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.

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.

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.

A turtle defied the odds by surviving being frozen solid.

A population of monkeys native to Asia appears to be spreading in central Florida, according to researchers.