Animals

Three puppies, all four months old, have been treated for the intestinal virus parvo since their rescue in Millville.

The young pit bull puppies, all ill, were found amid the frigid weather in South Jersey before being rushed to a North Jersey animal hospital.

The male hawk — said to have a wingspan of roughly 4 1/2 feet — has been evading capture since Monday evening inside the Ocean County library branch.

A dead fox that tested positive is not believed to be the animal seen near people on Monday — Double Trouble State Park remained closed.

A Monmouth County community was urged to let a black bear wander through, as reported bear sightings and encounters statewide are up sharply over last year.

State Police say a woman is wounded and recovering, after being attacked by a black bear along a road in Sussex County.

The 7-month-old Shepard mix, Bailey, was missing for days from his New York home before being spotted in the Holland Tunnel and followed by Port Authority police to a ledge in Jersey City.

A proposed bill moving in Trenton would allow judges to appoint lawyers or law students who volunteer to represent animals' interest in some criminal cases.

The box of 10 rhinoceros iguanas was intercepted at JFK airport, before it was sent off to Hong Kong, according to federal officials.

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.