Animal cruelty

Frederick D. Moorefield Jr., the Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer, and co-defendant Mario Flythe were charged with helping to run a dogfighting ring in Maryland.

Animal Protection Services officers are investigating the death of the peacock, which belonged to a resident in a small gated neighborhood but had come to be accepted as the neighborhood pet throughout the years.

Police in Pennsylvania said a woman abandoned her pet at Pittsburgh International Airport after airline staff informed her it needed to be in a crate to board the plane.

Dog owners in New York City are horrified and on alert after a dog was stabbed and killed in Central Park following an argument between two canine owners. Now the owner of the dog that was put down is sharing what he says happened.

A man stabbed a pit bull to death following a quarrel with the dog’s owner in New York City’s Central Park, officials said.

Police in Needham, Massachusetts, are investigating after multiple rabbits have been shot with arrows. One family who found an injured rabbit in their yard this week is speaking out in hopes of spreading awareness and catching whomever is responsible. Fifth-grader Teddy Cooper and his mom spotted one with an arrow through its back in their yard earlier this week. “At…

A 27-year-old man from Philadelphia is facing animal cruelty charges stemming from a traffic stop in New York City in which eight malnourished dogs were found in his car — seven of which were discovered inside a lidded bin, the local district attorney said. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursday that Ravon Service was charged with torturing and failing…

An arrest warrant was issued for a man who was caught on video dumping a dog at a cell tower in Winchester.

A New Jersey residence has been condemned and its residents arrested after law enforcement uncovered an active “puppy mill” with 180 animals caged inside, police announced Saturday. An anonymous complaint first alerted police to the home off Arrowhead Park Drive in Brick Township Friday evening. Two patrol officers responded to the home around 7:30 p.m. and met with the homeowners…

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly ramming his patrol car into a horse multiple times, authorities announced Tuesday.

A New Jersey man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly killing one of his girlfriend’s toy poodles earlier this month following an argument. Nicholas Winter, 35 and of Asbury Park, was charged with third degree animal cruelty resulting in death and abandoning a domestic animal (a disorderly persons offense), Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Wednesday. If…