Oscar, a fluffy, black, 8-week-old puppy, had a broken leg. It hurt, and he cried, his right hind leg flopping behind him. But that was only the first of a cascade of very bad things. Next, Oscar was thrown in a bag full of trash, including

The man, believed to be in his mid-50s, was stopped by concerned New Brighton residents on Monday morning after they heard the dog, who was chained around the neck and padlocked to the scooter, gagging as it struggled to keep up with the fast-moving scoot

The hungry animal was found in a container after two weeks on board the MV Maersk Batam which travelled from the Port Said in Egypt to the Suffolk port John Biscoe, of GMA Freight, said: "We opened this container that had just arrived from Egypt

A Riverside man could be facing animal cruelty charges for the alleged mistreatment of nearly two dozen animals that had living on his property, it was reported Saturday. Riverside County animal control officers took more than 20 animals into

I am thankful for my dog because she loves me. Everyday she greets me and is so happy to see me come home. It does not matter to her what kind of day I had. She loves me whether or not I have a job, though she does love it when I bring home the bacon!

It is pleasing to hear that Jumbo the elephant has retired from life in the circus. Weber Brothers circus has given the elephant to the SPCA, which will temporarily house her at Franklin Zoo in Tuakau.

The lion cub pictured above is named Gabriella and lives at an animal orphanage in Nairobi. The Pride of Kenya website reports she lives there because she was left parentless due to a human-lion conflict. (Presumably this explanation means her mother was

The rhino bodyguards - riding atop elephants - are making a difference: Since deployment of the program 18 months ago, there have not been any rhinos killed by poachers in Bardia National Park.

Prosecutors said that the dog's owner, Gwendolynn Carter, abandoned the dog and left it to fend for herself. Found among the trash, debris and feces was one of the pit bull's puppies. It appeared that the mother pit bull was so hungry that she ate

Robin Epp still has no idea what motivated someone to stab one of his family's dogs on Sunday. He confirmed that Bella, a six-month-old Yorskhire terrier, was killed by a stab wound to her underside around 9:30 p.m. She was in a fenced side