Results tagged “animalcruelty”

--O'Ryan Johnson, a Boston Herald crime reporter, faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly kicking a man in the chest. Johnson asked for help at a laundromat in Groveland and the 74-year old man who responded got yelled at then kicked. Johnson was reportedly with a young girl. [Lawrence Eagle Tribune]

Some thug left a defenseless kitten in a Hyde Park mailbox Saturday, according to news reports. A postman discovered the kitten and quickly brought her to the MSPCA hospital in Jamaica Plain, where she is recovering from being shoved through the narrow postbox slot. She will be put up adoption soon.

--Yesterday, a guy in the North End gave police a 30-inch-long baby boa constrictor inside a Crown Royal bag. We're not sure if toting a snake in a Crown Royal bag is animal cruelty or public disturbance or what. It's definitely weird and kind of cool. The unnamed man said he "found it on the street." The bag was also wet, and the Herald didn't know why. One can only guess. The optimistic answer would...

Just over a week ago the Globe brought us the discouraging story that Mitt Romeny used to take the Romney family vacations with their pet strapped atop the family station wagon back in the 80's. The tales of flip-flopping positions on contentious political issues haven't grabbed the spotlight quite as well as poor treatment of the family dog. Politicians have been famous for their pets, Nixon had Checkers and Clinton had Socks and a whole...

Bostonist has a bit of an obsession with the McCloskey story Make Way for Ducklings and was happy to see the ducklings waddling along Beacon Hill for Mother’s Day. Other news this weekend was also foul, from the scuffle at Faneuil Hall to the real goosestomper in Attelboro. Bostonist is all for free speech, but we can’t stand animal cruelty. The Boston Globe reported in an absurd juxtoposition this morning that a Rhode Island man who stomped to death five baby Canada Geese and injured their mother to an extent that she was later euthanized.