Thousands of cats smuggled from China have been buried by Vietnamese authorities, many of them reportedly alive, after a truck, which was illegally carrying the cargo to restaurants as feline meat, was intercepted by local authorities. Police said on Wednesday that they had intercepted a truck carrying 3 tons of cats that had been stashed in bamboo baskets the previous week. The truck driver was issued... 

No mercy: Warrior, as he has now been named by rescue workers, was found buried five feet under the ground, covered in dirt. Cruelty beyond words in South Africa: The disabled dog ‘buried alive by school caretakers annoyed by its barking’. Traumatised and just minutes from death, a disabled stray was rescued after allegedly being buried alive by school caretakers. Police think the unwanted... 

Buried Alive in Turkey A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeastern Turkey in a gruesome honor killing carried out because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday. Acting on a tip, police discovered the body of the girl, identified only as M.M., in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a 2-meter-deep hole dug under a chicken pen outside her...