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Animal Cruelty

Police Investigating After Woodland Woman’s Cat Shot, Killed By Pellet Gun

In a disturbing case of animal cruelty, a friendly house cat was paralyzed and later died from its injuries sustained from being shot by a pellet gun.

2013/03/26

An animal control officer responds to a home in Sacramento where a cat was found hanging from a tree. (credit: Sacramento Animal Care Services)

Cat Found Hanging From Noose In Another Sacramento Animal Cruelty Case

Sacramento animal control officers are investigating another case of abuse after a cat was found hanging from a tree Wednesday morning.

2013/01/10

Sacramento Woman Finds Mutilated Black Cat Outside Her Home On Halloween

It was a Halloween horror show for a Sacramento woman who found a mutilated cat on her front door.

2012/11/01

Pelican Nursed Back To Health After Cruel Case Of Animal Abuse

Rescuers are trying to nurse a pelican back to health after an unsettling case of animal abuse.

2012/09/05

Dogs Found Mutilated In Marysville

Two dogs were found mutilated near the Marysville city cemetery Saturday afternoon, raising concerns that it could be connected to the deaths of more animals in the region this past summer.

2011/12/10

Chihuahua Stabbed To Death During Robbery

A teen suspect has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Chihuahua puppy to death while robbing a Sacramento home Thursday.

2011/12/09

Goats Killed, Mutilated On Halloween In Placer County

A Placer County family said two of their four goats were found killed and mutilated, and they fear the culprits may strike again.

2011/11/10

NorCal Man Arrested For Animal Cruelty; Horse Rescue Foundation In Need Of Help

A Northern California animal rescue group may need some rescuing of its own after helping save dozens of horses in what some are describing as the worst cases of animal cruelty they’ve witnessed.

2011/10/27

Two images of a red-tailed hawk with what appears to be a nail through its head. (credit: WildRescue)

Rescuers Trap Hawk With Nail In Head

A red-tailed hawk that appears to have been shot in the head with a nail gun was captured in a San Francisco park and rushed to a wildlife center, a rescue group says.

2011/10/23

UPDATE: High School Goat Dies After Gruesome Attack

Investigators are looking for leads on who is responsible for mutilating two goats at a high school within a week.

2011/09/21

David Senk was arrested for allegedly taking two bites out of a friend's python. (credit: Sacramento Police)

Man Arrested For Animal Torture After Reportedly Biting Python

In a jailhouse interview with CBS13 on Friday, the man accused of taking two bites out of a python snake the day before says he has no recollection of it and that he’s been an alcoholic “for a long time.”

2011/09/02

Dogs Found Shot, Dumped On Railroad Tracks

The discovery of a pair of murdered family pets has grown into a significantly more disturbing criminal case after residents found a total of five dogs dead in the same part of Yuba County, authorities said.

2011/08/31

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