Animals seized from a property tied to a 2019 cruelty case. Rescues are urging stronger penalties for repeat offenders.

A 29-year-old career criminal suspected of using cats as live bait to train his ferocious pit bull named China was busted on animal cruelty charges early Wednesday — for yet another alleged abuse ...

An Arkansas Catholic church pastor was hit with animal cruelty charges after cops came upon a grisly scene inside his home this week — including a pair of drowned cats, according to police and reports ...

A sicko “serial cat killer” has been busted in California after being caught on video, according to cops. Alejandro Acosta Oliveros, 45, was arrested Wednesday by Santa Ana police as the department ...

Ian Everett Bender, 36, said he was tired of caring for the animals while a friend was away, detectives say. Ian Everett Bender, 36, is facing animal cruelty charges after detectives say six cats died ...

An 18-year-old captures on two occasions hurling cats in Atlantic City streets is facing animal cruelty charges, authorities said. A tipster sent Atlantic City police a video last month showing the ...

A man who agreed to pet sit for a friend is facing animal cruelty charges after six of the seven cats died while trapped in a plastic storage bin and a suitcase, according to Florida investigators.

The discovery was made March 8, when the containers were found a shelter run by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Largo, Pinellas County Sheriff ...