cruelty
Reader Matt watched a PetSmart PetsHotel employee strike several dogs while waiting to pick up his pet. Matt immediately spoke with the store manager, who called the next day called to condemn the employee's actions as 'horribly inappropriate,' and to promise that the employee would no longer work with dogs. Ten days later, Matt received another call, this time from the District Manager.
..the District Manager called us back and stated that she watched the video in slow motion, and that while she could understand how we interpreted the employee's gestures to have been inappropriate, that she has concluded that the man was just playing with the animals, did not in fact strike any dogs, and was not inappropriate.
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A family in Hainan, China worried that it had a tainted bottle of water on its hands, so it gave the water to a pet chicken; the chicken died "within a minute." We smell a new export opportunity here for Chinese manufacturers—your very own house chicken to peck out any tainted toys, toothpaste, or pet food. And maybe it can sniff the popcorn, too. Reuters already made a chicken-choking joke, so we'll pass. [
Reuters]
[Updated to reflect correct location of incident—our bad; we misread the article dateline as the location of the incident and incorrectly wrote "Beijing" the first time around.]
animal cruelty
The next time you visit the Big Apple, you might want to steer clear of those romantic carriage rides through Central Park if you're an animal lover. According to WCBS TV, "A New York City report says the horses that take passengers on carriage rides in Central Park and around Manhattan
work without enough water, shade or veterinary exams." The report, the first of its kind by the city, was prompted after a carriage horse collapsed and died last summer in front of onlookers.
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Consumerist
