PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teen was arrested on aggravated animal cruelty charges after a friend uploaded two videos on Snapchat that showed him whipping a dog with a leather belt,...

A 9-year-old boy has died in Faulkner County after he was apparently attacked by dogs, authorities said.

The boy was reported missing Thursday morning from his home in Mount Vernon, the...

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California police have shot and killed four people, including two who attacked police dogs and one armed with a sword, in separate confrontations, authorities...

WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man stomped his family's pet Chihuahua to death and tried to hide the body, police said.

Shykeim Basden, 19, of Weymouth, faces arraignment Tuesday...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An 18-year-old North Carolina man accused of dropping a stray dog from a balcony and posting a video of it on social media was charged with animal cruelty, authorities...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man adopted two dogs from an animal shelter and then intentionally left them to starve to death in his apartment, police said.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Riley County authorities are working to determine how to care for about 30 dogs who were found living in a man's home.

The terrier-mix dogs were discovered Monday at a...

INGLESIDE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman who recently adopted a French bulldog that had been bred to fight was fatally mauled by the dog over the weekend, a coroner said.

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man accused of cutting a pit bull's throat and tying the dog to a tree was sentenced to one year in jail, prosecutors said Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas have started an investigation after a bag of deceased dogs was found at a city park.

KTNV-TV reports that a mother dog and a few puppies were found tied...

LYONS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia doctor was found dead in a ditch Thursday morning and authorities believe she was killed by a pack of wild dogs.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man accused of animal abuse was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison on an unrelated federal gun charge.

U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced Paul...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A dog walker found nails in cut-up pieces of hot dogs scattered across some lawns in Rhode Island, police said.

The dog walker found the bits of hot dogs on several...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man and woman face felony cruelty to animals charges for allegedly starving two of their dogs to death and dumping one of the bodies in a drainage ditch...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — There did not appear to be any injuries among a group of Hawaiian monk seals after one of the animals was chased by unleashed dogs on the Big Island, officials...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Rabies has been confirmed in a skunk that attacked a person last week in De Baca County, state health officials said Monday.

WEBBVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police seized 90 dogs from a no-kill animal shelter in Kentucky due to its allegedly poor conditions, and charged its owner after dead cats and dogs were found in the...

WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — The Williston Police Department will welcome its first “Comfort K-9” this weekend.

Duke is the first K-9 officer in Vermont to serve solely as a therapy dog for people...

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of someone who is poisoning pets and wildlife in northern...

MAPLE SHADE, N.J. (AP) — A man who fatally shot his neighbor’s therapy dog last year has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty, authorities said.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man is facing animal cruelty charges after police say he threw two dogs off a fifth-floor balcony to their death.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Racer Dallas Seavey plans to return to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2021, while his father, Mitch Seavey, expects to step away from the famed Alaska race that he...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was accused of tying his dog to a golf cart and dragging it down the road, ultimately killing it, authorities said.

NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — The new director of a Mississippi animal shelter says people have been dropping off dogs during the coronavirus pandemic, in some cases because they can't afford to feed the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Problems with supply and demand during the coronavirus pandemic have led to shortages not only of items such as hand sanitizer and toilet paper, but in many places, also in pets...

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Forest County Potawatomi Community plans to transform the former dog track in Kenosha into a mixed-use development of apartments, offices and industrial buildings....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama race course will need to find homes for more than 500 dogs after discontinuing live greyhound racing at the venue, officials said.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with killing a Des Moines woman who was walking her dog was high on methamphetamine and intentionally hit her with his vehicle, police say in court...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A coatimundi injured a woman and her dog at Coronado National Memorial in Tucson, authorities said.

Arizona Game and Fish Department officials said the long-tailed...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to animal torture and aggravated animal cruelty for his attack on a...

CHICAGO (AP) — A teenage boy was shot and fatally wounded along with his dog as the youth was walking the canine near his Chicago home, police said.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware police officer shot and killed a dog that charged at him in a fire station parking lot on Sunday evening, authorities confirmed.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police on Monday identified a woman who investigators believe was intentionally run down by a driver and killed as she walked her dog in Des Moines neighborhood...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A pedestrian and a dog were struck by a pickup truck and killed in Des Moines on Sunday morning.

Des Moines Police say the crash happened around 8 a.m. Sunday in the...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was charged with torturing and killing a dog that he later baked in an oven late Friday.

Vicasso Lara, 24, stabbed and beat the dog before placing it...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of dogs living in largely Alaska Native villages in southwest Alaska won’t go hungry this spring after more than 8,000 pounds (3,629 kg) of dog food were...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a driver has struck and killed a 61-year-old woman as she was walking a dog in suburban Kansas City.

Police in Olathe, Kansas, say the crash happened...