Montgomery Community Media

Talk about grabbing the bull by its horns. A 2,000-pound long-horned steer was extricated from the mud Monday at Stargazing Farm on Whites Store Road in Boyds. Pete Piringer, the spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, said the steer was stuck in a muddy ravine at the bottom of a hill for about […]

A Silver Spring woman has been charged with 33 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, according to officials with the Montgomery County Animal Services Division. Investigators said Lisa Oestereich was charged on May 13th in the case of 11 ferrets that were seized from her Markham Street home on April 6th. Each charge of animal cruelty carries a penalty of up […]

UPDATED The Montgomery County Police Department’s Animal Services Division is investigating two cases of animal cruelty in the Gaithersburg area. Police are looking for the suspect(s) involved in the BB gun shooting of two dogs that occurred earlier this month. According to police, both dogs were shot with a BB gun between the 20100 block […]

Due to the extremely cold temperatures, pets should be brought indoors. Enforcement of the county’s anti-cruelty law is now in effect. The penalty for breaking this law is $500. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County police have arrested Alec Eugene Taylor, age 27, of the 13800 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring, for intentionally and cruelly killing a seven-month-old puppy.  Police said Taylor is being charged with aggravated animal cruelty and abuse or neglect of an animal. Here’s a police account of what happened: “On February 28, at […]

Wayne Pacelle, the president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, attended the ribbon-cutting and opening ceremony for the county’s new animal shelter on March 1 in Derwood.  “This is really one of the finest buildings you will see for animal welfare in the country,” said Pacelle. Take a look at this […]