Animal cruelty

A teenager and a 12-year-old who investigators say were caught on video intentionally letting two dogs loose to attack a family’s cat in Philadelphia surrendered to the Pennsylvania SPCA.

The Pennsylvania SPCA is searching for two people who they say were caught on video intentionally letting two dogs loose to attack a family’s cat in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood Tuesday morning.

The Pennsylvania SPCA is searching for two people who they say intentionally let two dogs loose to attack a family’s cat in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood. The cat survived the attack but suffered life-threatening injuries.

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

Stores in New Jersey will soon have to remove animal-tested cosmetic products from their shelves, according to a new law signed Monday by Gov. Phil Murphy. The governor signed into law a bill, which had unanimous support, that sets to ban the sale of cosmetic products tested on animals in the state. “No [person or] manufacturer shall sell or offer…

Police arrested a Bucks County man accused of barbecuing his dead dog on a charcoal grill.

Lavender, also known as ‘Lovie,” was abandoned in Philadelphia’s Pennypacker Park in November. The Pennsylvania SPCA now wants to find out who left Lovie there and how Lovie got facial injuries.

The couple allegedly told a neighbor they planned to eventually return to pick up the dog, a young male husky that had a severe and infected open wound covering much of its neck when an animal control officer arrived at the home

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.

The 36-year-old father of young children was sentenced to a year in prison after he left the dog in the perilous situation following a fight with his ex-girlfriend

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.

Animal welfare authorities in Philadelphia are asking for help from the public in finding the people responsible for apparently shooting a cat with an arrow and leaving the animal to die. The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the animal was found early Friday next to a West Philadelphia corner store on the 5900 block 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.

Authorities have arrested a New Jersey man who is accused of leaving a young pit bull mix to drown in a cage at water’s edge in a rising tide.

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

Animal welfare officials say 43 dogs have been found dead on a property in southern Delaware, and that 32 other animals were taken into custody.

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