March 25, 2013 By TONY RIZZO The Kansas City Star Federal prosecutors have charged two Kansas City, Kan., men with participating in a three-state Midwest dogfighting ring that was broken up Saturday at a fight in Texas.  Federal officials have broken up a three-state dogfighting ring that they say trained some dogs on treadmills in [...]

Examiner.com March 5, 2013 Remember back in October 2012 when Vick and his young daughter were sitting at the kitchen table with a red box of Milk Bone dog biscuits? Now we know the identity of the puppy who chews on those biscuits. On Monday evening, Vick, his family, and a bodyguard were at a [...]

December 5, 2012 ST. CHARLES, MO (KTVI) – It was pit bull round up day in one small Missouri town.  Some say it’s not protecting the public, but claim it’s robbing responsible owners of their family pets. It took place in Sikeston, MO.  Fox 2′s Chris Hayes found out about the program after learning about [...]

By Chris Conte ASHLAND CITY, Tenn.- Animal rescue investigators say it is one of the most disturbing and largest alleged dog fighting operations they have ever discovered in the state of Tennessee. Sixty-five dogs were found chained up, emaciated and abused behind a house on Buckeye Road in Ashland City on Thanksgiving. The dogs were [...]

A photograph of a man wading in Lake Superior with his 19-year-old arthritic dog captured the hearts of millions when it was posted online last month–an outpouring that inspired the dog’s owner to launch a foundation to help low-income families care for their aging canines. John Unger says Schoep’s Legacy Foundation has raised more than [...]

July 11, 2012 08:36 AM EDT by Linda Shaw Lennox may not have lived in your city, town or state. He may not have even lived in your country. However, if you are an animal lover then you’re bound to have heard of his plight. Sadly, that plight ended today with one dose of lethal [...]

Two years later, owner of lost dog perseveres in her search By SCOTT SMITH THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN Hannelore Lode’s home is full of life and love: There are dogs snoozing on the deck, curious cats on patrol, squawking parrots, ponds filled with koi, a forest of jungle-worthy houseplants — and hope. Lots of hope. There’s [...]

On May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, cutting a mile-wide swath of destruction that ultimately left 150 dead and destroyed many more homes and livelihoods. ASPCA Senior Director of Field Investigations and Response Tim Rickey is a native of Joplin, and less than a day after the storm touched down, he and [...]

By SUE MANNING 2/6/2012 LOS ANGELES — McDonald’s apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite them. The ad that said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a pit bull enraged pit bull owners and their defenders. McDonald’s spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling said Monday the Kansas City-area radio ad for Chicken McBites [...]

HOUSTON (CBS Houston) — A pet serial killer is on the loose in the Houston area. Seven dogs were found dead, six of them pit bulls, over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Three of those pit bulls were fatally shot, while the other four dogs suffered blunt trauma to the head. Read the article [...]