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Search results for "animal euthanasia" ...
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Colorado Humane Society
"Using informed sources and dozens of hours of hidden camera investigating, the 7 News investigative team uncovered fraud, mismanagement, a lack of fiscal accountability, a failure to follow sate laws and inadequate and improper care" of animals at the Colorado Humane Society.
Tags: animal cruelty; humane society; fraud; state government; whistleblower; hidden camera; euthanasia; cat; dog; pet; donations; federal regulations; vaccines
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Uncomfortably Numb
Lethal injection procedures have been largely unchanged - and unexamined - since the method was pioneered in the mid-1970s. It is possible that a condemned inmate might awaken during the lethal injection procedure, but because of the injection's paralytic agent, no observer would notice. The combination of two of the drugs used by executioners in Missouri and many other states has been condemned by the American Medical Veterinary Association for use in animal euthanasia.
Tags: lethal injection; death penalty
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The Measure of man
This investigation looked at animal welfare in New Mexico, including the Navajo and Pueblo lands in the state. Nelson showed how activists are trying to lower the number of animals that die each year from negligence and abuse. Nelson compared New Mexico's policies to those in Colorado and in Native communities. The stories also cover the controversial issue of cockfighting.
Tags: animal abuse; animal shelters; euthanasia; spay; neuter; breeders
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Death by the Pound
The rate at which the San Antonio city pound kills cats and dogs is high as compared to other larger cities. In spite of this the city has not being doing anything to increase the rate of adoption. While reporting about this story, Lisa Sandburg also found that the pound staffers were keeping and killing the animals in an inhumane manner.
Tags: dogs and cats; euthanasia of animals; San Antonio city pound; adoption of animals; inhumane killing of animals
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Pattern of Mistakes Found in Zoo Deaths
This investigation uncovered years of neglect, misdiagnosis and other mistakes that caused or contributed to 23 animal deaths at the National Zoo. Zoo euthanasia forms weren't kept when animal went into surgery and the keepers couldn't provide any notes about two rare zebras that starved to death. Veterinary records show that zoo vets did not respond promptly when animals were ill and failed to run standard tests on animals to make sure they were healthy.
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No-Kill Shelter?
Fox 8 WGHP investigates an animal rescue shelter's claim that it takes care of pets until they are adopted. The reporters unveil an ugly scheme: While the public donates $50 per pet to have it offered for adoption, the kennel sends the majority of the animals straight to the county shelter for euthanasia. The investigation exposes wrongdoing by Ann Banks, director of the Banks Animal Rescue Kennel and former sheriff's employee. After the broadcast Banks was arrested on animal cruelty charges.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; FOI; BARK; cats; dogs; undercover investigations; hidden camera
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Animal Wrongs
An investigation into the San Diego Department of Animal Control practices and the attitude of its director, Dr. Dena Mangiamele towards animal care procedures and relations with local Animal Welfare Foundations. Internal conflicts between workers and management, misconducts towards the animals and abusive in-shelter killings are reported.
Tags: FOIA; animal shelter; veterinary; animal rescue; animal euthanasia; San Diego County Veterinary Medical Association
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Destined to Die
An Indianapolis Star investigation into the city animal care reveals a stunning picture: thousands of animals are being killed every year, stray cats and dogs do not receive adequate veterinary care, and while the euthanasia rates are dropping in other communities, they are rising in Indianapolis. The city and the Humane society officials resist proposals that could save animals. "While the killing continues, the Humane Society sits on a huge pot of money that makes the charity one of the wealthiest of its size in the country," the Star reports.
Tags: pet adoption; charity; shelters; spay-neuter clinics; animal welfare; CAR; FOI requests; FOIA; euthanasia; sterilization
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In Need of Shelter
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star looks at the state of local animal shelters, revealing a system "riddled with problems." The newspaper found that many shelters have been "repeatedly cited for failing to meet state standards, yet inspectors have no power to force the pounds to comply. This has resulted in high euthanasia rates and animals existing in sub-standard conditions.
Tags: animal shelters; abuse; dogs; cats
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"High Society"
This special investigation into Missouri's state humane society reveals how politics and lax ethics contribute to appaling rates of animal euthanasia.
Tags: pets; kennel; animal overpopulation; SPCA