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Layton man arrested after cat abuse caught on video

Last updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 6:48am

LAYTON — A 30-year-old Layton man is facing a felony charge for torturing a cat that belonged to his girlfriend’s daughter, police say.

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Judge orders auction for horses seized in animal cruelty case

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 7:59am

SPANISH FORK -- A Utah judge has ordered a public auction to sell off 40 horses seized from a woman and her son in an animal cruelty case at a ranch in Spanish Fork.

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Tarryn Galloway cares for a horse named Chip, one of multiple horses she has rescued, near her home in Roy on Wednesday. Recently, Galloway has been searching for a way to adopt a horse that was found in Davis County with a halter grown into its face. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Offers to help neglected Davis County horse 'overwhelming'

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 3, 2013 - 5:49am

HOOPER — Upset by a news story earlier in the week, Tarryn Galloway felt inspired to help pay for expensive reconstructive surgery for a horse she had never met before.

“I will adopt that horse,” she said. “I will take it in and see that it has the surgery it needs.”

She volunteered to take the animal with no questions asked to the owner.

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Humane society ups reward in Provo cat-torture case

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 4:10pm

PROVO -- The Humane Society of Utah is increasing its reward for information leading to a conviction of a suspect in the torture of several cats around Provo over the past month.

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Someone is torturing cats in Provo

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 10:42am

PROVO -- Provo police are investigating the torture of several cats over the past month.

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Feds investigate video showing Utah paraglider kicking owl

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 3:19pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal officials are investigating an online video that appears to show a paraglider kicking a soaring owl in Utah.

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Sixty-four pitbulls were found at the Idaho home of Brent L. Christensen. Christensen, 62, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and the son’s girlfriend, Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found killed Friday afternoon inside the house. The Christensens had ties to Brigham City. (DOUG LINDLEY/Idaho State Journal)

Friends can't fathom former Brigham City man involved in pot grow, dogfighting

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 5:36am

BRIGHAM CITY — A father and son killed in a triple homicide last week in Idaho are former Brigham City residents, say several people who knew the pair.

Brent L. “Bird Dog” Christensen, 61, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found shot to death Friday in a home near Holbrook, just north of the Utah border, that also contained a marijuana grow and pit bull-breeding operation.

Carter was Trent Christensen’s girlfriend.

Authorities have said Carter’s 2-month-old daughter was found under her arm and that she was apparently protecting the infant when she died. In addition, her 2-year-old daughter was also found unharmed. Both children have been turned over to one of the grandmothers.

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Roy rancher faces only 1 charge of cruelty after 14 charges dismissed

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 25, 2013 - 11:55pm

ROY — Fourteen of 15 charges of animal cruelty filed against a western Weber County rancher have been dismissed.

The action came last week in Roy Justice Court.

A March 6 pretrial conference was set for the one remaining charge against Justin Barrow, 42.

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Property-disposal bill clears house

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 9:57pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A local lawmaker’s bill to change the holding period for disposing of personal property abandoned by a former tenant or occupant has sailed through the House.

HB 286 deals with a change in the holding period from 30 to 15 days and allows a tenant the ability to recover abandoned property under certain conditions. It also requires a property owner to give a former tenant notice of abandoned personal property before it is sold or donated.

Sponsored by Rep. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville, the bill will now be considered by the Senate.

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An injured rooster used for cockfighting sits in a cage at the Weber County Animal Shelter in March 2002. The Weber County Sheriff's Office busted a cockfighting ring in Ogden, where 60 roosters were found alive, some in very injured condition. About 40 birds were found dead. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Something fowl about proposed bill

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 8:08pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Cockfighting would be illegal in Utah under the provisions of a bill that has cleared a Senate subcommittee and now goes to the full Senate.

SB 52, sponsored by Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake, would make sponsoring a cockfight a felony and attending the activity a class B misdemeanor.

The bill goes beyond fighting fowl, including other animals that might be pitted against one another in a staged arena, and includes language on animal cruelty.

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This photo released by the Utah County Sheriff's Office shows Rory Childs. Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon says deputies went to the Smokey Mountain Ranch with a veterinarian last week after getting a tip. They found three horses buried in a shallow grave and 12 horses severely malnourished. Cannon says two more horses have died on the ranch Since that visit. Deputies arrested Trudy Childs and her 31-year-old son Rory Childs. They face 31 counts of livestock at large in addition to animal cruelty. This is Rory Childs' first arrest, but his mother has been previously charged with more than 400 counts of livestock at large. (AP Photo/Utah County Sheriff's Office)

Utah ranchers charged with 101 counts of animal cruelty

Brady McCombs The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 5:39pm

SPANISH FORK -- Deputies encountered a harrowing sight during a recent visit to a ranch near Spanish Forks - three horses buried in a shallow grave, several others so malnourished they couldn't stand, and another stuck in a fence and too weak to break free.

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Cache man cited for neglecting horses

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 7:18pm

LEWISTON -- Cache County prosecutors have charged a man with failing to provide 25 horses with food, water or shelter.

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Utah lawmaker wants to ban dog tethering

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 9:39am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah lawmaker is crafting three bills for the upcoming legislative session to bolster animal safety laws.

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Dog killed after getting caught in beaver trap in Sandy

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 14, 2012 - 10:35am

SANDY — A Sandy family whose dog died after getting caught in a beaver trap this week says they wish city officials posted more warnings around the devices.

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Woman wants officer to pay for shooting dog

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 15, 2012 - 2:29pm

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — A woman says she wants the Cottonwood Heights Police Department to foot the vet bill after an officer shot her dog while breaking up a fight.

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