California deputies use tax dollars to travel 500 miles, cross 6 counties to kill pet goat: Lawsuit

A mother of a 9-year-old is suing the Shasta District Fair and Event Center (Shasta Fair Association), the County of Shasta, and the Shasta County Sheriff's Department after allegedly seizing a pet goat named Cedar and slaughtering it, according to a lawsuit.

Beach goer finds dead dolphin washed ashore in Cape May

A man in Cape May made another concerning discovery amid a rash of marine mammal deaths along the East Coast this year.

Big Cat Rescue featured on 'Tiger King' to close, merge with Arkansas wildlife refuge

Big Cat Rescue in Tampa will close its doors after 30 years and merge its big cat population with Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, Carole and Howard Baskin announced Wednesday.

Delco support dog missing over a year found by police and returned home to grateful family

Quite the adventure for a Delaware County family dog. The little pup disappeared from home more than a year ago and a 14-year-old boy lost his best friend and emotional support dog.

Lucky indeed: Dog left paralyzed after being hit by train in Philadelphia finds forever home

The organization said it initially received hundreds of applications to adopt Lucky, but when his spinal cord injury was revealed, applicants backed out. Now, one of the women who helped save Lucky welcomed him into her home.

Horse racing's national anti-doping program starts

Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field take another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program.

Georgia biologists shocked to see alligator ‘smiling back' from tortoise hole

A group of Georgia state wildlife biologists received that uncanny welcome after recently looking down a gopher tortoise hole and seeing a 4.5-foot alligator "smiling back."

Wildlife officials: Caiman found abandoned in FDR Park euthanized

Officials with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission say the agency could not find a home for the reptile, forcing them to euthanize it.

Dog reunited with owner 2,000 miles away thanks to microchip

When veterinarians in Ohio located the dog's microchip, it showed that she belonged to a man named Jordan, a truck driver based in California.