter status: Intact

Breed: Short hair tabby?

Body weight: 5 to 6 pounds

Clinical history: Took her to be examined by a vet about a week and a half ago, no diseases, no feline leukemia, no feline aids, no parasites, other than being underweight there seemed to be no issues, she also received her vaccine shots.

So about 2 weeks ago, I found a small cat who was hiding during a storm. I have cat allergies, but I didn't have the heart to just leave her out on the streets so I ended up taking her home with me. The day after that, I took her to a local vet who gave her a clean bill of health, no parasites, not sick, feline aids / leukemia negative, the only issue she had was being under weight. She has no microchip and I used petfbi to see if she belongs to anyone but I have not come across any posts that match as of yet. She's about 6 or 7 months old, and was 5 pounds when I found her. I really wanted to keep her but the following issues occurred:

1. I live in an apartment, though they do allow pets, this kitten has torn up some of the carpet in my bedroom.
2. She is OBSESSED with food, she inhales any food I give her, she will jump into my kitchen sink to look for food, she will try to steal food off my plate, she will steal the other cat's food, and no matter how many times I try to gently deter this behavior she keeps doing it.
3. She was sleeping in my room but she has caused me to have a serious allergic reaction unlike any I have had before, I also want to mention I do have another cat, an older female, that I've had very little allergic reactions to so I am not sure why my allergic reaction is different towards the kitten.
4. I recently caught her eating poop out of the litterbox of my older cat. I have since caught her trying to do it 3 to 4 times and I don't know how to deter this behavior.
5. I and my SO have contacted several local pet rescue's, the humane society, and cat sanctuaries and they have no more room for kittens.

I am running out of options, me and my SO are unable to keep an eye on her all day, we work, we both have health issues, and so on. My older cat, thank God, does not seem to care about the kitten so no fights or anything, but with the kitten's behavior, not being to find another home, and my growing attachment to the kitten despite the circumstances and her behavior are making things pretty tough.
If anyone has any advice, guidance, just anything that could help, PLEASE help. I am running out of options and I have no idea how to handle this.

Went to adopt puppy found through a friend’s shared Facebook post about an accidental litter of puppies. I have the one I went to adopt with me now. She’s very bony with dull fur and it’s starting to hit me now that I may have been lied to. Here’s a bit of what I witnessed.

When I arrive all of the puppies are outside playing on what seemed like a nice farm. There was a pond and a barn, and a few types of trailers all spread out across the property with the house at the end. I’m given weird details that I never asked about, like how they adopted this dog and had no idea it was already pregnant. Conversation continues and then I’m told that it was an accidental litter and shown a picture of one of the parents. At the time the change in their story about the litter flew right over my head.

Later I find out all of the puppies stay outside in an uninsulated metal trailer (kinda like the kind you might transport livestock in) with one space heater. The puppies were going to the bathroom on one end of the trailer with some hay thrown down. It was freezing cold in there, and the owners claim that it’s because they had just gotten home and then turned the heater on in front of my eyes.

I’m home now and it’s all just dawning on me that I may have walked into a situation of animal cruelty. Please advise. They are farm dogs, and I understand that they are generally treated differently than dogs without jobs. That said my gut is telling me that something about the situation is off.

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Info: A brutal and deathly animal abuse and raped of a husky named "Oliver" was reported the previous November in 2023. The dog had broke parts of the body and injuries from sharp object, also it was raped by an unknown man in Arachova.

Most of people in Greece believe that Arachova people knows who's the killer and they are hiding him so as not to spoil the name of the place. And why we believe that? Because everyone in Arachova acted like that "We didn't see anything, we don't know" and the security cameras of the area were mysteriously destroyed, also somehow they managed to make the police and the rest of researchers did say that "Oliver was abused by other dogs or wolves" but that's not possible because Oliver had broken ribs, stab wounds and his collar was missing.

Only human hands are possible to do such things! And that's not the worst part since there are various witness and no one is talking! Only one eyewitness talked, a lady which said "I saw Oliver with a man together going to a warehouse, I heared Oliver crying and when the dog came out it was injured. I saw the man looking around and then he left the area with a car".

Also rumours says that back in 2017 in Arachova the employees of the Municipality were hitting all the stray animals and they were killing all of them by putting them alive in a garbage truck to tear them to pieces, police is doing nothing because they have money and power! We don't how much sure this is real but that about the abuse of the Oliver husky is a fact and made multiple people in Greece very mad about that! Various protests happened with people demanding justice!

The veterinarian K. Tola confirmed the human abuse but everyone else tried to make her to look wrong! Many people cancelled their travels in Arachova and multiple posts in Twitter had the hastags "Cancel Arachova"! If you care about animals's rights please share this everywhere!

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! LATEST NEWS !

March 16, 2024: Martha Poultidou, the president of the Panhellenic Group Against Animal Cruelty, is still working on the case and the suspect has been finally got charged for his actions! We're waiting for more information the next week!

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We moved into our new shelter about a year ago, and have been trying to acclimate to our new kennel cleaning system that uses the Kaivac Spray and Vac machines for our dog kennels rather than hoses and hydorfoamers. Our kennels are double sided kennels that have "guillotine" doors that can be shut to clean one side of the kennel at a time without having to chain the dog or take them out of the kennel completely. We also do not have any sort of drainage system in our kennel area, so we are usiong the Kaivacs to vacuum all the water and chemical used for cleaning. 

Our Animal Care staff are having a hard time pinning a system down that works well and is time efficient. I was wondering if there were any facilities out there that use the Kaivac Spray and Vacs, and if anyone had any tips (or are even comfortable sharing their dog kennel cleaning procedures)  so we can get an idea of what has worked for other animal care facilities.  Thank you for your time and consideration!

Denise Frazier is a dog r*pist from Hattiesburg Mississippi. She was arrested on February 29 of this year for "one count of attempted unnatural intercourse and one count of unnatural intercourse." She was also arrested last year in April for "unnatural intercourse and aggravated cruelty towards an animal."

Learning about her case was traumatic to say the least, but despite three dogs being rescued last year when she was arrested, she has new dogs that need to be saved and look miserable in the photos and videos she's posted of them.

This sick piece of shit needs to be in prison for as long as possible! Denise Frazier will not stop assaulting dogs until she's behind bars. She has a bunch of social media accounts where she has been happily posting about bestiality.

She has a Telegram account where I assume she posts her r*apes of animals. I don't want to look at it to verify. Seeing what I've seen already, is traumatic enough.

She doesn't have graphic content on her public social media, but she says graphic things while she poses with her victims who look extremely sad and abused. It's so heartbreaking and even more disturbing that this sick fucking bitch has fans and people who give her money to make this dog abuse content.

According to this article, Forrest County Justice Court said the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case. FCSO spokesperson Sherri Marengo seems to be the person to reach about this case. The judge on this case is Forrest County Justice Court Judge Zach Vaughn.

Sherri Marengo (Public Information/ Media for the the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office) smarengo@co.forrest.ms.us

Judge Zach Vaughn: zach@vaughnlawpllc.com, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votevaughn39465/

Please email the judge and Sherri Marengo, urging them to take this case seriously and give Frazier the maximum jail time for animal cruelty and assault. I will include an example letter at the bottom of this post that you can use and fill in.

Also please report Denise Frazier's socials:

https://twitter.com/ImDeniseFrazier (Twitter has an option to report for bestiality)

https://www.instagram.com/dfrazier200/

https://www.tiktok.com/@denisefrazier459

https://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Denise-Frazier/pfbid02DJ2TU5G2siXEjB7D3N3fGp2qV4iPbeuuENYuMyyvGz1RnuqMBEF6CZM5R2pXMEorl/

https://en-gb.facebook.com/denise.frazier.7543

https://www.snapchat.com/add/denisesweet614

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Update: Sherri Marengo replied with an update on the case:

We appreciate your concern about this case, as does the majority of America who is following it. The dogs are safe with vets and representatives of the humane society. Ms. Frazier has been in custody with no access to the internet since Feb. 29th. As best we can figure, someone else has control of her social media accounts, which we have no control over. Probably the best thing to do is report the accounts to the specific social media companies and then block all of them for your own peace of mind. I hope this helps calm your fears and rest assured, the FCSO is doing everything we are tasked to do to keep our community safe.

I'm so happy the dogs are safe! It's disturbing that someone has been posting on Denise's social media while she's in jail.

I think it's still important to email Sherri and Judge Zach Vaughn to voice your concerns, asking for the maximum sentence so Denise is behind bars for as long as possible.

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Example letter:

Re: Denise Frazier Case

Dear (Sherri Marengo/Judge Zach Vaughn),

I am writing to you today as a concerned citizen who is worried about the dogs that have been assaulted by Denise Frazier. She was arrested on February 29 of this year for "one count of attempted unnatural intercourse and one count of unnatural intercourse." She was also arrested last year in April for "unnatural intercourse and aggravated cruelty towards an animal."

I'm glad that Denise is in custody right now, but someone is still posting on her social media. Denise is a sick person with no remorse for what she has done to those poor animals. She thinks it's funny and she has tens of thousands of sick followers egging her on.

I urge you to please make sure that Denise receives the maximum sentence for the abuse and assault of innocent animals. She has harmed so many dogs and will continue to harm more as soon as she is released. She needs to be stopped.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

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