Although people may balk at the idea of comparing the killing of animals in shelters to the execution of human prisoners, some legal activists believe this is just what we need to do. Indeed, our ...

The Harnett County Animal Shelter was fined thousands of dollars after a state report claimed dozens of animals were euthanized inhumanely.

When it comes to the law, words like “humanely” and “geriatric” are loadedso loaded that North Carolina’s proposed euthanasia rules have become snagged in semantics, languishing for more than a year.

The Midland County Board of Commissioners voted today to recommend Midland County Animal Control begin using an injection form of euthanasia and adjusted the county’s budget after not being able to ...

April Primus has nightmares that her pets -- five cats, four dogs, a horse and a pony -- are being killed by lethal injection. Usually these come during periods of peak stress at her workplace, the ...

Following the recent euthanasia deaths of 10 dogs from a suspected dogfighting case, Smith County Animal Control Supervisor Amber Greene is addressing concerns from the community. The dogs were the ...

The euthanasia rate for animal shelters statewide is starting to tick up slightly, after bottoming out during the pandemic, according to numbers provided by the state. WRAL Investigates analyzed data ...