Dog skinned alive, euthanized Montevallo, AL (US)

       A Calera Veterinarian says it's the worst thing she's seen in 15 years. A family made a tough decision to euthanize their pug after the vet told them someone skinned their dog alive.
  
       The animal's vet says it had trauma to its head, indicating the person who skinned him also hit the dog on the head with a blunt object.

       Doctor Rhonda Ellison says someone skinned the dog alive as there were distinct straight edge cuts on the skin. "The skin was completely off his back and off side of his flanks and from his neck to his legs, so completely skinned, someone intentionally did it."

       The owner says "Every time I'd touch him, he was wagging his tail at me and it hurt my feelings even worse to know someone could do that to a live animal in your yard."

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The person who did this to a dog is a murderer and should be treated like one!

Animal rights group rescues 800 dogs from China meat trade

        Nearly 800 dogs were rescued by a Chinese animal protection group last Saturday night in the city of Zigong, in southwest Sichuan province.

       The Qiming Center, an animal-rights protection group in Sichuan, pulled off the rescue. Last Friday night, a volunteer tipped off the group that hundreds of caged dogs were being loaded onto trucks in Zigong and headed to various restaurants in Southern Guangxi province. The group dispatched a team of five to block the dog-trader while they posted microblogs online calling for help from animal-loving citizens.

Local man charged with animal cruelty

       A Springfield man has been indicted on eight counts of cruelty to animals stemming from an investigation into the condition of several horses on his property.

       Lee Coleman Krisle, 55, was arrested Wednesday Feb. 27. He has since been released on a $5,000 bond, according to the Robertson County Sheriff’s Office website.

       The indictment claims Krisle failed to provide needed food and water, along with proper shelter and care for eight animals – seven horses and one mule. Documents also describe the mule as having an injured leg with wire wrapped around it.

       “The skin was pulled away from the flesh with a piece of wire wrapped around it,” said LeighAnn McCollum, Tennessee state director of the Humane Society of the United States.

       The horses appeared to be malnourished and their hip and rib bones were visible, she said.

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