All news on the topic: Animal cruelty

Horrified vets treating the cat concluded that it had likely suffered burns from a chemical or boiling water which were so severe its owner fears its fur may never regrow

Phillip 'Dr Death' Ali ran the deadly Essex dog fighting ring, orchestrating fights and getting accomplice Stephen Brown to pump animals with steroids while pocketing thousands

Holly LeGresley, 37, from Kidderminster, and Adriana Orme, 55, of Upton-upon Severn, are accused of publishing an obscene article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal

Images of wild black bears dressed in human clothes have sparked uproar and calls for an end to the use of circus animals in Russia as a prominent activist speaks up in favour of a total ban

Cruel Donald Gollan, 35, was found guilty of torturing a tiny chihuahua to death at the Helensburgh, Scotland, home of his girlfriend, who had been out celebrating her son's birthday

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Police discovered Nala, an 11-month-old American bulldog, in a filthy cage at a Gateshead property last August - but she has now been adopted and is thriving

The dog's mutilated, beheaded, and burnt body was found by a dog walker at around 9am Tuesday at Lordship Recreation Ground in north London

Sophie Singer and Keith Byrne, who left their boxer dog to starve, were given a suspended prison sentence at Lewes Crown court after the judge heard they have seven children

A stomach-churning clip shows the moment a group yanked bear cubs from the safety of their tree so they could take a selfie – leaving them cold, wet and alone on the floor

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Cody Roberts was pictured with the exhausted animal with a beaming smile while gripping it by the scruff of the neck and raising a can of beer

US federal prosecutors charge Michael Macartney, alias 'Torture King' as the ringleader of a global monkey torture network, with further charges against members in the US and UK

A video clip emerged of three men abusing a massive boa constrictor in Argentina as social media users blasted them as 'idiots' who should be 'swallowed' by the snake

Hugo the Killer Whale was captured in Vaughn Bay, near Washington, in 1968 and was shipped to Miami Seaquarium in Florida where he spent years in a tiny pool before being wheeled out to spectators

An autopsy on a legendary dolphin that's been living in a tank and forced to perform at Sweden's Kolmården Zoo determined that it died in January choking on a piece of plastic seaweed put in her tank for 'enrichment'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Dane Crawford, 30, has been jailed for encouraging his pet lurchers, Major and Lassie, to kill a fox in a horrifying attack

Social media sites, like Snapchat and Instagram, must put in place stronger safeguarding measures to help fight a trend of people copying material around animal cruelty, a campaigner says

John and Samantha White was arrested this week after police discovered the woman was engaging in sex with her family dog multiple times while her significant other recorded it

The RSPCA has started an investigation after a local peacock was found shot in a field near Market Drayton, Shropshire, with several airgun pellets and was sadly put down

Wally David Beaney, Louise Smith, Maria Smith and Charlotte Lauren Byron were jailed for making money by breeding dogs but failing to provide appropriate medical care to them

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES: An XL Bully dog was found dead below the busy A57 flyover near Beighton, South Yorkshire, with RSPCA investigators fearing she was thrown from to her death

Rosie the lurcher was 'left to die' in a hedgerow before being found on Christmas morning - a passerby carried the starving animal home and called the RSPCA before Rosie was given vet treatment

A dad in Connecticut is accused of butchering his daughter's dog with a kitchen knife after a domestic dispute. Arnaldo Silva was charged with cruelty to animals

Lee Preston, 37, bought a dog in an attempt to rekindle the relationship with his ex-girlfriend - but then she saw him kick the puppy, causing the animal to yelp in pain

A shocking video has captured the desperate plight of a lonely orca, known as Kshamenk, who lives in a tiny pool at a marine park in Argentina - his home since he was captured in 1992

Giles Watling demanded that imports of foie gras are banned, saying the recent bed bug outbreak highlights the dangers of disease being brought into the UK - but a Tory minister refused to commit