Almost a decade ago, Hope Dawson Sessoms was desperately trying to leave an abusive relationship and find a safe place to ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A bill to extend protection from abuse orders to pets passed the state Senate and is bringing new awareness to the dangerous link between domestic violence and animal abuse and ...

The way lions, tigers, bears and eagles hunt, kill and ultimately eat their prey can be a grisly, brutal business that some humans prefer not to think about. When these animals are kept captive in ...

During their first argument, Christina's boyfriend kicked her cat, Luna. He later apologized, claiming she was “just in the wrong place.” Over time, however, the violence escalated — not just toward ...

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which ...

At Denver's main animal shelter, roughly 300 animals hang out, hoping to get adopted. Entering one room, you’ll find Leilani, a boxer, Milk Dud, a pit bull and at the end of a row of enclosures, a ...

Delaware law prohibits the sale, barter, or offering for sale of the fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat, as well as any ...

Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a discovery that sheds more light on their close relationship with the region’s ...