All tag results for 'abuse'

Understandably, Jon Bon Jovi is NOT happy with Richie Sambora's decision to leave the band (not KICKED out) after a long career together!

In fact, he's so not happy that Jon is even calling him out for substance problems AND says he's completely replaceable! Take that, professionalism and friendship!

Richie's departure from the legendary band came as a shock to the world, and didn't leave Jon with a good taste in his mouth. Here's what he said:

Tags: abuse, angry, band, bon jovi, leaving, quit, richie sambora, substance, upset

NICE!!!

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Assembly passed a bill that will let prosecutors treat any organizers of dog fighting as legitimate mobsters, as well as some tough, new laws for anyone who's caught abusing animals.

Our only question is - what took so long?!

Here's what one of the assemblymen said in a statement about the new passed bills:

Tags: abuse, animal, animal cruelty, assembly, bill, legal matters, new jersey, penalties

No, no Power Rangers!

Although it'd be a total dream come true, a Power Rangers reunion ain't on the menu!

But a whole lotta dissing is being served up!

After executives tried to get the original cast to reunite for an episode of Power Rangers Megaforce, one of our fave heroes from back in the day put the kibosh on the possibility.

David Yost or as we all really know him, the Blue Power Ranger, apparently flat out refused to take part after enduring horrible timez on set in the past.

As an openly gay actor, he suffered verbal abuse from various people on set as he has claimed in the past that producers called him the f-word. He eventually quit the show in 1996 due to this, and it sounds like he wants to stay done with the show!

Buuuut…that might not quite be the case!

While that has been the report going around, David recently tweeted somewhat of a different explanation:

Tags: abuse, blue ranger, david yost, gay, homophobic, power rangers, reunion, tv, tweet, twitter, verbal abuse

The newest and most horrible form of animal cruelty is called "trunking."

Trunking is where two fighting dogs are simply locked in the trunk of car.

Then the dogs fight to death as the owner drives around, blasting music to cover up the sound.

After ten or fifteen minutes, the owner pulls over, dumps the body of the dead dog and continues on with the winner, waiting until he heals up enough to fight again.

It's absolutely terrible and it's so good that there are people out rescuing these dogs, like Miami-Dade County Animal Services, who rescued a group of dogs that were thought to have been used for trunking.

Five adult dogs and four puppies were rescued from a man's home in terrible condition.

Check out the video (above) to see some of the cute pups who were rescued and to learn more about this horrible crime.

Tags: abuse, animal services, cruel, dog, dog fight, fighting, fighting dog, miami, rescue, trunking

In the UK, scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have been doing an inneresting experiment.

They're looking to measure the moods of goats at a sanctuary in Kent, trying to see how well the animals can recover from neglect and abuse.

What they did was test the goats in a special enclosure that had hidden food surprises.

They studied how optimistic or pessimistic the goats were as to whether or not they'd find food.

The best part about this study, other than showing even farm animals have a complex emotional life, was that it showed mistreated animals can still be fully rehabilitated!

That's so ahamyzing!!

Check out the video (above) to see the scientists in action with some cutie goats!

Tags: abuse, animals, cruelty, cute, farm, goats, rehab, rehabilitation, science, uk

Rutgers needs to seriously tighten up its athletics program!

Only a few weeks after firing the abusive men's basketball coach Mike Rice , the university has just suspended its head men's lacrosse coach Brian Brecht!

Here's what the president said:

Tags: abuse, brian brecht, coach, lacrosse, legal matters, rutgers, suspended, tacky, true, university, verbal, wacky

Kate Gosselin is done threatening.

The Kate Plus 8 matriarch is officially suing her ex Jon Gosselin and his author friend Robert Hoffman.

She says they colluded to spread lies about her abusing her children in a published book for their own profit. Kate says:

Tags: abuse, allegations, book, jon gosselin, kate gosselin, lawsuit, robert hoffman