Man Files Complaint in Dog Feces Dispute
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HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. - A quadriplegic man has filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court against the Hermosa Beach police claiming he was thrown to the ground after a dispute over who would pick up his dog's feces.
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Authorities and pet owners are beginning to raise serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of animal medicines, mirroring worries over human drugs like the painkiller Vioxx.
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An activist has been jailed for a record four years for his part in a campaign of intimidation against an animal testing firm.
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FOSTORIA, Ohio - An attorney challenging the authority of the city's police chief wants the department's police dog to appear in court as an exhibit, because he says the dog and the chief have criminal justice degrees from the same online school.
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SAN DIEGO - A dispute that began over the capture of an opossum in a residential neighborhood ended with police shooting a Rottweiler and arresting a man after stunning him with a Taser gun.
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COVINGTON, La. - A Covington man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after police seized 21 pit bulls from a house filled with dog feces and urine, police said.
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Â· Manslaughter acquittal over death of five-year-old Â· Judge queries dog's owner escaping charges
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Prosecutors want an evaluation of the pit bulls taken from the kennel of Michael Vick, whose plea agreement said he must pay for the euthanasia of some or all of the dogs.
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When Denis and Sarah Scheele's dog was fatally shot after wandering onto a man's property, they sued &#151; and not just for damages. The couple also wanted compensation for their emotional distress and loss of companionship.
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OXNARD -- A man was charged with molesting a 3-year-old girl after a dog dug up decade-old photos and videotapes of the alleged crime in a back yard near Oxnard, Calif.
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The mock prison cell, the barking dog belonging to another protester, people asking names and ages.
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A 30-year-old man was found dead, and his girlfriend was in critical condition in a case of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. A mixed boxer dog also died.
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An animal-rights worker charged with dumping the bodies of euthanized dogs and cats apologized in court Thursday, saying she left the carcasses in a trash bin because they stank.
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SEATTLE - The second time Duncan M. MacDonald sent in an absentee ballot, an election worker in Federal Way called to ask about the paw print on the envelope. But it took three ballots before the prosecutor contacted the voting dog's owner.
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Two former golf club employees have been charged with theft and cruelty to animals in the death of a pet dog the owners say was cooked and eaten.
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Authorities have a search warrant to look for as many as 30 dog carcasses on property owned by Michael Vick that is at the center of a dog fighting investigation. But the warrant has not been executed.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A man convicted of killing a kitten by throwing it into a fire during a domestic dispute has moved back in with his girlfriend and her five cats, prompting a charge of violating his probation.