A 21-year-old Upstate New York man has been sentenced to five years of probation and permanently banned from owning or having custody of any animals after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a dog.

A 27-year-old man from Erie faces animal cruelty charges after allegedly stabbing his dog several times and spraying aerosol into its eyes while the dog was confined in a cage.

Dog adopters in Ross County will pay only the required $12 license during sponsored adoption days beginning Aug. 8.

Emery S. Kawski, 21, had pleaded guilty in March to aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony. As part of his sentence, he was ...

A 21-year-old was given five years of probation for stabbing a dog to death in Tonawanda last year, the Erie County District ...