A woman received a three-year jail sentence on Thursday after she was found guilty of throwing a four-year-old Chihuahua to its death off the seventh floor of a San Francisco parking garage in February.
Authorities have confirmed that environmental health officials are investigating after they were sent footage of a family chopping up animal carcasses on a tarpaulin outside their house in Dagenham, London.
Animal cruelty has become a central campaign issue in next week’s Turkish presidential election as concerns grow about animal welfare following a spate of attacks against strays.
British vets are demanding the production of halal meat is properly recorded, as well as calling for the amount produced in the UK to be cut as exports of the Sharia-compliant meat to Saudi Arabia have increased.
A man accused of kicking swans in the head for “karate practice” at a Florida park last week is facing animal cruelty charges.
A couple from Aurora, Colorado, was charged with animal cruelty for sexually abusing their dog in a mobile home refashioned as a “sex chamber,” police say.
A 17-year-old Florida high school student has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly biting a chicken’s head off.
A man living in Quincy, Massachusetts, who illegally entered the U.S. from Poland, will be deported after serving a ten-year sentence for animal cruelty, a report says.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested 12 people near San Antonio after receiving calls that animals were being sacrificed. Deputies found multiple “body parts” in the garage of a home on the west side of Bexar County.
A pair of Halal slaughtermen who inflicted “extreme” suffering on sheep have escaped jail, with a further two suspected of similar crimes escaping justice by fleeing the country.
An apparent serial dog-killer is on the loose in a Conroe, Texas, neighborhood. The owners of eight pets in the Deer Trail neighborhood in Montgomery County say their dogs have been shot and killed.
Police in Pearland, Texas, are searching for a person reportedly shooting ducks with arrows. The investigation follows complaints from citizens about several being seen with arrows sticking out of them.
After Brexit, the government will seriously consider ensuring the clear labelling of un-stunned Halal and Kosher meat, which is widely considered to be cruel to animals.
A democratic decision to ban the sale of non-stun halal meat in Lancashire schools could be blocked after Muslims threatened a judicial review, forcing its continued supply for the time being.
Travellers and “men from Asian communities” are driving a resurgence in the cruel blood sport of cockfighting, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has warned.
A New York man has been arrested and charged for allegedly biting the eye out of the family puppy, a report says.
The First Baptist church shooter in Texas had a history of cruelty to animals, and he even fractured his step-son’s skull. Criminal experts warn about the link between violence to animals and people and they have a checklist of things to look for.
Islamic leaders are calling on Muslims to boycott school meals in the county of Lancashire, after it became the first local authority in Britain to refuse to supply non-stunned Halal meat to council-run establishments.
Lancashire Councillors are to be given a free vote on whether school children across the country should be fed ‘halal’ meat from animals that have had their throats slit without being sunned.
An Indiana man accused of sexually molesting chickens, dogs, and other animals has asked a judge for chemical castration instead of jail time, reports say.
A Pennsylvania judge told a woman she needs help “big time” after he sentenced her for attempting sex with a dog.
The government plans to force all abattoirs in the country to install CCTV amidst concerns that Islamic halal slaughterhouses are inflicting unnecessary cruelty on animals.
A Virginia judge was left speechless after he heard the case of a man accused of performing sex acts on one of eight dogs.
Two Florida men were arrested for animal cruelty and assault after beating up a U.S. military veteran who tried to stop them from torturing a turtle.
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has found 12 men guilty of cruelty to animals for causing 79 sheep unnecessary suffering while slaughtering them.
A Texas pup is recovering today after being left inside the sweltering heat of a car. The dog’s owner finds himself in legal trouble and may lose his rights to the dog.
A mailman in Alabama has been arrested and charged with feeding a dog meatballs contaminated with nails
PETA isn’t happy with the unrealistic depiction of milking in the Nintendo Switch minigame collection 1-2 Switch.
Comedian Mike Epps has been accused of mistreating an animal after cameras caught the Hangover star dancing onstage alongside a harnessed kangaroo Friday night during a Festival of Laughs comedy tour show in Detroit.
Actress Joanna Lumley and television presenter Selina Scott provide some star power for the Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) campaign to put an end to the “horribly cruel” practice of exporting live animals over long distances in cramped, unsanitary conditions, often to countries where animal welfare falls well short of British standards.
Texas police officers, working with the Houston Humane Society, rescued eight horses suffering from malnourishment and abuse.
An animal shelter working in North Texas is being investigated for possible animal cruelty charges after he allegedly killed a kitten.
HOUSTON, Texas — Law enforcement officials in Harris County, Texas, have filed criminal charges against a pair that abandoned a pup in a house.
Houston police officers are searching for a man seen in a security video stabbing a family’s dog with a knife through their fence. The dog survived the attack but required medical attention.
Sheriff’s deputies outside Waco, Texas, are investigating an animal cruelty case after people reported a Snapchat video showing several youths shooting a dog and then shoving firecrackers inside its body. They later set the dog on fire and watched it burn.
A Baylor University football player is facing disciplinary action after a graphic video emerged showing him beating and kicking a yelping dog. A fellow player videoed the assault and put it on social media.
After suffering from poor treatment at a farm in Gaza, an Israeli horse named Ohio has now safely returned home.
Police are investigating the case of a Houston man who was shot in the neck by his neighbor. The neighbor allegedly became enraged upon seeing the victim beating his dog.
A Fontana resident faces charges of animal cruelty after his Chihuahua allegedly digested methamphetamine and went into convulsions.
Police in South Carolina have arrested two men after being alerted to a video posted on social media, showing the pair torturing chained dogs with exploding fireworks.
