A police dog who survived a machete attack and won a bravery award has retired after six years on the job. Stark, a German shepherd, was hit and slashed more than 20 times with a machete while police were responding to reports of a break-in in 2020.

A dog was fatally shot when the pet attacked a police officer during a chaotic arrest in eastern North Carolina, according to police. The officer was bitten on the left thigh but escaped serious injury, the Kinston Police Department said in a Jan. 7 news release.

In a Facebook post Evansville Police say they were called to assist Evansville Animal Control at a home in the 600 block of College Highway on Monday after receiving a report of inadequate housing of an outdoor dog.

A dog dies after being shot by an Evansville police officer. Law enforcement and Evansville Animal Care and Control were responding to a call of animal neglect, when authorities say the dog charged at the officer.

A tragic situation went from bad to worse in Evansville, Illinois, after police who responded to complaints about animal neglect ended up shooting the dog they were summoned to help, WISH reported. Officers "say animal control had been called 16 times with neglect concerns about the dog.