Animal cruelty

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.

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

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

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…

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 North Carolina man has been charged with abandoning a pet fish that authorities say he left behind without food when he was evicted. News outlets report that that New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office arrested 53-year-old Michael Hinson on Wednesday and charged him with one count of abandonment of an animal and three counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Officials...

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.

BrandyWine Valley SPCA is caring for more than two dozen dogs that were neglected in Seaford, Delaware. Officers found 43 dead dogs and dozens more dogs and a cat alive. The dogs have to put on some weight before they will be ready for adoption at the Brandywine Valley SPCA.

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.

Upper Dublin Township Police filed animal cruelty charges against a Willow Grove man after discovering a deceased dog trapped in a metal cage wrapped in plastic and sealed with tape.

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

Animal cruelty charges have been filed against a New Jersey man who allegedly left his dog alone in a pickup truck for two days, where it was found dead.