Don't miss out on the headlines from Pets and Wildlife. Followed categories will be added to My News. The State Government last week introduced a range of amendments to Queensland’s animal welfare ...

Dog owners have been left confused over a State Government proposal to ban “prong collars” and “other restraints”. Here’s what would happen if the new laws are passed. The State Government last week ...

The singer, 27, released the official music video for his latest hit, Lovesick Lullaby, this week. In the video, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier can be seen wearing a prong collar - a controversial ...

A Toronto woman has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after her dog was found to have prongs from a training collar embedded in his neck. When staff at the Toronto Humane Society took in one-year-old ...

Prong dog collars are illegal to use in Victoria and illegal to import into Australia. It’s not illegal to use a prong collar in other parts of Australia, however animal advocacy groups including the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Some dog owners use prong collars in order to get their pets to obey, but some animal experts are not encouraging their use and provide alternatives to the "medieval" training ...

MICHAEL Gove announced new animal welfare laws in March 2018 that will see electric shock dog collars banned. But what are the collars and do they make dogs more well behaved? The collars can deliver ...