animal cruelty

A man has been charged with animal cruelty after Freetown police say he left a dog inside a locked vehicle where the temperature became unbearable.

A 51-year-old East Falmouth man faces multiple charges after throwing a dog from an Onset bridge last weekend.

Police were called to check on a 71-year-old resident and her animals, when officers located 15-20 cats on the property, including five that were deceased.

Thomas Vargas pleaded guilty a two-count indictment charging him with animal cruelty and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

On Friday at approximately 6:50 pm, Dartmouth Police received a report of a man beating a dog with a baseball bat inside of a vehicle located near Colonial Way.

The man behind a tenant farm in Westport where over a thousand animals were found living in deplorable conditions has died.

Thursday night, the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously passed Sen. Mark Montigny’s legislation to strengthen protections against animal cruelty and abuse.

A Dighton man faces animal cruelty charges after leaving his dog in a car with no heat for more than an hour.

A 39-year-old New Bedford was arrested Thursday on one charge of child abuse and 17 counts of animal cruelty after police found 19 dead animals and 17 living animals at her home.

WAREHAM — A Wareham man faces animal cruelty charges after he allowed an unleashed dog to wander in and out of traffic on busy Cranberry Highway, and left another in his house as it filled with natural gas. According to a release on the Department's Facebook page, on October 21, the Wareham Department of Natural Resources was notified of an individual who was having a medical emergency that also h