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Tweet of the Day – First Dog

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Ohio Governor John Kasich to Blame for Exotic Animal Massacre

Posted on October 21, 2011 by | 3 Comments

You And Me Baby Ain’t Nothin’ But Mammals

Traffic signs warn drivers to stay in their cars because of exotic animals on the loose near the intersection of Route 40 and Interstate 70 East just west of Zanesville. (CHRIS RUSSELL | DISPATCH)

Turns out Wednesday’s bizarre escaped animal incident in Zanesville, Ohio (east of Columbus) where dozens of exotic animals were put down after they were released into the Ohio countryside before their owner apparently committed suicide?  Yeah, you can hang that one on Gov. John Kasich’s neck too.

The tragedy exposes the dangers of wildlife trafficking, in which private collectors actively trade in exotic animals all over the states “in a vibrant and poorly regulated market.” According to the Humane Society, Ohio has long been “the center of the exotic-auction industry.” Ohio’s former Gov. Ted Strickland (D) attempted to “crack down” on the market by issuing an executive order that banned new private ownership of exotic animals. Issued on Jan. 6, 2011, it was one of his last acts as governor and lasted 90 days. His replacement, GOP Gov. John Kasich let it expire. Only now, after the bloodbath, does Kasich see it as “a problem.”

Kasich’s team called the measure “unenforceable.”  Only one problem:  parts of that executive order were very much enforceable, including the provision that could have prevented this awful event.

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Asshat Marinates His Cat in Oil and Spices in the Trunk of His Car; Planned to Eat It.

Posted on August 11, 2010 by | 6 Comments

Really, guy?  REALLY?  C’mon, meow!

People are asshats.  Ass-top-hats, really.

Some asshole named Gary Korkuc (who deserves to be beaten about the head and chest with the bloody stump of a Minotaur hoof) tried to marinate and cook his fucking cat because the cat was “mean to him.”  Navarro, the cute cat in the picture over there —-> was mean to him, so his solution?  Season it up and marinate it in his car.

Yeah.  Seriously:

Buffalo police rescued a cat from a Cheektowaga man who apparently was planning to make a meal out of his pet because he thought it was ill-tempered, authorities said Monday.


When Ferry-Fillmore District officers pulled over a car driven by Gary L. Korkuc on Sunday night during a traffic stop, they said they heard a cat crying from inside the trunk and investigated.


What they found has left animal lovers at the SPCA Serving Erie County in shock.


The cat, according to police, was in a cage “marinating” in a mixture of crushed red peppers, chili pepper, salt and oil.


“It’s disgusting. It surprises me every day what people are capable of when it comes to violence, whether it is animals or people,” said Gina M. Browning, the SPCA’s director of public relations. “I’ve never heard of anything like this before.”


Korkuc, 51, was arrested on one count of cruelty to animals by Officers Jerry Guilian and John Poisson, shortly after he was stopped on the 1100 block of Broadway at about 7:45 p. m. for allegedly passing a stop sign.


Police took the 4-year-old cat to the SPCA on Ensminger Road in the Town of Tonawanda, where Korkuc had adopted it May 11. He told police the cat had been “mean” to him, authorities said.


In condemning the treatment of the cat, whose name is Navarro, Browning read from an SPCA memo put together in part from information provided by the officers and shelter staff:


“Do not under any circumstances adopt to this man ever again. He claims he did not want the cat because it was ‘possessive, greedy and wasteful.’ That the cat got pregnant after ‘spaying,’ even though it was a neutered male. This man is a danger to animals. . . . was soaking cat in marinade to ‘cook.’ ”

Sounds like this guy doesn’t have a whole lot going on upstairs.  Who was the serial killer that killed a bunch of people because his dog told him to do it?  Son of Sam, was it?  Yeah, I could Google it (or Bing it, for you fancy folk), but this isn’t serious journalism here, people.  This is straight up brain ooze.  Get used to it.

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Bullfighting Banned in Barcelona!

Posted on July 29, 2010 by | 10 Comments

‘Bout time!

You mess with the bull, you get the horns, you know what I'm sayin'?


Catalonia became the first region in Spain to ban bullfighting.  I must admit, when I first read the story, I kept thinking, “Why are we excited about a ban on the running of the bulls?  If crazy people want to be chased be a thundering herd of bulls, risking life, limb, and a bull horn through the back, who are we to stop them?” Then I was like, ohhhh!  Bull fighting?  Bull fighting sucks!

Its orange sands have witnessed delight and death. Generations of matadors strutted their way across Barcelona’s Monumental bullring, drawing roars of approval from the crowds as they tormented the hulking bulls with their scarlet capes before killing them with a sword-thrust between the shoulder blades.


But now bullfighting is to be banned from Barcelona and the rest of the north-eastern region of Catalonia after the local parliament today dealt a blow to Spain’s most emblematic pastime and unleashed a political battle over what some see as a threatened cultural treasure.


Deputies voted by 68 to 55 in favour of a people’s petition calling on the bullfight to be banished from a region that once played host to some of the world’s greatest fights. The last matador in Catalan history will sink his sword into the last half-tonne fighting bull at the end of next year, with the ban starting in 2012.


“It is the worst attack on culture since our transition to democracy,” said the Catalan poet Pere Gimferrer.


While some mourned the loss of a cultural jewel, the vote was hailed by animal rights campaigners worldwide. Ricky Gervais and Pamela Anderson were among the 140,000 who signed an international petition to the Catalan parliament.


“It sickens me to know that people are still paying money to see an animal suffering in such a horrific way,” Gervais said before the vote.

Bullfighting seems like some craziness that a bunch of drunk guys came up with, and for some reason people were all, “Yeah!  That really is a good idea!  Let’s piss a bull off, wave a red flag in its face, let it charge around and attempt to stomp on the face of some asshat in a gold jacket.  If the asshat wins, he’ll stabs the bull in the  back, and the crowd will go wild!  If the asshat loses, well, people love watching a fool in a sequined jacket get gored to death.  The crowd will be horrified, yet oddly titillated.  Oh, and of course we’ll have to put the bull down because, damn, bull, you can’t just go around goring motherfuckers who wave red flags in your face!  This aggression will not stand, bull!”

The bull is in a lose lose situation.  In a fair fight, if  the bull gores the matador, he would get to sip champagne and maybe get a lap dance from a cow with bedazzled spots.  But no.  Bullfighting is a bull death sentence.  These bulls have been getting a raw deal for a long time, man!  It’s about time they stopped this  bullshit.

[video of Ricky Gervais being all serious and talking about bullfighting and how it sucks, after the jump]

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Flying Donkey Scares the Crap Out of Russian Kids

Posted on July 20, 2010 by | 6 Comments

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… Eeyore?!

People are asshats.  Let me just say that right up front and get it out of the way.  Actually, let me say it again, this time a little louder: PEOPLE ARE ASSHATS.

Some jackass in Golubitskaya, Russia tied a donkey to a parasail and launched it into the air as a part of some dumbass publicity stunt.  People who were vacationing at the beach with their kids watched in horror as this donkey flew through the air, shrieking in terror.

What do you think happens when a bunch of kids see a screaming donkey flying through the air?  THEY SCREAM TOO:

Russian holidaymakers were left shocked after a donkey was forced to parasail off a beach as part of a sick advertising stunt.


The animal, braying in terror, soared above the southern village of Golubitskaya while crying children below echoed its screams.


The stunt – intended to attract people into parasailing at a private beach club – backfired after police began investigating allegations of animal cruelty.


The animal eventually landed back on the shoreline in an ‘atrocious manner’ after being dragged through the water at the Sea of Asov resort.


Sunbathers rushed to rescue the frightened donkey and were lucky to stop it from drowning.


‘The donkey screamed and children cried,’ Krasnodar regional police spokeswoman Larisa Tuchkova told the AFP news agency.


‘No-one had the brains to call police.’


Instead, she said, people reached for their cameras and bombarded a local Cossack newspaper with phone calls.


According to the paper, Taman, the donkey flew so high that children on the beach cried and asked their parents: ‘Why did they tie a doggy to a parachute?’


Its editor, Elena Iovleva, said: ‘The donkey landed in an atrocious manner.


‘It was dragged several metres along the water, after which the animal was pulled out half-alive onto the shore.’


If I  were “making holiday” at that beach and I saw a braying donkey fly screaming through the air and then land in an atrocious manner, I would be horrified and then pissed off.  First of all, animal cruelty makes me so sick to my stomach that I can’t even think about it without wanting to punch something.  So, in my esteemed opinion, whoever decided to attach a parasail to a donkey and launch it in the air should be set directly on fire.

Secondly, do you know what eleventy-seven Russian children screaming sounds like?

This:

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Sandra Bullock’s Husband Involved in Dog Fighting Ring Scandal

Posted on March 31, 2010 by | 9 Comments

Jesse James has an acute case of Michael Vick-itis.  Oh, and he also might be a neo-Nazi.

This guy is a real piece of work.  First, there’s the pictures of him wearing an SS Officer’s hat while giving the “sieg heil” Nazi salute.  Always classy.

Second, there’s the “I Wanna be like Tiger” trip to rehab.  Yep.  Jesse James is now in rehab–the same one Tiger Woods went to (and, incidentally, the same one that Sandra Bullock’s character in 28 Days went to).  He’s rumored to be begging Sandra not to divorce him.   Apparently, he actually told her that he would go to rehab “Just like Tiger did” if she would stay.

Sandra is rumored to be telling him to fuck right off.  She’s filing for divorce and not going to attempt to get some sort of custody arrangements so she can stay in touch with his kids.   So he drove his own ass to rehab to show the public he’s, like, totally serious about not  being a neo-Nazi fuckhead, you guys:

James drove himself to the Sierra Tucson retreat in Arizona– the same rehab center that Tiger Woods went to– on Monday and immediately enrolled for what is understood to be sex addiction.

“James was very quiet and sullen when he checked himself in on Monday and he didn’t really talk with anyone,” an insider told RadarOnline.com. “He will be there for at least 45 days as he tries to get his life back on track.”

Come on dude, seriously?  As his third and fourth mistresses come crawling out of the woodwork, does he really think that she’s going to take him back?  After a short stint in rehab?  Give me a fucking break.  Does he think she’s stupid or something?  Besides, she’s the moneymaker in this situation.  In Tiger’s situation, he was the moneymaker.  So you know… apple, meet orange.

But it gets worse.  Much worse.  The National Enquirer is about to drop a bomb: James has been involved in a dog fighting ring.   And yes, I believe the National Enquirer at this point.  The Enquirer called the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter scandal about a year before it broke.  It’s a bullshit paper that has a lot of weird shit about alien babies and Sarah Palin being Sasquatch, but a lot of their celebrity gossip turns out to be true.  Besides, Jesse James looks like the sort of motherfucker who would force his poor dogs to fight.)  So let the preemptive rumor-mongering begin!

Jesse James may have entered rehab to stave off a divorce from Sandra Bullock but that’s the least of his problems as a horrible new scandal has emerged. He’s accused of outrageous cruelty involving his pet dogs!



Two of Jesse’s favorite pit bulls fought in a bloody battle to the death – and Jesse’s terrified dog Rudy was ripped apart in the savage attack that tore a leg almost completely from his body.



Shockingly, the tattooed TV mechanic treats the vicious encounter as a big joke, charge sources.



“Sandra was horrified and in tears when she first heard what had happened to those animals,” said an insider.



“She believed he was this gentle biker with a heart of gold. But if he can let this sort of thing happen to his dogs, that tells you who he really is – Jesse IS heartless.”

Kaiser at Celebitchy astutely points out that this dog fighting bullshit is the likely reason that James’ pit bull Cinnabun kept running away.

I’m disgusted.  I’m too disgusted to even rant about it.

So instead, I’ll point you to an open letter that my friend Lily the Pink wrote when the Philadelphia Eagles decided to sign Michael Vick’s stupid dog fighting ass.  Read it.  It’s gold.  You can find an Angry Black Rant that I wrote in the comment section of that post.

And then when you’re done with all of that, go outside and set something on fire.

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Michael Vick to Star in His Own Reality TV Show

Posted on October 8, 2009 by | 5 Comments

Art Thou KIDDING ME?!?!

ts-vick

"Sure, end dogfighting. I don't have to pay for it, do I?"

First the Philadelphia Eagles and now BET is signing this guy!?  Seriously?

BET is partnering with Michael Vick’s production company (he has a production company!?) to produce a reality show for Vick, tentatively called The Michael Vick Project.

No, I’m not kidding.  Michael friggin’ Vick, dog killer extraordinaire, is partnering with Black Entertainment Television to produce a REALITY SHOW.  The show, according to its producers, will be different than ordinary reality shows and will be more serious in tone.  According to Radar Online, “The series will explore Vick’s past, his time in prison, his NFL comeback and his problems with his fiancé.”

Notably, the statement doesn’t expressly say that his reality show will explore the fact that he is a goddamn dog killer.  Additionally, because Vick is 20 million dollars in debt, there is, unsurprisingly, no word on whether any of the proceeds of the show will be donated to any animal organizations.

I seem to recall a faux contrite press conference during which Vick claimed that he wanted to set an example for kids and that he would attempt to begin to atone for his animal murdering sins.

We’re still waiting Vick.  Still waiting.

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