Animal Control Officer

SMART, which stands for Specialized Mobile Animal Rescue Team, was founded in 2008 with the goal of providing animal-only services that weren’t offered by the LA Animal Services or other agencies.

A young German shepherd mix who became stuck between boulders for several days is recovering from her injuries.

Chula Vista firefighters made a lifesaving albeit unusual rescue when they pulled more than a dozen ducklings from a storm drain Sunday.

Suffield police are trying to identify the person who left a dog tied to a tree during Wednesday’s snowstorm.

A New Jersey police officer saved a fawn by performing an emergency C-section after the baby deer’s mother was hit by a car.

Authorities on Friday were asking the public for help to learn how a cat wound up with an arrow through it. Fortunately the cat has nine lives.

A Hollywood family wanted answers Thursday after an officer shot their pit bull mix dog, but police said the dog continues to be aggressive to the treating vet.

A Hollywood family whose dog was shot, requiring surgery, wants answers. Reported on the NBC4 News at 5 Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Calling it a “heinous” act, authorities in Massachusetts say they’re looking for a “low life” who dumped a bag full of puppies in a river.

Mournful whimpers and whines echoed for days before a man followed the sounds and discovered two Labrador retrievers trapped in an underground pipe in Fallbrook.

A proud bird strutted into a Southern California liquor store Monday and left behind aisles of shattered bottles after a spirited encounter caught on camera.

A feisty peafowl refused to go quietly after entering a Southern California liquor store. Store employees caught the bird’s calamitous encounter with an animal control officer on video Monday June 6, 2017 in Arcadia, California.

An animal control officer responded to a call made about the hedgehogs on Thursday. In total 15 were found, but only nine survived.

A deer has run off into the woods after it was trapped on thin ice on the Farmington River in Simsbury, Connecticut, along Riverside Drive, for hours Monday.

A Palms Springs man cried tears of joy when he was reunited with his long-lost dog, more than a year after he went missing.

A family from Fontana has adopted the two so-named “crevice” Chihuahuas after they were rescued last month out of a small, cave-like hole at a Riverside park.

A 9-year-old Pennsylvania girl visiting Virginia Beach suffered a monkey bite Wednesday night.

An Oxford animal control officer, accused of stealing a dog and forging documents to get free veterinary care for two of her dogs, has been arrested.