August 17, 2012

Man who left dog on Colorado mountain faces animal cruelty charge

A man who left his dog at the summit of Mount Bierstadt in Colorado will face animal cruelty charges.

The charge was filed after the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office completed an investigation into the “abandoned and injured” dog found on the Colorado fourteener earlier this month. 

A group of volunteers rescued the dog, a German shepherd, who was spotted wandering at an elevation of about 13,000 feet. She was carried off the mountain on Monday.


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August 17, 2011

Rabbits rescued from “deplorable” living conditions

Jefferson County Animal Control Officers responded to a tip reporting a possible animal abuse involving rabbits.

An arrest warrant released today revealed new details about the “deplorable” conditions that prompted Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies to seize 193 rabbits from an Arvada rancher.

The warrant says there were 75 percent more rabbits living in the home on W. 75th Avenue than was acceptable and that some of the animals had “tacky gums,” a sign of dehydration.

Sheriff’s deputies also allege “many of the rabbits’ coats are so severely matted that they cannot urinate or defacate without extreme difficulty” and that there were “unacceptably high ammonia levels caused by excessive urine.”

The rabbits’ owner, Debe Bell, has been charged with numerous counts of animal cruelty and is due to appear in court Sept. 12.

(read more)

(photos provided by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)

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July 20, 2011
Photos: Kenya torches 5 tons of ivory taken from poachers Kenyan authorities have burned five tons of contraband elephant ivory in hopes of raising awareness about rising levels of poaching. Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton says poaching has increased dramatically in the last two years because of a rise in demand for ivory from China. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

Photos: Kenya torches 5 tons of ivory taken from poachers

Kenyan authorities have burned five tons of contraband elephant ivory in hopes of raising awareness about rising levels of poaching.

Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton says poaching has increased dramatically in the last two years because of a rise in demand for ivory from China.

(AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

(Source: The Denver Post)

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July 6, 2011
A Boulder, Colo., woman is being held after she allegedly killed a cat by blowing heroin smoke in its face

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