Ryan Hemphill (left) has been charged with 116 crimes, including predatory sexual assault, rape and assault - AP A US “sugar daddy” lawyer has been accused of raping, drugging and torturing half a ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- A married man beat and abused his two young children for years, even shocking them with an electric dog collar and jamming small blades under their nails, and fractured his wife's ...

Ban on shock collars and trail hunting among Government’s animal welfare plans - The animal welfare strategy, launched on Monday, includes plans to ban trail hunting, for fear it is being used as ...

An animal welfare charity has called for the use of electric shock collars on dogs and cats to be banned on the Isle of Man. The devices are used to train pets by delivering electric shocks to the ...