2 dogs tortured, 1 burned* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Schenectady, NY (US)
A convicted felon who tortured to death two of his estranged wife's dogs and badly injured a third pooch pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony animal ...
Puppy shot to death, skinned* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Muskogee, OK (US)
A Muskogee woman charged in connection with the shooting and skinning of a puppy was given a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay a ...
Dog-fighting – 16 dogs seized* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Tremont, NY (US)
Alexander Estephane will spend up to four years behind bars, District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced. A judge imposed the sentence on a Mount Hope ...
Dog-fighting – 12 dogs seized* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Richmond, VA (US)
Richmond Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals had been down this road before with Richard E. Robinson, and she selected probation as his punishment.
This time, she ...
Dog-fighting – 12 dogs seized* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Ruther Glen, VA (US)
A Hanover County judge yesterday dismissed a felony animal-torture charge, saying that the death by neglect of a pit bull puppy did not meet the ...
Dog-fighting – 14 dogs seized* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Pottstown, PA (US)
A Pottstown man was declared a fugitive after he was a no-show at his scheduled trial on drug and animal cruelty charges in connection with ...
Dog shot in the head, dies* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Hobart, IN (US)
A Lake Superior Court jury convicted a Hobart man of criminal mischief for fatally shooting a golden retriever more than two years ago.
Robert Predaina, 47, ...
Hoarding 450 cats* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Tarentum, PA (US)
Two months after an Allegheny County judge ordered her to have no contact with animals, the former owner of a defunct Frazer Township cat sanctuary ...
Backyard breeder – 10 dogs, puppies neglected * – updated Mar 19, 2010: Greenland, NH (US)
A month after she was arrested on 12 counts of animal cruelty and nine animals were seized from her home, Carol Jones bought another dog, ...
Dog set on fire front of his children* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Philadelphia, PA (US)
A Philadelphia man has been ordered held for trial following the testimony of his 11-year-old son.
The boy testified on Wednesday to the horror of watching ...
Two dogs beaten to death* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Brooklyn, NY (US)
A Brooklyn man could go to jail for two years after being convicted Friday of beating to death a dachsund puppy who was "insubordinate" during ...
Puppy mill – 20 dogs seized from breeder* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Toledo, WA (US)
An animal cruelty case against a Toledo-area woman will go forward after a Lewis County judge ruled that evidence from an Oct. 2 search of ...
Horse dragged to death behind truck* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Sumner, NE (US)
A Kearney man has been found guilty of felony animal cruelty after police say he dragged a horse behind his trailer last summer.
Tyler Brockman, 22, ...
Puppy found with embedded collar* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Milan, MI (US)
A Milan woman who left a puppy tied with a collar so tight that it became embedded into the dog’s neck over time was ordered ...
Puppy mill – 83 puppies seized* – updated Mar 19, 2010: Dixon, CA (US)
Pending resolution of an unrelated Sacramento County probation case, sentencing has been postponed for a Dixon couple who pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges ...