Dogs & Laws
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20.0K147Michigan Man Facing Charges After Rescuing Puppy from Hot Car
Alex Soper of Jackson, Michigan is facing criminal charges for breaking a car window to rescue a Golden Retriever puppy left trapped...
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6.3K1317 Dogs Die of Heat Exhaustion at Arizona Boarding Kennel
Seventeen dogs, all clients of Green Acre Dog Boarding facility in Gilbert, Arizona, have died of apparent heat exhaustion in what police...
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6.1K23Missing Dog was Restrained When Police Officer Slit Her Throat
Nala, a 7-year old Shar Pei, escaped from her Baltimore backyard on Saturday morning. While Nala’s owner was searching for her beloved...
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5.8K26Dog Walker Locks 8 Dogs in Hot Van While She Shops at the Mall
With the windows down, the doors locked, and the sun beating down, 8 dogs were trapped, leashed in the back of a...
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5.5K18Louisiana Officer that Shot Dog Charged With Felony Animal Cruelty
Last April, Sulphur, Louisiana police officer Brian Thierbach became the center of an investigation after he shot and killed a dog that was...
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6.6K25Dog Dies in Locked SUV at Arizona Shopping Mall
Phoenix police are investigating a possible case of animal cruelty after a dog died inside a locked SUV in a mall parking...
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4.1K8Massachusetts Police Rescue Injured Dog, Rewarded With Kisses
Two Massachusetts State Troopers were given the best reward of all – getting showered with Golden Retriever kisses – after they rescued...
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3.7K15Police Enter Home, Shoot and Kill Family Dog
While responding a burglar alarm at the home of Russell and Hope Lane in Round Rock, Texas, police shot and killed the...
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8.9K49Caught on Film: Man Tries to Ditch his Dog, Twice!
In an interview you just have to see to believe, Daniel Sohn brazenly explains that he wasn’t ditching his dog outside of...
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23.1K785 Dogs Left in a Hot Car Die in Walmart Parking Lot
Five more beautiful four-legged babies are dead after their owner left the pack trapped in a hot car during a shopping trip...
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6.8K66 Dogs Reported Stolen, Actually Dead in Dog Walker’s Hot Car
When 6 dogs were reported stolen from the back of British Columbia dog walker’s vehicle, thousands of supporters rallied around the families...
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17.6K83Michigan Police Shoot, Kill Puppy in His Own Backyard
At around midnight on Saturday night/Sunday morning, Redford Township Police shot and killed 10-month old ‘Rock,’ a Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull mix, in...
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Louisiana Officer Shoots, Kills Friendly, Leashed Dog
A Sulphur, Louisiana police officer is under investigation after the fatal shooting of a dog last week. While the officer claims the shooting...
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Puppies Rescued from Hot Car in Mall Parking Lot
A pair of 2-month old Maltese puppies sat trapped in the back of an SUV while their owners shopped and had lunch...
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Veterinarian Charged With Animal Cruelty After Shocking Allegations
For the Harris family of Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday was both the happiest day of their lives and the most infuriating. On...
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Traveler Abandons 2 Dogs at LA Airport When She Couldn’t Pay for Transport
A pair of miniature black Poodles were abandoned at LAX when their owner, a woman retiring overseas, could not afford the fees...
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Nashville Police Seize 38 Dogs in Massive Dog-Fighting Bust
Nashville’s Metro Police have seized 38 dogs, mostly pit bulls ranging in age from puppy to adulthood, from a massive dog-fighting ring...
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15.7K61California Officer Shoots Himself Trying to Kill Pit Bull
A California police officer is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while trying to fire his gun at a pit...
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Filing Taxes? Don’t Forget to Claim Your Foster Dog!
In a groundbreaking victory for animal rescuers around the country, one California animal foster fought the Internal Revenue Service in court –...
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5.7K10YOUR Responsibilities, Owner!
WHAT responsibilities, you say? Surely not! Just keep it fed and watered, and take it out, or tie it up in the...
