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'animal cruelty'

No plane drop of turkeys at Yellville festival — so far

The Baxter Bulletin reports that the opening day Friday of the annual Yellville Turkey Trot festival included no airplane drop of live turkeys, though four were released from buildings for those in the crowd to capture.
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House gives final OK to anti-whistleblower bill

The House approved 77-1 and sent to the governor HB 1665 aimed at discouraging undercover video by employees and other of business operations.
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Anti-whistleblower bill nearing passage, humane group says

A humane organization activist reports that an anti-whistleblower bill is nearing passage in Arkansas. It's aimed at preventing undercover work to expose animal cruelty, but critics say it could affect many other sensitive busiensses, such as nursing homes.

Legislation targets undercover whistleblowers

The Humane Society is sounding the alarm about a bill pending in the legislature that it says is aimed at squelching whistleblowers who gather undercover video of improper practices in workplaces,.
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Yellville's annual shame: PETA has dead bird to demonstrate cruelty

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Bill Bowden reported today that a woman who scooped a turkey killed after being thrown from an airplane Friday over the Yellville Turkey Trot was a volunteer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. This and other complaints will linger after a year in which two of 10 turkeys pitched from planes died in the fall.

Turkey terrorism continues in Yellville: UPDATE another turkey death on Saturday

Fox 16's Mitch McCoy reports that live domesticated turkeys were again dropped from an airplane over the Yellville Turkey Trot festival Saturday.
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Save the turkeys! A backlash to Yellville turkey drop

My post about the barbaric practice of dropping terrified turkeys from an airplane at 500 feet — apparently the only thing that can get a crowd to visit Yellville, Ark. — has gone as viral as avian flu through the passionate animal protection community.

Charge filed in dog's beating death

One of the worst stories of the day: 20-year-old Lowell, Ark., man charged with beating a dog to death with a dumbbell. Its body was found in a dumpster, wrapped in a sheet and a shirt. He was charged with felony cruelty to an animal.
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Conviction of animal cruelty reported in puppy mill case

The Humane Society of the United States says that a woman in Randolph County has been convicted of animal cruelty on a charge related to the rescue of 46 dogs and 11 cats and chickens from a suspected puppy mill in Warm Springs.

Humane Society rescues 46 dogs from suspected puppy mill in Randolph County

The Humane Society of the United States says 46 dogs and 11 other animals — three cats and eight chickens — were rescued from a suspected puppy mill at Warm Springs in Randolph County. A news release said the owner had been convicted of animal cruelty in 2013.
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Duck hunters arrested for killing cats in St. Francis County

The St. Francis County sheriff has filed animal cruelty charges against duck hunters who posted Facebook photos with their kill, including two dead cats.

Owners found of dog burned by fireworks

The mayor Centerton has announced he's found the owners of a 13-year-old deaf and blind terrier found with terrible burns and fireworks strapped to its back. Contributions have poured into the animal shelter to care for the dog.
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