With 160 cats at the Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County and hundreds more on the streets of Crawfordsville, the city is teaming up with the shelter

How Mercy for Animals' celebrity liaison gets stars to participate - and promote - its cause.

At first glance, the white plastic box with a bright orange floor looks like something for storing children's toys. However, the box isn't used to store Lego bricks; it contains real mice—with the aim of minimizing their suffering.

Baltimore County’s sweeping animal welfare bill package is set to be amended ahead of a final vote next week with multiple proposed technical tweaks, county officials said Tuesday. The three-bill package,

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., has announced that Jamie Dreimiller has been hired as Oneida County’s newly created Animal Cruelty Coordinator, effective immediately.

These bills are trying to modernize Vermont's approach to animal welfare,” said the state’s director of the Division of Animal Welfare.

Gabrielle Amster, a 19-year veteran of animal welfare service, has been appointed to take over L.A. Animal Services as general manager. Her appointment still must be confirmed.

Shelters expect hundreds of kittens as weather warms