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“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Puppy Mill in Paradise Investigated by LCA Pleads “No Contest” to 153 Counts of Animal Cruelty
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc.)	No author  “ Last chance for animal”
Title of the Entire Website (not www.)	Icanimal.org
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	Not Given
Date Page was Last Revised	December 16, 2011
Date You Read It	February 13, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://www.lcanimal.org/index.php/investigations/investigations-in-the-field/hawaii-puppy-mill-investigation

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

A “no contest” flea means that the judge can either find the individuals guilty or not guilty due to the cruelty of animals.

Judge is claiming that these individuals “cannot own dogs or they are not to be in the business of dogs”, since they are being put in crime of hurting these animals.

After seeing the footages that they have taken of the puppy mills the judge does rule in favor of the puppy mills when the LCanimals had their video evidence “immediately sent an undercover investigator to Oahu, with the goal of obtaining employment at the puppy mill”.

One of the LCA’s investigators took the time to living on the property and “working as a kennel attendant, documenting the cruel and dilapidated conditions there”, in order to cover the true story.

In the end the investigator did manage to have gathered video within 9 days showing “sick and injured dogs, dogs living in filth and isolation, bad breeding conditions, sloppy medical treatment, rodent infestation, and, for some puppies, death. Regarding the treatment of animals that die on the premises of Bradley Hawaiian Puppies”, in the end the people told him to wrap up the puppies and throw them in the trash bin so then others can come to pick it up.

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

This article shows how many cruelties there where in the past year. The judge is putting a company into the court as a “no contest”. David Lee becker was charged for animal cruelty for 153 counts.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?

                    The purpose of this site is to show other people what happens around the world and why we should stop animal abuse. The special investigation unite funds this website, so that viewers could be informed. To also show how communities are coming together to spread the word.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?

                         The site is basically only trying to inform viewers that animal abuse should stop. It is updating online viewers about what’s happening around the world that has to do with animal abuse.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
IT is only favoring one side which is to help these poor animals. How many damages of animals are spreading throughout the world. Many are being counted on how many they have already abused.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

They don’t state who the author is to know who actually wrote this article.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
                        I plan to use this source to support my opinion on how animal abuse should stop. I also think I could use this because my article is on animal abuse and this article has detailed information on animal abuse. This is how I plan to use this information on animal abuse.