IRVINE, Calif.—A 21-year-old Irvine woman accused of taping shut the snouts of her dogs to prevent them from barking posted bail and was released from jail May 31. Gabriela Barrera was booked on suspicion of animal cruelty on Saturday, Irvine Police Department Sgt. Karie Davies said. Police were called Saturday when a resident heard dogs…

LOS ANGELES—A 25-year-old man was behind bars April 20 for allegedly tossing a caged puppy over a fence and into the Tujunga Wash—an act that was caught on home security video and widely viewed. Daniel Arias of Tujunga was arrested Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). He was booked on suspicion of…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 38-year-old man was behind bars March 24 on charges of slamming a cat against the windshields of cars in Huntington Beach, killing the animal. Beau Browning Watson pleaded not guilty Thursday to cruelty to animals and two counts of vandalism, all felonies, in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. He was next…

As extremely cold temperatures befell parts of the U.S. over Christmas, one abandoned canine in New Jersey suffered the storm more painfully than many of us. The Neptune Township Police Department found Coco the Rottweiler chain-tethered to a stepped railing along Fisher Avenue on the morning of December 28. After the pipes in her owners’…

The cruelty suffered by American horses exported for slaughter in Mexico and Canada has drawn a bipartisan group of more than 200 veterinarians and a number of animal rights groups to urge Congress to ban the practice. The gory scenes seen on videos filmed in foreign slaughterhouses include terrified horses slipping and falling in their…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—A 33-year-old man suspected of kicking and punching a dog at an Anaheim apartment complex surrendered to police early Thursday, Sept. 22. Albert Frank Abad Jr. surrendered at the Anaheim Police Department about 1:30 a.m., when he was arrested on a warrant, Sgt. Shane Carringer said. Abad was charged Sept. 21 with one felony…

English Premier League footballer Kurt Zouma has admitted animal cruelty charges after a video taken by his brother of him kicking and hitting a cat went viral. West Ham defender Kurt Zouma, 27, pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates Court in east London on Tuesday to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act of causing unnecessary…

Consumers have been buying fur gloves from Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market—disguised as containing “faux fur”—without realising that they contain hair originating from a domestic cat. Cellmark Forensic Services from the U.S. tested a $20 (US$14) unlabelled pair of gloves recently purchased at the market in a joint investigation between the Animal Justice Party and Collective…

People convicted of animal cruelty crimes in England and Wales could soon be facing sentences of up to five years in jail, following recommendations from the Sentencing Council. Last year the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill was given Royal Assent and it raised the maximum penalty from six months up to five years for causing unnecessary suffering,…

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has amped up his campaign against McDonald’s pig sourcing from suppliers who continue to keep pregnant sows in gestation crates, something that Icahn says is obscene. Icahn has nominated Maisie Ganzler, chief strategy and brand officer at Bon Appetit Management Company, and Leslie Samuelrich, president of Green Century Capital Management,…