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In Defense of Animals, an international animal protection organization operating Hope Animal Sanctuary and the Justice for Animal Campaign in Carroll County, is…

Animal cruelty is sadly a global problem, but rapists of dogs and other animal abusers in India have been getting away with paying a maximum fine that amounts to…

Demand maximum sentencing for police officers in Rockland, Maine who were charged with animal cruelty for senselessly beating and killing 11 porcupines while on…

Tethering dogs is becoming more and more socially unacceptable, and in many places it’s even illegal. However, there are still people who leave their dogs tied,…

The heartbreaking discovery of a dog whose skeletal body was discarded behind an abandoned building in Ohio led police on a search for the person responsible.

A dog is lucky to be alive after somehow miraculously surviving being sadistically shot completely through the head with a crossbow in Florida.

Through our Justice for Animals Campaign, we work vigorously to see that justice is served for the animal victims of abuse and neglect in the Deep South

Craigslist serial cat and kitten killer Kaine Louzader sentenced to four years in prison

In Defense of Animals representative Doll Stanley was in court to witness justice for violently abused dog.

Two Pennsylvania hunters filmed themselves laughing, kicking, punching and tearing an antler off of a terrified, wounded deer

Chance Dillion Fenn deliberately shot his neighbor’s dog and hid the evidence

Pennsylvania teens cause social media uproar posting video of them torturing deer

Yet another infuriating sentence has been handed down for a violent act of animal

A small, dog named Buddy was found lying in the rain after his back legs were cut

A homeless mother dog named Athena was repeatedly sexually assaulted.

We are delighted to announce a new campaign to expose illegal cockfighters.

20,000 signatures supporting the prosecution of Patrolman Terry Yetman

A Mississippi man who boasted about gunning down four defenseless dogs

In an evil act of vengeance, Madison M. Gautreaux burned the eyes and ears of her

The prosecution of Lavarius Barber, a man arrested for killing a horse in 2016.

Anna Louise passed away but there will be no justice for this elephant.