Imagine being a therapist and sitting across from a client who casually admits to kicking their dog. They kick until the dog stops barking. As a therapist, you are bound by a sacred code of ...

Seeing a video online that shows an animal being abused gets a reaction from all of us. But there's something you probably do ...

When, if ever, is it okay to hit a dog? If you’re an animal lover like me, your answer is probably immediate and unflinching: It’s never okay to hit a dog — or any other animal, for that matter. But ...

H.R. 712, introduced by Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA), amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to ...

I feel trapped: afraid of overstepping with unpredictable neighbors, afraid of doing nothing and regretting it. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been the The New York Times Magazine’s ...

This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the addition of animal cruelty data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). This accomplishment came ...

(This story updated to correct an error, the list will be a database.) Starting Jan. 1, 2026, Florida will begin publicly tracking anyone who has been found guilty, or pleaded guilty or no-contest, to ...

In the patio of a Queensland rental property, a man shakes a puppy out of a plastic kennel and drags it across the concrete. Warning: This story contains descriptions and video of alleged animal abuse ...

FULTON COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Another Capital Region County voted to create an animal abuse registry that will keep track of animal abusers in Fulton County. “There’s a new law in town. And we are so ...