All news on the topic: Animal cruelty

Pony the orangutan was kept captive for years and forced to carry out appalling acts before she was finally rescued and has had to under go extreme rehabilitation

Sapphire, who was known as "Saffi" to her heartbroken family, disappeared on August 20 while out for a walk in Footscray Meadows in Sidcup, south-east London

The elderly, visually impaired dog was found wandering along the side of the I-10 in Benson, Arizona, and was picked up by the local sheriff and his wife after the pup was dumped by his owner

A couple in Arizona, US, was arrested after authorities realised the two had a horror house where they hoarded animals including 128 chickens, three chicks, three peacocks, three geese, three dogs, one cat, one finch and 177 incubated eggs - all in poor health

The victim is said to be a French national in his 50s who was attending the Albacete arena in Spain - where spectators are encouraged to join in - at the end of August

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE Endangered brown bear Amarena - which means Black Cherry in Italian - was a common sight in the Abruzzo region and families with children would often stop to watch as she and her cubs wandered through the streets

The 19-year-old broke the neck of a parakeet, strangled a bunny and stamped on a hamster in the parking lot of the Petland in Oklahoma City while the fate of a missing guinea pig remains unknown

A New Jersey duo were arrested for animal cruelty and child endangerment after police found over 30 dead dogs and a nine-year-old child was found living in the home

Allison Gaiser is accused of leaving her French bulldog near a parking lot at Pittsburgh International Airport after being told it couldn't fly with them to Mexico, resulting in charges of animal cruelty

Donald Patience, 45, was found dead at his home after officers were called to an address in response to reports of a burglary, in which a labradoodle dog was reportedly stolen

A Florida woman was arrested after leaving three dogs in a hot car to die. Police say she took two of the carcasses to a canal where they were likely eaten by alligators

Magic, a 10-month-old German Shepherd dog, was most likely looking up to his shooter when they shot him in the head. Miraculously, the puppy survived and has now found a family

Campaigners at the League Against Cruel Sports wants the devices outlawed - but supporters say they help protect birds from predators such as foxes and other wildlife

WARNING DISTURBING: Pamela Mattinson was labelled 'sadistic' by a judge but won't face any prison time after a neighbour caught her trying to beat the screaming kitten to death with a brick

Lewis Hudson has now received one of the longest ever sentences for animal cruelty - 27 months in jail - after an appalling catalogue of abuse in Prescot, Merseyside

XL Bully Bo has been returned to her owners Ashley Salmon and Megan Dawson after horrific doorbell footage emerged showing the dog being repeatedly beaten in the street

Police confirmed the arrest today - despite earlier stating the force was confident "no criminal offence had been committed" in the incident in Carnforth, Lancashire

Lancashire Police told Mirror the force is investigating a video, circulating on social media accounts like Twitter, which shows a young man hurl a cat off an abyss at a quarry

A Florida teenager has been arrested for animal cruelty after a video emerged of him allegedly trying to make a baby alligator drink alcohol by force feeding it

In a vicious encounter, a North Carolina man approached a family dog and stabbed it to death as the owner played pickleball

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES: The controversial Yulin festival has been held every year since 2009, with footage obtained by an animal rights charity shedding new light on its horrors

The once-beautiful home in Huntingdon, New York, has been abandoned for 13 years after fire and rescue services were called and discovered more than 100 dogs and puppies had been abused

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES: Snake owner Vincent Parkes crammed pythons into under-sized tanks which were filthy and infested with maggots when found by RSPCA inspectors

'Suella Braverman may have U-turned after outrage on lifting an animal testing ban, but relaxed rules mean there is no way to know for sure if the cruel practice is in our supply chain'

These desperate-looking dogs were among more than 1,000 to have been imported from the US via Copenhagen in the past two years, despite the UK having one of the world’s biggest beagle-breeding facilities