A welfare check turned into a harrowing discovery on June 29 when a Merced County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to reports of cats in distress inside a U-Haul van parked at the Taco Bell in Santa Nella.

Krystal Scott was previously convicted for animal crushing. She is also wanted on an animal cruelty warrant out of Marion ...

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office may soon offer up the more than 100 cats saved from a Long Beach Woman’s U-Haul truck for ...

Animal control officers say they found 106 emaciated cats and 28 dead cats. There was reportedly no food or water inside the ...

Jeannie Maxon, 69, was arrested in Santa Nella, California, after authorities discovered 106 emaciated cats and 28 dead cats ...

A Long Beach woman was arrested over the weekend in Merced County on suspicion of 93 counts of animal cruelty after 134 cats ...

As a result, the owner, 69, is now facing up to 93 counts of Animal Cruelty and was then booked into Merced County Jail. A ...

Court documents say three people have been charged with cruelty to animals in an investigation that started last month.

Merced County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the 134 cats, 28 of which were dead, about 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of ...

Merced County officials seized over 100 cats from a U-Haul van in a Taco Bell parking lot Sunday. A deputy was dispatched to ...

A woman was arrested for animal cruelty after authorities found a U-Haul van filled with extremely emaciated and dead cats on ...