The Latest Breaking News from Animal Cruelty

Father ‘kills daughter’s three dogs by locking them in hot car for days’

Henderson’s daughter left her three dogs with him while she went out of town for a few days

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Adorable baby ferrets found cruelly abandoned without food in cat carrier under a bush

THE RSPCA receives a heightened amount of phone calls in relation to animal cruelty during the hot summer months

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022

Greater Manchester has second-highest rates of animal cruelty, with reports set to spike over summer months

The charity are expecting to see reports spike in coming months with summer coming and the rising rate of pet ownership combined with the cost of living crisis

Manchester Evening News · Jul 7, 2022

English dognapper who stole pets while touring Scotland jailed

Clifford Hodgkins was found guilty at two separate trials of animal cruelty and dognapping.

Daily Record · Jun 23, 2022

South Gippsland farmer found guilty of animal cruelty over flystrike outbreak

A farmer has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty for failing to care for his sheep, leading to deaths by flystrike.

ABC News · Jun 22, 2022

Gippsland farmer Jeremy Rich faces animal cruelty charges after dead sheep found in pit

Former South Gippsland Shire councillor Jeremy Rich appears in court charged with 22 counts of animal cruelty after allegedly failing to care for sheep that later died from flystrike.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

Rodeo is cruel and abusive – it’s time for New Zealand to ban it

As animal welfare groups take the government to court over rodeo activities, Kiwis are waking up to just how widespread animal cruelty is

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2022

Man who struck police horse and threw traffic bollard at officer during Melbourne lockdown protests pleads guilty

Dennis Basic's defence says he is "embarrassed by his conduct", as he pleads guilty to several charges including assaulting an emergency worker, recklessly causing injury and animal cruelty.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

Kolkata filmmaker's focus on legal shield for street dogs, right to feed them

KOLKATA: A Kolkata filmmaker's documentary on the struggle to get street dogs legal protection and implement harsher penalties for animal cruelty will be screened in Nandan on June 4. The documentary 'Nirbaak' has already been screened in other film festivals.

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Kurt Zouma: Premier League footballer ordered to carry out community service for kicking cat

He was also banned from keeping or caring for cats for five years

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022