The Latest Breaking News from Animal Cruelty

Two horses were shocked seven times and the third was shocked nine times.

Melbourne Cup-winning horse trainer Darren Weir and his assistant Jarrod McLean have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in the lead-up to the 2018 Melbourne Cup.

Geelong and Casey have emerged as the biggest hotspots for animal cruelty cases in Victoria as residents are warned to stop neglecting their pets.

As France's parliament prepares to debate banning bullfighting outright, its defenders and opponents are equally passionate in their arguments for and against the practice.

A north-south divide over bullfighting, which holds an important cultural spot in many parts of southern France, but which opponents say is animal cruelty. A French climate activist on why blocking roads and interrupting opera performances is the only way to get attention. And the 9th-century Viking attack on Paris.

In 2021, 33 cases were brought against people in Merseyside over accusations of cruelty to animals

Christopher Bennett and Gemma Brogan were both jailed after they pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and seven counts of child neglect.

Christopher Bennett, 35, and Gemma Brogan, 41, were sentenced to six years each for the “systematic ill treatment” of the children found living in “repugnant” conditions in a house crammed with mistreated dogs

I detest the Melbourne Cup and everything it stands for. From the glorification of binge drinking and gambling to the animal cruelty and ill-fitting Tarocash suits blokes insist on wearing, quite literally everything about the event makes me gag. Well folks, there’s now another foul byproduct of the Melbourne Cup…

Kevin Vivers (56) was found guilty of 27 charges at the High Court in Livingston

Nearly half of those surveyed (45%) believe it promotes ‘unhealthy’ gambling and a third (34%) say it normalises animal cruelty