cruelty

The Wareham Department of Natural Resources is filing a charge of cruelty to animals against a man who allegedly threw a small dog into a dumpster because he was tired.

Witnesses told police that when the dog disregarded her order to stay, she struck the dog with an open and closed fist, causing the dog to cower.

FALL RIVER - A New Bedford woman charged in a 'house of horrors' animal cruelty case will not serve any jail time under certain conditions. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 25-year-old Sabrina Harding pleaded guilty last week in Fall River Superior Court to charges of animal cruelty in connection to the discovery of 46 dead and malnourished animals in her South Second Street apar

Advocates came together Monday night to support animal rights in the wake of the Westport farm cruelties. The vigil was held just outside the Wesport Board of Health Department for the animals who died on the farm. Activist Jodie Greenleaf was among the speakers at the vigil...

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says the Westport farm case is the largest farm animal cruelty case in the northeast. Tim Rickey, Vice President of ASPCA Field Operations and Response is on the scene, and says he was blindsided when he arrived on the scene last week...

WESTPORT, Mass. (AP) — Police say officers have discovered hundreds of dead and injured animals, makeshift cabins, burning trash and illegal stoves on a 70-acre property in Massachusetts. Police say Westport and Dartmouth officers searched a portion of the Westport land on Tuesday and found three goats that had to be euthanized, dead sheep and several other sick or injured farm animals in "de

Animal control officials are asking for the public's help in finding the owner of an abandoned and malnourished dog. The French mastiff was found in Acushnet last Thursday, rooting through a resident's garbage. Mattapoisett Animal Control officer Kathy Massey was called to the scene to assess the animal and possibly identify the owner who may be criminally charged if found...

Smudge the cat is resting comfortably after undergoing surgery Tuesday morning. Smudge was the victim of animal abuse, allegedly at the hands of 55-year-old Manuel Erinna of New Bedford. Erinna has been charged with animal cruelty after he reportedly struck the cat over the head with an aluminum baseball bat Saturday when he learned the cat scratched his ex-girlfriend's infant granddaughter... Rea