DC dog daycare employee kicked, killed puppy: 'Bronny brought immeasurable joy to our lives'



A dog daycare in Washington, D.C., has terminated an employee who reportedly kicked a puppy so hard that it died.

On Feb. 16, a family brought their puppy named Bronny to District Dogs, which offers dog daycare, boarding, grooming, and training services.

While the puppy was being boarded at the Navy Yard location of District Dogs, an employee was feeding the dog when it "got too energetic," according to WJLA.

The now-former worker then reportedly kicked the dog to the point that the animal lost consciousness. The dog was taken to a nearby veterinary facility, but the animal could not be revived, according to officials.

The employee allegedly called the police on himself to report the incident.

The District Dogs employee has not been charged with any crimes as of yet.

Humane animal rescue law enforcement has launched an investigation into the dog's death.

District Dogs said it terminated the employee and is fully cooperating with investigators.

"The District Dogs family is heartbroken over the incident and extends its sincere condolences to the family of the dog, and we grieve their loss at this profoundly difficult time," the doggy daycare said in a statement.

The owners told WTTG, "Bronny brought immeasurable joy to our lives and to the lives of all he touched, and the void left by his absence is profound. We don’t have all of the answers yet, but we appreciate all of the support we have received from the community."

"We are still mourning the loss of our sweet boy," the family said.

The family said they have hired an attorney, but did not say what legal action, if any, would be taken.

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This isn't the first deadly controversy with District Dogs.

In August, 10 dogs drown from fatal floodwaters at a District Dogs location in Northeast D.C.

"The rescue swimmers immediately entered the store, where they encountered extremely hazardous conditions including live wires, contaminated waters, and destroyed walls creating entanglement hazards," the D.C. Fire Department said in a statement.

"As the waters receded, the rescue swimmers were able to reach the lower dog kennels and discovered ten dogs that had passed away in the flooding," the department said.

Some dogs at District Dogs were able to be rescued.

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Florida man arrested and charged after being caught on video brutally beating a protected shark with a hammer



A Florida man has been charged with a crime after being caught on video viciously beating a protected shark with a hammer.

On Dec. 20, 2022, a man was caught beating a protected shark at Bicentennial Beach Park in Indian Harbor Beach by a surveillance camera.

The man was fishing at the beach when he reeled in a shark. Video shows the man brutally smashing the shark in the head with a hammer over and over again. He is seen using the claw of the hammer to dig into the shark's gills.

The New York Post reported, "Waddill allegedly continued to hit the shark until he realized people were watching him, one witness said, according to the report."

He drags the lifeless animal across the shore and back into the water, but it doesn't move. The motionless shark is beached, and the man drags the shark by the shark and tosses it deeper into the ocean. The waves push the seemingly dead shark back to the shore. For a third time, the Florida man heaves the shark back into the ocean after the animal returns to the shore because of the waves.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was sent the gruesome video and launched an investigation.

Shark fishing is legal in Florida; however, officials determined that the abused shark was a lemon shark – one of 28 protected sharks in the state of Florida.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission notes that lemon sharks are "prohibited from harvest in Florida state waters."

"However, this species is still taken in federal waters and targeted commercially in the longline fishery mainly for their fins, marketable flesh, and hide," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission adds. "Does well in captivity, with young individuals being favorite subjects for physiological and behavioral studies. Has been involved in only a few non-fatal bites on humans."

In January, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recommended that authorities press criminal charges against the man.

On Friday, Brian Waddill was arrested by Indian Harbor police officers, according to WOFL. The 33-year-old Florida man was reportedly charged with two misdemeanor charges: failure to return a prohibited species unharmed and a violation against the harvest, landing, or sale of sharks.

Waddill was held on a $500 bond, but was released shortly after his arrest.

(WARNING: Graphic video)

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11 adults in Scotland formed demonic 'paedo ring' which routinely raped and assaulted 3 children, performed witchcraft, killed animals: Report



Eleven adults in Scotland have been arrested and charged with various horrific crimes related to a so-called "paedo ring" that they allegedly ran for 10 years.

Iain Owens, 43, Elaine Lannery, 38, Lesley Williams, 40, Paul Brannan, 40, Marianne Gallagher, 37, Scott Forbes, 49, Barry Watson, 46, Mark Carr, 49, Richard Gachagan, 44, Leona Laing, 50, and John Clark, 46, all of the greater-Glasgow area, were brought before the High Court in Glasgow to face charges related to crimes they allegedly committed against three children, two girls and one boy, between January 2010 and March 2020.

The indictment claims that, at various times, six of the defendants shoved the younger female "into a microwave oven, an oven, a fridge, a freezer and cupboards including a cupboard containing an electricity meter.” They also supposedly hanged the girl on a hook by her sweater.

All eleven have been accused of repeatedly raping all three children. During some of the sexual assaults, other defendants would supposedly "clap, cheer and verbally encourage" as they filmed the rapes. At least two of the adults also allegedly engaged in sexual acts in front of the children.

Aside from the sexual assault charges, the defendants have also been accused of forcing the children to participate in satanic "seances" and compelling them to "use a Ouija board ... to call on spirits and demons." The children were also supposedly made to watch "classes involving witchcraft, point wands and utter spells thus causing them to believe that they could levitate."

The accused also occasionally wore devilish costumes and blew smoke from various drugs into the children's faces.

Other charges leveled at the defendants involve the abuse and torture of animals. Some of the adults have been accused of forcing the children to kill dogs and forcing the boy to stab a bird to death. One of the girls was also supposedly made "to act like a dog" and "eat cat and dog food" until she vomited.

There are yet still more charges issued against the defendants, but these charges are apparently so heinous that writers at the Scottish Sun refused to print them.

The identities of the children have not been released, and it is not known whether any of the children are related to any of the accused. There were 16 or 17 total adults named in the indictment, but anywhere from three to five of them have already died.

Judge John Beckett scheduled a hearing for either some or all of the defendants in October and an eight-week trial is set to begin in September 2023.

'Tiger King' star Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle arrested by the FBI



“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was arrested by the FBI on Friday. Several media outlets reported that Antle would face federal money laundering charges.

Antle – who owns the Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina – was arrested by the FBI and booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Conway, South Carolina, at 5:38 p.m. on Friday, according to Horry County online booking records.

The Associated Press reported, "The charges relate to allegations of money laundering, a person familiar with the matter told the AP on Saturday. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity."

The charges against Antle are expected to be formally announced during a court proceeding on Monday in Florence, South Carolina.

In October 2020, Antle was indicted on wildlife trafficking charges in Virginia. He was charged with one felony count of wildlife trafficking, one felony count of conspiracy to wildlife traffic, and 13 additional misdemeanor charges relating to animal cruelty and the Endangered Species Act.

National Geographic details Doc's alleged wildlife trafficking allegations:

The charges stem from a months-long investigation into illegal selling and transport of lions between Antle and Keith Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Wild Animal Park in Winchester, Virginia. Wilson has been indicted on identical charges to Antle, plus four additional counts of conspiracy. (Wilson already was facing 46 counts of animal cruelty in relation to a November 2019 raid that resulted in authorities confiscating 119 of his animals.)

Doc's daughters were also charged with misdemeanors. Tawny Antle was charged with one misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals. Tilakum Watterson was charged with two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and two misdemeanor counts of violating the Endangered Species Act.

The trial for the wildlife trafficking charges is scheduled for next month.

NBC News reported, "Antle has a history of recorded violations, going as far back as 1989, when he was fined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for abandoning deer and peacocks at his zoo in Virginia. Over the years, he has more than 35 USDA violations for mistreating animals."

In May, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) requested that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launch a probe into Antle's Rare Species Fund – a nonprofit that raises money for wildlife conservation. PETA accused Dov of using some of the fund's money to subsidize the Myrtle Beach Safari.

"It's fitting that 'Doc' Antle is behind bars after years of locking up the endangered animals he uses in tawdry photo ops. His legal woes are mounting, as PETA recently blew the whistle on his apparent ‘charity’ scam, and the end to his reign of terrorizing tiger cubs can’t come soon enough," Debbie Metzler, associate director of PETA’s Captive Animal Law Enforcement division said in a statement.

Antle was one of the biggest stars in Netflix's massively popular "Tiger King" docuseries that featured Oklahoma zoo operator Joe Exotic – who was convicted in a plot to kill his rival, Carole Baskin.

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California lawmaker introduces 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights'



A lawmaker from Los Angeles, California, recently introduced in the state assembly a bill that would grant America's most popular pets several legal rights and protections similar to those afforded to U.S. citizens.

What are the details?

Assembly Bill 1881, known as the "Dog and Cat Bill of Rights," proposes giving pets the rights to elements of basic physical care, such as freedom from neglect and abuse, the right to health care, and access to food, water, and shelter.

However, the bill — introduced by Democratic state Rep. Miguel Santiago on Feb. 11 — goes well beyond ensuring basic physical care. It also seeks to prioritize the "mental and emotional well-being of dogs and cats" by granting the furry friends daily mental stimulation and exercise and the right to lives "of comfort free of anxiety."

In all, there are seven proposed rights. Under the legislation, dogs and cats would have the right to:

  1. be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect, and abuse,
  2. a life of comfort, free of anxiety,
  3. daily mental stimulation and appropriate exercise,
  4. nutritious food and sanitary water and shelter,
  5. preventive and therapeutic health care,
  6. be properly identified through tags, microchips, or other humane means, and
  7. be spayed and neutered to prevent unwanted litters.

What else?

It should be noted that existing law generally makes it a crime for an animal's owner or keeper to hold it in an enclosure without proper care and attention or to abuse or neglect an animal.

But under the proposed legislation, dogs and cats are considered "sentient beings that experience complex feelings that are common among living animals while being unique to each individual animal." As such, the bill argues they are entitled to more broad privileges.

"While requirements for basic physical care, such as the provision of food, water, and shelter, are set forth in most jurisdictions, as one of the largest and most progressive states in the country, California can and should strive to recognize the importance of animals’ mental well-being," the bill states.

"As an owner of two dogs myself, I am proud to author the Dog and Cat Bill of Rights to help our furry friends live happier, healthier lives," Santiago said in a statement, according to the Hill. "Our dogs and cats deserve to be loved, and cared for, and the Dog and Cat Bill of Rights will help inform potential adopters of the care needed to create a healthy environment for their adopted pets."

Anything else?

The bill specifically dictates that every public rescue group and animal association in the state must post a copy of the "Dog and Cat Bill of Rights" on-site or face a fine of up to $250.

The legislation is reportedly in response to millions of dollars spent every year to euthanize or otherwise control the booming number of dogs and cats in California. The bill's text states that pets have the right to be spayed and neutered to "reduce the state’s dog and cat overpopulation."

According to KTTV-TV, Santiago also claimed that the coronavirus pandemic has been bad for pets. He told the outlet it's remarkable how many people got pets during the pandemic only to fail to properly care for them and ultimately unload them at shelters.

"In a perfect world I wouldn’t necessarily do a bill that says you have to give clean water to your dog, have nutritious food, and, by the way, you have to walk them! You can’t just leave them outside in the cold rain. That’s a perfect world and in some cases, people don’t understand what it takes to be a pet owner," he said.

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DISTURBING video shows soccer star dropkick, punch his cat — and the backlash is savage



West Ham United star defender Kurt Zouma has apologized after an appalling video showing him abusing his pet cats went viral. In the video, Zouma is first seen laughing as he drop kicks one of his cats. In another scene, we see him punching a cat out of a child's arms, among other abuses.

Content warning: disturbing scenes of animal cruelty:


West Ham ace Kurt Zouma filmed kicking and slapping his pet cat in horrific videopic.twitter.com/7QBy6DRLDk
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Social media was quick to react and sunk in their virtual claws:

That's vile and disgusting, and what kind of roll model is that for the kids in the house...shocking, the RSPCA and West Ham need to do something about this
— Adrian Toomes (@Adrian Toomes) 1644354622
i wish he try that on me..
— Goliath bonjour! Hy! (@Goliath bonjour! Hy!) 1644349959
Yea that is the worse part for me, teaching his kids that crap
— Malachi Holder (@Malachi Holder) 1644506863
He literally kicks for a living! Kicked a poor defenseless animal who trusts him...
— Jesse Matthew Cooper\u2741 (@Jesse Matthew Cooper\u2741) 1644324675
He dropkicked the cat and slapped the shit out of the cat all while people around him are laughing about it. It\u2019s safe to assume this is not the first time based on how comfortable he is with this behavior. It\u2019s absolutely repulsive.
— Shane Richlen (@Shane Richlen) 1644316406
Sometimes there\u2019s videos that you just wished you\u2019d never seen. Why. Why do humans have to be like this.
— Hiddenvillian (@Hiddenvillian) 1644275303
Doing it in front of kids is also child cruelty.
— La Rantrepreneur.. (@La Rantrepreneur..) 1644280756
And Adidas have drop their sponsorship of him as well
— Adrian Toomes (@Adrian Toomes) 1644433600

Though Zouma apologized, saying there were “no excuses for my behavior, which I sincerely regret," his cats were taken away by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals pending an investigation.

Police believe officer's puppy was targeted – abducted and beheaded



Authorities believe a suspect abducted and beheaded a 3-month-old puppy in a "targeted attack" against police in Kansas.

The Parsons Police Department suspects that a criminal stole a dog belonging to a law enforcement agent and viciously abused the animal as payback.

"The officer reported last Friday that he let the German shepherd puppy – named Ranger – out into a fenced yard about 7 a.m. and found the puppy in the yard with its head severed about 2 p.m.," Fox News reported.

Reports claim that the puppy was shot to death.

"This is disgusting enough that it was done to an animal in our community, but when you add in that this appears to be a targeted attack on the home and personal property of a police officer, this makes it nothing more than a hate crime," said Parsons Police Chief Robert Spinks.

The suspects could face felony animal cruelty and trespassing charges.

The Parsons Police Department is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

A 3-month-old puppy belonging to a Kansas police officer was shot and beheaded in what investigators said was a targeted attack because of the owner's career in law enforcement.

"I cannot even describe my feelings of disdain for the person(s) responsible. I am an avid dog lover as I have made it clear to the community over the years that I have been here, I have 2 rescue dogs, one that I adopted from our local shelter," Spinks said in a statement. "The level of cowardice that would lead someone to kill a little puppy named 'Ranger' is astonishing."

"It appears that Ranger was removed from the backyard by the suspects and taken to another location where he was probably shot in the head," a police statement said. "It's head was then sliced off."

"If someone is willing to mutilate an innocent puppy due to the very nature of the owner's career, then it is possible that the suspect is willing to go even farther and attack innocent children or family members to make a statement," the police statement added.

Parsons Police Deputy Chief Dennis Dodd added, "Our officers are attacked, hit, kicked, bit, scratched, called every name in the book and even spit on, as a part of our job, but this kind of senseless attack on a puppy at the home of an officer can't be tolerated."

Authorities initially offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but that reward spiked to $4,000 after residents added donations. from residents.

Bipartisan lawmakers demand answers from Fauci about 'cruel' taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs; beagles reportedly had vocal cords removed



A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers demanded answers regarding a report that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases used taxpayer money to fund "cruel" and "costly" experiments on dogs as young as six months old. The letter regarding possible animal abuse was sent to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

"We write with grave concerns about reports of costly, cruel, and unnecessary taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs commissioned by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases," the bipartisan letter signed by 24 lawmakers, spearheaded by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), reads.

The letter cites a damning report from the White Coat Waste Project that claims that 44 beagle puppies — all between the ages of six and eight months old — were subjected to "commissioned tests" for a drug. The experiments involved "injecting and force-feeding the puppies an experimental drug for several weeks, before killing and dissecting them."

According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, there was an invoice to the NIAID for a "cordectomy," an invasive surgical procedure also known as "debarking" and "devocalization" that removes the dog's vocal cords so that the animal can no longer bark, howl, or cry.

"This cruel procedure — which is opposed with rare exceptions by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, and others — seems to have been performed so that experimenters would not have to listen to the pained cries of the beagle puppies. This is a reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds," the legislators wrote.

"Our investigators show that Fauci's NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hungry sand flies so that the insects could eat them alive," White Coat Waste told The Hill. "They also locked beagles alone in cages in the desert overnight for nine consecutive nights to use them as bait to attract infectious sand flies."

White Coat Waste reports that documents show the NIAID spent $1.68 million in American taxpayer funds on drug tests involving the beagle puppies.

The White Coat Waste Project — a nonprofit government watchdog group — demands to know why these experiments are being conducted when the Food and Drug Administration does not require new drugs to be tested on dogs.

The lawmakers want Fauci to reveal how many drug tests have been performed on dogs since January 2018, as well as what are the total costs and what is the justification for them.

Mace's letter was also signed by Reps. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Scott Franklin (R-Fla.), Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Fred Keller (R-Pa.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Bill Posey (R-Fla.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), Maria E. Salazar (R-Fla.), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).

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In August, reports surfaced that the NIAID directed $424,455 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to test an experimental drug on beagles. The experiments subjected dozens of healthy beagles to biting flies that were carrying a disease-causing parasite that can affect humans. The records obtained under a FOIA request show that the dogs "vocalized pain" during the tests. The experiments were said to have allowed 28 beagles to "develop infections for three months before being euthanized for blood collection."

Fauci is also being grilled by Republican lawmakers after the National Institutes of Health finally admitted that it funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, something that Fauci vehemently denied for months.

Fauci-led agency spent over $400,000 in taxpayer money on 'deadly and unnecessary' experiments on dogs: Watchdog report



The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, directed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, spent more than $400,000 in taxpayer money on abusive experiments on dogs, according to a government watchdog group.

The NIAID directed $424,455 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation in September 2020 to test an experimental drug on beagles. The experiments purposely subjected dozens of healthy beagles to biting flies that were carrying a disease-causing parasite that can affect humans. The records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act request show that the dogs "vocalized pain" during the experiments.

The Daily Caller reported that the NIAID task order says, "28 beagles were to be allowed to develop infections for three months before being euthanized for blood collection."

"The dog experiments are set to be completed by January 2022, however, the task order states that the beagles are to be euthanized 196 days after the start of the study," the Daily Caller reported. "According to emails obtained by WCW, the study began on Nov. 12, 2020, meaning the beagles would have been scheduled to be euthanized in June 2021."

The experiments were deemed to be unnecessary since the investigational drug "has been extensively tested and confirmed ... in different animal models such as mice ... Mongolian gerbils ... and rhesus macaques," according to the White Coat Waste Project, a government watchdog group.

Justin Goodman, White Coat Waste Project vice president of advocacy and public policy, said that Fauci "needs to be held accountable for this staggering waste" of taxpayer money.

"It's not just Wuhan," Goodman said in a statement. "Fauci's budget has ballooned to over $6 billion in taxpayer funding annually, at least half of which is being wasted on more questionable animal experimentation like these deadly and unnecessary beagle tests and other maximum pain experiments. Fauci needs to be held accountable for this staggering waste and abuse overseas and right here at home."

The Daily Caller contacted NIAID and Dr. Andrew R. Moorhead, an associate research scientist and principal investigator during the experiments, but did not receive a response.

In June 2020, the White Coat Waste Project claimed that approximately "65,000 dogs are abused in U.S. labs every year, and likely 20,000 are experimented on to fulfill outdated and burdensome government regulations."

In August 2020, there was a bipartisan group of 18 Congress members who called on the Food and Drug Administration to stop inhumane dog testing. The Congress members wrote in their letter, "Dogs — even small puppies — are made to ingest or inhale large doses of drugs for months on end before being killed and dissected."

The federal government reports that 9 out of 10 drugs fail in human trials after passing animal tests because they are ineffective or toxic.