Nearly 130 animals were rescued from a suspected puppy mill in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on Sept. 26, 2016, according to the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office and The Humane Society of the ...

With only 20,000 residents, the town of Boone, North Carolina, has embraced the eastern hellbender. Boone has unofficially elected the native hellbender as its community symbol, and the area’s ...

Feb. 16, 2012 -- Six workers at a Butterball turkey farm in North Carolina face criminal charges after an undercover video revealed alleged animal abuse, and a state employee who tipped off ...