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# Animal Cruelty

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German Shepherd shot in head and dumped in ditch
Man fined €500 for causing unnecessary suffering to 11 horses - four had to be put down
Bag of dead puppies found dumped in Meath stream
Youths in Ballymun attempt to set fire to four kittens
A tiny kitten whose tail was skinned off has made a miraculous recovery and has a new home
Man who violently killed dog in park full of children avoids jail
Danish zoo criticised for dissecting a lion in front of a crowd of children
Woman who abandoned dog with no food or water fined and banned from keeping animals
Vets remove dog's eyes after he was shot with a pellet gun
'Some people just care about money': Thailand under pressure over bizarre animal shows
Puppy 'melted to death' after being locked in boot of car
Horse put down after being stabbed and 'sexually violated'
Dog dies after his throat is slashed in Cork
Information sought regarding men that 'fed live duck to pitbull' in Co Laois
A Florida man has been jailed for killing a family of ducklings with his lawnmower
More than 340 dogs have been rehomed from an "appalling" puppy farm in Carlow
Road marking crew paint over dead cat rather than move it
An animal rescue charity found a dead pygmy goat in a field in west Dublin
Man arrested for animal cruelty after Staffie found with mouth taped shut
Japanese fishermen are going to keep on killing dolphins
Danish radio station kills baby rabbit with bicycle pump
Two men charged with using kittens as live bait for greyhound training
RSPCA looking for man who kicked dog in the head 'like a football'
Man fined €150 for causing a dog to suffer a "slow, lingering death"
Lambs die after their ears are cut off in violent attack
Man who killed nine puppies while high on meth jailed
Finding - and punishing - those who hurt animals can help stop them harming humans
'Appalling and horrific' puppy farm with dead animals on site closed down
Phil Hogan got 500 texts in one day about animal cruelty
Australian greyhound trainers use live animals to be torn apart by dogs
This Staffie dog was hogtied and cooked alive over a fire at The Curragh
Someone in Florida keeps slashing pelicans' pouches so they starve
Litter of newborn puppies found 'heartlessly drowned' in Mayo
Buzzard shot and left for dead in Westmeath
Horses shot and left for dead on Cork/ Limerick border
Man jailed and banned from keeping animals over cruelty to dogs
Two-day rescue: 150 sick cats were found in walls and rooms of a house in the US
Baby bear found dead in Central Park, nobody knows where it came from
Man who set dog on fire to be sentenced today
Guidelines banning cruelty to horses by traders introduced