The defense attorney for a Mesa man shown in a video punting a kitten alleges that the DVD video, which was widely shown by Valley media, was a heavily edited copy of an original 8-millimeter film that was thrown away.

Gilbert police arrested a man, 19, Monday on suspicion of animal cruelty after witnesses reported he was dragging a small dog.

Scenes of man's inhumanity to bird are all too familiar to Tammy Vrettos of Gilbert, who spends much of her time caring for and placing ducks and geese rounded up from overcrowded lakes and ponds.

The dog had been kicked and punched repeatedly, and police found the animal with rubber bands tied around its testicles as part of an at-home neutering procedure. The dog would have suffered a slow and painful death if no one had intervened, officials said.

Jeffrey Bain of Scottsdale was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Authorities say a man has been arrested in an animal cruelty case in the town of Guadalupe.

Maricopa County prosecutors have filed a felony criminal complaint against a Mesa man who allegedly tried to feed a kitten to a python and later killed the feline by drop-kicking it.

A Florence man who reportedly dragged his horse behind his vehicle and used a piece of pipe to beat the animal will face one charge of animal cruelty, according to the Pinal County Attorney's Office.

Shouting and applause spilled out of a tiny Chandler courtroom on Friday as a veteran city police sergeant was acquitted on an animal cruelty charge in the death of his police dog.

Police have arrested a Mesa man on suspicion of hitting and injuring his bulldog so severely that the dog had to be euthanized.

The trial has been delayed for a Chandler police officer accused of animal cruelty in the death of his police dog last summer.

Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office have arrested two West Valley men in separate incidents of animal cruelty.

Rapper DMX was arrested Friday at his Cave Creek home on suspicion of seven counts of animal cruelty and four counts of drug possession.

An undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals notes that nothing could prepare him for what he saw during a ten-week undercover investigation in a pig factory farm.

The Animal Cruelty Task Force poster contest deadline is fast approaching. Councilwoman Thelda Williams encourages fourth- and fifth-grade students in Phoenix to enter the city’s contest before the deadline of Halloween Day, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. Prizes include: $100 for first place; $50 for second place; and other prizes for honorable mentions.

It is urgent — we have only a few days — for all of us to call Gov. Jan Brewer and implore her to reject House Bill 2780. Her telephone number is (602) 542-4331.

SuAnne Pinoniemi can’t get over the memory of 185 neglected animals rescued earlier this year in Apache Junction. She hopes extensive changes to the city’s animal cruelty code, which were approved by the City Council, will protect other area pets from suffering a similar fate.

A Mesa man arrested this week on a felony charge of animal cruelty received multiple warnings over several months to feed and water his horse, according to neighbors and officials.