Animal abuse statistics show that animals are subjected to abuse on a daily basis, and most abuse cases do not make it to court, so animals continue to suffer and abusers get away with misuse, torture and killing of these innocents.
-95% of Laboratory animals in the USA are not included in the Animal Welfare Act.
-Animal cruelty statistics reveal that over 100 million animals in the US participate in Laboratory experiments annually.
-Over 6.5 million animals end up in shelters in the US annually. Animals that don’t find a home in a year are euthanized.
-92% of horses sent to slaughter in the US were in good health.
-97% of animal abuse happens on farms.
-34,000 newly hatched male chicks die hourly in the US, killed by gassing, electrocution or suffocation-the industry considers male chicks to be useless to their profitability.
-Dogs represent nearly 65% of all documented abuse cases in America, often tied, caged and left to die.
-The RSCPA UK receives an animal abuse report every 30 seconds.
-According to animal rights statistics broiler chickens spend over 22% of their lives in chronic pain.
-Nearly 75% of all reptiles domesticated do not survive a year.
-In Southeast Asia, nearly 12 million dogs and cats are slaughtered for their meat.
-Statistics show us that 16,000 dogs die annually in the US due to organized crimes and Dog fighting events.
-Denmark slaughtered 17 million Minks for fear of COVID spreading to humans.
How does this abuse of animals affect us all? Young people and children are very impressionable, so if they witness abuse, whether that of an animal or fellow human, they may be inclined to repeat it. Statistics have shown that children that have been abused, may abuse animals, using their pets as scapegoats of their anger and impressed emotions. The experience of witnessing animal abuse can bring out the greatness of humanity, and its respect for life or humanity’s the bad side, placing profitability/selfishness above life in general.
Since 2019 animal abuse is punishable by The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act(PACT). Violating this act could result in up to seven years in prison. The Animal Rights Movement hope this law would decrease the episodes of cruelty. From the period of 2019 – 2022 animal cruelty statistics have increased a further 12%. All the while, 65% of US and Canadian Citizens overwhelmingly oppose testing and experiments on animals. Our citizens are empathetic toward animals and their plight.
Humanity’s attempt to develop an understanding of what our relationship to animals should be/could be may lie in The Bible. Genesis tells us that animals were created and placed in THE Garden of Eden, not as food, but to be protected and managed by humanity(What Adam and Eve represent). As the population increased animals may have become the source for the Masses protein. That may be so, but the intention of The Divine did not change…Creation was put into humanity’s hands to be managed and protected respectfully. Have we failed that Divine edict?
TORONTO – Police say a man is dead after an industrial accident at Ontario Place.
Toronto police say officers responded shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to reports that a person was injured by construction equipment at the waterfront
Police say he died at the scene.
Ontario Place is set to be redeveloped under a controversial provincial plan that includes a new privately owned spa and a relocated Ontario Science Centre.
Police say the Ministry of Labour has been notified.
The ministry investigates all workplace deaths.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was higher in late-morning trading, helped by strength in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets also moved up.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 34.91 points at 23,736.98.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 178.05 points at 41,800.13. The S&P 500 index was up 28.38 points at 5,661.47, while the Nasdaq composite was up 133.17 points at 17,725.30.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.56 cents US compared with 73.57 cents US on Monday.
The November crude oil contract was up 68 cents at US$69.70 per barrel and the October natural gas contract was up three cents at US$2.40 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was down US$7.80 at US$2,601.10 an ounce and the December copper contract was up a penny at US$4.28 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.
HALIFAX – Police investigating the 2022 disappearance of a Halifax teen have charged two men following the discovery of human remains.
Halifax Regional Police say 26-year-old Treyton Alexander Marsman was arrested Monday and later charged with second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Devon Sinclair Marsman.
Police say a 20-year-old man who was a youth at the time of the crime has been charged with being an accessory after the fact and obstructing justice.
Investigators did not say where or when the remains were found, but they confirmed the province’s medical examiner has been called in to identify the remains.
As well, police did not indicate the relationship between Treyton Marsman and the victim, but they said the accused had also been charged with causing an indignity to human remains and obstructing justice.
Devon Marsman was last seen on Feb. 24, 2022 and he was reported missing from the Spryfield area of Halifax the following month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.
