Latest Animal cruelty News
Ohio city continues to knock down claims about pets, animals being eaten
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city remains in an unwelcome spotlight after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that members of its recently expanded Haitian immigrant population were abducting and eating pets, elevating in a televised presidential debate the type of inflammatory...
University of Mississippi official and her husband are indicted on animal cruelty charges
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi’s vice chancellor for student affairs is on leave from her job after she and her husband were indicted on animal cruelty charges. Charlotte Pegues and Terry Pegues were served indictments Monday on 10 counts of aggravated animal...
Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. ...
A Texas man is sentenced for kicking a cat that prosecutors say was later set on fire
Beaumont, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to kicking a cat that court records say was later set on fire. Documents in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas show Donaldvan Williams of Beaumont was...
County official pleads guilty to animal cruelty in dog's death
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county official has pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty in an agreement with prosecutors that spares her jail time but requires her to resign her post at the end of the month. Washington County Controller April Sloane, 43, entered...
A man in California was charged with killing 81 animals in a three-hour shooting rampage
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges. Vicente Arroyo, 39, made his first court appearance...
Giving up pets to seek rehab can worsen trauma. A Colorado group intends to end that
DENVER (AP) — Simon Rubick had lost almost everything to decades of alcoholism and drug addiction. In 2022, he found himself without a vehicle and without a home, which forced his two teenage children to move in with friends. He had burned bridges with friends and family and it...
Suspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker
SEATTLE (AP) — A man accused of carjacking a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker, running her over and later stabbing her dog to death has been charged with murder and animal cruelty. Jahmed Kamal Haynes, 48, was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree assault and...
Edible or not? Alicia Silverstone's misstep shows how toxic lookalikes can fool you
Alicia Silverstone worried fans this week when she posted a TikTok clip of herself nibbling a poisonous berry she found along a sidewalk on a trip to England. The “Clueless” actor said she thought the fruit might have been a tomato, but realized it wasn’t after a couple bites revealed an...
10 dogs are found dead at a home in Mississippi, and a man has been arrested
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A man has been arrested after 10 dogs were found dead, still attached to their collars and chains, at a home in Mississippi, authorities said. Deputies responding to a tip went to a home Aug. 4, found nobody home and notified investigators, the Lafayette County...
