Animal Cruelty

Even one story is bad enough, but here in New Jersey this winter, we've already seen a handful of cases in which dogs were left outside in the extreme cold without much of a shot at surviving.

As we get ready to say goodbye to 2015 and ring in 2016, a new report is actually a favorable one for the Garden State.

Ocean County Court proceedings for the man accused of letting his dog drown in his pickup after it plunged into the icy Toms River last March are scheduled to resume December 7.

A Lakewood woman accused of hoarding and abandoning about 40 dogs inside her Spruce Street home in May, has avoided going to jail after pleading guilty to two counts of animal cruelty Thursday, according to The Lakewood Scoop.

We seem to hear a lot more about animal abuse cases these days. A New Jersey SPCA official says increased awareness about this ongoing problem has a good and a bad side.

A pair of New Jersey lawmakers is working to ensure that those who abuse someone's pet or their own pet are required to literally pay for their actions.

Animal rights activists have asked the Toms River Council to consider adopting an ordinance that would set out clear rules for how dogs can be restrained outside. Louise O'Brien says the current laws on the books in most New Jersey towns just don't get the job done...

The Monmouth County SPCA is hosting the "Great Crate Challenge" this week to encourage Governor Christie to approve changes to the laws regarding pig gestation crates.   Senate Bill 998 directs the Department of Agriculture to create rules that would require pigs to have room to turn around and extend their limbs while inside the crates.  M...

Dead squirrels and raccoons behind a building results in an animal cruelty count against a suspect in Monmouth County's Ocean Township.

A former SPCA volunteer escapes prison time after hoarding over 300 frail animals in her Little Silver home that were later found dead. 56-year-old Gretchen Rell of the Wanamassa section of Ocean Township was sentenced to five years probation, required to undergo psychological counseling and 30 days community service...