Animal cruelty

A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that will lead to the arrest of the person who disposed of a starving dog’s body at an Oceanside park.

A Fontana man who specializes in animal removal was charged with animal cruelty after he was caught on video shooting a coyote more than 12 times, investigators said Monday. Fontana resident Jadat Griffith says she and her husband David thought the man who was shooting a coyote outside their home was trying to tranquilize it. “Because I know that we…

A Maryland woman has been sentenced to prison for animal cruelty charges after 27 dogs were found dead and another 27 were discovered in poor condition inside a home she rented with her husband

The owner of a dog training company in Antioch was sentenced to two years in state prison for animal cruelty.

Federal officials are investigating an Oklahoma zoo made famous in Netflix’s “Tiger King” series after an animal rights group accused it of neglect.

A Maryland woman will spend 180 days in jail for keeping 66 dogs in deplorable conditions in her home.

A reward was increased Friday to $5,000 for information leading to whoever placed an illegal foothold trap that led to the death of a raccoon in the Santa Clarita area. Wildlife Emergency Services offered a $1,000 reward on Thursday, andPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals chipped in $4,000. Wildlife Emergency Services circulated a photograph of the raccoonthat was recently found dead...

An Arizona man has been arrested on suspicion of mutilating and beheading his roommate’s dog as she moved out of the home that the two shared in a Phoenix suburb. Jose Vega Meza, 21, told investigators that he killed the dog on Saturday because his roommate owed rent money to his mother, who owns the home in the city of...

An Arizona man has been arrested on suspicion of mutilating and beheading his roommate’s dog as she moved out of the home that the two shared in a Phoenix suburb. Jose Vega Meza, 21, told investigators that he killed the dog on Saturday because his roommate owed rent money to his mother, who owns the home in the city of...

One of the seven puppies who was stuffed inside a plastic bag and dumped in a recycling bin behind a Coachella business, where a good Samaritan rescued the litter, has died, officials said Thursday.

Thirty-eight dogs were confiscated Monday evening from a suspected puppy dumper’s home in Riverside County, animal services said.

A North Carolina man has been charged with abandoning a pet fish that authorities say he left behind without food when he was evicted. News outlets report that that New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office arrested 53-year-old Michael Hinson on Wednesday and charged him with one count of abandonment of an animal and three counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Officials...

A transient probationer was charged Tuesday with binding a runaway Chihuahua and repeatedly kicking the dog in Santa Ana.

A 23-pound German shepherd that was dropped off at an Inland Empire animal shelter earlier this week is “very emaciated,” but “making a great comeback.”

Animal control officers are investigating what may be a terrible case of animal cruelty. Inside an abandoned cardboard box in Fullerton, they discover an 18-month-old pug. Her hind legs appeared to have been deliberately severed.

A small dog is getting a new lease on life after being so neglected that her owner thought she was dead.

A San Bernardino County man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly placing a kitten in a freezer, squeezing her body and eventually throwing the animal off a second-story balcony.

Police in Ontario were investigating what appears to be a case of animal abuse on Saturday.

A man was arrested after he slashed the throat of a neighbor’s pit bull after it had fatally attacked his poodle, officials said. The pit bull later died of its injuries.

A 43-year-old man who sold unhealthy, underage puppies from the back of his car was sentenced Monday to take 24 animal cruelty classes and barred from owning other dogs.