Imagine being a therapist and sitting across from a client who casually admits to kicking their dog. They kick until the dog stops barking. As a therapist, you are bound by a sacred code of ...

When, if ever, is it okay to hit a dog? If you’re an animal lover like me, your answer is probably immediate and unflinching: It’s never okay to hit a dog — or any other animal, for that matter. But ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Furry friends all across the country could soon have new protections from the federal government - and lawmakers say it's about time. The effort to make animal abuse a federal ...

The 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), calling upon the agency to share its federal jurisdiction over animal abuse with state law ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Representative Nancy Mace has introduced new legislation that would ...

H.R. 712, introduced by Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA), amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to ...

Animal abuse and domestic violence are increasingly recognised as co-occurring phenomena that reinforce and exacerbate each other. Research has demonstrated that violence towards companion animals ...