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Pluto, a one-eyed pup, is waiting for a new owner in North Carolina. Screengrabs from Carolina Animal Rescue & Adoption on Facebook The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and ...

AIKEN — The SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare has two new outdoor amenities that the public has access to 24/7. One is a pet microchip scanning station and the other is a pantry containing pet ...

The SPCA of Texas on Thursday unveiled a $31 million campaign aimed at expanding animal care services across North Texas. The initiative, called Care Unleashed, will fund a new campus set to open in ...

A one-eyed kitten has a mischievous side — and he needs a new home. “Aragorn may have only one eye, but he sees every opportunity to do crime,” a North Carolina animal shelter wrote Oct. 6 on Facebook ...

A sweet dog in Baltimore has found a new family after being surrendered to a shelter by his previous owner. And he doesn’t even know his new dad is a football star. According to the Maryland Society ...

A Wrightstown woman was released from jail on nonmonetary bail after facing more than 150 animal cruelty charges. Abigail Tuttle O’Keeffe fled to Belize for more than a year before being deported back ...

The Bucks County SPCA removed 67 cats from a Bensalem shelter accused of neglecting the pets. Many of the cats are extremely sick and two kittens have died, the SPCA said. The owner of Cats Bridge to ...

The Fat Bear Week competition is underway, and a North Carolina shelter cat is “aiming for gold.” Though Jane isn’t preparing for hibernation, she’s ready to take on the chunkiest bears in the annual ...

On Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. at Good Girl Brewing Co., 880 Banks Mill Road, the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare invites the community to gather for the first-ever Aiken’s Top Dog live ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Grinch came four months early to Norfolk SPCA, as a man took multiple donations meant for puppies and bunnies. Now, the animal shelter said the suspect has been identified, and they ...