The Latest Breaking News from Animal Cruelty

Former South Gippsland Shire councillor Jeremy Rich appears in court charged with 22 counts of animal cruelty after allegedly failing to care for sheep that later died from flystrike.

As animal welfare groups take the government to court over rodeo activities, Kiwis are waking up to just how widespread animal cruelty is

Footballer Kurt Zouma has admitted animal cruelty charges after a video of him kicking and slapping a cat went viral online.

A Victorian woman is facing more than 60 animal cruelty offences for allegedly underfeeding dozens of horses and keeping them in contaminated paddocks.

Owner Reyna Morales has complained to the police as she believes the prison sentence for her sheep grazing outside a hostel in Santa Catarina Yosonotu, Mexico, is animal cruelty

Most serious offences currently punishable by maximum of six months behind bars

A woman charged with animal cruelty offences tells the Adelaide Magistrates Court she was not in charge of caring for the dogs on her Murray Mallee property.

Exclusive: Nearly 40 leading animal welfare charities write to PM in last-ditch bid to ‘stop Britain propping up animal cruelty’

The Prime Minister had pledged to ban imports of foie gras and fur - but both are said to have been dropped from the Animals Abroad Bill ahead of the speech, after the PM caved to complaining Tory ministers