SPCA inspectors sent to the scene of a mass killing of dogs have described it as a 'frightening example of animal abuse.'

A dispute between two neighbours has led to the slaughter of 33 dogs.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has defended its decision to deploy about 50 firefighters and a helicopter to rescue a dog from the Los Angeles River.

A three year-old girl has 20 stitches in her face and almost lost an eye after being attacked by a pit-bull terrier in Wairoa.

The two pitbulls that nearly mauled a 5-year-old to death were well cared for and had played safely with children before, says the local council.

Two dogs which left a five-year-old BOP girl with "potentially life threatening injuries" have been destroyed.

A man who tore the head off a kitten in front of his family has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

It sounds rather undignified, from a sheep's perspective, but it's all in the cause of saving the planet.

The Govt has discussed intervening on large-scale proposals to farm cows in cubicles, as pressure grows from critics labelling it "factory farming".

Caper, a commuting cat who became a local celebrity in Plymouth, England and made headlines around the world has died doing what he loved.