Inside Pam Bondi’s aggressive push to crack down on animal cruelty crimes

In early 2026, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department took an unusually rapid approach to animal welfare enforcement, as part of her push to use the criminal justice system to crack down on animal cruelty. Around New Year’s Eve, Bondi received a voicemail and a text from her friend Lauree Simmons, the founder of the … Read more

‘Deeply disturbing’ animal cruelty operation involving baby monkeys busted by ICE investigation

Trump Cabinet teams up to end animal abuse Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discuss why animal cruelty is so important to end on ‘My View with Lara Trump.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation in … Read more

L.A. man who gave alcohol to hawk sentenced for animal cruelty

A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a year of probation after video showed him giving a protected juvenile hawk a sip of alcohol at a park. L.A. city resident Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, was sentenced by a judge on Thursday after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of … Read more