LEXINGTON, Ga. (AP) — An Oglethorpe County grand jury has indicted a man with 16 felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals after 16 dogs were found dead in a home.

The Athens Banner-Herald

YORK, Pa. (AP) — You’d never guess from the ear-to-ear smile stretched across Jacy’s face, but she claims she usually doesn’t like dogs.

Murray, though, is winning her over, one smooch at a time.

The scene unfolds during a recent afternoon at Northern High School in Dillsburg, York ...

A woman survived a mauling by a bear by repeatedly punching the animal and crawling into a bush as her Chihuahua-mix distracted the attacker.

Melinda LeBarron has broken bones, cuts and bruises and multiple bites after the attack outside her home in rural Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, ...

MARATHON, N.Y. (AP) — State police say they’re looking for the people who tossed two dogs from a moving vehicle on an upstate New York highway.

Authorities say troopers patrolling Interstate 81 Wednesday morning near the Cortland-Broome county line spotted a tractor-trailer parked in the ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have voted to regulate dog sales and restrict local bans on pet shops, advancing bills that are backed by the pet industry but opposed by animal rights activists.

One measure approved 23-14 in the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday would prohibit ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say photos of a starving dog at a Tennessee shelter have circulated on Facebook and now the former manager is charged with animal cruelty.

News outlets report Kylar is at least one animal 44-year-old Terry Starnes is accused of endangering at the Friends ...

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts couple whose dog was shot and killed in the woods is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who killed their beloved pet.

Taylor Henriques, who owned Bo with her husband Steve and their children, announced Tuesday ...

MARIETTA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina grandmother was killed and two grandchildren injured when they were attacked by four Rottweilers owned by the woman’s brother.

Citing a Tuesday statement from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, news outlets report that 73-year-old ...

MANLY, Iowa (AP) — County officials in northern Iowa are trying to maintain custody of nine dogs and four cats that were taken from a commercial breeder accused of neglecting the animals.

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a group of dogs narrowly avoided injury while roaming a Phoenix freeway during Monday morning traffic.

The Arizona Department of Transportation shared images on its Twitter account of six ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old girl and a police officer were injured in an attack by a dog in southwest Philadelphia.

Officers responded shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday to a call about the attack, and one of the officers was bitten on the right thigh. The other officer ...

DELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida veterinarian is suing for defamation after a dog owner posted a harsh review of his clinic on Yelp.

Dr. Thomas MacPhail says he filed the lawsuit because the dog owner had smeared his clinic in DeLand, Florida, located halfway between Orlando and Daytona ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Thirty-one animals that were rescued from a mid-Missouri home will be ready for adoption soon.

The Columbia ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise police officer shot and killed a pit bull attacking a golden retriever.

Boise police say officers on Thursday afternoon responded to a report of an aggressive dog in the backyard of a Boise home.

Police say an officer used pepper spray and banged pots ...

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was blamed for a fatal crash in western Michigan must perform community service in honor of the victim’s love of dogs.

The Holland Sentinel

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland area couple who say their Labrador retriever died after a Walmart pharmacy gave them the wrong medicine has filed a $10,000 lawsuit.

The Oregonian/OregonLive

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an Oregon man assaulted his girlfriend and used a shoelace and coat hanger to choke her dog to death.

The Statesman Journal

GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — An animal shelter in South Carolina says it has rescued a starved Great Dane that ate one of his own feet to survive.

News outlets report owners 32-year-old Jessica James and 38-year-old Skylar Craft are charged with ill treatment of animals. A Ware Shoals police ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Elm Pet Foods is the latest maker of dog food to issue a recall over elevated levels of vitamin D, which can cause kidney failure at high enough levels.

Similar recalls have been issued by ANF Inc., Sunshine Mills Inc., Natural Life Pet Products, and Nutrisca over the last ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — A small dog in Idaho had a close call with a hawk.

KBOI-TV reports River City Veterinary Hospital in Meridian helped the dog, Rocky, recover last ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island State Police search and rescue dog that had gone missing from her handler’s yard has been found unharmed.

The dog named Ruby ran off near Goddard Memorial State Park near the Warwick-East Greenwich line Monday.

Col. Ann Assumpico says the ...

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Massachusetts man shot and killed a pit bull in his home after it clamped down on his arm and refused to let go.

Yarmouth police say the 25-year-old man and his girlfriend were lying in bed with the dog he was fostering on Sunday evening when he tried to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A search and rescue dog has gone missing, and police are looking for help finding the wayward K-9, called Ruby.

Rhode Island State Police said Monday that Ruby ran off near Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick earlier in the day.

Col. Ann Assumpico says the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police are investigating two cases of animal cruelty.

Officer Charley Davidson said Monday that a caller reported someone had slammed a small white dog onto the ground Sunday morning, and officers later found the dog dead.

Davidson says 19-year-old Cole ...

LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) — An 8-month-old puppy digging a hole in a backyard in Washington state has made a 13,000-year-old discovery.

Kirk Lacewell says he thought it was unusual that his yellow Labrador retriever Scout carried around what appeared to be a piece of wood or rock for a couple of ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri baby sitter has pleaded guilty in the dog attack death of a 13-month-old girl.

The Southeast Missourian reports that 33-year-old Erica Jordan, of Cape Girardeau, agreed to a plea ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man is suing the city of Albuquerque after he says he and his service animal were attacked by a dog on a city bus.

The Albuquerque Journal reports an attorney ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials have banned a longtime musher from competing in Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race next year, citing concerns about his care of dogs.

Officials announced Wednesday that the race’s Qualifying Review Board has denied musher Hugh Neff’s application to compete ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say at least four cats were killed and a dog was seriously injured in a Florida house fire.

The Ledger ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three pit bulls that attacked another dog in north Florida have been euthanized.

Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson tells the Gainesville Sun that the dogs ...

ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a fire in western Michigan that killed 13 dogs was accidental and may have been caused by improper placement of heat lamps.

Allendale Township Fire Chief Michael Keefe ...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man is accused of fatally shooting his neighbor’s dog in Mesa.

Police say 63-year-old Andrew Evans was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing an animal, disorderly conduct and burglary.

Evans didn’t have an attorney at his initial court ...

RICE LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Minnesota say there is no evidence that someone is poisoning dogs in Rice Lake.

St. Louis County sheriff’s Sgt. Wade Rasch spoke to about a dozen people at the Rice Lake City Council meeting Monday night. Rasch says deputies are not ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center says an African painted dog has died after another dog attacked her.

The Topeka Capital-Journal ...

ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say 13 dogs have died and more than two dozen others were rescued following a fire at a garage in rural western Michigan that was being used as a kennel.

The fire was reported early Monday at Whispering Oaks Farm Kennel in Ottawa County’s ...

HARWINTON, Conn. (AP) — Police say a dog was shot and killed in the Connecticut town of Harwinton over the weekend.

Authorities say the dog was shot Sunday and later died at a veterinarian’s office.

No other information on the dog’s death has been released.