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Travers and Tremayne Johnson, the 17-year-old twin brothers accused of fatally burning a pit bull, have been arrested and are being held without bail after police said they found guns and marijuana inside their Southwest Baltimore rowhouse.
This time, the twins were charged as adults.
The twins, who were charged as juveniles in the animal cruelty case, face [...]
A dog training website says it plans to award $500 each to 500 dog rescue organizations to help them cope during the recession.
Trainpetdog.com will distribute a total of $25,000 to rescues, with donations in the form of cash or dog supplies, depending on each organization’s needs.
“Our world has a serious dog overpopulation problem,” said Nipa [...]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has added $2,500 to the reward being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of a dog dragged behind a pickup truck in Vineland, N.J. earlier this month.
Coupled with the $1,000 offered by the Cumberland County (N.J.) SPCA, that brings the total reward [...]
A judge in Columbus imposed a 90-day jail sentence on an Ohio firefighter who pleaded guilty to killing his dogs to avoid boarding them while he went on vacation.
David Santuomo, 43, of Columbus pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of animal cruelty and one count of possession of a criminal tool — a homemade silencer he used on [...]
Eighteen of the more than 200 dogs seized from an ill-kept breeding kennel in Emmaus, Pa. have found a temporary home at the Maryland SPCA.
The SPCA, which picked the dogs up in its new transport van, was among several agencies taking in the dogs seized from the Almost Heaven Kennel by the Humane Society of [...]
