Animal Abuse

Veterinarian Makes Puppies Into Sex Toys & Loads Over 1K Files of Animal Torture and Child Porn [UPDATE]

 Prentiss Madden holding two puppies
Animal Abuse

A former Florida veterinarian pleaded guilty Thursday to torturing animals in his care and possessing child pornography. Prentiss Madden, 40, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, animal torture, child pornography possession, and the creation of an animal crush video, according to the Southern District of Florida United States Attorney’s Office. Madden was the medical …

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Animal Abuse
July 11, 2021

Loving Mom mauled dead on her own front porch by neighbor’s terriers

A 77-year-old Arizona woman has died after she was attacked on her front porch by her neighbor’s dogs. Eliza “Maria” Sebastian Ruiz was found unresponsive on the ground in a Phoenix neighborhood Tuesday morning, with “four Staffordshire terrier-mix dogs” surrounding her, News 13 reports. She was rushed to the hospital where she passed away from …

Animal Abuse
May 5, 2021

‘Incredibly intoxicated’ man fatally shoots his dog, barbecues it on grill: Cops

A Pennsylvania man was arrested on Friday for allegedly shooting his dog and grilling its corpse outside his home. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Northampton Township police responded to Nikolay Lukyanchikov’s home amid reports of an open fire in his front yard. An arrest affidavit stated that responding officers found Lukyanchikov, 48, “incredibly intoxicated” to …

Animal Abuse
March 17, 2021

Prominent veterinarian filmed himself sexually abusing dogs, feds say

A Florida veterinarian who was arrested on Tuesday for possessing child porn also sexually abused dogs, according to federal authorities. WFOR reported that Prentiss Madden, 40, the medical director of Caring Hands Animal Hospital in Aventura, is accused of acquiring and distributing child pornography between May 2018 and February 24 of this year. He is …

Animal Abuse
January 12, 2021

$5K reward for animal abuser who carved ‘TRUMP’ into a manatee: Police

Florida officials announced Monday that they are offering a $5,000 reward for information after a manatee was reportedly spotted Sunday with the word “TRUMP” carved into its back. The Center for Biodiversity said in a statement that they are offering the reward after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife indicated that someone scratched the word into …

Animal Abuse
December 24, 2020

Suspect snatches federally-protected elephant seal from reserve & fatally shoots it in head

A former California resident admitted in court Monday to fatally shooting a northern elephant seal last year, violating federal law. The U.S. District’s Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement obtained by NBC News that Jordan Gerbich, 30, pleaded guilty to taking a marine mammal for shooting the seal on a …

Animal Abuse
October 9, 2020

‘Tiger King’ star Doc ANTLE charged with FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY

A wild animal trainer featured in the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” was charged with wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty, federal prosecutors in Virginia announced Friday. As WBBT reports, Attorney General Mark R. Herring said Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was criminally charged following a monthslong investigation into his dealings with Keith A. Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Wild …

Animal Abuse
September 29, 2020

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Cruel dog owner viciously beats pet in broad daylight

Police in Florida are investigating after a video was posted to social media that appears to show a man beating and punching a dog. On Tuesday, Boyton Beach police announced in a Facebook post that the unidentified man relinquished a 2-year-old female pit bull mix named Addison to Palm Beach County Animal Care. The man …