Animal cruelty

Stores in New Jersey will soon have to remove animal-tested cosmetic products from their shelves, according to a new law signed Monday by Gov. Phil Murphy. The governor signed into law a bill, which had unanimous support, that sets to ban the sale of cosmetic products tested on animals in the state. “No [person or] manufacturer shall sell or offer…

Best Friends Animal Society stops by with seasonal tips for pet owners and three animals up for adoption.

Some of the dogs were chained up, including one to a radiator and another to a dishwasher. Others had cuts on them. All were made to live in their own filth, which left paws stained yellow, discolored from sitting in their own urine.

Some of the dogs were chained up, and all were being forced to live in their own filth inside an East Flatbush apartment. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

A thoroughbred trainer and the head of a New York veterinary clinic pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to their roles in a horse doping scheme, Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Wednesday. Jorge Navarro and Kristian Rhein pled guilty to their respective roles in the distribution of adulterated and misbranded drugs…

Ten people were arrested and 89 dogs rescued in connection to an alleged interstate dogfighting ring — possibly the largest bust of its kind in New York history, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini announced Monday. The alleged dogfighting ring operated across Long Island, in New York City, and in several other states, Sini said. The fights were alleged to…

In one of Tokyo’s busiest intersections, you’ll find a statue of Hachiko. The Akita dog would wait for his owner at a train station every day after work. When the owner suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, Hachiko still waited every day, for nine years.

Prosecutors on Thursday are expected to unseal of an indictment against a New York man accused of killing a lost Chihuahua while threatening a relative during a video phone call. Suffolk County Police said earlier this month that they charged the 23-year-old Brentwood man with aggravated cruelty to animals and aggravated harassment in connection with the dog killing and threats….

With the horse and trainer Bob Baffert all but certain to be stripped of their Kentucky Derby win, what does it mean for this weekend’s Belmont Stakes? NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A Brooklyn man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Great Dane mix that bounded up to his own dog in a local park late last month. Steven Horn, 61, was charged with animal cruelty, weapon possession and other offenses in the Feb. 20 attack, which left the canine victim, whose name is Bandit, with a two-centimeter puncture wound to…

A witness’ quick thinking could help lead police to make an arrest after a dog was stabbed at a Brooklyn park in an unprovoked attack. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

A 19-year-old New Jersey man is facing multiple animal cruelty charges after authorities say three pets suffered severe neglect while in his care, including a severely emaciated dog found dead inside a plastic bag, according to authorities. Aiden Turso, of Scotch Plains, was charged with two counts of third-degree failure to provide necessary care to an animal, leading to its…

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A judge sentenced a New Jersey man to five years in prison for shooting his neighbor’s dog with an air rifle, causing the animal to be euthanized. The sentence was the result of a plea agreement with William Stroemel, 65, of Maple Shade, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. Stroemel pleaded guilty in April to possession of a weapon...

The couple allegedly told a neighbor they planned to eventually return to pick up the dog, a young male husky that had a severe and infected open wound covering much of its neck when an animal control officer arrived at the home

A Queens man faces 92 counts of animal cruelty after horses, a dog, and other animals in declining health were being kept on a piece of property on Long Island, the Suffolk County SPCA announced Monday. Marlon A. Alzate, 29 and of Elmhurst, was arrested on Thursday by SPCA detectives while he was appearing in a Queens courtroom on a…

A 68-year-old Long Island woman was arrested and charged Wednesday with five counts of animal cruelty after four dogs were found dead and various other pets were found living in squalor inside her residence, according to the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. According to Roy Gross, chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, Donna Hulse, of…

A Maryland woman has been sentenced to prison for animal cruelty charges after 27 dogs were found dead and another 27 were discovered in poor condition inside a home she rented with her husband

More than 60 dogs, some of which were puppies or even pregnant, were rescued from a home that has had similar problems in the past, and the owner is now facing charges. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.