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.

Police say a New Hampshire man accused of starving a dog to death has turned himself in. The Foster Daily Democrat reports Rochester police charged Michael Jouvelakas, 31, of Dover, with two counts of cruelty to animals. Police Capt. Todd Pinkham says authorities searched Jouvelakas’ home on Oct. 3 after receiving an anonymous tip that he had killed a 2-year-old…

Two horses are recovering after being rescued from what the MSPCA says is among the “worst conditions they ever seen” — including being trapped in manure inside their stalls. The MSPCA at Nevens Farm said the two horses, rescued on Feb. 5, had to be dug out of their stalls at a Ludlow, Massachusetts home because the manure they were…

Twenty-seven malnourished animals, including 18 goats and nine dogs, were seized from a home in Freetown, Massachusetts, by law enforcement officials on Wednesday. MSPCA-Angell’s law enforcement department and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office took custody of the animals. The owner, 21-year-old Miranda Rosyski of Freetown, will be arraigned on 13 counts of animal cruelty in Fall River District Court…

A Maine man has been sentenced to prison for his role in the shooting death of another man’s dog. Justin Chipman was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison with two additional years suspended. He was also ordered to serve one year of probation after his release and to pay $100 in restitution. Chipman was found guilty in the…

A woman has turned herself in, but a man is still wanted in New Hampshire for alleged acts of animal cruelty that led to the death of a dog. Raymond police said in a Facebook post that Brittany Jackson 29, had turned herself in, but that Matthew Jackson was still wanted for multiple counts of animal cruelty that resulted in…

A Kentucky man is facing animal cruelty charges after police say he killed and skinned four of his neighbors’ dogs to make a “doggy coat.” Kentucky State Police arrested 38-year-old Jonathan D. Watkins on December 23rd after being alerted by neighbors.

After a dog was found shot dead outside a Vermont home on Thursday, its owners are now facing numerous charges including animal cruelty, according to state police. Troopers were called to a home on Wilcox Hollow Road in Sandgate where they said a large dog was chained up outside and suffering from two gunshot wounds. Police said the troopers tried…

An unprecedented animal cruelty case in New Hampshire is finally coming to an end. Most of the 36 German shepherds that have been held as evidence at the New Hampshire SPCA for the last two years have finally been adopted, but four dogs remain. Foxy has spent almost two years at the shelter — two years without a home, and…

A Massachusetts woman faced a judge Thursday in a case of animal cruelty, one day after a raid of her “squalid” farmhouse and property in Marion. Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Lauren Fisher, 65, during her arraignment in Wareham District Court, where she was charged with two counts of animal cruelty, interfering with a police officer and…

A Massachusetts woman appeared in court Thursday on charges of animal cruelty, a day after her Marion home was raided and several animals were found living in filthy conditions.

A woman is facing a number of charges, including animal cruelty, following a raid at her “squalid” farmhouse and property in Marion, Massachusetts, on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Sixty-five-year-old Lauren Fisher was bailed out of jail Wednesday night, hours after dozens of animals were allegedly found neglected or deceased on her Marion property. Miniature horses, exotic birds, cats and dogs…

Sixty-five-year-old Lauren Fisher was bailed out of jail Wednesday night hours after dozens of animals were allegedly found neglected or deceased on her property in Marion.

Officials discussed a severe case of animal cruelty Wednesday at a property in Marion, Massachusetts.

A former Rhode Island state representative has been charged with animal mistreatment in the care of a horse.

A Massachusetts man police say stuck razor blades in peanut butter he smeared on a tree in a public park to attract wildlife is facing animal cruelty charges.

Two bills addressing animal cruelty in New Hampshire have been signed into law.

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...

Seven dogs that were among nearly 200 rescued from deplorable conditions at a property in New Jersey last week have been transferred to adoption centers in Massachusetts.

A New Hampshire woman was arrested on an animal cruelty charge after she allegedly stabbed her son’s pet snake. Police in Derry said they learned about the injured animal after they responded to a call of a disturbance at an apartment located at 17 Fairway Drive. Sharon Magya, 54, was accused of stabbing her adult son’s small ball python with...