Animals

New Jersey communities have lots of different rules when it comes to owning backyard chickens. In some places the noisier, male counterparts are banned, entirely.

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.

Several advocates spoke at a Middlesex County Commission meeting, asking about what immediate plans are amid a hesitation to close the animal haven.

The expanded law goes into effect in March 2022. It includes testing done out of state, with a few exceptions.

So far, the competition is fierce - with canine and feline companions - and even some other small critters. Think your NJ pet is cuter? There's still time to enter the contest.

Earlier this summer a fawn must have fallen into a lagoon in Toms River. Adult deer are strong swimmers but baby deer can tire very easily in water so this little fawn was in big trouble.

Wildlife officials say a large black bear had approached others in the park aggressively, before a trap was set.

At least two wild fox encounters in the same neighborhood were reported to Ocean County officials as of Monday.

The Union County Prosecutor's Office was investigating the child's harrowing death on Wednesday evening.

Surveillance video shared by Strange Morris shows a man working to evade some loud, feisty turkeys in a Pine Brook driveway.