Wednesday, January 11, 2006

 

Around Pennsylvania ...

Egg farm cited for animal cruelty

The owner and the manager of a Lancaster County egg farm were charged yesterday with 35 counts of animal cruelty in a case reflecting a national battle between animal-rights advocates and agribusiness over the treatment of laying hens.

Video shot by an animal-rights activist employed at Esbenshade Farms in Mount Joy for 10 days last fall showed hens impaled on loose wires, hens unable to eat or drink because they were entangled in the wire cages, and hens left to die in aisles without food and water.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer


Around the country ...

March of penguins ends at eye doc

Three of the Detroit Zoo's aging penguins should be waddling a little straighter today.

They're scheduled to undergo surgery this morning at a Southfield veterinary center to remove the cataracts that have left them bumping into walls and other penguins, and made it harder for them to find food.


From the Detroit News


Around the World ...

Charge over Elvis song stabbing

A woman who allegedly stabbed her partner overnight after he repeatedly played an Elvis Presley song will face a West Australian court today.

The woman will appear in a magistrate's court in Northam, 97km north east of Perth, charged with unlawful wounding, WA police said.
Officers will allege the woman stabbed her 35-year-old partner with a pair of scissors during an argument over him playing Burning Love over and over again.

From The Australian

posted by Anne 1/11/2006 06:30:00 PM