GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Taking the lead in combating animal cruelty in Florida, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, with support from the State Attorney’s offices of R.J. Larizza, ...

Preventing animal cruelty starts with making sure pet owners with a history of abusing animals cannot get any more animals. Dr. Adam Stern from the University of Florida directs the Animal Cruelty ...

Federal officials in Los Angeles Wednesday announced a new task force to prosecute animal abuse cases, including "animal crush" videos that depict extreme cruelty. The federal Preventing Animal ...

A Southern California advocacy group has released a grisly documentary spotlighting animal cruelty in Kern County in hopes it will lead to the creation of a state task force to help address the ...

One day after announcing a new task force to prosecute animal cruelty cases, federal officials Thursday began patrols near downtown Los Angeles to look for abused or neglected animals. The task force ...

The task force will focus on charging serious animal abuse throughout the Central District of California, including San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. A new animal abuse task force has formed ...

San Angelo City Manager Daniel Valenzuela has announced a task force to address the ongoing issues related to animal services and control. In a council meeting in December, the city of San Angelo was ...

People charged with animal cruelty can claim they were using reasonable force or that physical discipline was a necessary part of “safeguarding or promoting the welfare of the animal,” the state’s ...