Ferguson, MO (KTRS) The puppy who was beaten into a coma with a hockey stick in north county is improving. Hazel was released from an emergency animal hospital into the care of her regular veterinarian at Ferguson Animal Hospital. Dr. Daniel Wentz says the prognosis of the 4-month-old puppy looks good. “Long term, one eye…
Granite City, IL (KTRS) A Granite City couple is accused of starving their dog to death. John Haynes and Jonyce Lockett are both charged with aggravated animal cruelty. Granite City Animal Control responded to a call for a starved and neglected animal on April 4 at the couple’s home on Emert Avenue. Investigators say the dog…
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is charged with second-degree animal abuse for allegedly shooting a dog and hitting the animal in the head with a hammer. Charges were filed Thursday against 56-year-old Jason Edward Hampton of Farmington. He is jailed on $10,000 bond and does not have a listed attorney. A probable…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Over a hundred dogs and cats are being nursed back to health at the Humane Society of Missouri after being rescued from a hoarding situation in western Missouri. On Wednesday night, the HSMO’s Animal Cruelty Task Force rescued 84 dogs and 17 cats from a property in Bates County. This is the…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) 26 dogs from southwestern Missouri are in the care of the Humane Society today after the society’s animal cruelty task force rescued them from a hoarding situation. Police in Seneca, Missouri, had called the Humane Society of Missouri last week. The task force rescued the dogs yesterday and brought them to their St.…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) A $2,000 reward is being offered after a horrific case of animal abuse in East St. Louis. An anonymous donor has put up the money to find those responsible for shooting a 1-2-year-old Newfoundland mix multiple times and gauging out her left eye. The dog who has been named “Glamour”,…
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — Animal control officials are trying to determine who abandoned more than a dozen dogs and puppies in Warrensburg. Sarah Patton, the director of the Warrensburg Animal Shelter, says 16 dogs were found alive and one had died, after possibly being hit by a train. They were discovered this week near baseball…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) Belleville Police need the public’s help in solving a horrific case of animal abuse. Police say a city worker found the body of a black female pit bull or pit bull mix dog on Thursday morning in a wooded area in the 400 block of Catawba, located behind the former Stag Brewery.…
Milan, MO (KTRS) Six horses and two mules are being cared for by the Humane Society of Missouri after being rescued from a property in north central Missouri on Monday. Officials with the Humane Society say the animals were living on one acre of land barren of all forage at the property in Milan in…
Traffic was stopped as officers rounded up the animals