Animal cruelty News

Edmonton - Paul Vukmanich was sentenced to 18 months in jail for killing Quanto, a police dog that died in the execution of his duty. Vumanich was also sentenced to eight additional months for other offences arising out of the same incident.

A Long Island man has pleaded not guilty to charges he stole, had sex with, then beat to death a dog with a baseball bat.

Sarasota - According to the Sarasota Police Department, a 47-year-old man became angry when his girlfriend's three-year-old puppy had a seizure and began yelping. He allegedly poured hot sauce all over the puppy's body.

Sarnia - A 19-year-old Sarnia, Ontario man was arrested after a cat was found that had been shot 17 times in the head with a pellet gun. The cat is recovering.

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A 24-year-old Frenchman that has been accused of injuring a kitten by throwing it against a building, and then uploading a clip of him doing it on his Facebook page is facing animal cruelty charges.

For more than a decade, Mercy for Animals has investigated animal cruelty in meat production facilities. Proposed laws seek to make obtaining footage critical to the investigations illegal, and in some cases the laws would classify it as eco-terrorism.

Thanks to a society looking at humane treatment of animals, even those destined for the dinner table, some farmers have opted to raise the prime meat animal that supplies us with that delectable meat — bacon — in pastures rather than stalls.

Calgary - The dog and kitten were found a week apart in the same Calgary area. Both animals had their mouths taped shut and it is believed the emaciated dog starved to death.

Los Angeles - A one-year-old female Husky dog found at a trash dump was presumed abandoned. It could have been the end for the young dog but she was rescued by a dedicated animal lover named Eldad Hagar. Then there was Frankie.