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Rex, the 3-foot-tall wallaby, was found safe, the New Jersey sanctuary said. The search for one missing wallaby in New Jersey has ended with a hop-py reunion, an animal sanctuary said. A 3-foot-tall ...

FACING CHARGES AFTER TWO DOGS ARE FOUND STARVED AND ONE HAD TO BE PUT DOWN. 36 YEAR OLD STEPHANIE DEL CASTILLO IS NOW OUT OF JAIL, BUT IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ANIMAL CRUELTY, ...