pproximately 3 to 4 million cats and dogs- many of them healthy, young, and adoptable- must be euthanized in animal shelters every year
Snakes and lizards are skinned alive because of the belief that live flaying makes leather more supple
Once her piglets are gone, the sow is impregnated again, and the cycle continues for three or four years before she is slaughtered.
Piglets are separated from their mothers when they are as young as 10 days old.
Cows produce milk for the same reason that humans do- to nourish their young - but on dairy farms calves are taken away at 1 day old.
1 day old calves are fed milk replacements (including cattle blood) so that their mothers' milk can be sold to humans.
Animals can suffer brain damage or death from heatstroke in just 15 minutes. Beating the heat is extra tough for dogs.
Each year, approximately 10,000 bulls die in bullfights.
Kid goats are boiled alive to make gloves.
In one study, 70% of animal abusers also had records for other crimes.
Sealers often hook baby seals in the eye, cheek, or mouth to avoid damaging their fur, then drag them across the ice to skin them.
Dogs used for fighting are chained, taunted, and starved to trigger extreme survival instincts and encourage aggressiveness. Dogs that lose fights (or refuse) are often abandoned, tortured, set on fire, electrocuted, shot, drowned, or beaten to death.
Tens of thousands of horses from the United States are slaughtered every year to be used for horsemeat in Europe and Asia.
Since the last horse slaughter plants in the US were closed in 2007, thousands of horses have been shipped to Canada/Mexico.
ogfighting became prevalent in the U.S. after the Civil War, with professional pits proliferating in the 1860s. And was a source of entertainment for police officers and firemen.
Puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations that put greater priority on profits than the health and well-being of the puppies.
Snakes and lizards are skinned alive because of the belief that live flaying makes leather more supple
Once her piglets are gone, the sow is impregnated again, and the cycle continues for three or four years before she is slaughtered.
Piglets are separated from their mothers when they are as young as 10 days old.
Cows produce milk for the same reason that humans do- to nourish their young - but on dairy farms calves are taken away at 1 day old.
1 day old calves are fed milk replacements (including cattle blood) so that their mothers' milk can be sold to humans.
Animals can suffer brain damage or death from heatstroke in just 15 minutes. Beating the heat is extra tough for dogs.
Each year, approximately 10,000 bulls die in bullfights.
Kid goats are boiled alive to make gloves.
In one study, 70% of animal abusers also had records for other crimes.
Sealers often hook baby seals in the eye, cheek, or mouth to avoid damaging their fur, then drag them across the ice to skin them.
ogfighting became prevalent in the U.S. after the Civil War, with professional pits proliferating in the 1860s. And was a source of entertainment for police officers and firemen.
Puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations that put greater priority on profits than the health and well-being of the puppies.
- Many dogs are plagued with illnesses or infirmaries like kidney or heart disease, as a result of the poor conditions they’re kept in.