Iowa law to criminalize documentation of animal abuses

animal cruelty

Iowa legislation has passed a bill, House File (H.F.) 589, which would prevent private citizens from documenting (filming or photographing) a farm without the farmer’s consent. 

The bill supported by the big agricultural concerns is aimed at preventing undercover work that would expose animal abuses in the factory-farming industry. The idea is to keep consumers from knowing abuses taking place in the industry. In the past such exposure by animal rights activists has led to conviction for abuse or neglect of factory-farmed animals.

Dog ear cannot be glued back

Dog, animal health

The health of our animal friends is as important as ours and should be treated as such. Often precautions must be taken the same way as one would think about children safety. 

I have heard of a neighbor who let his friendly German shepherd hang around while he was mowing the lawn. The dog screamed when his long waging tail got sucked in the lawn mower. The dog was saved but lost his tail.

In a recent incident in Hawaii, after a grooming trip to Petco, the dog

Animal rights group loses drone in South Carolina shoot out

Mikrokopter drone

Remote controlled drones are being used by the U.S. military in war in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia. The police agencies have been using drones in the U.S. The Occupy Movement in Poland used drones to watch locations of riot police. Now, it turns out animal rights groups have started using drones to keep an eye on animal abuses. According to thetandd.com, the latest incident occurred near Broxton Bridge Plantation in Ehrhardt, South Carolina.

Animal rights group SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), showed up with a Mikrokopter drone to document live pigeon slaughter