LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – A foster mom in Missouri is facing multiple charges of abuse and is accused of trading a teenage girl she was guardian of for a pet monkey, authorities said. Brenda Ruth Deutsch, ...

Rebeca Groh said it took her seven years to leave an abusive relationship. Hers was a financial-abuse situation in which, over time, she said her fiancé diminished her capacity to support herself and ...

DICKSON, Okla. -- A woman in Oklahoma says she's traumatized after she was attacked by someone's pet monkey on her own front porch. Brittany Parker said she was sitting inside her home in Dickson, ...

Adult female spider monkey Patty and one of four young spider monkeys who arrived at Saint Louis Zoo in spring 2025 after they were confiscated near the U.S. southern border walk through a tunnel at ...

A trip to a Spirit Halloween store in Plano turned into a wild scene Monday night after a pet monkey escaped its owner and began swinging through the rafters. What’s usually a store filled with fake ...

Suffolk County animal abusers will now face jail time or steep fines if they continue to have pets, according to a new law signed last week — after a local cat house of horrors was uncovered. The ...

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with his involvement with online groups that created and distributed videos depicting sadistic acts of extreme violence and ...

Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store and “indoor zoo,” has operated in Shawnee since 1976. Madeline King If you recently walked into Pet Stop — a local pet store operating in Shawnee since 1976 — you ...

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I’m writing to bring attention to Act 146, a Pennsylvania law passed in 2024 that helps survivors get help sooner by protecting their pets from abusers.

Customers at a Spirit Halloween store in Plano were in for a surprise when a pet monkey escaped from its owner. The monkey was seen on police body cam video swinging from the Texas store's ceiling. An ...