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“Just when you think you’ve seen it all,” the Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood stated; the kangaroo escaped its enclosure after a bear got in
“The cat has been identified as a Caracal — this cat is a native species to Asia and not common to the United States,” the Hoffman Estates PD stated
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Environment Conservation Police Officer Jeff Hull responded to remove the snake, which weighed 80 pounds and measured 13 feet 2 inches in length
Vallejo Police Department and California Highway Patrol officers began making arrests when suspect shined lasers at them; as suspects fled, they left behind a large snake
“You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy,” The Fulshear Police Department stated in reference to the lieutenant’s hands-on approach
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The Raynham Police Department officers were forced to shoot the bull after it continued to aggressively charge at them
Columbus Police officers arrested the man and caught several loose animals outside the store
A Deschutes County deputy was one of at least three people injured when a bull jumped out of the ring at the Sisters Rodeo
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“Does he have any other thing that might bite me?” the Wheat Ridge Police officer can be heard saying in the video after opening a box and finding a rattlesnake
“My wife [said] ‘What’s that dog doing, standing in the middle of the road?’…and I looked and I’m like, ‘That’s a freaking kangaroo,’” a 911 caller said
“Thankfully, the alligator was saved from traffic on the highway and those traveling the highway were saved from the gator!” the Brunswick County sheriff’s Office said
The deputy who cared for Kona after the K-9’s retirement in 2023 surrendered her to an animal shelter without notifying or receiving approval from the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office
The home shown in the Houston Police officer’s body camera video is almost completely submerged in murky water
“It wasn’t the typical day on the job to say the least,” Washington Township police Officer Frank Cicalese said
The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina advised the public not to call the police over noises that may sound like “a siren, or a whine, or a roar”
“They just kept running away, so I went to the stable and grabbed some horse food,” said Officer Arthur Joseph. “I started shaking it and they came to me”
The law increases penalties for anyone who assaults or kills a law enforcement animal, including a hefty fine on top of paying for medical costs
Mike Coyne said he’s helped more than 50 families since last year with his drone service
The Thames Valley Police Department posted that the bird learned the sirens from hearing repeated tests
Video captured the moment Officer Cooper dove and captured the pig, who had been on the run for about a week
A years-long probe turned into “the largest seizure and takedown of a dogfighting ring in the history of the state of New Jersey,”
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