Pet-Abuse.Com Homepage Enhancements
We've added a tabbed interface that gives you instant access to some key features of our website, including a new Local Cases section that lets you see the most recent cases in your area, and a snapshot map showing you where the most recent local cases have occurred. Over the next few months, we will be building on many of the local tools we provide, making it easier to take action in your own area.

The Courtwatch homepage listings have also been expanded, showing you additional information about the upcoming hearings when its available.

Plus, we've added a Most Read section, where you can see which cases have gotten the most attention, and which continue to be talked about even after the cases have gone to court.

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Offender in Buster's Law case indicted for sexual abuse
A Schenectady County grand jury has indicted a city man on charges he lured a 12-year-old city girl into park near Vale cemetery and sexually abused her in September. He is the same person who as a teen a decade ago set fire to a cat named Buster, prompting a push to make animal cruelty a felony in New York.

Murderer faces third strike in police dog's death
Ronald J. Chenette, 38, is accused of killing Dakota, a 5-year-old German shepherd and Vancouver police member, as police searched for the man in an area of heavy brush and trees near Brush Prairie, Wash., on Tuesday.

These are the most recent cases near Santa Monica, CA. For more local tools, be sure to check out the county and zip code search, and the local interactive maps.

Cockfighting
Jul 1, 2008: Los Angeles, CA

Farmed animal neglect - over 20 seized
Jun 26, 2008: Watsonville, CA (272.71 miles)

Cockfighting - 135 birds seized
Jun 24, 2008: Los Angeles, CA (15.91 miles)

Mother cat and kittens abandoned in box
Jun 24, 2008: Fields Landing, CA

Puppy choked with leash
Jun 24, 2008: McKinleyville, CA (568.64 miles)

Dog beaten against doghouse
Jun 22, 2008: Adelanto, CA (70.84 miles)

K-9 found dead in hot car
Jun 20, 2008: Alpine, CA

Horse tied out in heat
Jun 19, 2008: Nipomo, CA (133.04 miles)

» More CA Cruelty Cases

For a complete list of upcoming court dates, check the CourtWatch page regularly.

Jul07	Dexter, MO: Dog-fighting - 26 dogs seized trial before Judge Stephen Sharp Stoddard County Courthouse - Courthouse Square
Jul07	Riverdale, UT: Fourteen puppies thrown in dumpster, one survives sentencing 2380 Washington Blvd
Jul08	Calgary, AB (CA): Cat microwaved, another severely injured sentencing
Jul08	Moraine, OH: Dog-fighting - 64 dogs seized in two counties 10:00AM Matthews' Sentencing Hamilton County Courthouse - 1000 Main Street
Jul08	George, IA: 350 pigs freeze and starve to death
Jul10	Cutten, CA: Over 100 animals neglected, 35 found dead preliminary hearing
Jul10	San Bernardino, CA: 11 wounded dogs discovered on property 8:40AM Pre-trial Conference San Bernardino County Superior Court - 351 N. Arrowhead Ave Phone: 909/387-8309
Jul11	Jackson, NJ: Dog beaten to death, neck broken sentencing
Jul11	Gary, IN: Dog-fighting, neglect - 14 dogs seized, 6 dead Sentencing Lake County Courthouse - 2293 N. Main Street
Jul11	Clinton, NC: Dogs left in hot trailer without food, one dead trial Sampson County Courthouse - Main Street

1. Dog-fighting, neglect
Apr 25, 2007: Smithfield, VA

2. Pit-bull horribly mutilated
Apr 11, 2005: Gastonia, NC

3. Hoarding 450 cats
Mar 13, 2008: Tarentum, PA

4. Puppy mill, hoarding - 800 dogs
Mar 12, 2008: Avra Valley, AZ

5. Dog attacked with drill gun
Jan 13, 2008: Plainville, CT

6. Dogfighting - 150 dogs seized
Feb 19, 2008: Tucson, AZ

7. Puppy mill - over 300 dogs
Feb 22, 2008: Nicholson, GA

8. Three dogs found burned, hanging in tree
Mar 13, 2008: Grindstone, PA

9. Puppy stabbed, spray-painted, found in plastic bag
Apr 22, 2008: Memphis, TN

10. Horse owner charged
Jan 29, 2008: Milford, MA

11. Rescue neglect - 112 dogs seized, 40 dead
Mar 11, 2008: Sand Springs, KY

12. Animals abandoned in home, dozens dead
Apr 7, 2008: Barnegat, NJ

13. Dogs kicked, beaten with chains
Mar 26, 2008: White Cloud, MI

14. Pit bull puppy set on fire
May 5, 2008: Lancaster, CA

15. Puppy's ears mutilated after home crop job
Mar 5, 2008: Pontiac, MI

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