Animal cruelty

Three men are facing charges after one of them allegedly shot and killed a neighbor’s dog in Salisbury, Massachusetts, then buried the animal.

A Maryland woman has been sentenced to prison for animal cruelty charges after 27 dogs were found dead and another 27 were discovered in poor condition inside a home she rented with her husband

Federal officials are investigating an Oklahoma zoo made famous in Netflix’s “Tiger King” series after an animal rights group accused it of neglect.

A Kentucky man is facing animal cruelty charges after police say he killed and skinned four of his neighbors’ dogs to make a “doggy coat.” Kentucky State Police arrested 38-year-old Jonathan D. Watkins on December 23rd after being alerted by neighbors.

An Arizona man has been arrested on suspicion of mutilating and beheading his roommate’s dog as she moved out of the home that the two shared in a Phoenix suburb. Jose Vega Meza, 21, told investigators that he killed the dog on Saturday because his roommate owed rent money to his mother, who owns the home in the city of...

Thirty-eight dogs were confiscated Monday evening from a suspected puppy dumper’s home in Riverside County, animal services said.

A transient probationer was charged Tuesday with binding a runaway Chihuahua and repeatedly kicking the dog in Santa Ana.

Animal control officers are investigating what may be a terrible case of animal cruelty. Inside an abandoned cardboard box in Fullerton, they discover an 18-month-old pug. Her hind legs appeared to have been deliberately severed.

Police in Ontario were investigating what appears to be a case of animal abuse on Saturday.

A Maryland woman will spend 180 days in jail for keeping 66 dogs in deplorable conditions in her home.

A Green Bay man accused of setting fire to his home and killing eight dogs has been charged with arson and animal mistreatment.

A Far South Side woman accused of running a dog-fighting ring in her home starved two puppy pit bulls to death before hiding them in a garbage, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

A California man and an Ohio man were charged with animal cruelty after police found seven dogs locked inside the trunk of a car on the Near North Side Friday.

Kenneth D. Wilson, the owner of Paws Here Foundation, Inc. in Lowell, was charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty after an investigation found several dogs living in “deplorable conditions.”

Deputies arrested a woman for throwing a dog from a moving car in New Smyrna Beach Wednesday.

Officials say a Panhandle family has received hundreds of threats after posting a Facebook photo showing a dog dangling by its haunches from a jump rope pulley system.