PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Visitors to Sequoia National Forest in the southern Sierra Nevada area are being cautioned about the growth of a native plant that can cause severe irritation similar to...

DETROIT (AP) — A man was in police custody Tuesday in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl in Detroit who was mauled by three dogs despite efforts by neighbors and her own "heartbroken"...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Animal welfare officers in Pennsylvania say they removed 23 Chinese Crested dogs and one cat from a filthy home near Gettysburg over the weekend.

DETROIT (AP) — A 9-year-old Detroit girl was killed when she was attacked by three dogs as she rode on a bike in an alley near her home.

Detroit Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Nicole...

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman got a colorful but unwanted surprise when she picked up her dog from a grooming session.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's scorching August heat didn't stop Megan Nelson from slipping on a long faux fur coat and dressing up like Cruella de Vil for her first Doggy Con convention, a pet event...

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman authorities caught on surveillance video in April dumping a bag of 3-day-old puppies into a trash can has received jail time after changing her...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A blind wolf dog rescued in West Virginia is in recovery after undergoing emergency surgery while on her way to her new home in Colorado.

TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — An animal shelter in south suburban Chicago has halted dog adoptions amid a pneumonia outbreak that's killed at least eight dogs.

NEW YORK (AP) — Who's a good dog? The American Kennel Club says there are now a million of them.

The club is announcing Wednesday that a Bernese mountain dog named Fiona recently became its...

MIAMI (AP) — A pregnant Florida woman is suing American Airlines, claiming she and her emotional support dog were mistreated by a flight attendant on an April trip from Miami to Los...

NEW YORK (AP) — Who's a good dog? The American Kennel Club says there are now a million of them.

The club is announcing Wednesday that a Bernese mountain dog named Fiona recently became its...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman is recovering after being bitten by an alligator near her home in Hilton Head Island.

BALTIMORE (AP) — An animal rights group has filed a federal complaint against Johns Hopkins University researchers over a lab experiment in which nine dogs had to be euthanized after spinal...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A dog that attacked and injured a child and three adults inside an Indianapolis home was fatally shot by police officers.

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol is trying to find who kicked out a dog out of vehicle and abandoned the animal on the side of Highway 50 in Placerville.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina dog owner wants to raise awareness after her three pets died following a swim in a pond which contained blue-green algae.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Police say a 16-year-old boy has died after being mauled by three pit bulls inside the fenced backyard of a Dallas-area home where the dogs lived.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities seized 58 dogs from a Montana home during an animal cruelty investigation.

The Billings Gazette reports the case remains under investigation but Carbon...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been charged with shooting his German shepherd to death.

Christopher Ray Nard of Canyon Country pleaded not guilty Friday one count each of...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that bars pet dealers from leasing dogs and cats.

The first-term Democrat signed the measure on Friday and called the...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials are looking for a bear that showed no fear toward a hiker and chased one of his dogs on a Colorado Springs trail.

The government is telling airlines and passengers how it will enforce rules governing animals that people bring on planes.

The Transportation Department said Thursday that airline employees...

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been found guilty of torturing the family dog — an act prosecutors say he had videoed to make his children watch.

CHICAGO (AP) — New legislation requires kennels in Illinois to always be staffed and have sprinklers or alarms that ring at the local firehouse, after a fire this year killed dozens of...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken an initial step to reauthorize a predator-killing poison that injured a boy in Idaho and killed his dog.

ADRIAN, Ohio (AP) — A southeastern Michigan woman accused of operating a puppy mill has pleaded no contest to a charge of felony animal cruelty.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A woman whose dog died in a hot car at Lambeau Field is facing a felony charge.

Fifty-five-year-old Debbie Rohloff made an initial appearance in Brown County Circuit...

CHICAGO (AP) — Security dogs will no longer be used on train platforms in Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune reports the Chicago Transit Authority has canceled its contract with Chicago-based AGB...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The city of Ann Arbor has decided against banning dog walkers from the city's cemetery.

The Ann Arbor News reports City Council voted 11-0 Monday night to adopt new...

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been ordered to permanently stop operating an unlicensed and unsanitary pet shop out of his home and to pay more than $480,000 in penalties and damages for...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An inquisitive dog that got stuck inside a southern Indiana culvert was rescued after workers cut into the metal drainage pipe.

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say they've arrested the owner of a dog whose remains were found after a fire in the parking lot of a West Haven beach on Independence...

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia neighborhood had its mail service disrupted for about three weeks after a Yorkshire terrier bit a postal carrier.

NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man says the family dog saved him and his son from a house fire.

Marvin Foster of New Albany tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that he was...

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio zoo has enlisted its beloved nursery dog to care for the lone survivor from a litter of three cheetah cubs.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been fined $600 and ordered to pay another $500 in restitution after her dog mauled a retired circus pony so severely that it had to be...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say a woman is accused of throwing her dog out of a window of her third-floor apartment and killing it and of then kicking officers who arrested...

NAPLES, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 73 neglected and flea-bitten dogs have been seized from a home in western New York.

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports that the dogs, all Cairn...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An animal shelter in Virginia is seeking information about a pit bull that was apparently strangled with a leash and dumped behind an elementary school.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police say a North Carolina man has been cited for animal cruelty after authorities found his dog left inside a minivan.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A southwestern Montana man has been ordered to stay away from his dog after being charged with animal cruelty.

Court records say 22-year-old Roy White of Whitehall was...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police have recovered a dog that was stolen from a man after he collapsed in a Colorado convenience store and later died.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say a man shot his dog while he was intoxicated.

News outlets report 23-year-old Korey James Potts was arrested Monday and faces several charges...

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials are warning residents in a Florida Panhandle community to keep an eye on their pets after a black bear killed a pet dog.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elena Delle Donne has always been a dog lover. Now, the WNBA All-Star captain has partnered with PETA to raise awareness on adopting shelter dogs in an ad campaign.

PARMA, Ohio (AP) — A no-kill shelter in Ohio is taking in about 30 cats that survived a deadly dog attack at an Alabama shelter.

WEWS-TV reports the Northeast Ohio SPCA No-Kill Pet Shelter...