This makes me so sad

Why can't people take care of animals? What don't they understand about it being a commitment and not just a fashion accessory or fad?

This Michigan man was sentenced to jail today in the death of a dog he abandoned after he moved out of his home. Apparently he left it in some sort of plastic bin.

I'm just disgusted.

I'll POACH them.

The poachers have struck again. This time it's my beloved elephants that were hit. Seven elephants, to be exact, were killed at the hands of poachers in the past month. Ironically enough, the elephants were in a sanctuary.

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the animals died in a migrating corridor near the Kenya-Tanzania border, where seven Tanzanian poachers and their Kenyan guide were arrested over the weekend.

Some sanctuary, huh?

I am so sick to death of seeing stories about animals being killed. First the next-to-last Sumatran white rhino, now more elephants.

Crazy Little Thing Called Animal Justice

This story struck me as weird. In it, it details the sentence of a German Shepard to run guard duty at a prison instead of being put down after attacking a person.

I don't even know how I feel about it yet. I mean, I'm glad he didn't get put down, but the whole reason for criminal laws (or at least a main reason) is retribution and rehabilitation. The dog isn't going to know he's being punished. So the point is??? I guess sparing his life. It was a very creative move on the dog owner's part. I'm still on the fence.