An animal rights group has placed a billboard near the site of a recent truck crash in Gainesville to honor the chickens who were injured or killed during three truck crashes over a five-day period.
DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond is meeting with lifeLine representatives on Wednesday in hopes of agreeing to a solution to a problem he said is caused primarily by inflation.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected North Carolina's appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or recording video. The justices left in place a legal victory for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in its challenge to the law, which was enacted in 2015. PETA has said it had wanted to conduct an undercover investigation at testing laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but feared prosecution under the law.
A group of United Arab Emirates residents has found more than 140 cats dumped in a desert lot in the capital Abu Dhabi, in a phenomenon that has drawn criticism from international animal rights organizations and prompted a government investigation.
Two brothers were arrested in North Port and charged with animal cruelty after police received a tip from PETA regarding a procedure done on a Pit bull puppy.