Animal Services

FITCHBURG – Second Chance Animal Services came to Fitchburg recently to offer a low cost vaccine and microchip clinic to help Fitchburg pet owners take care of their pets. Thanks to the new online pre-registration process developed by Second Chance during the pandemic, local pet owners were able to register their pets in advance, eliminating long lines at previous clinics. ...

The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak area has an urgent message for pet owners in Colorado: Please do not leave your pet in your car. To get this message home, an animal law enforcement officer demonstrated the effects of sitting in an unused vehicle on a hot summer day: Tim Rice spent 30 minutes on Monday in a parked ...

LAS CRUCES – Have you noticed more cats and dogs roaming free? Animal care experts say they have noted an increase in the number of homeless animals in the city and the surrounding desert and suggest the trend may be related to the animal shelter not accommodating as many pets. and fewer sterilization / sterilization services in the midst of ...

A Florida man faces animal cruelty and other charges after investigators said he attacked and seriously injured a dog with a machete. An affidavit from a Volusia County Sheriff’s Deputy says Richard Nelson, 46, injured the dog in a confrontation earlier this month outside a New Smyrna Beach home. Nelson is also accused of falsely telling MPs that he acted ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Los Angeles Animal Services will host a “Basic Black” adoption event on Saturday and Sunday, lowering adoption fees for dogs with predominantly black fur. Black furry dogs will be available for $ 50 during the event. Dogs four months and older typically cost $ 102 and puppies $ 150. READ MORE: Man climbs tall tower at ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) – We’ve heard that cats have nine lives. This is certainly true for a cute little kitten. An image from Tuesday shows a little kitten on a concrete ledge on the Green Bridge. A Manatee County Animal Services officer attempted to rescue her. She had different plans. She ended up jumping off the bridge into the Manatee ...

Prosecutors have charged a man with first degree animal cruelty in connection with the brutal murder of a dog over the weekend of July 4. Eduardo Reyes-Serrano, 27, came to the attention of police after videos circulated on social media showing a dog hanging from the fence of his house in the 700 block of South Fourth Avenue, according to ...

Louisville Metro Animal Services’ “Empty the Shelter” event appears to have been a great success. According to LMAS officials, all 100 pets from last weekend’s event have been adopted. Of the pets, 59 were cats and 41 were dogs. The very last animal to be adopted was a good boy named Gorilla Glue. Technically, he was adopted early on Monday ...

OAK HILL, Va. (WSAZ) – A man faces animal cruelty charges after the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department found several dogs on the man’s property that were not being taken care of. The 19 dogs are safe after Animal Control takes them and brings them to the New River Humane Society. MPs have charged the owner of the dogs, Randolph Blevins, ...

As vets and wildlife experts warn of an outbreak of distemper in dogs and raccoons in southern California, the city of Apple Valley Animal Services Department has already started to see an increase the number of sick dogs. Apple Valley Animal Shelter staff are encouraging High Desert residents to check the vaccination status of their pets and get them vaccinated, ...