Dallas woman tells police she fatally shot husband for abusing family cat

June 11, 2018

A Dallas woman has told police that she shot and killed her husband for abusing their family cat so severely that the feline has…

Biology teacher charged after feeding sick puppy to snapping turtle in front of students

June 6, 2018

Two months after a biology teacher garnered international headlines for feeding a puppy to a turtle, prosecutors have laid animal cruelty charges against the…

Zoo lemur stolen in Ontario turns up in Quebec; monkey and tortoise still missing

June 5, 2018

JC the lemur is back. But Stanley the tortoise, and Agnes the baby gibbon monkey, have yet to be found. The trio vanished more…

Dog on Delta flight dies, found covered in vomit and blood-stained blanket

June 4, 2018

A Pomeranian name Alejandra on a cross-country fight with Delta Air Lines was found dead by airline staff and his owner retrieved the 8-year-old…

Suspect arrested in Elmvale Jungle Zoo B&E, but trio of animals still missing

June 2, 2018

Ontario Provincial Police believe they have their man, but not the animals stolen from a zoo. On Friday, police said they were looking for…

Thieves break into an Ontario zoo stealing a monkey, lemur and tortoise

May 30, 2018

Police are on the hunt for kidnappers who stole three animals from a rural Ontario zoo. Suspects cut a hole in a chain link…

Puppy abandoned with words “FREE” and “GOOD HOME ONLY” written on its fur

May 28, 2018

A sweet-natured puppy was abandoned in a cruel way, covered in permanent marker with words scrawled on her fur including Free, Good Home Only…

Meatless Monday: Australian politicians under pressure to ban live sheep exports

May 7, 2018

Australia’s Labor party says it will phase out the country’s live sheep export trade after a whistleblower video showed animals suffering in extreme heat….

Man, overrun by peacocks, cuts down tree to get rid of nest, faces $10 K fine

May 3, 2018

A Surrey, British Columbia man has been battling peacocks who have settled on his front door after dozens of the birds took up residency…

Man who left 1,500 pigs to die sentenced to lifetime ban on owning or caring for animals

April 27, 2018

A 28-year-old Tavistock man has been sentenced to a lifetime prohibition on owning or caring for animals following an investigation into the death of…