Criminal Law

Men Keeping Animals For Santeria Sacrifice Charged With Animal Cruelty
In Greenburgh, New York, a father and son have been charged with animal cruelty under New York's Agriculture and Markets Law after police discovered over 100 animals intended for sacrifice in Santeria religious rituals on their property...

Asinine with Canine in the First Degree: Man Charged with Animal Cruelty for Swearing at Police Dog
Police in Florida have arrested Moses Rogers, Jr., 28, with cruelty to animals charge for yelling at a police dog in a patrol vehicle. It appears that the dog was deeply offended or agitated by the encounter...

NJ: Santeria Adherent Fined For Animal Cruelty
The Religion Clause Blog links to this APP.com report indicating that an adherent to Santeria has pled guilty to a charge of cruelty to animals after engaging in a ritual sacrifice and then spreading animal parts through a neighborhood...

New Jersey Man Facing Foreclosure Charged With Animal Cruelty; Remains Of 64 Animals Found In Home

Animals in the entertainment industry deception and cruelty
Gary from AnimalWritings sent me a link to this fascinating video on animals used in the entertainment industry. Aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s public broadcasting network, the film is a follow-up to an investigation done in 1982...

Miami policeman accused of starving K9 to death
This is the first time I've heard of a case like this. Most handlers love their dogs like the animals were their children. The officer, who's accused of animal cruelty and offenses against a police dog, couldn't have done this,...

Westland/Hallmark Beef Recall
143 million pounds of ground beef recalled - animals suspected of illness.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...