The animal rights group said goats at the dairy, co-owned by a Meridian man, had abscesses and overgrown hooves, and were emaciated.

An animal rights group wants the government to investigate how an elephant allegedly received a “large abscess” while traveling with a circus that is set to perform in the Butte Civic Center Thursday.

A couple whose cat died after they failed to get treatment for a deeply infected abscess have been banned from keeping animals for two years. Dizzy, a black and white female cat, had to be put down by ...