Pet Adoption Is Now Live on Defendanimals.net-Find Your New Best Friend 
Pet Adoption Is Now Live on Defendanimals.net-Find Your New Best Friend
A loving home can change an animal's life. And finding your next companion just got easier. DefendAnimals.net is excited to...
Arkansas Man Faces Felony Animal Cruelty Charge Following Haskell Police Traffic Stop
Arkansas prosecutors filed a felony aggravated animal cruelty charge on October 23, 2026, following a June traffic stop in Haskell...
Maine Kitten Found Alive in Tied Bag at Transfer Station; Officials Seek Information
A roughly three-month-old kitten is safe after a transfer-station employee discovered him inside a tied plastic bag in Somerset County,...
Court Bars Glen Cove Defendant From Keeping Animals as 166-Cat Cruelty Case Proceeds
A New York court has temporarily barred a Glen Cove woman from keeping animals while a criminal case involving 166...
ACCT Philly Traces Rescue Transfers After Dog-Welfare Concerns
ACCT Philly is working to account for dogs transferred to a New Jersey rescue partner after concerns emerged about their...
USDA Reviews Complaint About Two Research Pigs’ Deaths at UMass Chan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has acknowledged reviewing concerns about two pigs that died following cardiac experiments at UMass Chan...
California Couple Sentenced in Oregon for Trafficking Protected Wildlife
A California couple received three years of probation and a $10,000 fine each on October 23, 2026, after pleading guilty...
Pennsylvania’s Beagle Bill Becomes Law, Creating Adoption Protections for Research Dogs and Cats
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Beagle Bill on October 22, 2026, establishing adoption protections for eligible research dogs and...
Kentucky Boarding Facility Search Leads to Animal-Cruelty Charges and Intervention for Ten Dogs
Police and Animal Control intervened for ten dogs at a Hopkinsville, Kentucky, boarding and training facility on October 21, following...
Undercover Investigation Alleges Chicken Mishandling at North Carolina Slaughterhouse
Animal Outlook is calling for federal action after publishing an undercover investigation alleging improper chicken handling at a Wayne-Sanderson Farms...