BROOKINGS, SD (KELO) — Police have arrested a woman on multiple animal cruelty charges after 28 dogs were found living in filthy conditions at a home in Brookings. Officers executed a search warrant Friday at the home located in the 900 block of Tumbleweed Drive after neighbors complained of foul smells coming from the property. […]
Dog adoption sees happy ending to July 2023 animal cruelty case
An animal cruelty case from July is seeing a happy ending. After being left in a cage for nearly three weeks, becoming malnourished, and hardly able to move an inch due to muscle failure, Lucy has found her forever home. Kaitlin Goodard works at the ANNA Shelter’s clinic in Fairview and said she fell for […]
Annual ‘celebration’ highlights the need to stop cruelty to horses
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Last week, members of the Humane Society of the United States’ Equine Protection team traveled to Tennessee to evaluate the condition of the horses at the 85th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. In the weeks leading up to the show, we posted billboards in town to expose the […]
Daniel Carey and Nathan Weber sentenced for animal cruelty
Daniel A. Carey, left, and Nathan P. Weber, right, appear in mug shots. (McHenry County Sheriff’s Office) A shocking incident of animal cruelty has ended with two Illinois men being sentenced to short stints in the local county jail. In June 2022, a helpless raccoon was attacked by two men who filmed the violence and […]
Two arrested for animal cruelty in Macon – 41NBC News
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –A man and woman are now in jail on animal cruelty charges. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy recently attempted to stop a car on Glendale Avenue with a headlight out. They say the driver, Marquavious Montgomery, slowed down, jumped out of the vehicle and ran away.Shortly after deputies took […]
Dogs can no longer be chained under Phoenix’s new animal cruelty rules
PHOENIX – The city of Phoenix made changes to its animal cruelty rules amid extreme heat in the Valley. The Phoenix City Council passed two ordinances regarding adequate shelter and types of restraints that people can use to restrain pets. Owners are now banned from using chains to tether animals. “Restraint means a rope, tether, […]
Dallas Police seize tiger, chickens in animal cruelty case – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Police say a tiger was among the animals seized Friday during an ongoing animal cruelty investigation. In a statement Friday afternoon, police said four search warrants were served at a residence along Johnson Lane. At the home, an enclosure was found with a tiger inside. Elsewhere on the property police found dogs, roosters and […]
Animal cruelty, the kindness of strangers and Fenland remains ‘complaint free’ we’ve seen it all this week
There’s barely a week goes by without an email landing in the inbox about animal cruelty of some kind or another. In recent weeks we have had a cat kicked to death and its tail removed, hedgehogs abused, puppies being dumped with their coats all matted, and the list goes on. There is absolutely no […]
Breaking: New regulations could finally protect horses from ‘soring’ cruelty
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block There’s new hope for ending the painful practice of horse soring: a long-awaited new administrative rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one that’s badly needed and long overdue. Horse soring is an undeniably cruel practice in which trainers covertly and deliberately torment show horses by slathering their limbs […]
ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE: Dog euthanized after being found with maggots, large laceration on neck – LaGrange Daily News
ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE: Dog euthanized after being found with maggots, large laceration on neck Published 10:40 am Thursday, August 17, 2023 The LaGrange Police Department is investigating an animal cruelty case related to a dog with a large laceration on its neck and other injuries that resulted in maggot infestation. The tray dog was found […]