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 …
A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday amid allegations that police found dozens of animals, alive and dead, in her home in October. According to the Fairfield Daily Voice, a warrant was issued for Donna Scirocco, 59, on October 26 after Hamden police and animal control units from multiple cities executed a search warrant at Scirocco’s …
A teen boy taking care of dogs at his family’s dog breeding farm in Minnesota is dead, and police say one of the family’s dogs is responsible. At around 3 p.m. on December 10, Deon Bush, 14, went to tend to the dogs at his family’s farm in Amor, which is around about 11 miles …
Authorities are at odds about whether an animal was responsible for his death
A Texas man who is accused of forcing an 8-year-old girl to perform sex acts on a dog was sentenced to four years in prison for killing his girlfriend’s dog. Matthew Miser, 23, agreed to plead guilty to animal cruelty in Wichita County. KFDX and KJTL reported that the charge he was sentenced to prison …
An infant girl died in Virginia on Monday after the family’s German Shepherd reportedly attacked her in her sleep. Hampton Police Sgt. Amanda Moreland told the Virginian-Pilot that the 2-month-old girl was co-sleeping with her parents early Monday morning when the parents “awoke to motion on the bed that wasn’t normal to an infant.” According …
An investigation is underway in Alabama after a pack of dogs reportedly mauled a woman to death on Monday. According to WIAT, mother-of-four Ruthie Brown, 36, died following a dog attack on Jagger Road in Walker County. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene. “We are not talking about just gaping wounds,” Walker County Coroner …
On Friday, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources seized multiple animals from an unlicensed facility where a wolf-dog reportedly attacked a 2-year-old months earlier. The agency confirmed in a statement that authorities took multiple animals — including three coyotes, two fawns, 47 wolf-dogs, and six red foxes — while executing a search warrant at Howling …
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 …
A dog fatally mauled an elderly Florida woman Friday in an attack that also left her adult son seriously injured, local media is reporting. First responders reportedly found Carolyn Varanese, 84, dead at her Margate home shortly before 10 p.m. WTVJ reported that her 57-year-old son was released from the hospital Sunday. Speaking with WPLG, …
A German shepherd has been locked up in a California shelter for over a year during ongoing legal battles. Sheba is now facing a death sentence, but there’s still time to turn it around. Sheba, an-11-year-old, was taken to the Devore Animal Shelter in 2018 after a fight with a neighborhood dog. San Bernardino County …
The U.S. Marshals Service said they arrested three people Tuesday, months after their four dogs reportedly fatally mauled a woman in Tennessee. The agency said in a statement that Kimberly Jordan, 40, Phyllis Jones, 61, and Dedricz Perry, 22, were charged with reckless homicide in connection with Doris Arrington’s mauling death. Authorities said four “unsecured …
