FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A landmark local court decision last year allowing people for the first time to seek “sentimental value” damages for the loss of their pets has been appealed to the state’s highest court. A petition was filed last week asking the Texas Supreme Court to review this ruling, which has drawn praise [...]
Vancouver Police took the unusual step of presenting their side of a June 2011 incident in which a police dog mauled a skateboarder who has subsequently filed a lawsuit against them. Deputy Chief Adam Palmer played a graphic video of skateboarder Chris Evans smashing a Coast Mountain bus repeatedly with his skateboard, screaming profanities and [...]
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND — A Baltimore County man is sentenced to prison time for his role in a dogfighting operation. The animals found in his care were dirty, malnourished and mutilated. Amazingly, some of them survived. What was done to the dogs is horrible, but there is reason to be hopeful for their future. Authorities [...]
When Elena Zakharova looks into the eyes of her puppy as it suffers from bad knees and achy hips, she does not see a defective product to be returned to the store for a refund. The New York City resident believes Umka, her 1-year-old Brussels Griffon, is a living soul who feels pain and emotion. [...]
MIAMI — Franky the drug dog’s supersensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police dog’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff an unconstitutional search? Florida’s highest state court has said [...]
A 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to beating and killing his girlfriend’s dogs last year was sentenced to five years and four months in state prison, District Attorney, Bonnie Dumanis announced Friday. Patrick Caleb Land pleaded guilty to three counts of animal cruelty in September after being arrested and extricated to San Diego from North [...]
Two witnesses testified Monday that they observed a Pennsylvania man slip something to a Siberian Husky who was later found to have eaten at least one drug meant for humans during a suburban Chicago dog show. Ralph Ullum, 68, faces misdemeanor charges including animal cruelty and attempted criminal damage to property for allegedly feeding drugs [...]
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, has filed a lawsuit against Jeannine Julian of Richmond, Missouri for violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act and the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act. Upon inspection of JJ Kennel, a commercial breeder facility owned by Julian, numerous violations of the law were [...]
