Animal Cruelty Investigation Unit

• Cat tortured, found dead in microwave after northwest Edmonton break-in

  Erica Piche was away on a camping trip on the last weekend of April when she says her Edmonton home was invaded, trashed and her cat Cheech tortured and killed in a microwave.

  Crime

  May 16, 2023
  
• Owner says dog ingested meth, opioids and THC at Edmonton off-leash park

  A dog spent the night in hospital after she ingested drugs at an Edmonton off-leash park. What’s left officials most disturbed, is the amount of different drugs the dog consumed.

  Health

  Mar 7, 2023
  
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• Family cat shot by arrow in north Edmonton prompts animal cruelty investigation: ‘Milo is a miracle’

  A two-year-old family cat named Milo is recovering after being shot with an arrow while missing for a week from his family's home in north Edmonton.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2023
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• Suspects in brutal cat stomping death still sought by Edmonton police

  Police said on Oct. 9 in the Evansdale area, five teenagers were seen standing in a circle while kicking and head-stomping a nearby resident's family cat until it lay motionless.

  Crime

  Dec 21, 2022
• EPS launches animal cruelty investigation unit

  Edmonton Police Service launched an animal cruelty investigation unit, which it says is the first of its kind in Canada. In 2017, EPS saw about 270 animal cruelty investigations.

  Crime

  Nov 23, 2021