The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted. U.S. officials have emphasized the parasite’s threat to the nation’s $113 billion cattle industry but the screwworm fly can lay eggs that hatch into flesh-eating larvae in wounds or mucous on any mammal. Several dogs have had infestations in southern Texas and southeastern New Mexico. All but a handful of states have placed new restrictions on importing animals. That's complicating the annual flow of dogs and cats from Texas to other states.
A tiger lies in a crate as a Four Paws animal welfare organization member prepares for its transfer from a shuttered zoo to a sanctuary in South Africa, in Lujan, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A tiger lies in a crate as Four Paws animal welfare organization members prepare for its transfer from a shuttered zoo to a sanctuary in South Africa, in Lujan, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. CORRECTION: Corrects sanctuary from United States to South Africa. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A tiger lies in a crate as Four Paws animal welfare organization members prepare for its transfer from a shuttered zoo to a sanctuary in South Africa, in Lujan, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. CORRECTION: Corrects sanctuary from United States to South Africa. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Members of the Four Paws animal welfare organization load a tiger onto a truck for its transfer from a shuttered zoo to a sanctuary in South Africa, in Lujan, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. CORRECTION: Corrects sanctuary from United States to South Africa. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A Millsboro woman is facing multiple animal cruelty charges after Delaware Animal Services said it removed 26 live animals and found seven dead cats inside a Gravel Hill Road home.
More than 1,200 pets found new homes during the Brandywine Valley SPCA's Mega Adoption Event held at the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware.
Representatives from Staybridge Suites Rehoboth Beach presented a donation to Humane Animal Partners following the success of the hotel’s “Bingo for the Dogs” fundraising series.
A woman has been found guilty in a large-scale animal cruelty investigation in Worcester County that led to the seizure of dozens of dogs and cats from a property in Snow Hill.
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