Man booked on felony animal cruelty charges released the day after his arrest

Lejandro Acosta Oliveros, a 45-year-old man from Santa Ana, California, was arrested on April 23, 2025, on felony animal cruelty charges after being accused of abducting, torturing, and killing over a dozen neighborhood cats over the past two years. The Santa Ana Police Department initiated the investigation following multiple reports from residents in the …

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Cat poisoners often hide in plain sight and can be pillars of the community

Cat poisoner

This is a story which reminds us that typically cat poisoners hide in plain sight, in the community where they live, and can even be ‘pillars of the community’. This is an allegation at this stage and therefore nothing is proved in a criminal court of law; a point that needs to be made …

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Internet hackers use Bengal cats to steal your financial details

The six-word Google search that leaves you open to hackers

AVOID websites answering the question “Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?” If you search for “Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?” you may find yourself clicking on Google search result which takes you to a website which has been created by malware hackers. The site that you visit may download malware (poisonous software) to …

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Giant detection rats as good as dogs sniff out wildlife body parts in East Africa

Sniffer rats

The world hates rats. Unfair. Speciesism in action. Although, some people love them and this story may change the public profile of this much maligned ‘pest’ so mercilessly persecuted by humans. They are smart and eminently trainable with memories as good as the best sniffer dogs. Being a lot smaller they can rummage around …

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Lions are livestock in South Africa and lion farms illegally sell skeletons to Asian buyers

Lion farms ‘illegally sell skeletons to Asian buyers. In 2019 lions were classified as farm animals in South Africa.

NEWS AND OPINION: My research tells me that in 2019 (or perhaps 2020), an amendment was made to South African’s Animal Improvement Act (AIA) to reclassify lions as farm animals. The government amended the AIA to include lions as a “species” that can be bred as livestock. There was no public consultation. The amendment …

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