Nutjob throws his pet Chihuahua off balcony ‘like a football,’ photos show sad pooch in animal hospital
This man should be in chains. A violent Florida man is facing animal cruelty charges after he allegedly threw his pet Chihuahua, Raven, off a balcony “like a football,” authorities said Tuesday. Dalton Chad Souza, 30, of Fort Myers, allegedly threw the 3-year-old dog off a balcony on Sunday, causing multiple fractures including a broken […]
Animal sacrifices on the rise in Queens: ‘It’s open season’
According to information obtained by The Washington Post, there has been a surge in animal sacrifices in Queens, with chickens, pigs and rats being tortured, mutilated and killed in “twisted” religious ceremonies in the parks surrounding Jamaica Bay. Over the course of just over a month, at least nine injured or dead animals have been […]
Missouri sees first positive bird flu case without known animal contact | US news
The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced Friday that a person with no history of contact with animals has tested positive for H5 avian influenza. This is the first time in the U.S. outbreak that a patient has not had contact with a sick animal, and it is also the first time that someone has been […]
REPORT: Tiger Mauls Animal Handler At Dreamworld Amusement Park In Australia
A tiger attacked a female animal keeper at Australia's Dreamworld amusement park on Monday, CBS News reported, citing local authorities. Park staff treated the bleeding wound until an ambulance arrived and took zookeeper Melissa Reynolds, 47, to hospital, Queensland Ambulance Service chief Justin Payne said, according to CBS News. ReportedThe incident occurred about an hour […]
Tiger mauls animal handler at Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast | Gold Coast
A tiger keeper was attacked by a big cat at a Gold Coast theme park and is in hospital with an injured arm, paramedics say. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokesman said paramedics transported a woman with “multiple lacerations to her arm” from Dreamworld to Gold Coast University Hospital after an “incident involving a tiger” […]
Tim Walz Will Be Kamala Harris’s ‘Emotional Support Animal’ in Interview
CNN commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Vice President Kamala Harris' “emotional support animal” after the network announced that the governor would accompany her to her first interview as a presidential candidate. Jennings mocked CNN political reporter Dana Bash for seeming unsure about going it alone after Harris avoided the media […]
Texas woman arrested for animal cruelty after leaving nine dogs out in the heat without food or water
Police in Texas are investigating a serious case of animal cruelty after nine dogs were found in a hot outdoor cage, with one dog later dying. The surviving dogs are recovering at Giddings Animal Shelter outside Austin. Chiefs guard Isaiah Buggs, already indicted on animal cruelty charges, arrested on domestic violence/theft charges “It was sad,” […]
Final artwork in Banksy animal series removed by London Zoo | Banksy
A mural painted on the shutters at the entrance to London Zoo shows a powerful gorilla lifting a metal fence to create a dark hole just big enough for other animals to make a quick escape. Now the ninth and final piece in Banksy’s London animal-themed series has been removed as part of the 196-year-old […]
Police arrest man on 178 counts of animal cruelty after searching Baltimore home: ‘Deep depravity’
Maryland State Police have condemned the “profound depravity” they found in the home of a man who has been charged with 178 counts of animal cruelty. The property owner called police in May after the tenant failed to pay rent, and when police executed a search warrant at the Baltimore home, they found dozens of […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres presses DEA after animal tranquilizers found in NYC street drugs
WASHINGTON — Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres is requesting information from the Drug Enforcement Administration after local health officials found the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and the veterinary anesthetic medetomidine in street drugs in New York City. Carfentanil, a more potent analogue of fentanyl, Eight local opioid samples contained small amounts of the substance. According to the […]