Intentionally abusing or torturing an animal in Iowa could soon carry tougher consequences. The bill that passed the Senate ...

Portrait of sad tiger in a cage. Сaptive animal.© Elina Litovkina/Shutterstock.com Animal rights law emerged because traditional cruelty statutes failed to address widespread, institutional harm.

WASHINGTON -- A bill making animal cruelty a federal offense has unanimously passed the Senate and is now on its way to President Donald Trump. The bipartisan The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture ...

The bill would make it a third-degree felony to commit animal cruelty, sex acts with animals or animal baiting and fighting in the presence of a minor, or entice a minor to commit any of those crimes.

More than 128,000 people are backing a push for tougher animal cruelty laws after the shocking death of a German Shepherd dog ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HB 1165 author Representative Wendy McNamara, Prosecutor Diana Moers and other supporters of the bill gather to discuss the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Assaulting a person, even in a case of intimate partner abuse, might mean a misdemeanor conviction and two-and-a-half years in a local house of correction.

“It's draining, heartbreaking, and maddening.” ...