A Dayton, Ohio, toddler has died after being found not breathing in a home filled with dead animals. Fox 45 reports that grandparents of a 21-month-old girl, Arez Marie Isabella Schrodi, called 911 after finding her unresponsive when they went to the home Sunday to check on her. When police arrived, she was not breathing. …
A Staten Island man is in custody after he streamed a video of himself torturing and beating his neighbor’s cat on Facebook, before allegedly tossing it into the trash to die. The Daily News reports that Tyrike Richardson, 21, was indicted for aggravated animal cruelty after he shared a video of himself beating the cat, Chester, …
A video has gone viral that purports to show a woman hitting—and even biting—her small dog on a Toronto subway train, as reported by Global News. The footage shows the unidentified woman pulling the dog and repeatedly yelling to “stop it.” The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) announced they are investigating …
A Hartwell, Georgia, woman is facing murder charges after her two pit bulls reportedly mauled her toddler grandson to death. Sandra Bowers Adams, 70, was charged with second-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to children, and involuntary manslaughter following the death of Paris Adams. In a news release, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) revealed that Sandra’s two …
California police have discovered 35 dogs living in substandard conditions in the home of a man they arrested for bank robbery, as reported by The Press-Enterprise. Investigators tied Robert Bustamante Flores, 72, to a June 20 bank robbery in Corona after linking his vehicle to one seen during the criminal incident, according to KABC. Flores is …
An Alabama couple face animal cruelty charges after they left their pets chained outside for more than a week without food and water. On Friday, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of Devin Hulsey and Jodi Scott, AL.com reports. The couple, both 23, allegedly kept three dogs and a pig chained to trees …
Police arrested a retired Wesleyan University professor after his dog died after being left in his hot car on Tuesday. David Beveridge, 79, told authorities he intended to take his 3-year-old Labradoodle, Jennie, to doggie day-care on his way to work around noon. He forgot, however, and it was 2:30 before he realized his oversight, …
A San Jose, California, man who killed 21 cats and sexually abused one of their carcasses was sentenced to 16 years in jail on Friday. Prosecutors claimed that Robert Roy Farmer, 26, lured, tortured, and killed the cats over a two-month period in Fall 2015. Last year, the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to 21 counts of animal …
A suspect in custody has reportedly confessed to his involvement in the apparent murders of four young Bucks County men who disappeared last week. ABC 6 reports that an attorney for Cosmo DiNardo said his client confessed to “participating in or committing” four murders. One of the missing young men, Dean Finocchiaro, was found dead Wednesday …
While it’s illegal to leave a dog or cat in a parked car, Maryland is one state where it’s illegal to smash a car window to rescue an overheated pet. Like children, hot cars are equally lethal to animals. In fact, The Des Moines Register reported that three dogs died from heat exposure over the weekend during …
Residential surveillance footage revealed a pit bull mix breaking loose from his yard and attacking a 7-year-old boy, and the child’s mother is hoping the dog’s owners step up and at least offer an apology or show interest in her son’s well-being. USA Today reports that Chucho, a black pit bull mix from Manor, Texas, charged …
Tennessee police responding to a welfare check found three little boys living in unspeakable conditions that their grandfather tried to blame on “poor housekeeping.” According to ABC 13, the home in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, is covered in filth, with feces on the walls and trash covering almost every inch of the house — and spilling into …
