Patrol canines have bitten incarcerated people in the head, stomach, arms and legs — and in two cases, attacked corrections ...

Virginia lawmakers are preparing bills to restrict the use of attack-trained dogs in prisons. Virginia deployed dogs to attack prisoners 271 times in recent years, the most of any state. The attacks ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law curbing the use of attack dogs in state prisons. Lawmakers credited a Business Insider investigation with shedding light on the abusive practice. The bill ...

Seuk’s Army, named after member Seuk Kim, who died in a crash on a rescue flight on Nov. 24, 2024, regularly brings pets from ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A public comment period is underway for potential new regulations on hound hunting in Virginia. The Department of Wildlife Resources wants to hear from people on two proposals that ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Eleven dogs became graduates, earning not a bachelor’s or master’s degree, but a lifetime of rewarding work helping the people who need their service most. Through ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and according to the National Institutes of Health, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students. But Virginia ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — A line of roughly two hundred spectators wrestled for a spot along the ocean’s edge Saturday morning to watch the Wags for Waves dog surfing competition at the Oceanfront. Charley, a ...

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Virginia -- Bethany Stevens' father went looking for her Thursday night. When he found his daughter, investigators say the young woman's two pit bulls Tonka and Pac-man were standing ...

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