Officers responding to an animal abuse call discovered a human child behind kept inside a dog cage at a Tennessee residence. WSMV reports that Henry County Sheriff deputies arrived to a home in Buchanan on Thursday morning in response to a call about animal abuse. The deputies reportedly found the door open and entered the …
Police in northwestern Indiana arrested a 62-year-old woman this week after she tried to neuter her dog at home because she didn’t have enough money to pay for the procedure. According to NWI.com, Kimberly Oldham told police she had received numerous complaints about her unneutered terrier-chihuahua mix and took a neighbor’s advice that she could …
A Massachusetts man is facing a slew of criminal charges for allegedly killing his family’s pet Chihuahua Monday. Weymouth police officers responded to a local apartment building following reports that Shykeim Basden, 19, had killed a dog. MassLive reported that after a witness told officers that Basden killed a small dog named CoCo, a family …
A Florida man is facing animal abuse charges after police say he lit a bucket of kittens on fire after an argument. Pensacola News Journal reports that the incident happened in Milton after a woman arrived at suspect William Carr’s Steephead Road home on Friday to help him paint. The woman told Santa Rosa County …
A Pennsylvania man who was filmed in November abusing a deer with another teen was sentenced Monday to probation and community service. Alexander Smith, 19, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cruelty to animals and four summary charges to avoid felony aggravated animal cruelty charges. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the incident occurred after a 16-year-old boy …
An Illinois woman is dead after her own beloved pet attacked her, according to police. Fox News reports that 52-year-old Lisa Urso was with her rescue French Bulldog in her Fox Lake home when the pup viciously attacked her. Fox Lake Police Chief Jimmy Lee said that police arrived at the home a little before …
A monkey riding a mini motorbike decided to snatch a child, but it didn’t get too far after losing its grip and crashing. According to TMZ, the incident happened in an alleyway in Indonesia, while a toddler girl sat with three others on some steps. A macaque randomly appeared on a mini bike and sent …
An Iowa driver has been charged with murder and animal neglect after he slammed his truck into a woman walking her dog, killing both before speeding off. Police say Jason Robert Sassman, 49, was driving a pickup truck at a high rate of speed in northwest Des Moines shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, according to …
A Kentucky man has been charged with multiple counts of torturing animals after he allegedly skinned four of his neighbors’ dogs to make “a doggy coat.” Jonathan D. Watkins, 38, of David, Kentucky, has also been charged with tampering with evidence, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. Kentucky State Police were called on December 23 when Watkins …
A Tennessee woman is accused of killing her grandmother’s Shih Tzu and concealing its remains in the home. Kyoko Smith, 18, allegedly admitted to killing the dog and putting its head in a dresser drawer and its heart in a freezer. Another person at the residence told responding officers on November 11 that Smith confessed …
Two Maryland residents are facing animal cruelty charges after authorities reportedly found hundreds of animals living in deplorable conditions at their home, which doubled as a cat rescue. Garriott Cox, 53, and Pamela Arrington, 51, were indicted on November 4, weeks after two searches of their home reportedly uncovered a total of 74 dead cats …
A Florida woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she tried to drown a cat in a drainage culvert, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. The Edgewater Animal Shelter took custody of Hubble the cat and reported he was “doing well.” An Edgewater police officer responded to a call from a witness who said he …
