animal abuse

Videos show a woman engaging in animal cruelty by abusing a dog in Billerica, Massachusetts, police said Saturday, announcing her arrest. The woman, Amanda Cianciulli, could be seen using a shock collar to torture a caged dog and hitting it with an object while holding it down, according to Billerica police. Cianciulli, of Centerville, was arrested Friday on two counts…

Massachusetts had animal cruelty cases jump 70% between 2019 and 2022, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said, citing a review of trial court records, while in 2023 alone, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigated 684 allegations of animal abuse.

Animal abuse cases in Boston and the rest of Suffolk County will be handled by a new task force announced Wednesday in an effort to more effectively bring justice to abusers amid a rise in such cases. Massachusetts had animal cruelty cases jump 70% between 2019 and 2022, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said, citing a review of trial…

A man allegedly tried to light a raccoon on fire over the weekend in Quincy, Massachusetts, police said Wednesday. The incident happened on Saturday in the backyard of a home on Royal Street, Quincy police said. When officers arrived, they saw two neighbors arguing, police said, adding that they also spotted a live raccoon in a trap cage that appeared…

Kimberly Hernandez, 30, faced a judge on two counts of animal cruelty on Tuesday.

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A woman was arrested for allegedly punching, kicking and beating a dog with a glass bottle near Boston Common Tuesday night, police said. Jasmine Velasquez, 26, was arrested on animal cruelty charges after officers who happened to be in the area heard the dog crying and spotted her kicking it, according to the Boston Police Department. They rushed to the…

People convicted of animal abuse can still own, adopt and foster pets under Massachusetts law, unless the abuse was of a sexual nature. A bill pending on Beacon Hill, titled An Act to Protect Animals from Convicted Animal Abusers, would expand the law to include other types of abuse, including torture, mutilation and dogfighting. “Most people don’t realize that...

There is proposed legislation in Massachusetts that would ban those convicted of animal cruelty from getting new animals