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140 birds seized during cockfighting investigation
WBRE via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSUGARLOAF TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials from the district attorney’s office say 140 birds were seized from a Luzerne County home during an...
Learning how to take care of rabbits in Wilkes-Barre
WBRE via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A local library is sending a word of warning to families thinking of getting a bunny as an Easter present. At...
Swoyersville woman charged with freezing 28 newborn kittens
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 25—PLAINS TWP. — Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged Susann Veronica Cheslick with placing 28 newborn kittens in a freezer. The corpses of the kittens were found in an ...
Wilkes-Barre man charged with choking, stabbing dog to death
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 27—WILKES-BARRE — Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged a Wilkes-Barre man with killing a dog that was buried behind a residence on Carlisle Street. Ryan Brown, 35, of ...
Hunlock Township man pleads guilty to neglecting cows and goat
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 16—WILKES-BARRE — A man from Hunlock Township where humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County seized 32 cow calves and a goat due to deplorable living conditions for the animals pled ...
Warrant issued for 'No Show' Wiggins in Nova abandonment case
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApr. 30—WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. issued a capias warrant for Terik Wiggins for failing to appear at his sentencing hearing Tuesday on an animal cruelty offense ...
Bikers raise funds for SPCA
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJun. 25—PLAINS TWP. — The "Bikers with a Heart" lived up to the nickname Sunday, amassing a huge crowd of riders to hit the road and raise money for one of the area's most well-known organizations ...
Nanticoke man charged with killing cat
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 4—NANTICOKE — Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged a Nanticoke man with killing a cat by using an air pellet rifle earlier this year. Herman Augusta Curry, 64, of College ...
Two plead guilty to abandoning Nova
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 11—WILKES-BARRE — Two people charged by Pittston City police with abandoning a pit bull named Nova pled guilty to animal cruelty offenses in Luzerne County Court on Monday. Terik Wiggins ...
Wilkes-Barre man sentenced for killing dog
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 1—WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County judge felt Ryan Brown did not show any remorse for stabbing and choking a Pit Bull named Bandit as a humane officer with the SPCA believes the dog was ...
