Two terrapins have had miraculous escapes after ending up in a rubbish plant in Walsall.

A pet cat, which went missing two years ago, has been reunited with his Black Country owners.

A man has been banned from keeping animals for life after having an emaciated pet dog at his home in Walsall.

A woman from Staffordshire who let the dog she had owned for nine years become so underweight it was close to death has been banned from owning animals for five years.

A hunt is under way for the owner of a neglected horse and her foal after police removed them from open land in Bilston.

A dog was left dehydrated, underweight and unable to stand after being neglected by its owner in the Black Country, a court heard.

A man who “horrifically” neglected six of his parents’ pets, resulting in the death of five of them, has been warned he is facing a prison sentence.

A man has been jailed for drowning his former partner’s dog in a bucket of water before burying it in the back garden of her Staffordshire home.

A man who was responsible for a “brutal attack” on a family pet which later had to be put down has been jailed for 23 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life.

A drunk woman who drowned four of her friend’s cats in a bath escaped an immediate jail term by “the skin of her teeth”, magistrates said today.