Abandoned Dog

An emaciated pit bull puppy, sick with a potentially deadly virus, was abandoned in a crate near a Boston cemetery last week, a local animal rescue group said Wednesday, asking for the public’s help finding who left the dog. There are no leads into finding whoever left the puppy, who was just 5 months old, was all alone, according to…

Princess Loo was adopted by a woman named Donna who lives in western Massachusetts, MSPCA officials said Monday.

A dog that was found abandoned inside a port-a-potty at a Brookline, Massachusetts, construction site earlier this month has found her forever home — just in time for the holidays. “From porta-potty to treats and folly: ‘Princess Loo’ has been adopted,’ MSPCA Angell said on Twitter. “After hundreds (and hundreds) of inquiries, one of our most famous residents is now…

Police in Brookline are looking for the person who abandoned a corgi in a box inside a port-a-potty.

A dog was found abandoned inside a port-a-potty at a Brookline, Massachusetts, construction site Thursday night, animal rescue officials said. The corgi mix was taped into a box but had managed to get her head and two front legs free. After she was found, she was taken to the MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, where staff found she…

Police in Everett are asking for the public’s help finding the owner of a dog abandoned in a public park.

A person abandoned a dog in Everett, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, police said, asking the public for help finding information on her owner. Someone had called police to report suspicious activity involving the dog, then saw someone tying her up in Florence Street Park, then running away, Everett police said in a Facebook post Wednesday. An officer kept the dog safe…

Police say a man tied up his own dog on a beach and left him to drown, but the man was rescued before the tide came in.

Elias Pacheco Osario, 27 of Revere, was arraigned in Chelsea District Court Tuesday for an animal cruelty charge. He is accused of chaining his 50 lb. pit bull mix — named “Killer” — to an exposed steel rod at the edge of Short Beach, near the waterline, on the afternoon of Aug. 29.

A man accused of abandoning his dog last month at a beach in Revere, Massachusetts, is due in court Tuesday for an animal cruelty charge.

A not-guilty plea was entered on behalf of the man accused of abandoning his dog at a beach last month in Revere, Massachusetts. Elias Pacheco Osario, 27, was arraigned in Chelsea District Court Tuesday for an animal cruelty charge. He is accused of chaining his 50 lb. pit bull mix — named “Killer” — to an exposed steel rod at…

A dog found with long, matted fur is in police custody in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and officers are trying to find the person who abandoned it. The Haverhill Police Department said Wednesday that its animal control unit was looking for the public’s help in identifying the owner of the dog, which has since been shaved. The dog was found near...

Police are searching for the owner of a dog found abandoned in West Boylston, Massachusetts. West Boylston Police said they found the male dog tied up to the Bunker Hill Parkway street sign at the intersection with Maple Street around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. The dog did not have any tags. An animal control officer brought the dog to the…