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  1. Coach Charged With Beheading Bird (The Associated Press)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Coach Charged With Beheading Bird Originally published by The Associated Press, May 1, 2002 RICHMOND, Ind. — A high school wrestling coach who bit the head off a live sparrow at a party with his team served community…

  2. U.S. courtroom dogs spark legal debate

      U.S. courtroom dogs spark legal debate By Dan Wiessner Originally published by Reuters, September 12, 2011 HUDSON, New York — Simon is only three years old but already an indispensable staffer at his office, where he has displayed a…

  3. Sex Video: Animal Torturers Jailed (Sky News)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Sex Video: Animal Torturers Jailed Originally published by Sky News (U.K.), May 28, 2002 Four people who made perverted sex videos of small animals being tortured and killed have been sent to jail. The gang tortured mice, a…

  4. Cat Killers’ Sentence Draws Anger (The Toronto Star)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Cat Killers’ Sentence Draws Anger Activists outraged as man who taped torture gets 90 days By Nick Pron, Staff reporterOriginally published in The Toronto Star, April 19, 2002 Anger and tears filled a Toronto courthouse moments after the…

  5. Golfer Charged With Animal Cruelty (The Associated Press)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Golfer Charged With Animal Cruelty Originally published by The Associated Press, June 29, 2001 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A golfer was charged with animal cruelty for beating an exotic black swan to death with a driver…

  6. Horses Help Disabled Learn Motor Skills (The Associated Press)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Horses Help Disabled Learn Motor Skills Originally published by The Associated Press, July 16, 2001 HOPKINTON, Rhode Island (AP) — With his forehead creased in concentration and his hands tightly gripping the reins, Jon West stretches and works…

  7. Animal Abuse Just The Start, USU Professor Says (Standard-Examiner)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Animal Abuse Just The Start, USU Professor Says Hurting pets likely link to later hostility and violence By Bryce Petersen Jr, Standard-Examiner Cache BureauOriginally published in the Standard-Examiner, November 8, 2001 LOGAN — As Frank Ascione progressed in…