not just animals. before the animals there was vehicles. he was a hoarder of vehicles.'s one thing of that contributed to him being known as quite an eccentric fellow. the hoarding of things. it got more trouble some when it was the hoarding of wild and dangerous animals. >> there's a crew of four headed inside the property. >> you could hear the roars and growls. if anybody up there says that they weren't scared, they're acting macho. at that time the sheriff had said if we were able to contain the animals, that's what we wanted to do. if anything approaches the fence, shoot to kill. i could see lions, bears and tigers and they were all coming towards the fence. >> the special response team shot and killed animals near the perimeter while slowly working their way into the property to recover thompson's body. >> we could see terry thompson laying there. he was laying flat on his back and his jeans pulled all the way down to his ankles, but we couldn't get to him. there was a tiger hovered over terry, and he was -- he had his mouth around terry, around his head. there wa

animal evolution it is this theory that we ought not to be focusing on the treatment of animals that the fundamental moral question is can we justify using animals at all however humanely we treat them i mean i think that we have to confront the fact that because animals are chattel property and they have no inherent or intrinsic value that able only extrinsic in x. turtle value the standard of animal welfare is actually very low so even if you if you take the most humane places in terms of the way animals are treated it's still really horrible and so basically the the i'm trying to change the conversation away from treatment and over to use search the fundamental question why are we eating wearing or using animals at all particularly when we don't have to so that would sort of be the answer nutshell what's the response of the concept that humans are cognitively different than other animals. you know i mean it. it we're the only animals who use symbolic communication so you know what goes on in our heads basically is very very much connected with this thing called language and these

paid at the bring us up one of the largest animal advocacy groups apparently thought of as animals a math according to huffington post in two thousand and eleven the organization killed ninety six percent of animals brought to them gary what sort of groups can we trust the lobby on behalf of these boys this creature is even peta as math for watering well. look. the folks at peta i've known them for many years and i'm sure i don't wish to question anyone's integrity i disagree with their certain ways abbe. you know peta takes the position that killing an animal painlessly is not harming the animal and as crazy as that may sound it really is sort of part of the conventional thinking that we we we have about animals goes back a few hundred years ago to you know to nineteenth century england where you have thinkers like jeremy bentham who said well animals matter they can suffer but they don't care that we use them they only care about how we use them and so the cow doesn't care that we are she only cares about how we treat her now i think that that's wrong i think that's a species this

they abuse the animals and in some cases kill the animals. and they cause the animals to have absolutely miserable lives. i have said in speeches yo i speech es i hae made the best day of their lives is the day it dice. >> we have you speaking about this exactly how do they beat them? with actio axe handles and golf clubs they shock them and they never know is a day that is pleasurable. and finally after 20 or 30 or maybe 40 years they die. and that day they die is probably the best day of their lives. isn't that a horrible thought. >> it is a horrible thought. how pervasive is the problem? >> how many circuses in the world. i don't think there is a circus in any place in any country. certainly in the united states. we hope that the united states will become as civilized as bolivia and cause all circuses to stop using animals. in equador and peru and columbia you arklumcolombia you are tryie the efforts around the world. we are working hard and we have legislation next year. we have a bill in the parliament of england and a ban in greece and

to see and enjoy them. >> a dark shadow cast on the zoo and how animals are treated. the director of the zoo tells the washington post that limited funds and staff shortages have led to the death of three animals. one of the deaths cited in a report was that of a red river hog that died after losing a quarter of its weight in a week -- eight week time due to its -- him proper nutrition. two internal reports into the incidents, coming weeks after a zebra attack the zookeeper and it follows the escape of rusty this year.da earlier the conclusion, resources stretched too thin. >> i hope we can get whatever isport is needed and that it able to support animals here. >> despite shortages, the zoo recently held an elaborate ceremony to announce the name of its new panda cub and spent up to 56 million dollars to create a new state-of-the-art elephant trail complex. abc 7 news. >> all right. we saw everybody there in the video bundled up at the zoo. it is chilly out there. >> we still have a lot of snow on the ground. these people will be colder than the rest of us. let's take

iran says the six-pound animal was recovered safely after the capsule carrying it separated from the rocket and parachuted safely to earth. iran first launched a monkey into space last january. >>> in south africa today after three days of mourning nelson mandela's body was moved by a government building and escorted by sfiter jets to his ancestral home. a state funeral will be held there tomorrow. remember the south african man who got within a few feet of president obama by posing as a sign language interpreter at a memorial service for mandela? newly discovered court records show the man had been accused of attempted murder and murder during the past 20 years. charges were evidently dropped because he was deemed unfit to stand trial. >>> now back to school safety. in the engineer since the newtown massacre the national focus has been on gun laws and mental health programs, but largely out of sight, thousands of schools have implemented changes they hope will keep their students safe. for more about this, we are joined now from phoenix by kevin quinn, he's the president of the nati

today they're acting like animals eric you're not an animal are you a plant no i'm a human being we're separate from the animals created by god so we said a word we're not animals no we're not it will work human beings we are. designed by god like i said you know we are set apart from the animals very interesting that the animal kind you know what. you know how can you suggest that this is anything other than. religion dressed up as something other than religion i mean why not just call it religion i want to say you know this is this is our belief and you know this is this is our religion and we're standing by it and you know i you know our kids are not going to become scientists at nasa but that's fine they might be asking us. to lead to dr to dr john stanford and in the chain going and who is a young earth creationist and has done huge huge things for science today there are many scientists don't believe in darwinian evolution your belief in darwinian evolution doesn't make you unable to do science member talking to you a couple days ago about how no doctor uses evolution while he's

the animals are doing more time behind bars than the people that abuse the animals.will never euthanize any animal in this jail. so, therefore, i have one dog that's been behind bars for seven years. that's queenie. here we have a dog that's a victim, can't find anyone to adopt that dog. but i'm not going to euthanize her. she may do 20 years behind bars. she will not be euthanized. come on. i can grab this -- without getting my hand bit off? is this going to bite my hand? sit. how come the dog doesn't --? >> queenie! >> after seven years in jail, you can't train the dog? she's got to learn some lessons. stop talking back at the sheriff. you know, even the inmates don't talk back to me. now i've got the dog talking back, right? right, queenie? >>> coming up, the judge hands down a sentence in michelle lacy's case. >> my baby cried and said it wasn't fair. >> and maricopa's most controversial yard. >> a lot of the public calls this the immigration yard because many of them will be deported back to mexico. >>> several weeks after visiting her three children, michelle l

an animal to adopt and we allow them to foster the animal and give them two weeks to find a vet. we have had quite a few animals go out that way and we have had 100% compliance. >> now, the shelter lost its veterinarian three weeks ago. since then they have been having some of the animals spayed at the spca. those animals can be adopted immediately. >>> an anitoch man arrested after a hey speed chase where a -- high-speed chase where a police officer was hit by a car. what you are looking at happened last night about 7:00 on g street in anitoch. it happened during a traffic stop. police say the suspect hit a police officer with his car, then led police on a high speed pursuit at titles going more than -- at times going through more than 100 miles an hour. the driver faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and felony evasion. the officer was not hurt. ktvu's tara moriarty is on the tori. she will have a live report on how residents are reacting later this morning. >>> testimony from the ntsb hearing investigating the deadly asiana crash in san francisco i

the katherine violet hubbard animal sanctuary, an animal shelter like no other. >> and this will be a no-cage, no-kill facility. >> that's right. >> reporter: the facility will feature a farm, an adoption area, a learning center for children, and personal touches that will remind visitors of katherine. >> it's the only structure on the sanctuary that will have the red terra cotta tiles for katherine's hair. >> reporter: the aspca just honored katherine with the kid of the year award, given to a child who shows extraordinary compassion towards animals. and katherine's older brother freddy joined his parents to accept the honor. >> we're not focused on the tragedy. it was two minutes that ended katherine's life, but, you know, we have a mission now to make sure katherine is proud and when we do see her some day she says that to us. >> reporter: a mission to fulfill katherine's dream, to remember the little girl who would whisper to animals. >> she would tell them, tell your friends i'm kind. she told us, they'll come back. if they tell their friends i'm kind, i know they'll come back.

animals are not sick. what the fda wants to do is ban this kind of use and at least put on the label for human consumption only. they give very low doses of antibiotics that promote growth in animals. here is how it works inside an animal's intestine. if a bacteria is exposed to all the antibiotics, do you know which ones survive? the ones that survive are the ones resistant to that antibiotic. you see it with e. coli and salmonella, sheg gel la. the american academy of pediatrics came out and said we don't have enough antibiotics to treat children already because they don't tolerate this antibiotic, that antibiotic. we need more choices, not less. if you give us a problem with drug resistance, we're not going to have as much arrows in our quiver to use. that's the problem when you get over to the human side. it's a big part of the problem. the other part which david and i discussed a few weeks ago is in hospitals we're overusing antibiotics. >> back to the animals, will the fda win on this one? >> you kno

my brother who is this one teacher is also an animator. we started animating storycorps stories.ried to throw him out of my office because it was ridiculous. before i could get him out of the office, he slammed a dvd into my computer and his beautiful thing showed up on my computer and i saw there was a way that the stories from the magic of the audio, could not only be not subtracted by adding visuals, but could be added to. i think they're gorgeous. you can see them on the democracy now! site or storycorps.org. >> not all of them are animated. i want to go to one that isn't, but before we do, you start off in your book talking about your dad. i was wondering if you could share little bit about who your dad was. >> sure. before ied shortly wrote introduction to this book. and you knew him well. he was a gay activist and a psychiatrist. it was a real lesson for me because i recorded a storycorps interview with him two or three years after storycorps open. he was working 50 hours a week as a psychiatrist. on friday and was dead nine days later. he died at 7:00 in the morning. i li

it promises personal handling in climate-controlled vehicles f animals will be exposed to temperatures greater than 85 degrees for 45 minutes. >> and that was the beginning of the worst day of my life. >> reporter: during a layover in houston, janet watched from her window seat as the animals came off the plane. >> and i watch aed this man kick her crate six times, kick it, kick it, kick it, untils's under the wing of the plane. >> reporter: photos snapped with her cell phone shows the man als sitting on the the tarmac, where according to national weather service, temperatureser reached 94 degrees that summer day. >> the animals are still sitting on the tarmac. this man is about to load luggage. >> reporter: as janet's concerns grew, she started periodically recording the trip. >> it's 4:25. that's the fuel truck. animals were loaded on, door's still wide open, 1:58, they are having air conditioning trouble. >> reporter: after a three-hour delay, they finally made it to boston but sedona was barely alive. >> sedona's entire crate was filled with blood, feces, urine. she was dying in fr

are they concerned other animals may be at risk? >> well, they said that they do think the zoo, in light of the complaints and the media attention, is and will be paying more attention to these problems. the zoo is aware of them and was taking some actions according to the zoo, but of course, we can't see the report that fully details what they have done. even though it's a public facility, they are withholding that report from us. >> i know you pushed to see that result, that report a good deal. and the spokesperson you talked about said there were some changes as a result of this internal report. do we know what changes were made? >> they basically said they didn't do anything wrong, they meet all the proper standards and yes, there's room for improvement as there always is. they said they changed some protocalls. they have changed some spacing and habitat issues with the animals. again, we don't know a lot of details unless we see that report, which should be public, because your tax dollars go to support the zoo. >> all right, i

and i am using that money now for animals. >> barker's affection for animals dates back to his childhoodp passionately. >> here's the first item up for bids on the new "price is right." it's a fur coat. >> barker's battle with the fur industry started with the very first prize he gave away on "price is right." >> $595 -- >> he voiced his displeasure to the show's producer. >> i went to mark goodson and told him i didn't want to be on the stage with these fur coats. and so he took fur coats off our show. >> in 1987, barker instigated what became known as the fur flap while hosting the miss usa pageant. >> they were going to bring the swimsuit contestants out wearing fur coats over the swimsuits. i said, i can't do it. it'd be the most hypocritical thing in the world. >> reporter: the story leaked to the press and became front page news. in a compromise, the contestants were sent out in fake fur. >> it started the decline of fur in the united states. >> how did it leak to the press? >> who will ever know? look at this beautiful white cat. >> without a doubt, his most influential advocacy c

i understand animal rights act visits don't want these animals studied. champ pans e studies played important roles in developing medicines for humans. first? >> well, the former head of nih last june said he had drunk the cool aid of animal experimentation. he thinks it was an error. the directliar of the nih is the one who said, we want to -- we don't think they should be used any more in nih sponsored. they are holding 50 back now that i think those 50 are going to go to sanctuaries. go? >> sharoninguaries. but they can't go there. so, we have a ranarranged with nap -- the north american prime mate sanction wary alliance. they have seven sanctuaries throughout the u.s. and that's where we want tommy and leo and hercules and kiko to go. >> i know you want other animals, other high intelligence animals like elephants and the others we named. where do you draw the line, though? pigs are supposed to be extremely smart. anyone who has a dog knows how dogs have feelings and how much they react and how much they care about their human companions. so where do

and novel animation up brings films to the big screen. a moscow state university gives a whole new meaning to wearable technology but first new year may still be a couple of days off but they've already been plenty of festivities this month. on something a lot of. the no spark nano technology center was officially opened in the town of troy just south of moscow. aims to become a launch pad for high tech startups by bringing together all the facilities and know how to develop and produce innovative goods all under one roof while the town's strong research base made it the natural choice of location the pog received a large investment from ross nano and the company's chairman was there to make sure the money had been put to good use back to you about twenty five startups should already be created this year there are twenty five startups alone in the year the center was set up then i expect tens or even hundreds of startups to emerge out of here in the near future and today you see in the creation of these innovation powerhouses with your ow

." >> it's an ingenious way to save three stranded animals out on the frozen water. see the amazing hover craft rescue and the deer who seems to understand. >> he knew that we were there to help, not hurt. >> and packages slamming off the video truck. >> one after the other. >> a hang glider suddenly changes course on take-off. >> run, run, run, abort, abort, abort. >> and a couple pulls off a tim burton style wed being as the groom tells all at the altar. what he says that has the bride blush zpg it's a little tmi, perhaps, at the wedding. >> quite possible the most awesome and technicologically advanced animal rescue. albert lee lake in minnesota, some folks saw three stranded deer out on the frozen water. traction.heir little hoes the kind folks of albert lee lake reached out to med city hover craft to come to the rescue and the little stranded deer are completely exhausted and i think they realize the hover craft are there for a very good purpose. so the guys from med city hover craft, including james kinson, who is the owner of med city who have er craft spring

the katherine violet hubbard animal sanctuary, an animal shelter like no other. >> and this will bege, no-kill facility. >> that's right. >> reporter: the facility will feature a farm, an adoption area, a learning center for children, and personal touches that will remind visitors of katherine. >> it's the only structure on the sanctuary that will have the red terra cotta tiles for katherine's hair. >> reporter: the aspca just honored katherine with the kid of the year award, given to a child who shows extraordinary compassion towards animals. and katherine's older brother freddy joined his parents to accept the honor. >> we're not focused on the tragedy. it was two minutes that ended katherine's life, but, you know, we have a mission now to make sure katherine is proud and when we do see her some day she says that to us. >> reporter: a mission to fulfill katherine's dream, to remember the little girl who would whisper to animals. >> she would tell them, tell your friends i'm kind. she told us, they'll come back. if they tell their friends i'm kind, i know they'll come back. and the

animal evolution is the theory that we ought not to be focusing on the treatment of animals that the fundamental moral question is can we justify using animals at all however humanely we treat them i mean i think that we have to confront the fact that because animals are chattel property and they have no inherent or intrinsic value the able in the extrinsic an xterm value the stand.

kingdom. >> every animal has that same path. then they die. it's much more complex than that. >> reporter: unexpected and surprising animal relationships abound like the work of this strawberry poison frog that individually carries its thinkly hatched tadpoles up trees to pools of water. ♪ and then returns every few days to feed the tadpole until it grows into a frog. >> if that isn't a picture painted of a mother caring for her child i don't know what it is and it is a frog. >> reporter: these grass cutter ants can't eat it so they chop the grass, carry it to their home where they feed it to a fungus they can eat and built in ventilation to get rid of excess carbon dioxide. >> being resourceful they'd be gone. >> reporter: some animals are freaks of nature. but survivors nonetheless. the predator plant, the venus ply trap, the chameleon with its tongue like a missile. the stag beetle that uses its jaws to fight and other animals that survive and thrive in more creative ways such as these birds in oregon who perform a dance tore

at an east bay animal shelter. an act which people who work with animals call - holiday dumping. the manager of the facility tells kron 4's haaziq madyun. pets being abandoned by their owners. sadly, is not uncommon this time of year >>"this dog was found tied up at our shelter out in front and it is unfortunately all too common" >> reporter:cindy smith manages the volunteer program here at contra costa county animal services in martinezshe told me that she found this pitbull outside the shelter after someone abandoned the dog over the thanksgiving holiday weekend >>"we call it holiday dumping which is a collective term forone option is to bring the animal to the shelter" >> reporter:however she says the safest time to do that for the animals is when the shelter is opennot overnight when the temperature tends to drop considerably >>"not as cold as it is back eastwe're expecting it to freeze overnight so" >>"we don't know, when they are left like this we don't know the circumstances it could be that someone has lost

office spacesing to house some of these animals. this time of year is often win more animals are abandoned. whether people go away and they do not plan to make accommodations for their pets so they surrender them, or trying to buy gifts. >> there is a $15 dog license fee for dog adopters. >> we make sure you are the right fit for the set -- right fit for the pet in the pet is the right fit for you. to soment to get breaking news just into abc 7. brad bell has just tweeted that at the national harbor has been selected to be the site to move forward with plans of a brand-new can see no. -- a casino. brad is still inside that meeting and we are hoping to get more information. check wjla.com for the very latest on this story. >> the national harbor getting bigger. those rescue dogs make the best pets. i can guarantee that. they make great pets. we have great weather on the way. it is not going to feel like christmas time, the weekend before christmas, we are talking temperatures that are well into the 60's. close to 70to be degrees for

some animals are scarce and some animals are plentiful. we worr about animals going extinct, endangered species. here's the puzzle. if you want to save an animal which encourage people to edith? you would think -- john: donated. >> but if you can make a profit from eating it, that creates the incentive, and if you can prioritize the ownership that creates an incentive to take care of it and grow. as a result there is plenty of turkey, but you chicken, and other animals are scarce because there is no incentive, unfortunately to take care of them. john: both humans and hot seat taken, but the more hawks the fewer chickens, the more seamen's the more chickens. >> that was an inside of henry george, early economist. he understood that this nature, more hawks, they eat the chickens. come deplete the population. if we get numerous more chickens . that is the power of incentives. john: breed chickens. make sure we have plenty. >> uprighted to be made from growing demand taking care of them and making unhealthy and beating them. if we made it ille

the dogs owner insists he is not a dog fighter and wants his animals back, though he doesn't know how he's going do that. in oakland, kpix5. >> animal services hopes to get the pit bulls into loving homes. >>> reckless driving charges for this deadly san francisco crash is free on bail. the judge says 58-year-old, jenny chu is not allowed to drive. police say she was driving l 80 miles per hour when she rear ended a mini van. a teenager died and several other people were injured. pleaded not guilty and faces seven years in prison if convicted. >>> oakland police say a suspected drunk driver caused this fiery scene at a gas station earlier this morning. right after he ran through a dui check point and led officers on a brief chase. police pulled him out of his burning car and put him in handcuffs. >> tonight, we're getting a better idea of the scope of the security breech at target. 40million americans who shop there in the past several weeks from november 27 through december 15 may have had their personal information stolen. juliette goode rich with how some people are finding out the

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. >> behind this fence, animal control officers say was one of the largest dog fights operations theyave ever seen in the bay area. adrei borba tracked done the owner of the dogs. >> reporter: inside animal services sit the pit bulls that were part of this dog fighting operation. >> some of these bite marks are new. >> reporter: the men living in the home in question called himself john and spoke only with kpix5 and says the allegations are false. >> i'm afraid. there wasn't no fighting. >> reporter: the home was chewed up, kennels, stakes in the ground and hastily put up cages has the classic markers of a dog fighting operations like these chains, weights, and a treadmill. once again, john says he is being set up. >> the animal control people said you had chains and everything for these dogs. >> exercise. it is legal. you can go online. go anywhere and actually buy whatever i have. >> inside animal services, the dogs will be tested and likely put down. >> they ruined these dogs. >> it is not a fight ring. >> reporter: the 11 dogs will be checked out by a veterinarian tonight. the dog

and what informs my vegan is i'm an animal rights activism is pretty simple like i love animals and i don't want to be involved in any process that contributes to their suffering and you know i mean i guess look at objectively death is inevitable but suffering isn't you know and i think that we have the ability to treat other creatures with respect and dignity and ameliorate their suffering and i just wonder why we don't make more of an effort to do so why why collectively we're comfortable with contributing to the suffering of literally tens of billions of creatures who are all incredibly sensitive and you know i think it was either albert schweitzer or einstein said you know the question isn't do animals have an intellectual life the question is do they have an emotional life and anyone who's ever been around animals knows full well that animals have incredibly profound emotional lives are incredibly sensitive and i just feel like it's incumbent upon me and hopefully the rest of us to sort of like decrease the amount of suffering we cause while we're alive right and we're so detac

enclosures, making sure incompatible animals do not mix, and restoring a biologist position. management has ordered money .ight >> it became very expensive. >> more to come tomorrow. they will release the report on monthebra tech last against a veteran zookeeper. that man was seriously hurt. a rare gazelle died when it ran -- >> thankwhile you. a former senate aide at the center of a child pornography is charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. he was chief of staff to lamar alexander. the senator says he fired him after he raided his home. he wore main in custody until his hearing on monday. >> jury deliberations resume in the trial of an arlington county serifs deputy charged with murder. liberated vered -- they say he was motivated by anger and killed dawkins deliberately. >> the company in the center of a controversy has settled its tax dispute with the commonwealth. they will pay $900,000 to cover taxes and fines. the company ceo became the center of scandal in the virginia governor's race, giving gifts and loans to bob mcdonnell and his family. gif