Thursday, April 4, 2013
The circus will be in Howard County later this month. Will you be going?
It's a memory that many of us share - watching elephants march down the main road signaling the arrival of the circus. But is it time for that practice to stop? Piccadilly Circus is coming to the area on April 9. Dismayed with the way in which animals are used as entertainment, Patch commenter Cj Ellie wrote that it was time to "throw animal-act circuses into the trash heap of degrading form of entertainment," likening them to freak shows. Kathie alderman wrote: "They are being shocked and whipped on a regular basis! And what big cats want to sit in cages next to loud blaring speakers??!!" These two aren't alone. Los Angeles may soon be banning the use of circus elephants, according to the New York Times. That would make it the seventh …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Judge agrees to allow evidence in the case in which a woman faces 60 counts of animal neglect, abuse and cruelty, including 23 felonies.
A Howard County Circuit Judge has denied initial evidence that was seized in an early search of a woman's Columbia townhouse where 40 dead animals were found in January, but declared the evidence seized after a search warrant was obtained to be admissible, according to an article in the Balitmore Sun. This is the latest development in the case regarding Elizabeth Lindenau, 40, who is accused of 60 counts of animal neglect, abuse and cruelty and also faces 23 felony charges in the discovery of dozens of animals left to die in her Columbia townhouse. The grisly scene made headlines across Maryland. In the afternoon of Jan. 16, police made a preliminary warrantless entry into the townhouse at the 9600 block of Lambeth Court and found two …
Monday, January 23, 2012
A total of 40 dead animals were found in a Columbia home last week. No one has been charged.
Howard County police are delving deeper into why 40 animals were found dead with no food or water in a Columbia townhome last week, and are ordering lab tests to determine how and when the animals died. No charges have been filed as of Monday, and police are investigating whether the woman who once occupied the home where the dead animals were found was part of an animal rescue group, according to Howard County Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Schroen. They have requested to interview the woman, whose name police have not released, as she has not been charged. She has not yet come in for questioning, Schroen said Monday. On Monday, Jan. 16, police found the animals in a townhouse on the 9600 block of Lambeth Court after a property manager …
Sunday, January 22, 2012
A Maryland lawmaker is proposing a bill that would create a statewide animal abuse registry similar to that of the sex offender registry.
Just this month, a Yorkshire Terrier was brought to an animal shelter after being thrown from a 23-foot balcony in Owings Mills. In Columbia, 40 dead animals were found in a home being occupied by a woman police say may have been involved in an animal rescue group. With such frequent reports of animal abuse, Maryland lawmakers are now wondering if such offenders should be subject to an animal abuse registry. Maryland State Sen. Ronald Young is reportedly proposing a bill that would create a statewide animal abuse registry as a means of preventing convicted abusers from acquiring additional pets. According to CBS, if the bill passes, an animal abuser’s photo and address would be listed in the registry for 10 years. Such information would be…
Justin case
11:01 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
I bet all of you have a nice pair of Nike or a genuine leather purse or wallet. How about the nice leather interior in your luxury car. I wonder where that leather came from. Point being, cry all you want about animal abuse but every one of us are responsible for it it one way or another. I love my juicy Steak & the Nike on my feet. All of these circus animals have a better life than alot of … more ›