animal cruelty

In one scene, a sick ram is dragged into a trailer, shorn and left for dead. In other scenes, in a video released this week by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, shearers throw, stomp and curse sheep while bending back their heads...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Five former employees of a hog farm in Wheatland have been convicted of multiple counts of animal cruelty and sentenced to probation and fines. Four of the five were fined $530. The charges were filed as a result of an undercover investigation last spring by The Humane Society of the United States, which disclosed employee abuse of pigs and piglets...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A measure that could prevent animal-rights groups from making surreptitious videos during undercover animal cruelty investigations has passed the Wyoming House of Representatives. The bill would make it illegal to make video or audio recordings at agricultural operations under false pretenses...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Diving Horse has finally been put out to pasture for good. The owner of Atlantic City's Steel Pier says he's dropping a plan to bring back the legendary Diving Horse after animal rights activists lodged fierce criticism...