Imagine being a therapist and sitting across from a client who casually admits to kicking their dog. They kick until the dog stops barking. As a therapist, you are bound by a sacred code of ...

When, if ever, is it okay to hit a dog? If you’re an animal lover like me, your answer is probably immediate and unflinching: It’s never okay to hit a dog — or any other animal, for that matter. But ...

The 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), calling upon the agency to share its federal jurisdiction over animal abuse with state law ...

H.R. 712, introduced by Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA), amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to ...

SPRINGFIELD — Assaulting a person, even in a case of intimate partner abuse, might mean a misdemeanor conviction and two-and-a-half years in a local house of correction. Punch a dog and it’s worse.

A Dover man was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for killing the family dog with a baseball bat. The York County District Attorney highlighted the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence.

With reported animal cruelty cases up 55% in Michigan since 2021, the state's largest county is stepping up efforts to prosecute such cases, saying they could be a sign of larger issues at play in ...

Alairic Alec Ramsbott, 23, was arrested in Port St. Lucie on charges of animal abuse. Ramsbott visited the same animal hospitals and shelters before his arrest. Florida vets aren't required to report ...