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Emergency cash sent to Cyprus to save animals threatened by starvation during financial crisis

adintino — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:02:37 +0000

Publication Date:

Mon, 04/08/2013

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has sent desperately needed emergency funds to Cyprus to help feed animals facing starvation because of the current financial crisis.

ASPCA Rescues Animal Victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey

adintino — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:05:04 +0000

Publication Date:

Sun, 11/04/2012

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The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of the Ocean County Health Department and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department in Toms River, N.J., has dispatched its disaster response team to conduct water and land search-and-rescue for animals affected by the devastating storm that struck Ocean County.

IFAW rushes animal rescue and sheltering teams to Gulf Coast following Hurricane Isaac

adintino — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:24:59 +0000

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Fri, 08/31/2012

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Rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) have mobilized teams to Alexandria, Louisiana and Waveland, Mississippi to assist in animal rescue and sheltering efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac that made landfall Tuesday evening in Plaquemines Parish, LA as a category 1 storm.

Tough justice for woman guilty of animal cruelty

adintino — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:26 +0000

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Thu, 02/09/2012

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One of the toughest judgments ever for animal cruelty in South Africa was handed down by a Krugersdorp court today.

Antoinette van Wyk (34), a mother of three, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for five years, plus a further 12 months house arrest after pleading guilty to animal cruelty after leaving her pet dog to suffer in agony after one of its back legs had been ripped off.

Justice time for dog buried alive – accused men in court

adintino — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:42:27 +0000

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Wed, 01/11/2012

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The trial of two men accused of burying a dog alive on the sports field of a Cape Town school, begins on Friday 13th January.

Poto Mfengu and Mkhumbuzi Ncedana, janitors at the Luhlaza Secondary High School in Khayelitsha, are charged under the animal cruelty act and will appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court.

400,000 Bali street dogs to be saved in rabies control project

tj.griffin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:59:04 +0000

Publication Date:

Tue, 09/21/2010

“This program will save hundreds of thousands of lives—both dogs and humans,” said Kate Atema, IFAW Director of Companion Animals Programs.