TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) is in need of help clearing the shelter. A recent hoarding case is having the center take in at least 13 more dogs, on top of the 30 to 40 dogs it takes in daily. “Taking in an additional 13 dogs in addition to the 30 to […]
Sherrard Woman Waives Prelim In Animal Cruelty Case; Pre-Trial Scheduled For December – WRMJ.COM
by Jim Taylor • October 18, 2022 • Comments Off on Sherrard Woman Waives Prelim In Animal Cruelty Case; Pre-Trial Scheduled For December A Sherrard woman has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and unlawful communication with a witness charges. 59-year-old Karen Plambeck faces six felony counts. She appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court Tuesday morning where she waived […]
Guilty plea entered in animal cruelty case
Oct. 15—A Dallas man driving with five sheep in the trunk of his car pleaded guilty this week to a charge of cruelty to animals. Rito Ramirez Vasquez, 52, was indicted in April by a Hunt County grand jury on one count of cruelty to livestock animals-physical abuse. He had previously pleaded not guilty. But […]
Animal rights case: Activists sentenced in pig farm protest
Warning: This story contains details that may be disturbing for some readers. Two animal rights activists criminally convicted in a protest on a Fraser Valley hog farm have been sentenced to jail. Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer were sentenced Wednesday to 30 days prison and 12 months probation. They were convicted of break-and-enter and mischief […]
Criminal charges filed in suspected animal neglect case – The Journal
The Colorado Humane Society responded after a search warrant for suspected animal neglect was executed on County Road P. (Jim Mimiaga/The Journal) Bench trial set for related civil complaint brought by Colorado Department of Agriculture A Mancos woman accused in May by the Colorado Department of Agriculture for alleged animal neglect in a civil suit, […]
Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court just heard arguments in historic case for animals
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the most consequential law ever passed in relation to the treatment of farm animals, California’s Proposition 12. Passed by voters in 2018, Proposition 12 bans the extreme confinement of mother pigs, egg-laying hens and baby calves, and outlaws the sale of […]
Hammond, Indiana man Jose Orlando Cartegena charged in Lincoln Park, Chicago animal abuse case caught on camera: police department
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team via CHICAGO (WLS) — An Indiana man has been charged with a disturbing case of animal abuse on Chicago’s North Side, police said. Police said 28-year-old Jose Orlando Cartegena of Hammond was arrested on Sunday after he was identified as the suspect. SEE ALSO | 86-year-old hospitalized after abuse caught on […]
Breaking: More experts join forces in key U.S. Supreme Court case for animals
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Last week we wrote about the briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by the Humane Society of the United States, our allied animal welfare organizations and the state of California in a lawsuit brought by the National Pork Producers Council, aimed at overturning vital provisions addressing animal welfare, […]