Animal Cruelty
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont's highest court is being asked to decide what a dog's love is worth.
ST. LOUIS - Four Missouri men have received prison sentences for federal crimes involving dogfighting.
SELDEN, N.Y. - A mother of seven is accused of running a house of horrors for pets at her suburban Long Island home, forcing her children to help torture them and burying at least 20 dogs in her backyard - animals neighbors now fear were beloved pets that mysteriously disappeared over the years.
SELDEN, N.Y. - Authorities are investigating whether any of the more than 20 animal carcasses found in the backyard of a Long Island home are the remains of animals reported missing by pet owners in the area.
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. - An Arizona man went on a vengeful killing spree over the last two years because he wanted to rid society of less-than-desirable people, including a drug-using Vietnam vet, a sex offender and a teenager struggling to kick a drug habit, prosecutors said Thursday.
