A couple were caught on camera repeatedly throwing their pet dog into the sea, a court heard. John Nesbitt, 62, and Linda Jones, 51, hurled their four year old terrier dog called Jess into the sea from a slipway at Exmouth, Devon. Jess narrowly avoided injury as she plunged head first towards the concrete just [...]
GREENBURGH, New York — A dog breeder who lost about 20 Italian mastiffs in a shed fire last week isn’t facing cruelty charges, officials announced Monday after finding no evidence of criminal mistreatment. “I don’t forsee (charges), unless something pops up that I’m not aware of,” said Ernest Lungaro, director of the SPCA of Westchester. [...]
The couple whose pit bulls fatally mauled a Truth or Consequences woman on Easter were jailed Tuesday after two Child Protective Services employees came forward with information about the dogs’ aggressive temperament. John Hardiman, 40, and his wife, 32-year-old Maria Angelica “Angie” Hardiman face charges of conspiracy and four felony counts of violating the New [...]
Does your dog match your drapes? It’s not a question many of us are ever asked, and if we were, we’d no doubt respond, ‘who cares?’ Not surprisingly, staff at Baldwin Park shelter, just east of Los Angeles, California, were incredulous when a gorgeous eight-month-old black-and-white chihuahua was surrendered at the shelter as his owner [...]
Two animal protection organizations paid about 83,000 yuan ($13,000) to a dog trader in Southwest China’s Sichuan province to rescue nearly 800 dogs that were due to be delivered to restaurants in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The deal was clinched in the city of Zigong on Saturday night after two-days of negotiations. Qiao [...]
A Woodland, Washington woman said thieves stole her dog and are threatening to kill him if they don’t get the drugs and money they want. Jennifer Thomas told KATU News she saw a man and a woman in her driveway just before she noticed her English bulldog, “Jaggar”, was missing. That was ten days ago. [...]
