SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Police say they have discovered 300 dead cats stuffed into freezers at a man's Sacramento home. 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Pull over and put down the dog. A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can net a $35 fine.  

OCALA, FL (AP) -- An Ocala woman is offering her $1.25 million home as a prize to the winner of a "pet lover" essay contest. 

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Something very appropriate for some very deserving pooches.  

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- A custody case that wrecked a small-town south Texas mayor's political career ended Thursday when she was ordered to return a Shih Tzu to her neighbors. 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Buddy is a sleeping beauty: Reddish brown, he's usually asleep on his back, snoring loudly with his large tongue lolling out. 

By Ashley Coleman
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Jacksonville City Council will debate a bill Tuesday night that would shorten the number of holding days for animals at the city shelter from seven to five. 

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (AP) -- Oscar might be the world's ugliest bird. The cockatoo that has lived at the Humane Society of Broward County for the past 12 years has almost no feathers, and that's made the bird a recent Internet sensation. 

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) -- Ken Griggs likes his new dog, but he preferred the old one. Then again, it might be the same dog. 

VINELAND, NJ -- Animals forced to live in filth were discovered in a south New Jersey home, and the neglected pets may have never been found if others hadn't managed to escape.