A pelican was reportedly found dead in Alabama with electrical tape around its beak and rope wrapped around its wing and foot. WPMI reported that beachgoer Shawn Holland discovered the bird off a pathway on Weeks Bay, also known as Pelican Point. Holland said that he realized the bird had been tied up and tortured. “It …
Prosecutors this week reached a plea agreement with a California man charged with kicking and stomping a dog to death as several of his family members watched. Gerald James Santema, 38, pleaded no contest Tuesday to the felony animal cruelty charge in a deal expected to put him behind bars for two years. A sentencing …
A Hobart, Indiana, man with a lengthy history of sexually abusing animals will be freed from federal prison without undergoing chemical castration. The Chicago Tribune reported Monday that Judge Philip Simon sentenced Michael Bessigano, 46, to time served and ordered him to undergo a year of supervised release. However, Judge Simon’s order didn’t include a chemical castration, something Bessigano …
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A Phelps, New York, mother with prior convictions for animal cruelty is now accused of keeping her child in a feces-filled home with numerous animals. According to the Finger Lakes Times, Renee K. Mobley, 33, was arrested after authorities found that her home was covered in animal feces, urine, garbage, and raw sewage. The Humane Society …
A dog was likely high on crack when he fatally mauled his owner in front of a BBC crew—who were filming a documentary on drugs at the time. The Belfast Telegraph reports that Mario Perivoitos, 41, died in March after his Staffordshire Bull Terrier named “Major” crushed his larynx and caused massive hemorrhaging. On the night in …
Ohio police have arrested a man after he allegedly slit the throats of several puppies before attempting to kill himself, the Mansfield News Journal reports. Christopher Vandenberg, 38, was charged with felony animal cruelty after police were called to his apartment on Wednesday. Vandenberg’s wife told officers that she had left five pit bull mix …
A Hobart, Indiana, man with a lengthy history of sexually abusing animals has reportedly asked a federal court for chemical castration as a condition of his release, according to the Chicago Tribune. The unorthodox request came from Michael Bessigano, 46, who has been jailed since January for consciously receiving “obscene matters from an interactive computer service.” …
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A Curwensville, Pennsylvania, woman who tried to have sex with a dog received some harsh words from a sentencing judge. “This is sick,” Judge Paul Cherry told Rachael Harris, 20, on Friday. “You need help!—Big Time!” Centre Daily Times reported that Harris pleaded guilty to four counts each of producing an obscene performance, criminal conspiracy, and …
A Virginia family returned home last week and found a scene out of a horror movie: The walls, rugs, and furniture inside the home were covered in splattered blood. But there was no one in the home to explain where the blood came from. But the family in Chesterfield County, where there has reportedly been …
