An animal rights organization announced a $500 reward for information leading to whoever taped shut the snouts of two Chihuahuas and dumped them in a canal on Monday, killing one of the animals.

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

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

Unconfirmed reports said at least half-a-dozen dolphins have been killed by poachers in Patna district in the last few months. But it was for the first time that a dolphin killed by poachers accidentally got trapped in the net of a fisherman who left it

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

On one pig farm owned by a high ranking person within Swedish Meats, an association representing more than 17,000 livestock farmers in Sweden, the group recorded footage of pigs chewing on the carcass of a dead pig.

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.

Pudge is actually a she. The dog spent the last week at Detroit Animal Control. She was not lost or abandoned. The dog is owned by a homeless man named Tim, and the two were often spotted around Livernois and I-94. Tim and Pudge were inseparable, in spite

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

He was sentenced to six to 23 months - to be served on electronic home monitor - and credited with 46 days of confinement. In addition, Morrison received two years consecutive probation, a $1,000 fine and 64 hours of community service.