Animals

Left: Close-up of a black dog lying on grass, with visible marks and injuries on its face. Right: Close-up of a brown dog being gently held under the chin, looking calm and relaxed.

Deputies Find Starving Animals After Dog Is Found With Mouth Taped Shut

A dog named Cooper was found hiding under a wheelchair ramp with duct tape wrapped around his muzzle. The person who found him cut the tape away. Deputies later traced Cooper...

Deputies Find Starving Animals After Dog Is Found With Mouth Taped Shut

A dog named Cooper was found hiding under a wheelchair ramp with duct tape wrapped around his muzzle. The person who found him cut the tape away. Deputies later traced Cooper...

Open Skies and Second Chances — Over 50 Shelter Pets Land in New Jersey

Open Skies and Second Chances — Over 50 Shelter Pets Land in New Jersey

From hopelessly waiting — to soon to be hopelessly devoted.

Open Skies and Second Chances — Over 50 Shelter Pets Land in New Jersey

From hopelessly waiting — to soon to be hopelessly devoted.

Side-by-side images showing a frail cat outdoors in grass and the same cat resting inside a carrier.

Blind And Starving Cat Found Terrified On The Street Gets The Second Chance She Never Saw Coming

She was painfully thin, completely blind, and terrified. She had no way to protect herself and almost no chance of surviving on the streets.

Blind And Starving Cat Found Terrified On The Street Gets The Second Chance She Never Saw Coming

She was painfully thin, completely blind, and terrified. She had no way to protect herself and almost no chance of surviving on the streets.

Left: Four small puppies sitting together on a raised dog bed beside a light blue wall. Right: Close-up of a puppy sitting on grass wearing a small orange cowboy hat.

Four Shelter Puppies Were Ignored Until The Cowboy Hats Came Out

Pit bull puppies in cowboy hats found homes after Patty Baker Humane Society’s creative social media campaign.

Four Shelter Puppies Were Ignored Until The Cowboy Hats Came Out

Pit bull puppies in cowboy hats found homes after Patty Baker Humane Society’s creative social media campaign.

Mugshot of a man next to an image of three dogs walking away on a dirt trail.

Twenty Hounds Seized After Emaciated Dogs Led To Dozens Of Cruelty Charges

Lenoir County animal cruelty: 20 emaciated hounds seized and suspect charged; community urged to provide information.

Twenty Hounds Seized After Emaciated Dogs Led To Dozens Of Cruelty Charges

Lenoir County animal cruelty: 20 emaciated hounds seized and suspect charged; community urged to provide information.

Mugshot of a woman next to a close-up of a scruffy dog lying on the ground.

A Video Helped Deputies Rescue An Abused Dog

Felony animal cruelty charge follows video-led investigation in New Bern, resulting in a seized dog and an arrest.

A Video Helped Deputies Rescue An Abused Dog

Felony animal cruelty charge follows video-led investigation in New Bern, resulting in a seized dog and an arrest.