New Jersey has signed into law new protections for animals against suffering cruelty and abuse, making law some "Common Sense" standards of care for animals
An investigation revealed that the man and his girlfriend had had an argument after which he repeatedly texted her while she was at work, threatening the animals.
People accused of animal cruelty could be forced to pay a bond up front to cover a shelter's costs of care under a bill now awaiting final votes in Trenton.
A Galloway Township woman has been indicted on five counts of animal cruelty for leaving five dogs unattended for days in the woods with no food or water.
Tonya Fea was sentenced on an animal cruelty charge related to the April 2019 discovery of a golden retriever puppy that was submerged in a crate along the bank of Greenwood Pond in West Milford.
In an awful case of animal cruelty, an Ocean County woman has pled guilty to charges she left three dogs in an abandoned house in Lacey Township to die.