A home in Madison, Florida was discovered to be a house of horrors for over 140 dogs being forced to live there in dismal ...

A group called the Sacramento Canines’ Rat Annihilation Team is doing something about it. They are “urban ratters” who go around the city with their dogs hunting for rodents. “We’re just ...

The fight against rats is ultimately a matter of a city's social contract with its citizens. Some take this war more seriously than others, patrolling the streets with rodent-killing dogs ...

Animal protection officers in British Columbia have rescued three pit bulls – including one that gave birth to 10 puppies – ...

and each litter can have as many as 12 rat pups. The addition of even one extra litter can have devastating consequences for a city block, making it nearly impossible to tamp down their numbers.

A cruel pet owner swung his rat round by the tail to encourage one of his dogs to attack and kill it. Liam Fair faces being ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a ...

A video of a puppy meeting his owner's pet rat for the first time has racked up over 40 million views on Instagram. The heartwarming clip shared to @twogreek_dogs shows Kronos, the pit bull puppy ...

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