A South Carolina man who was unwilling to walk his father's dog because it was raining outside thought he had come up with an acceptable solution: Using the dog's leash to dangle it from his second-story balcony.

An animal rights activist who spent the summer working undercover at a cattle ranch suspected of mistreating its animals has been charged with animal cruelty after blowing the whistle on the operation because it took her too long to report the abuse.

The remains of a woman who spent decades abusing animals were found inside her western Kentucky home earlier this month. Authorities believe the parts of her body not found had been consumed by her pet wolfdogs.

Despite locking his dog up in the kitchen while out of the house, one pet owner kept returning home to find the pup roaming free.

A pair of high school students from South Portland, Maine, have been summonsed by police to face animal cruelty charges after recording footage of themselves allegedly microwaving a cat, and then uploading that footage to Vine.

Liz Pendleton was casually browsing Craigslist last Saturday when she came across a dog adoption ad that terrified her.

Police in Boise recently arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a cat on multiple occasions over the course of at least 12 months.

A Washington father of one who blew up the family dog because he believed it was possessed by the devil will not be charged with animal cruelty because, according to authorities, the dog didn't suffer.

A horrifying case of animal abuse was uncovered two weeks ago, when a dog was found badly burned in the backyard of a residence in the city's north side.

An Ohio mom wept as she recalled how a North Ridgeville Humane Officer shot and killed a litter of kittens in her backyard earlier this week while her children watched on in horror.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl who was seen riding in the back of a pickup truck inside a dog cage is defending her decision to allow it, saying her daughter "wanted to be with her dog."

Officials from the Singita Game Reserve at Kruger National Park in South Africa say it was their field guide who was caught on camera charging at an elephant while apparently under the influence of alcohol.

Police who arrived at the home of a Illinois man to investigate claims of battery and attempted indecent solicitation of a child ended up tacking on an additional charge: Sexual abuse of a pet peacock.

Eucador's Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve is well known for being home to one of the richest and most diverse concentrations of flora and fauna on the planet.

Plenty of heartbreaking yelps and yips can be heard throughout the post-apocalyptic compound of Detroit rapper Young Calicoe as he callously introduces seemingly malnourished caged pitbulls as his "fighting dogs."

Staffers at Indonesia's Taru Jurug zoo are hoping that moving Tori the orangutan away from visitors will help curb a decade-old smoking habit that has become a full-blown addiction.

An investigation into the 2011 death of two dolphins at the Connyland amusement park in Switzerland has revealed that loud music from a techno party was not to blame for Shadow and Chelmers' untimely demise, but rather a heroin subsistute, which was discovered in their urine.

A homeless man in Anderson, Indiana was arrested Monday after police found him playing "baseball" with a severed cat head.

A complete list of all the living animals the Romneys may have strapped to the exteriors of cars:

A 20-year-old Oklahoma woman killed and mutilated her family's cat, apparently so she could use its blood for an outfit to wear to a Lady Gaga concert. Talk about a "little monster"! But seriously, she killed a cat.