SPCA

Charges are being filed against a Franklin man for alleged abuse of animals for the purpose of dog fighting.

The Associated Press reports an animal shelter in the Finger Lakes is teeming with rodents after humane officers found more than 300 abandoned along two roads.

The Cortland County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and police are looking for someone who left a boxer-mix dog tied to a tree in Freetown.

Stray Haven Humane Society in Waverly is a small, not-for-profit shelter organization serving Tioga County, as well as neighboring counties. Because they receive no funding from the state, county, or other charitable agencies, they rely totally on adoptions and donor to keep their doors open.