BLAKE I. HILIGH and ZACHARY F. PILARCEK ex-Buffalo football players facing animal cruelty charges

NICOLE ELLEN O’BRIEN, who ran All Creatures Safe Heaven, is facing twenty counts of animal abuse

JULIA OWENS and JOSH HOOVER facing cruelty to animals and child neglect charges

STACY R. MUELLER, Princeville dog groomer, indicted on animal cruelty charges

CHRISTOPHER LEWIS MEIXNER arrested – Dead, malnourished, and injured animals found on his property

BENJAMIN LEE MINTON accused of punching and kicking two dogs on separate occasions

BARBARA A. WIBLE, founder of Canine Lifeline, faces charges - Dead dogs found in two different homes

JADYN ALAIS CARRASCO and ANNA GRACE KNEISLEY facing charges for stealing animals from a farm

JOHN ANTHONY LOPEZ and MICHAEL LAWRENCE LOPEZ arrested - More than fifty neglected Pitbulls rescued

JOHN CHRISTOPHER SCHAFER arrested – He stabbed the family dog in the throat with a box cutter knife

KONRAD JACOB KLEIN murdered a puppy and Dickinson County Circuit Court gifted him with probation

JESSIE TORIBIO RAZO, accused of repeatedly hurting dogs, indicted for animal cruelty

JUSTIN REILLY BELTON arrested – Authorities say he cut off the legs or paws of six living puppies

Investigation underway after a dog was found in a dumpster after being shot through the neck

HARRY S. NELSON arrested - Thirty dogs found in deplorable condition on an illegal dump facility

OLIVIA SHAWNTAY JONES arrested – 1 dead cat, 1 dog and 4 pups, all emaciated, found on her property

LINDA KAY MANUEL and DEXTER DAROL MANUEL arrested - Thirty-six dogs and puppies found in a U-Haul

JAMES ALBERT HAYLES dragged his dog down a Port Charlotte street chained to a truck – The dog died

BILLIE COLEMAN and JOEY LESTER arrested - Severely malnourished dogs and puppies found at their home

SUSAN WEILBRENNER arrested – Her dog died after being left in a hot car for several hours

SUSAN RENEE MARUCCI, former groomer at Pleasant Paws Pet Center, arrested for animal cruelty

MACKENZIE N. CLARKE and ISAIAH L. DISHAW abandoned a dog on the side of the road who later died

NICK STEWART faces animal cruelty charges for throwing his girlfriend’s Chihuahua into a dumpster

Dog found dead after being tied to a buoy at sea in Policoro beach – Investigation underway