Pets and Animals

Overcrowding at animal shelters can sometimes lead to heartbreaking decisions, including euthanasia, according to Pasadena Animal Shelter. One young woman is stepping in to help change that reality, and you can help!

Due to software issues, local rescue groups, like Three Little Pitties, are desperately trying to place about 1,000 animals in homes for Christmas.

An avid beachcomber in Texas had an encounter earlier this week with a common octopus — a sight that she says isn't quite so common at Padre Island National Seashore.

A “no-kill" shelter in Dickinson is trying to get every dog and cat a home for the holidays.

A dog food company recalled 300 cases of frozen food this week over possible plastic contamination.

A beloved black lab mix named Sadie had luck, lifeguards and an AirTag on her side when she escaped from the San Diego home she was visiting and got swept out to sea by a rip current.

A longhorn escaped and was spotted trotting down a busy stretch of Interstate 70 near Monrovia, Indiana, on Saturday.

In the last 20 years, Tena Lundquist Faust and Tama Lundquist have helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats who are homeless through their nonprofit, PetSet.

Police in a Texas town had a run-in with one "baaaad" boy. 

The positive samples were taken from deer at a facility owned by Ken Schlaudt, 64, of San Antonio. Schlaudt is tied to the ongoing “Ghost Deer" investigation, which authorities describe as one of the largest deer smuggling networks in state history.

A months-long investigation by the Newton County Sheriff’s Office ended Saturday night in the dismantling of a large, active dog-fighting ring, leading to the arrest of 45 individuals and the seizure of cash, narcotics, and firearms.

The U.S  Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new website to centralize federal  agencies as they work together to protect livestock, wildlife, and the public’s health against the New World screwworm parasite.

In October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time ever issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a drug to treat dogs and puppies infected with the parasite New World screwworm (NWS).  Now it’s doing the same approval to treat kittens and cats.

A grizzly bear attacked a group of students and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically.

Five horses were rescued after being left alone and without care in the Hill Country. Their elderly owners died and weren't found for two weeks.

The spread of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) has been reported by veterinarians after a barrel racing competition in the Waco area earlier this month.

Officials at the Indianapolis Zoo responded to a great ape escape on Friday.

The woman attempted using a metal trashcan and a cardboard box to get the raccoon out, but neither option worked.

A Texas couple came to the rescue of a sea turtle they found trapped between some rocks on the coast of Port Aransas.